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Unmanned
U.S. Army grants Lockheed Martin $828 million contract to produce precision-strike rockets, equipment - News
May 08, 2018
DALLAS. Lockheed Martin will proceed on Lot 13 production of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rockets and associated equipment under the terms of an $828 million (not-to-exceed) contract from the U.S. Army.
Radar/EW
Air Force moves ahead with defendable space missile-warning capabilities - News
May 07, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force is moving to award two sole-source contracts for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) program, as it implements rapid-procurement practices. It is targeting the first Next-Gen OPIR launch in 2023.
Unmanned
InSight lander on its way to Mars - News
May 07, 2018
VANDENBURG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) spacecraft -- built by Lockheed Martin and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory -- launched early in the morning on May 5 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket and has officially begun its six-month long journey to Mars. The spacecraft is scheduled to arrive on the Red Planet on November 26, 2018.
Unmanned
U.S. Marine Corps signs $10 million contract for "throwable" robots - News
May 07, 2018
CHELMSFORD, Mass. Endeavor Robotics -- a developer and manufacturer of small, lightweight unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) -- has signed a contract worth $10 million with the U.S. Marine Corps to provide the Marines with its small, throwable FirstLook robots.
Comms
ESA, partners investigate space photons' role in secure cryptography - News
May 04, 2018
PARIS. The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed an agreement with satellite communications company SES Techcom (Luxembourg) to develop what they call "QUARTZ" [Quantum Cryptography Telecommunication System], a platform for quantum key distribution, and administer it from space.
Cyber
DARPA taps Charles River Analytics for space situational-awareness tool - News
May 04, 2018
CAMBRiDGE, Mass. Charles River Analytics (CRA) has won a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) worth $1.3 million to help U.S. military commanders better understand different types of potential threats in space.
Unmanned
Analysts: Military UAV demand key to growth in global airborne ISR market over next several years - News
May 04, 2018
LONDON. The global airborne ISR [intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance] market will rise at a compound annual growth rate CAGR of 4.67 percent during the period 2018-2022, according to a new study by Technavio, "Global Airborne ISR Market 2018-2022."
Avionics
USAF announces hosting locations for upcoming B-21 aircraft - News
May 03, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force has selected three existing bases at which the B-21 Raider will replace B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit aircraft beginning in the mid-2020s.
Unmanned
Study: Drone/UAV identification systems to grow at nearly 25 percent CAGR 2018-2022 - News
May 03, 2018
LONDON. A new market study from Technavio, "Global Drone Identification Systems Market 2018-2022," forecasts that the global drone identification systems market will grow at a combined annual growth rate [CAGR] of 24.25 percent during the study period, 2018-2022.
Unmanned
Rugged UAV antenna launch from Hemisphere GNSS at AUVSI Xponential - News
May 03, 2018
XPONENTIAL 2018--DENVER. Positioning technology company Hemisphere GNSS (Scottsdale, Arizona) introduced its rugged multi-GNSS, multifrequency four-helix HA32 antenna for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at the AUVSI Xponential show.
Unmanned
Unmanned-craft equipment companies adopt Presagis UAV simulator, as seen at AUVSI Xponential - News
May 02, 2018
XPONENTIAL 2018--DENVER and MONTREAL. Simulation software and solutions company Presagis has delivered its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) simulator platform, which it calls UAV CRAFT, to Laflamme Aero (Coleraine, Quebec, Canada), the company leading the LX300 unmanned helicopter project.
Comms
USAF: SBIRS GEO Flight-4 missile-warning satellite sends first pictures back to Earth - News
May 02, 2018
BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colorado. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) reports that its fourth Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite has transmitted its first images back to Earth.
Unmanned
Augmented reality plus UAS tech for defense, public safety, automotive shown at Xponential 2018 - News
May 02, 2018
XPONENTIAL 2018--DENVER. Augmented-reality (AR) platform developer Edgybees -- based in Beit Herut, Israel -- is showcasing its new life-saving drone technology at the AUVSI Xponential show in Denver this week.
Unmanned
Companies partner at Xponential to intro VTOL UAVs with new engines - News
May 02, 2018
XPONENTIAL 2018--DENVER. A-techsyn -- a manufacturer of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicles, fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), target-acquisition drones, and communications/autopilot systems -- is introducing the first VTOL equipped with an engine from 3W-International's partner company Sky Power at Xponential 2018. The A-techsyn VTOL will be shown as part of the 3W-International booth.
Unmanned
Optical gas-imaging camera core for UASs shown at Xponential show - News
May 02, 2018
XPONENTIAL 2018--DENVER. Sierra-Olympic Technologies (Hood River, Oregon), a maker of infrared (IR) and thermal imaging technologies and components, is premiering its new Ventus OGI, an optical gas imaging camera core, at the unmanned systems event.
Comms
Boosting GPS/GNSS for UAVs, robotics, autonomous vehicles - News
May 02, 2018
XPONENTIAL 2018--DENVER. Swift Navigation (San ??Francisco, California) -- a ??company that develops and builds ??GPS [global positioning system] and GNSS [global navigation satellite system] ??technology -- is highlighting several of its offerings in the world of unmanned and autonomous systems at the AUVSI Xponential event.
Unmanned
Extending the range of the UAS beyond visual line-of-sight - News
May 01, 2018
XPONENTIAL 2018--DENVER. Unmanned aerial system (UAS) technology provider PrecisionHawk (Raleigh, North Carolina) debuted what it says is the first beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS)-enabled, multirotor drone platform at the AUVSI Xponential event.
Unmanned
Small quadrotor UAS gets high-res IR sensor upgrade from maker Lockheed Martin - News
May 01, 2018
XPONENTIAL 2018--DENVER. Lockheed Martin announced at the AUVSI/Xponential show that it has upgraded its Indago 3 -- a small quadrotor unmanned aerial system (UAS) -- with high-resolution infrared sensors capable of day or night operations.
Cyber
U.S. Navy signs $90 million enterprise services support contract with Engility - News
May 01, 2018
CHANTILLY, Va. Systems engineering company Engility Holdings has won a five-year, $90 million task order to provide software engineering and production support to the U.S. Navy's tactical afloat and submarine local area networks.
Radar/EW
U.S. Air Force orders 770+ all-digital radar warning receivers from Raytheon - News
May 01, 2018
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Raytheon will supply the U.S. Air Force (USAF) with at least 779 units of its AN/ALR-69A(V) all-digital radar warning receiver, under the terms of a recently signed indefinite delivery/indefinite contract.
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