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Israel Orders Additional Skystar 300 Surveillance Aerostats
May 14, 2015 @ 01:09 PMIsraeli government has placed orders for additional Skystar 300 surveillance aerostats; the Jerusalem Post quoted unnamed sources at RT LTA as saying. The aerostat is attached to a ground station by a tethering cable that transmits power, data and two-way communications
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Exelis, Tubitak Sage To Develop SmartTechnology For NATO Aircraft
May 6, 2015 @ 10:34 AMExelis announced Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Tubitak Sage at IDEF 2015 for developing and integrating advanced smart carriage and release technology for international military aircraft. The MoU with Tubitak Sage, the Defense Industries Research and Development Institute of Turkey is aimed to produce and market a smart rack with enhanced capabilities for NATO aircraft, including international F-16 fighters and other strategic and unmanned platforms
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Exelis Delivers Encryptors For USAF GPS modernization
April 16, 2015 @ 11:52 AMExelis announced today that it has delivered six ground encryptors, which will improve information security for the Global Positioning System's Next-Generation Operational Control System to Raytheon. GPS OCX is part of the US Air Force's GPS modernization program
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US Navy Demonstrates Swarming Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
April 15, 2015 @ 04:13 PMOffice 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
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Australia To Buy Two Additional Globemaster III Transport Aircraft
April 10, 2015 @ 03:19 PMAustralian Government Today announced that it has decided to acquire two additional Boeing C-17A Globemaster III aircraft for its Air Forces existing fleet of six lift aircraft. The acquisition of the two additional C-17s – and associated equipment and facilities – represents an investment of $1 billion in Australias security and the ability of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to respond to a range of contingencies
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Northrop Remotec To Market AirRobot Small UAVs
April 1, 2015 @ 03:12 PMRemotec and AirRobot have entered into a distribution agreement for AirRobot's line of small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in US, Northrop said in a statement Tuesday. Remotec is a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman
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Mexico Receives First Winglet-Equipped Airbus C295 Transport Aircraft
April 1, 2015 @ 01:52 PMAirbus announced Monday that the Mexican Navy (Semar) has received the first Airbus C295 medium transport aircraft equipped with winglets. C295W will be able to transport more payloads to a longer distance with around a 4% fuel savings, even in hot and high conditions
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Avionics Services To Produce Heron-Based UAV
March 31, 2015 @ 01:08 PMAvionics Services, the Brazilian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) arena, is heading to produce Medium Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) UAV, the “Caçador”. The manufacturing process will be taken by the local industry
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Aeros Completes Functionality Testing Of Elevated Early Warning System
March 17, 2015 @ 08:49 AMAeros NADATS division announced today that integrated functionality testing has been successfully completed on Elevated Early Warning System (EEWS) integrated multi-role aerial surveillance system for situational awareness. NADATS EEWS integrates a 27 sensor package including radar with ground-moving target indication capability, electro-optic and infrared HD imaging system, and moving map software for empowerment and simplified use by operators
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Thales, Airbus To Co-Develop Space-Borne Military Intelligence System For French Army
March 13, 2015 @ 08:44 AMThe French defence procurement agency DGA has selected Thales and Airbus Defence and Space for constructing future military space-based signals intelligence (SIGINT) system. Thales also has responsibility for the mission payload on board the satellites and for the user ground segment in charge of programming the satellites and the data processing, according to the company press release
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Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
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