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
Exelis has won a $34 million contract from Sikorsky to produce major structural airframe components for four production-representative CH-53K heavy lift helicopters. Designated as System Demonstration Test Articles (SDTA), the four aircraft will enable the US Marine Corps to conduct operational evaluation of the new helicopter system beginning in 2017
Argon Electronics has won a contract from the US Air Force for the supply of PlumeSIM CBRN training system to enhance CBRN exercises at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. PlumeSIM will be used with Argons M4 JCAD simulators to create highly realistic CBRN and HazMat exercises, implemented in both virtual and live training environments
L-3 Communications has won contract from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to provide Medium-Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) target vehicles for use in tests of missile defense systems. The initial value of the award is approximately $73 million, with additional options valued at more than $400 million over the next five years
Northrop Grumman has finished testing on its Advanced Pulse Generator (APG), which represents the next technology evolution for its Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator (CEESIM) product. The APG utilizes high speed direct digital synthesizer (DDS) technology to generate radio frequency (RF) waveforms
Raytheons Patriot Air and Missile Defense System test fired nine Patriot missiles during its annual Field Surveillance Program (FSP), successfully engaging inbound and outbound unmanned air breathing targets. This was the first FSP conducted with the PAC-2 missiles, using the recently launched Post Deployment Build-7 (PDB-7) software and the modernized radar with radar digital processor
The global storm over whistle-blower Edward Snowdens expose that the US spied on countries all over the world has snowballed into a demand that control of the Internet be vested with the United Nations. Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff kicked off the demand with a powerful speech at the United Nations General Assembly last week where she called on the UN to oversee a new global legal system to govern the internet to guarantee "freedom of expression, privacy of the individual and respect for human rights" and the "neutrality of the network, guided only by technical and ethical criteria, rendering...
Taiwans navy yesterday launched its surface-to-air missile for the first time in six years, destroying a drone simulating a Chinese air attack. The U
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced today that they are collaborating on the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) program, which successfully launched its first prototype on August 27. Designed for both surface and air launch, LRASM seeks to develop an autonomous, precision-guided anti-ship standoff missile based on the successful Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range (JASSM-ER) system
Lockheed Martin has recently completed a series of Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) captive carry flight tests at the Sea Range in Point Mugu, California. The primary mission objectives were to collect telemetry for post-flight analysis, verify proper control room telemetry displays and simulate all the test activities that will occur in later air-launched flight tests