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US Navy Demonstrates Swarming Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

April 15, 2015 @ 04:13 PM

Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced Tuesday that it recently demonstrated swarming unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as part of the Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology (LOCUST) program. LOCUST can launch swarming UAVs to autonomously overwhelm an adversary
Orbital ATK Wins $120 Million Medium And Large Caliber Ammunition Contracts

April 15, 2015 @ 03:04 PM

Orbital ATK announced Tuesday that it has won $120 million domestic and international contracts for tactical and target practice medium- and large-caliber ammunition. Medium caliber orders included a broad range of purchases for 20mm, 25mm, 30mm and LW30mm ammunition for multiple services for use with air, sea and land weapons platforms
DARPA Seeks N-ZERO To Extend Sensor Lifetime From Weeks To Years

April 14, 2015 @ 03:57 PM

DARPA on Monday issued a statement seeking proposals for N-ZERO, new Near Zero Power RF and Sensor Operations (N-ZERO) program to develop wireless, event-driven sensing capabilities to overcome the power limitations of persistent sensing. Near-zero-power technologies would allow physical, electromagnetic and other sensors to remain dormant until an interesting event awakens them
Kelvin HughesTo Supply SharpEye Radars For UK Navy's Offshore Patrol Vessels

April 14, 2015 @ 03:21 PM

Kelvin Hughes announced Monday that it has won contract to supply their SharpEye radars for the UK Royal Navys new River class Batch 2 Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) to be built on the Clyde. The UK Royal Navy is to receive three new OPVs to be named HMS Forth, HMS Medway and HMS Trent
DARPA Issues RFI For Anti-Submarine Warfare Unmanned Vessel Programme

March 31, 2015 @ 02:28 PM

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) programme. The programme aims to develop a new unmanned surface vessel to independently track ultra-quiet diesel-electric submarines over thousands of miles, Shephard reported on Tuesday
NATS To Continue Work With QinetiQ To Facilitate Live Weapon Tests

March 31, 2015 @ 01:54 PM

UK ‘s air traffic services provider NATS has won a seven year contract extension to continue its work with QinetiQ to facilitate live weapons tests at ranges, including the use of state of the art fighter aircraft, armoured vehicles, ships and Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS). QinetiQ operates and manages some of the MODs core Test and Evaluation (T&E) Air Ranges, which are operated under a 25 year Long Term Partnering Agreement for delivering T&E and training support, services to the MOD, NATS announced in its press release on Monday
Japan, India Decide To 'Enhance' Defence Equipment And Technology Cooperation

March 31, 2015 @ 10:14 AM

Defence minister, Manohar Parrikar, is on his maiden visit abroad to Tokyo for holding defence dialogue with his counterpart General Nakatani since Sunday. The two held the detailed dialogue yesterday, defence ministry said here in New Delhi
DARPA Developing Gimbal-Mounted Radar To Lock Target Through Cloud Coverage

March 25, 2015 @ 10:35 AM

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
BrahMos Aerospace Offers Missile To Russia

March 24, 2015 @ 10:13 AM

The Russian-Indian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace has proposed to Russian Defense Ministry the sale of a new cruise missile for the countrys armed forces. The corporation's co-director, Alexandr Maxichevy told Prensa Latina, the official news agency of Cuba, on Monday that a goal of BrahMos Aerospace Ltd is exporting this missile to other countries using Su-30 fighter aircraft
Raytheon Wins Rapidly-Developed Phased Array Systems Support Contract

March 17, 2015 @ 02:21 PM

Raytheon has won two modification contracts of total $5 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to support the Arrays at Commercial Timescales (ACT) program, the company announced in its press release on Tuesday. ACT is focused on developing technology that enables rapidly upgradable and widely deployable radar array architectures

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