Articles 1921 - 1940
Avionics
U.S. Army to enhance helmet-mounted display for tactical trainers - News
November 29, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. The U.S. Army has selected an updated version of the Rockwell Collins SimEye helmet-mounted display (HMD) to be used within Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (AVCATT) systems.
Comms
Research aims to foster intelligence collaboration, enhance national security - News
November 29, 2017
WASHINGTON. Riverside Research, a not-for-profit scientific research organization that primarily supports the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the nation's intelligence community, has been awarded the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) Advisory and Assistance Services, Geospatial and Signatures Intelligence contract.
Avionics
U.S. military inks $198.4 million worth of C-130 training contracts - News
November 28, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin has signed six contracts with the U.S. military, with awards totaling $198.4 million, to improve training for C-130 aircrews and operators around the world. The C-130J Super Hercules Maintenance and Aircrew Training System (JMATS) program has trained more than 10,000 personnel for missions including cargo transport, special missions, and aerial refueling.
Unmanned
CV90 combat tank to get new direct-fire precision optics capability - News
November 28, 2017
PREROV, Czech Republic. Optical specialists Meopta will support vital line-of-sight technology for the BAE Systems CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) under the terms of a recent Memorandum of Understanding with defense and security company Saab. The agreement, signed at NATO Days 2017 -- held in September in the Czech Republic -- will cover potential local production of key components for the CV90?s fire-control system; Meopta and Saab are subcontractors on that system.
A.I.
DARPA issues RFI to innovate in underground mapping, navigation - News
November 27, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued a request for information (RFI) on potential concepts for innovative technology platforms designed to navigate and map urban underground infrastructure, man-made tunnels, natural cave networks, and other subterranean environments.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy LCS program orders additional Sea Giraffe AMB radar - News
November 27, 2017
STOCKHOLM. Defense and security company Saab has received a follow-on order from General Dynamics for delivery of the Saab Sea Giraffe AMB naval radar for the U.S. Navy?s Littoral Combat Ships LCS 28 and LCS 30. The initial contract was awarded in September 2011 to the company?s U.S, subsidiary, Saab Sensis, which covered the delivery of the radar as part of the Navy?s LCS program.
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Comms
Multinational spectrum coordination now available on a mobile app - News
November 22, 2017
FORT MEADE, Md. The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) reports that the mobile application version of the "Mercury" tool ? a central repository used to coordinate electromagnetic spectrum frequencies during humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR) operations ? is now available for download on both Apple and Android devices.
Avionics
Protecting pilots from laser attack - News
November 22, 2017
LONDON. Engineers at BAE Systems have developed what they call a low-cost, flexible system to block hostile laser attacks against aircraft and their crews.
Unmanned
NASA finishes 100 days of cryogenic vacuum testing on Webb space telescope - News
November 21, 2017
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, Texas. On November 18, NASA unsealed the 40-metric-ton doors of a cryogenic test chamber at the Johnson Space Center, marking the end of a 100-day cryogenic test phase for the James Webb Space Telescope, to make sure that the telescope's sensitive instruments will work as expected in the cold, airless environment of space. The cryogenic test phase was an important step toward the launch and operation of the telescope, which is considered to be a replacement for the Hubble Space Telescope.
Avionics
Sensors developed that can detect aircraft damage as it happens - News
November 20, 2017
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. Researchers with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center have developed and tested networked acoustic emission sensors that can detect airframe damage on conceptual composite UH-60 Black Hawk rotorcraft.
Radar/EW
U.S. Air Force awards $349.6 million Joint STARS contract extension - News
November 20, 2017
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a 12-month, $349.6 million contract for Total System Support Responsibility (TSSR) of the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) fleet, which is a command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C2ISR) aircraft designed to support combatant commanders in-theater.
Comms
Delta II rocket launches carrying NASA and NOAA satellites, sensors - News
November 20, 2017
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) for NASA and National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) lifted off on November 18 from Vandenburg AFB's Space Launch Complex-2.
Radar/EW
Ballistic-missile defense radar passes crucial milestone - News
November 17, 2017
MOORESTOWN, N.J. Lockheed Martin has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) portion of testing with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) for the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR). Passage of this goal means that the LRDR has demonstrated compliance to all technical performance measures and requirements. The radar system will be part of a layered ballistic-missile defense strategy to protect the U.S. from ballistic-missile attacks.
Unmanned
State Dept. approves possible AMRAAM sale to Norway - News
November 17, 2017
WASHINGTON. The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of 60 AIM-120 C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs), plus guidance-section spares, to the government of Norway.
Comms
Mapping software aims to make live-fire training safer - News
November 17, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) TechSolutions program has shepherded the development of a new software tool to be used during live-fire exercises that will map out training areas in great detail.
Comms
U.S. Navy to upgrade communications on Aegis cruisers - News
November 16, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Leonardo DRS --through its Canadian subsidiary, DRS Technologies Canada (Kanata, Ontario) -- has won a contract from the U.S. Navy to provide four additional Integrated Voice Communications Systems (IVCS) for the Navy's Aegis cruisers and destroyers. The award is part of the Navy?s larger IVCS contract.
Avionics
Royal Australian air force signs major aircraft-sustainment program - News
November 16, 2017
SYDNEY. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has signed a through life support (TLS) contract with Northrop Grumman Corp. to service its C-27J Spartan Battlefield Airlifter fleet. The five-year-base, 22-year rolling wave, performance-based contract includes engineering and logistic services.
Radar/EW
Air Force awards $44.1 million telemetry test contract - News
November 15, 2017
ORLANDO. Lockheed Martin will produce Intelligent Test Instrumentation Kits (iTIK) to be used on Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) flight tests for telemetry and flight termination purposes under the terms of a recent $44.1 million contract from the U.S. Air Force.
Unmanned
Korea Aerospace outfits its KF-X multirole fighter aircraft - News
November 15, 2017
MELBOURNE, Fla. Korea Aerospace Industries has chosen Harris Corporation to furnish carriage and release systems for the next-generation Korea Fighter-Experimental (KF-X) program.
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