NSA Spying Fallout: International Control of Internet Demanded
The global storm over whistle-blower Edward Snowdens expose that the US spied on countries all over the world has snowballed into a demand that control of the Internet be vested with the United Nations. Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff kicked off the demand with a powerful speech at the United Nations...
General Dynamics Wins $12 Million FAA Task Order
General Dynamics will provide technical support to the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) NextGen Integration and Evaluation Capability laboratory. The FAA task order, under its Systems Engineering Support 2020 Program, is for five years and carries a value of $12 million
Raytheon Successfully Test AI3 Intercepts
Raytheon Company's Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative system, AI3 successfully destroyed an unmanned aerial system (UAS) in a flight test. The intercept was part of the second guided test flights for the AI3 program and follows its first in-flight defeat of a 107mm rocket earlier in the test series
Rockwell Collins Wins $3.1 Million DARPA Contract
Rockwell Collins has been awarded a three-year contract valued at $3.1 million to develop technology that will dramatically reduce the size, weight, power and cost (SWAP-C) of software defined radios
Thales Wins Multi-Role Radar Systems Contract For Norwegian Corvettes
Thales wins a contract to provide through-life support for six MRR (Multi-Role Radar) systems aboard Royal Norwegian Navy Skjold-class corvettes. The five-year contract with the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation (NDLO) highlights the companys excellent relations with its Norwegian customer
Raytheon Wins Imaging LADAR Transceiver Contract
Raytheon Company has won a $10 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the research and development of the long range imaging LADAR (LRIL) transceiver. The LRIL will demonstrate the state-of-the-art in inverse synthetic aperture LADAR (ISAL) technology with the objective of producing an ISAL image from a space object in geosynchronous orbit
Pentagon Awards Worth $478 Million Contracts To Northrop Grumman And Boeing
Boeing Company has also won a $225 million modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm contract for the procurement of six operational flight trainers, six weapons tactics trainers, two part task trainers, one training systems support center, three 10-seat electronic classrooms, and one 20-seat electronic classroom in support of the U.S
CAE, Eurocopter To Create EC225 Helicopter Training Center In Norway
CAE and Eurocopter today announced an agreement for an EC225 helicopter training facility in Norway, including a CAE 3000 Series Level D flight and mission simulator. To be located at CAE's training center in Norway, the new EC225 simulator to be operational from 2015 will provide an unprecedented level of realism for pilot mission training - including flight profiles for the offshore oil and gas sector, search and rescue (SAR) operations and other complex scenarios for which simulation training is ideally suited
Sikorsky S-76D Helicopter Flight Simulator Enters into Service
Sikorsky Aircraft and FlightSafety International today jointly announced the launch of the first full flight simulator for Sikorsky's S-76D helicopter platform. The new simulator replicates the aircraft's exact flight and operating characteristics, ensuring high quality training for operators worldwide
Lockheed Martin Wins $18 million Projectile Contract
Lockheed Martin has won an $18 million contract from the National Warhead and Energetic Consortium to transition the Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) to production. The contract includes developing production line tooling, test equipment and manufacturing process plans for initial production of the advanced projectile
Lockheed Martin Submits USAF's Payload Solutions Proposal
Lockheed Martin submitted a proposal for the U.S
Northrop Grumman Completes Flight Test Of Triton UAS Surveillance Sensor
Northrop Grumman has completed about 25 flight tests of the U.S
Swedish Startup NAD Raises $3M, Set to Launch Unique Drone
Indonesian Pilot Flies South Korea’s KF-21 Fighter in First Test Flight
Australia to Acquire $2.12B in AMRAAM Missiles
Russia Says Girl Tried to Bomb Defense Worker for Ukraine in EU...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
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...
