Philippines To Allow US Military Facilities Inside Its Bases
Amid a territorial dispute with China, the Philippines on Thursday said it let the US build facilities inside its military bases. The terms of the pact is expected to boost the American troop presence and the two countries will hold further talks later this month as they seek to wrap up...
GDNexus Expands Into ISR Domain
GDNexus, an online community of technology providers created by General Dynamics announced that it has expanded its focus into the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) domain. GDNexus is a customer-centric web portal that enables General Dynamics to take a customer's validated mission requirements to the marketplace, providing companies with the...
Airbus Defense And Space Launches AuroraGloba At Satellite 2014
Airbus Defense and Space has launched the AuroraGloba, its new high throughput satcom services for government, maritime and enterprise markets at Satellite 2014, March 10-13. This new portfolio of high throughput services - featuring Ku-, X-, and Ka-bands, which provides increased throughput, without the need to change antenna systems
Boeing, India Partners Co-Develop Wireless And Network Technologies
Boeing and its partners Wipro, HCL Technologies and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have successfully co-developed wireless and network technologies for future airplane development through their Aerospace Network Research Consortium (ANRC). ANRC researchers developed wireless system antennas that can be etched onto an airplane's interior panels and sensors that harvest...
CAE's Project Innovate To Develop Next-Gen Simulation Platform
CAE announced today the participation of the Government of Canada in its latest research and development (R&D) program having a repayable investment of $250 million. The goal of CAE's Project Innovate, which will span five and half years, is to develop and expand CAE's current modeling and simulation technologies, develop new...
Thales Wins €164 Million Optronic Systems Support Contract
Thales and the French defence ministry's integrated through-life support structure for aeronautical equipment and systems (SIMMAD) announced today the awarding of the AMADEOS contract, a six-year agreement worth €164 million. Under this agreement, Thales will provide through-life support and availability management services for optronic equipment and systems on-board aircraft in service with the French Army, Air Force and Navy, including Rafale, Mirage 2000, ATL2, Puma, Caracal and Falcon 50
Sikorsky's Matrix Technology Program Begins Second Phase
Sikorsky Aircraft's Matrix Technology autonomy research program has progressed to the second phase of flight test activities with the installation of advanced sensors to allow the Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft (SARA) to conduct real-time perception work. Sikorsky's Matrix Technology program has set rigorous key performance parameters this year including demonstrating safe flight in obstacle-rich environments, shipboard and brownout condition landings
DARPA SHIELD Program To Verify Faulty Military Counterfeit Electronics
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing a device to detect used and counterfeit electronic components in order to counter problems leading to system failures that put soldiers lives and missions at risk. The Supply Chain Hardware Integrity for Electronics Defense (SHIELD) program would counter the problem by developing a small (100 micron x 100 micron) component, or dielet, that will ”verify, without disrupting or harming the system, the trustworthiness of a protected electronic component
Raytheon Wins $43 Million Worth Logistics Support Contracts
Raytheon Company has won a $20 million contract for support of the AMRAAM Aircraft Integration, aircraft operational testing related activities and flight test support. The primary objective of this effort is to provide the necessary aircraft lab, flight test, flight clearance and simulation support during all aircraft integration efforts
Northrop Grumman To Provide Inertial Navigation Products For AW609 TiltRotor
Northrop Grumman has been selected by AgustaWestland to provide flight-critical inertial instruments on the new AW609 TiltRotor aircraft undergoing civil certification through the Federal Aviation Administration. Developed by Northrop Grumman Navigation and Maritime Systems Division's subsidiary in Germany, Northrop Grumman LITEF, the LCR-110 Inertial Reference System and the LCR‑300A Air Data Attitude Heading Reference System have been chosen as standard inertial navigation products for the advanced AW609 TiltRotor
Exelis Wins US Navy Minesweeping Solutions Contract
Exelis has won a $13 million contract to provide depot level repair, maintenance and modifications for two mine defense systems currently fielded with the U.S
Elbit Systems To Unveil New SkyVis HMD At HELI-EXPO 2014
Elbit Systems will showcase SkyVis - new system, combining proven helmet-mounted display (HMD) with commercially certifiable line-of-sight (LOS) technology and daytime head-up display (HUD) capabilities at HELI-EXPO 2014, 24 - 27 February. SkyVis day or night system offers enhanced situational awareness and enables “Eyes Out” operations, with or without NVG, during all phases of flight, in marginal weather conditions without compromising safety
Teledyne FLIR Unveils New Loitering Munition 'Rogue 1'
Dutch Navy Ship Faces Technical Delays En Route to Red Sea Amid...
GA-ASI Partners with Shift5 to Enhance MQ-9A Reaper Cybersecurity
Ukrainian Parliament Adopts Law on Recruitment of Prisoners into its Armed Forces
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...
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...