Dynetics has been awarded $32 million contract for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agencys (DARPA) Phase III of the Gremlins program. This contract provides for the research, development, and demonstration of safe and reliable aerial launch and recovery of multiple unmanned air vehicles, with traceability to an objective system capable of employing and recovering diverse distributed payloads in volley quantities
Raytheon is being awarded an $83 million contract for the design, test and deployment of the Barracuda mine neutralization system. The Barracuda mine neutralization system is an expendable, autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle intended to identify and neutralize bottom, near surface and drifting sea mines
Lockheed Martin has won $200 million modification contract for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), Phased Array Tracking to Intercept of Target (PATRIOT), Advanced Capability (PAC-3) missile segment enhancement integration and PATRIOT launch on remote development for the US Army. Work is expected to be complete by Feb
Chinese home-grown multi-role fighter jet J-10C has been put into active combat duty on Monday. The stealth fighter is equipped with advanced avionics system and other airborne weapons and has airstrike capabilities within medium and close range and is capable of precision striking land and maritime targets, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) air force was quoted as saying in a statement by Xinhua Monday
Raytheon Company and the US Navy completed the final developmental test to integrate the Joint Standoff Weapon C onto the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's C variant, keeping the low-cost, air-to-ground missile on track for full deployment in 2019. The JSOW glide weapon uses a GPS-inertial navigation system with an imaging infrared seeker that can identify and track targets autonomously
Russia and India are likely to sign a contract for construction of four Project 11356 or Grigorovich-class, also designated Upgraded Krivak III frigates in June, TASS reports Tuesday quoting a source in diplomatic and military circles as saying
The Iranian Army unveiled new military helicopter gear, including new homegrown air-launched missile dubbed ‘Shafaq (Twilight), during a ceremony at the Ground Forces Airborne Unit in Tehran on Monday. A military helicopter mounted missile can hit targets within a range of 8 to 12 kilometers, Tasnim reports
Researchers at the University of Waterloo are developing a new technology, which they claim will help radar operators cut through heavy background noise and isolate objects —including stealth aircraft and missiles— with unparalleled accuracy. “In the Arctic, space weather such as geomagnetic storms and solar flares interfere with radar operation and make the effective identification of objects more challenging,” said Jonathan Baugh, a faculty member at the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) and a professor in the Department of Chemistry who is leading the project with three other researchers at IQC and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology...
The Australian Defense Forces has tested the new Cooperative Engagement Capability, which combines radar and fire control data into a common picture, allowing one ship to engage an adversary based on the other ships data. The test was conducted off the coast of South Australia, Air Warfare Destroyers HMAS Hobart, and NUSHIP Brisbane
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has received the first of the three twin-engine Bell 429 helicopters. “We will officially commission today a brand new air asset to bolster the operational capability of the PNP in addressing criminality, terrorism, and other police emergencies that require air ground operations,” Outgoing PNP chief Dir