Lockheed Martin Awards Trust Automation Contract For Counterfire Radar Production
Lockheed Martin has awarded Trust Automation its third contract for the vehicle automation system for the AN/TPQ-53 , a long range counterfire radar that provides soldiers with enhanced 360-degree protection from indirect fire. "Trust Automation is honored to participate in creating advanced technologies that benefit our military," said Craig von...
US Evaluates TCOM Aerostat Systems For Border Security
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is evaluating a number of TCOM aerostat systems to assess their airborne persistent surveillance capabilities for border patrol operations. TCOM has supplied 17M and 22M tactical class aerostats and 38M operational class aerostats to DHS for assessment in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas,...
X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Completes Carrier Tests
The US Navy concluded another round of carrier testing on November 19 to further demonstrate and evaluate the X-47B unmanned air system integration within the aircraft carrier environment. Tests aboard USS Theodore Rooseveltincluded deck handling, carrier approaches and landings in off-nominal wind conditions, digitized ship systems interfaces, and concept of operations...
Cassidian To Modernize German Identification Systems With New IFF Standard
Cassidian has been selected by German Armed Forces in order to upgrade their identification systems to NATOs new “Mode 5” IFF standard. Germany is taking the pioneering role in the modernisation of all NATO identification systems, whose task is to differentiate between friendly and enemy aircraft and thus to reduce the...
Selex ES To Supply IFF Mode 5 Interrogators Worth 3 Million Euros
Selex ES has won a contract worth 3 million Euros from the NATO Support Agency (NSPA) to supply four SIR-M5-E New Generation Interrogator Friend or Foe (NGIFF) systems for long range platforms. The NGIFF interrogators will equip four Lockheed Martin FPS-117 air defence radar systems in use with the Italian Air...
New Facial Recognition Tech To Help US Target Specific Individuals
The US intelligence community is leaving no stone unturned to broaden the capabilities of Biometric face recognition software by encouraging programs from research arms like Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Earlier this month, FBI had requested for help in developing “a roadmap for the FBI's future video analytics architecture” as the agency prepares to make their high-tech surveillance abilities all the more powerful
General Dynamics Wins New WIN-T Increment 3 Order
General Dynamics has received a contract from the U.S
Raytheon Wins $406 Million US Navy Contract
Raytheon has won a $406 million U.S
Northrop Grumman Wins $36 Million Joint Tactical Ground Station Contract
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a pre-planned product improvement (P3I) contract for the Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) from the U.S
General Dynamics To Modernize US Air Force Network Security Globally
General Dynamics has won a Network-Centric Solutions (NETCENTS) contract valued $25.3 million in order to provide modernized base-level network security boundary support to the U
Northrop Grumman, Radiance Technologies Team Up For USAF ATEP II Competition
Northrop Grumman announced today that it has joined the Radiance Technologies team competing for the U.S
ATK Wins $22.8 Million B Proximity Sensor Contract
ATK has been awarded a production contract for the DSU-33D/B Proximity Sensor for the U.S
Ukrainian ATACMS Attack Targets Russian S-400 Air Defense System
Bayraktar TB3 UCAV Completes Second Flight Test from TCG Anadolu
Turkey Reduces F-16 Procurement Cost to $6-7B from $23B, TAI to Modernize...
Ukraine Targets Russian FSB Intelligence Agency in Kursk with French-made AASM Hammer...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...