POWAY, Calif. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) completed a month-long demo event that showcased a suite of long-range sensors, Air Launched Effects (ALE), and Scalable Command and Control (SC2) on its Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) unmanned aircraft system (UAS).
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Optronic sensor tech for U.S. Navy subs to be supplied by L3 KEO - News
July 06, 2020NORTHAMPTON, Mass. L3 KEO, a subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies, will develop and test an optronic sensor technology for U.S. Navy submarines under the terms of a potential five-year, $135.8 million contract.
Aircraft simulators now linking F-35 pilots with other platforms - News
July 02, 2020NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. An advance in aircraft simulators, allowing F-35 pilots to link with pilots of other aircraft, was announced on Wednesday by Lockheed Martin. For the first time, Lockheed, the F-35 Joint Program Office, and the U.S. Air Force connected F-35, F-22, F-16, and E3 airborne warning planes in a simulated environment, according to Lockheed Martin.
Network-centric avionics capabilities demonstrated by HENSOLDT - News
July 02, 2020GERMANY. The German Air Force's Tactical Data Link Exercise, Timber Express, took place at Jagel Airbase in Schleswig-Holstein. This annual exercise focuses on testing and evaluating the interoperability of various systems using multiple tactical data links across the land, sea, and air domain. HENSOLDT participated with equipment and personnel from its Avionics division, demonstrating Tactical Data Link (TDL) integration into airborne mission systems.
Autonomous sea boats to be produced with BAE Systems, Royal Navy - News
July 02, 2020UNITED KINGDOM. During Armed Forces Week, BAE Systems and the Royal Navy announce a $3.9 million (£3.2 million) autonomous boat contract intended to increase the Navy’s capabilities while protecting sailor’s lives.
Intelligence suites to be integrated for a Navy in Southeast Asia - News
July 01, 2020HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems announced that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $53 million to provide and integrate intelligence suites onboard vessels of the Navy of a country in Southeast Asia. The contract will be performed over a two-year period.
Cyberhardened mission-command systems for Army vehicles to be supplied by Leonardo DRS - News
July 01, 2020ARLINGTON, Va. Leonardo DRS has won a contract worth $104 million to deliver the next generation of U.S. Army mission command computing systems -- the modular Mounted Family of Computer Systems II (MFoCS II) -- that support the Army’s current modernization strategy for ground combat vehicles, combat support vehicles, and command posts.
Full situation awareness in UAV flight goal of Sagetech, Embention partnership - News
June 30, 2020WHITE SALMON, Wash. Sagetech Avionics, developer and manufacturer of miniature aviation transponders, announced a partnership with Embention, supplier of critical components for unmanned vehicles. Adding Sagetech's transponders to its other aviation solutions is intended to enable Embention to offer its customers full-certified situational awareness during the piloting of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Counter-UAS system from Ascent Vision Technologies chosen by Thailand defense agency - News
June 30, 2020BOZEMAN, Mont. Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) has won a contract with Thailand's Defence Technology Institute (DTI) to supply the AVT eXpeditionary Mobile Air Defense Integrated System (X-MADIS), which is a portable system intended to protect critical assets against hostile small unmanned aerial systems (UASs).
Counterspace security market to reach $8.95 billion globally by 2025, study says - News
June 30, 2020FREMONT, Calif. The counterspace security market -- defined by the U.S. Air Force as those missions that integrate defensive and offensive operations to attain and maintain the desired control and protection in and through space -- is anticipated to reach $8.95 billion by 2025, according to a recent report by BIS Research, "Global Counterspace Security Market, 2020-2025."
Eurofighter ESCAN radars to be integrated under Airbus contract - News
June 29, 2020NETHERLANDS. Airbus has won a contract for the development, supply, and integration of 115 Eurofighter ESCAN Radars for the German and Spanish Eurofighter fleet. According to the company, it marks the largest order for the electronically scanned array radar, Captor-E, thus far. The contract signature followed the approval by both governments in recent weeks.
GaN-based missile defense radars to be produced under Raytheon contract - News
June 29, 2020WALTHAM, Mass. Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, received a $2.3 billion U.S. Missile Defense Agency production contract for seven gallium nitride (GaN)-based AN/TPY-2 radars as part of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, which is designed to protect against incoming ballistic missile threats.
High-performance photonics for defense takes a giant step forward, study says - News
June 26, 2020SANTA BARBARA, Calif. A new result published in the journal Nature by a team of academic researchers led by University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) demonstrates stable, turnkey operation of chipscale optical frequency combs, which means that component makers are a giant step closer toward enabling broader manufacture and use of high-performance photonics for defense and other use.
Radar SiP contract announced by Mercury - News
June 26, 2020ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems has signed a $3.9 million multiphase contract award with a leading defense prime contractor for the development of a high-density system-in-package (SiP) solution for radar systems using its 2.5D chipscale integration technology.
UAS enhancements demonstrated by GA-ASI - News
June 26, 2020SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) recently demonstrated several expanded automatic takeoff and landing capability (ATLC) enhancements on the MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aerial system (UAS) as part of the ongoing U.S. Air Force contract for MQ-9A modernization.
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Eurofighter radar Mk1 receives subsystem upgrade to enhance mission performance
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MOSA space RF payload to launch aboard K2 Space Gravitas Mission
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