Rockwell Collins, Lockheed Martin Completes MUOS Testing Using Airborne Software Defined Radio
Rockwell Collins and Lockheed Martin have successfully conducted two-phase airborne testing of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) using the new generation ARC-210 airborne software defined radio. During the first phase of the testing, the MUOS parametres were monitored and data was collected for the Lockheed Martin engineering team through a...
Selex, BAE Team Up For Eurofighter Typhoon Electronic Warfare Operational Support
Selex ES and BAE Systems have signed a teaming agreement to provide Electronic Warfare Operational Support (EWOS) for Eurofighter Typhoon customers. The work will initially focus on current and potential future export campaigns and the Eurofighter Typhoon core programme where appropriate
Northrop Grumman Wins $219 Million Joint Threat Emitter Contract
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $219 million contract by the U.S
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 development
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 risk of friendly fire
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 Force
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
Latvia to Procure 42 ASCOD IFVs from Spain's General Dynamics Land Systems
Philippines' Marcos Offers to Return U.S. Missiles If China Stops Harassing its...
Airbus Launches SpainSat NG Satellites to Increase Spain's Communications Capacity Ten Folds
Italy to Procure 380 KF51 Panther Tanks, 1,050 IFVs
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