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Unmanned

Global UAV market to reach $51.85 billion by 2025, analysts say - News

May 01, 2018
NEW YORK. The global market for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is expected to grow to $51.85 billion by 2025, up from $11.45 billion in 2016, according to a study by The Insight Partners titled "Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Market to 2025 -- Global Analysis and Forecasts by Component by Type and Application."
Unmanned

Next stage of NASA's UAV safety research: Avionics-driven detect and avoid - News

April 30, 2018
XPONENTIAL 2018--DENVER. Avionics company Sagetech Corporation reports that it is set to provide its MXS transponder to NASA as the government agency conducts detect-and-avoid (DAA) research in the area of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Unmanned

Integrating UASs into the national airspace: Fast data links and fail-safes are key - News

April 30, 2018
XPONENTIAL 2018--DENVER. Rockwell Collins, as part of two weeks of critical testing recently for the NASA Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) program, served as the UAS Service Supplier (USS) for the safe management of a UAS flying beyond visual line-of-sight.
Unmanned

Smart-mapping payload enables UAS to deliver faster ID, intelligence data - News

April 30, 2018
XPONENTIAL 2018--DENVER. Insitu -- a subsidiary of The Boeing Company and Overwatch Imaging -- has successfully integrated a customized TK-5 Firewatch smart tactical mapping payload on Insitu?s ScanEagle unmanned aerial system (UAS). The Firewatch-equipped ScanEagle will operate with real-time fire line maps and wide-area, high-resolution imagery intelligence for wildfire management, disaster recovery, and other UAS applications.
Cyber

Naval Research Lab team aims to design better armor through nanoscience - News

April 27, 2018
WASHINGTON. A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) reports that they have pushed grain-size engineering to the limit and as a result recently discovered previously unseen behaviors in nanocrystalline ceramics that could lead to the design of lighter and stronger ceramic armor for the warfighter. The discovery -- recently published in American Chemical Society Nano -- continues NRL research published in 2014.
Cyber

Award: $145 million task order will support Army IT counterinsurgency program - News

April 27, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. IT contractor CACI International has been awarded a $145 million task order to support the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) Counter Insurgency Targeting Program (CITP).
Radar/EW

Portable, precise laser technology demonstrated by DARPA - News

April 26, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. A team of researchers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) reports that it has made significant progress advancing chip-based integrated photonics and nonlinear optics to miniaturize optical synthesizer components.
Radar/EW

E-scan radar sale set to bolster India's border security effort - News

April 26, 2018
CAMBRIDGE, U.K. Electronic-scanning radar and surveillance company Blighter Surveillance Systems has secured its first sale into India; the company will supply its Blighter B400 series E-scan micro Doppler ground surveillance radars.
Radar/EW

U.S. Navy accepts delivery of future USS Michael Monsoor destroyer - News

April 25, 2018
BATH, Maine. The U.S. Navy accepted hull, mechanical, and electrical (HM&E) delivery of the future USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) from shipbuilder General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) on April 24.
Radar/EW

Analysts: Global rugged equipment market to reach nearly $44 billion by 2022 - News

April 25, 2018
LONDON. The global rugged equipment market -- defined as devices that are used in harsh conditions and extreme climates that are designed based on certain military standards that determine their resistance to dust, water, and vibration -- will total nearly $44 billion by 2022, according to a market study by Technavio, "Global Rugged Equipment Market 2018-2022."
Comms

Orbital test bed satellite completes system, preflight testing: General Atomics - News

April 24, 2018
SAN DIEGO, Calif. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that it has completed full system and ?ready for launch? preflight testing of its Orbital Test Bed (OTB) satellite; OTB will launch as part of the U.S. Air Force?s Space Technology Program (STP-2) flight on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
Cyber

Developing conflict-deterrence strategies for the "Gray Zone" - News

April 24, 2018
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Intelligent systems developer Charles River Analytics (CRA) is teaming with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to research methods that would improve Department of Defense (DoD) analysis of potential deterrence strategies in the so-called Gray Zone. The two-year contract is valued at $1 million.
Unmanned

DARPA Gremlins UAS swarm program moves to Phase 3 with Dynetics - News

April 23, 2018
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Dynetics Inc. will move forward into Phase 3 of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Gremlins program, which aims to mount and accelerate the ability to perform aerial launch and recovery of volley quantities of low-cost, reusable unmanned aerial systems (UASs) from military aircraft.
Unmanned

DARPA challenge seeks fast launch solutions - News

April 23, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced what it calls the "DARPA Launch Challenge," a program designed to promote rapid access to space within days instead of years. With the challenge entries, DARPA intends to implement fast launch capabilities and further incentivize industry to deliver launch solutions that are flexible and responsive.
Unmanned

Developmental testing completed on Small Diameter Bomb II for fighter pilots' use - News

April 20, 2018
TUCSON,Ariz. Raytheon has finished a round of developmental testing on the Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II), a key step toward bringing this new capability to military fighter pilots.
Radar/EW

Celestica completes acquisition of rugged-electronics maker Atrenne Integrated Solutions - News

April 20, 2018
TORONTO. Electronics manufacturing company Celestica Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of Atrenne Integrated Solutions, a U.S.-based designer and manufacturer of ruggedized electromechanical solutions that primarily serves the military and commercial aerospace markets.
Comms

Global defense tactical radio market expected to reach $17.87 billion by 2023, report says - News

April 20, 2018
PORTLAND, Ore. A new report by Allied Market Research found that the global defense tactical radio market -- valued at $7.97 billion in 2016 -- is projected to reach at $17.87 billion by 2023, growing at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.9 percent from 2017 to 2023.
Unmanned

Marines accomplish first F/A-18 flights with APKWS rockets - News

April 18, 2018
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Patuxent River, Md. The U.S. Marine Corps? F/A-18 squadrons recently completed their initial flights with the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS), a highly accurate 2.75-inch rocket that provides air-to-ground weapon support.
Avionics

Elbit Systems completes Universal Avionics Systems acquisition - News

April 18, 2018
HAIFA, Israel. Defense electronics contractor Elbit Systems Ltd. has completed its previously announced acquisition of avionics manufacturer Universal Avionics Systems (UA -- Tucson, Arizona).
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