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Data and microwave/RF solutions from Gore highlighted at DSEI 2019 - News

September 12, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

DSEI 2019--LONDON. W. L. Gore and Associates (Gore) is displaying a number of its defense-related products this week at DSEI 2019 in London, including Ethernet/HDMI/USB high-speed data cables and rugged microwave/RF assemblies that promise quality signals and use EMI shielding.

Radar/EW

Radar, EW testing solutions from Rohde & Schwarz shown at DSEI 2019 - News

September 12, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

DSEI 2019--LONDON. Test and measurement equipment manufacturer Rohde & Schwarz is highlighting its radar and electronic warfare (EW) testing solutions at the DSEI 2019 show, held this week in London.

Unmanned

Remotely piloted aircraft system from GA-ASI to get trial from UK ministry of defense - News

September 11, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) has signed a Direct Commercial Sale (DCS) contract with the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD) to complete the test and evaluation activities necessary to certify the Ga-ASI Protector RG Mk1 remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) system to fly in civil airspace.

Unmanned

Autonomous UUV introduced by General Dynamics at DSEI - News

September 11, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics Mission Systems

LONDON. General Dynamics Mission Systems today released the new Bluefin-12 autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle at Defense and Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2019.

Radar/EW

Identification Friend or Foe systems to see upgrades - News

September 11, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

ABERDEEN, Md. Raytheon Company and Hanwha Systems signed a technical cooperation agreement to produce Identification Friend or Foe Mode 5 systems for the Korean military.

Comms

New wideband HF communication system introduced at DSEI - News

September 11, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Collins Aerospace

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (UTX), has launched a new wideband High Frequency (HF) communications system that delivers high-speed data and clear digital voice beyond line of sight communications without needing satellites.

Comms

Products to prepare for GPS/GNSS-denied environments debut at DSEI 2019 - News

September 11, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

DSEI 2019--LONDON. Positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) solution company Orolia (Les Ulis, France) debuted its new line of simulation and interference detection and mitigation (IDM) products during this week's Defense and Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibition in London.

Unmanned

Antidrone protection for vehicles from Elbit Systems introduced at DSEI 2019 - News

September 11, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Elbit Systems

DSEI 2019--LONDON. Elbit Systems introduced what it calls ReDrone Vehicular Tactical System -- a vehicular configuration of its operational antidrone protection and neutralization system -- at DSEI 2019 this week in London.

Radar/EW

Vision system that "sees through" armor launches at DSEI 2019 - News

September 10, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems HENSOLDT

DSEI 2019--LONDON. Sensor solution provider Hensoldt is showing at this week's DSEI show its newly developed electro-optical vision system for armored vehicles -- named SETAS [See-through Armour System] -- that is aimed at giving full situational awareness in the daylight hours to the vehicle crew while allowing them to stay safely inside.

Comms

Wearable tech for warfighters in the field from Elbit Systems debuts at DSEI - News

September 10, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Elbit Systems

DSEI 2019--LONDON. Elbit Systems is launching new wearable technologies for dismounted personnel in the field at DSEI 2019 this week in London.

Comms

Space-based ISR cohort will host eight small businesses - News

September 10, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Air Force

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. This fall, eight companies from around the country will convene in Colorado Springs for the Catalyst Space Accelerator?s (CSA) fourth cohort, centered around space-based Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR).

Unmanned

Javelin missiles remotely launched from unmanned vehicle - News

September 10, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company Lockheed Martin

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. The Javelin Joint Venture team, a partnership of Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin, fired Javelin missiles from a Kongsberg remote launcher mounted on a Titan unmanned ground vehicle built by QinetiQ North America and Milrem Robotics.

Radar/EW

ADLINK joins SOSA Consortium - News

September 10, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems ADLINK Technology

SAN JOSE, Calif. and TAIPEI, Taiwan. ADLINK Technology has become a member of the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) consortium. The SOSA consortium has been driving the interoperability of VPX solutions from different vendors by addressing the gap within OpenVPX standards.

Comms

Portable ground station will enable beyond-line-of-sight comms without satellite - News

September 10, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Collins Aerospace

DSEI 2019--LONDON. Collins Aerospace Systems (a United Technologies Corp. business unit) has launched Universal Radio Group (URG)-IV, a new wideband high frequency (HF) portable ground station that delivers high-speed data and clear digital voice beyond-line-of-sight communications without the need for satellites. The URG-IV is being shown for the first time at DSEI 2019, held this week in London.

Unmanned

Terrain-learning robots to be tested by Army - News

September 09, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Army

ADELPHI, Md. The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory and industry, academic, and government partners are working to provide reliable robot teammates that will have the ability to classify the environment for quality of surface and potential hazards, then maneuver behavior to adjust to conditions.