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Comms

25 cm resolution SAR imaging achieved with smallsats - News

March 26, 2020
HELSINKI. Finnish New Space company ICEYE unveiled its latest capability of 25 cm resolution imaging with synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) small satellites (smallsats), utilizing the company's current commercial SAR satellite constellation in-orbit. With this high-resolution imaging capability, ICEYE SAR data achieves the same resolution class provided by larger, conventional commercial SAR satellites operating at their highest performance.
Unmanned

C-UAS hardware ordered for DIB COVID-19 efforts - News

March 26, 2020
CENTENNIAL, Colo. Liteye Systems, Inc., counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) developer, announced the receipt of an add-on specialty production order for $3 million. The contract will ensure delivery of hardware for U.S. Government urgent requirements during this unprecedented time dealing with COVID-19.
Unmanned

Automated µMA-X system to support next-gen UUVs - News

March 25, 2020
THE WOODLANDS, Texas. Mitcham Industries, Inc. announced that its Klein Marine Systems unit has recently delivered the first micro-MA-X (µMA-X System) in support of U.S. Navy Next Generation Small-Class Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) evaluation sponsored by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).
Radar/EW

Condor MK3 radars to be upgraded for Brazilian AF - News

March 24, 2020
DULLES, Va. Raytheon Company is modernizing the Brazilian Air Force's surveillance radars across the Amazon. Raytheon will upgrade seven legacy radars to the next-generation Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar system, Condor Mk3, increasing efficiency and reducing electric energy consumption.
Cyber

Cybersecurity fortified for USAF weapons systems - News

March 23, 2020
HOUSTON, Texas. KBR announced that it has been awarded a $26.8 million task order to provide additional cybersecurity engineering support to the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) Engineering Directorate Cyber Systems Engineering Division.
A.I.

Artificial intelligence to equip M88 fleet at tactical edge - News

March 23, 2020
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Raytheon Company and Uptake, industrial-use artificial intelligence (AI) software company, have teamed to bring predictive maintenance capabilities to deployed U.S. Marine Corps teams using M88 armored recovery vehicles.
Unmanned

Australian tactical UAS replacement project selects companies - News

March 20, 2020
AUSTRALIA. The replacement of the Australian Army’s Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) through project LAND 129 Phase 3 has progressed to the tendering process.
Unmanned

NEMESIS program to provide actionable intelligence - News

March 20, 2020
MALIBU, Calif. HRL Laboratories, LLC, have completed live demonstrations of their Neurmorphic Eye In the Sky (NEMESIS) program, a drone-based system designed to analyze situational awareness and provide actionable intelligence in real time.
Cyber

Nanotech solutions for cyberattacks goal of AFRL, NAU partnership - News

March 19, 2020
ROME, N.Y. Personnel from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) joined industry and military partners at Northern Arizona University (NAU) Feb. 25 to discuss a multimillion-dollar cybersecurity project headed by Professor Bertrand Cambou.
Unmanned

Microturbine engine for UAVs demos fuel flexibility - News

March 19, 2020
MIAMI, Fla. UAV Turbines, Inc. (UAVT), microturbine technology company, announced that its Monarch 5 turboshaft engine can now run on natural gas, signifying possible fuel flexibility. Previously shown to run on all types of heavy fuels including jet fuel, the addition of natural gas could extend this technology beyond flight and into ground emergency and standby power generation for both onsite and remote application areas.
Unmanned

Coyote Block 2 C-UAS systems cleared for sale - News

March 18, 2020
TUCSON, Ariz. The U.S. government has cleared Raytheon Company to sell the Coyote Block 2 counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) weapon to approved allied nations as part of the Howler counter-drone system.
Radar/EW

FLIR sensors to equip U.S. Army vehicles - News

March 18, 2020
TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon Company has developed, manufactured, and delivered the 3rd GEN Forward-Looking Infrared (FLIR) sensor system under a U.S. Army contract awarded in 2016. FLIR system is designed to give soldiers four fields of view and the ability to see across long- and mid-wave IR bands simultaneously with a stabilized line of sight.
Radar/EW

Lower Tier Air & Missile Defense radar completes testing - News

March 17, 2020
ANDOVER, Mass. Raytheon Company completed the first round of testing of the first partially populated radar antenna array for the U.S. Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS). The milestone comes less than five months after the U.S. Army selected Raytheon to build LTAMDS, a next-generation radar designed to defeat advanced threats like hypersonic weapons.
Cyber

Augmented reality to enhance USAF situational awareness - News

March 17, 2020
WASHINGTON. Edgybees, provider of collaborative visual intelligence technology, announced that it won its largest contract yet by AFWERX, an innovation program within the U.S. Air Force. The contract will see Edgybees' computer vision technology, in the form of its augmented reality (AR) software solution Argus, integrated with the US Air Force's systems to enhance situational awareness in complex operational scenarios.
Avionics

Avionics development to be streamlined with Ansys SCADE - News

March 16, 2020
PITTSBURGH, Pa. Physical Optics Corporation (POC) is using Ansys simulation software solutions to develop avionics for U.S. military aircraft. Ansys SCADE Solutions for ARINC 661 Applications (Ansys SCADE for ARINC 661), will enable POC to reduce development time and accelerate certification with the intent to integrate new functionality at a lower cost and enable a faster path to market.
Radar/EW

On-the-move ground radar demonstrated by NGC - News

March 13, 2020
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. Northrop Grumman Corporation completed a government customer demonstration of the Highly Adaptable Multi-Mission Radar (HAMMR) system at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
Radar/EW

HELIOS laser weapon system nears ship integration - News

March 13, 2020
BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy moved one step closer to integrating a laser weapon system onto an Arleigh Burke destroyer after conducting a Critical Design Review (CDR) for the High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system.
Radar/EW

MATRICs semiconductors to sense UAS comms signals - News

March 13, 2020
ARLINGTON, Va. BAE Systems demonstrated new, small-form-factor semiconductor technology designed to sense radio frequency (RF) and communication signals in congested and contested battle environments in conjunction with an unmanned aerial system (UAS). The Hedgehog technology is a collection of general-purpose, reconfigurable MATRICs chips in a software-defined radio (SDR) system.
Comms

Gray Eagle UAV to be equipped with next-gen SATCOM tech - News

March 12, 2020
GERMANTOWN, Md. Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), broadband satellite networks and services company, announced it has won a Data Link Modernization (DLM) contract by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to provide new advanced satellite communications (SATCOM) systems for the U.S. Army's MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS).
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