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CAE, GA-ASI To Co-Develop Predator UAS Simulator For Italian Air Force
June 16, 2015 @ 01:30 PMCAE announced today that it has won the contract from Italian Directorate for Air Armaments and Airworthiness (DAAA) to develop and deliver upgrades and enhancements to a Predator Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Mission Trainer for the Italian Air Force. CAE and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) intend to co-develop a high fidelity UAS Mission Trainer specifically representing the Italian Air Force's Predator(R) A and Predator B/MQ-9, manufactured by GA-ASI
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Northrop Grumman Unveils Next-Gen Unmanned Ground Vehicle
June 5, 2015 @ 12:50 PMNorthrop Grumman announced Thursday that its subsidiary Remotec has unveiled the Andros FX(TM), a more capable and dexterous unmanned ground vehicle. The new unmanned ground vehicle is designed to defeat a wide range of threats, including vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIED)
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Northrop’s Battle Command System Intercepts Ballistic Missile In Inaugural Flight Test
May 29, 2015 @ 07:28 AMNorthrop Grumman announced Thursday that its Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (ICBS) was successful in destroying a ballistic missile in its first flight test. The inaugural test, by Northrop Grumman and the US army, was conducted using the IAMD BCS, a Patriot system radar and two adapted Patriot launchers connected at the component level to the IBCS integrated fire control network
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Northrop Passes Design Review For B-2 Weapons Management Upgrade Program
May 28, 2015 @ 08:38 AMNorthrop Grumman announced Wednesday that it has successfully passed Key Design Review for B-2 Weapons Management Upgrade Program. It has passed the critical design review (CDR) of the US Air Forces Flexible Strike Phase 1 program on Feb 3
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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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The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
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...
