Thales, Harris Win $3.8 Billion US Army Rifleman Radio Contract
Thales and Harris Corp were selected by the US Army for its $3.8 billion Rifleman Radio contract for the next ten years
US Army Plans To Shop For New Manpack Radios.
The US Army announced on Monday that it has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the acquisition of additional Manpack Radios under a full and open competition approach. The draft RFP, posted April 3 to the Federal Business Opportunities website, moves the Army toward Full Rate Production (FRP) for the...
General Dyamics High Speed Encryptor Gets ‘top secret’ NSA Certification
General Dynamics Mission Systems' new TACLANE in-line network encryptor is now certified by the National Security Agency (NSA) to secure information at the Top Secret level and below. The NSA certification authorizes U
IACIT To Open Airborne Radar Maintenance Facility In Brazil
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced today that its Brazilian technology partner IACIT will open a maintenance facility for IAI-ELTAs airborne and tactical radars. This facility is part of the transfer-of-technology and know-how by IACIT and its technologic partner IAI-ELTA, and will serve the growing number of ELM-2032 Fire Control Radars in...
India Okays Airbus 330 Based AWACS Project
The Indian MoD today cleared the purchase of two Airbus A330 aircraft for mounting an indigenously developed radar system. Costing INR 5,100 crore (US $ 840 million), the airborne warning and control system (AWACS) system will add to Indias early warning assets which consist of two IL-76 aircraft...
CGI To Support UK’s Fire Control Battlefield Information System Application
CGI has won a contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to provide ongoing support services for the Fire Control Battlefield Information System Application (FC BISA) and the Fire Control Application (FCA) system. FC BISA is a distributed command and control application that helps the British Artillery and Infantry provide accurate and effective indirect fire support to the British Army during operations, the company announced in its press release on Thursday
Meggitt To Showcase FATS L7 Virtual Simulation Technology At ILEETA 2015
Meggitt Training Systems will be showcasing FATS L7 virtual simulation and the future of live fire range design at 2015 ILEETA Conference held from April 20-25, in USA. Eric Perez, director of virtual sales, Meggitt Training Systems said in the companys press release on Tuesday, “Using the FATS L7, instructors have the opportunity to train students on proper use of verbal commands, control tactics, impact strikes, chemical tools, less lethal options and deadly force
GE To Help USAF Define Architectures For Radar Processors
GEs Intelligent Platforms business has won a contract for research program to help the US Air Force define open architectures for future generations of radar processors onboard USAF platforms. The study involves the benchmarking and optimization of SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) and GMTI (Ground Moving Target Indicator) radar modes on multiprocessor High Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) systems comprising ‘conventional
DARPA Developing Gimbal-Mounted Radar To Lock Target Through Cloud Coverage
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing radar that locks onto a target through cloud coverage. Dubbed Video Synthetic Aperture Radar (ViSAR) system, it enables aircraft to offer close-air support to ground troops despite unclear weather conditions
China Introduces Automatic Flight Assessment System For PLA Aviation Troops
The Air Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLAAF) has introduced automatic flight quality assessment system to improve the flight training efficiency of its aviation troops. Jointly developed by the PLAAF Armament Research Institute and related universities, the new technology for flight training quality and safety monitoring and assessment was recently applied in the annual flight data interpretation and analysis in an aviation regiment under
Charles River To Develop Training System For Anti-Submarine Warfare
Charles River Analytics has won a $700,000 contract from the US Navy to develop Improved Training System for Anti-Submarine Warfare. The 25-month follow-on contract for Sonar Training, Motivation, Assessment, Tailoring, and Enhanced Remediation, or ST-MASTER, aims to improve sonar training and operation on ships conducting anti-submarine warfare (ASW), the company announced in its press release on Monday
Patriot Missile Systems Of US Allies To Be Upgraded By Raytheon
Raytheons Integrated Defense Systems recently has won a $212.6 million contract to provide upgrades to the Patriot missile system purchased by US allies
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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