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F-15C aircraft equipped with Legion Pod completes flight test - News
September 20, 2016
ORLANDO, Fla. Engineers at Lockheed Martin completed a flight test with an F-15C aircraft equipped with the company's Legion Pod, demonstrating the systems capabilities to detect and track airborne threats for the U.S. Air Force.
Unmanned
B-21 Bomber officially named: Raider - News
September 20, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. U.S Air Force officials announced the results of the Air Force Global Strike Command naming contest formally designating the long-range striker bomber as the B-21 Raider.
Cyber
DISA executive dubs Cyber Protection Teams as the new infantry - News
September 19, 2016
FORT MEADE, Md. During a capstone training course, cyber development executive to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), John Hickey dubs the Cyber Protection Teams (CPTs) as the ?new infantry.?
Radar/EW
Lockheed Martin selected to deliver Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb kits - News
September 19, 2016
ARCHBALD, Pa. U.S. Air Force representatives selected Lockheed Martin for a follow-on production contract for the company's Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) kits. The contract is worth an estimated $87.6 million.
Radar/EW
PXI instruments for defense/aerospace come with test program set compatibility - News
September 16, 2016
AUSTIN. Astronics Test Systems, Inc. and National Instruments collaborative effort has enabled the release of the Astronics PXIe-6943 Digital Test Instrument, Astronics PXIe-3352 Rubidium Clock Source and Astronics PXIe-1209 Pulse Pattern Generator, as well as the previously announced Astronics PXIe-2461 Frequency Time Interval Counter. The intent of the collaboration is to provide PXI-based instruments with test program set-(TPS-) compatible software for existing VXI instruments.
Cyber
AFRL cloud-based software prototype contract won by General Dynamics - News
September 16, 2016
FAIRFAX, Va. Representatives at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) selected General Dynamics Mission Systems to design, develop, integrate, test, and demonstrate a software prototype that correlates geospatial intelligence, signals intelligence and cyber indicator, and warning data streams for intelligence analysts.
Unmanned
DARPA's Aerial Dragnet program aims to track small UAS in urban setting - News
September 15, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials announced it's Aerial Dragnet program, which aims to seek innovative technologies to provide persistent, wide-area surveillance of all unmanned aerial systems (UAS) - including small UAS - operating below 1,000 feet in a large city. The focus on the program is to protect military troops operating in an urban setting, the program has the potential to find civilian application to help protect U.S. metropolitan areas from UAS-enabled terrorist threats.
Radar/EW
Intuitive software - AXIS 7.0 version - released by Abaco Systems - News
September 15, 2016
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Officials at Abaco Systems announced the release of AXIS version 7.0, an intuitive software environment encompassing the development cycle of embedded computing applications that include radar, sonar, signals intelligence, and image processing. Representatives state, it can also aid developers to meet size, weight, and power (SWaP) requirements.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy receives new pulsed power containers to support railgun program - News
September 14, 2016
SAN DIEGO. U.S. Navy officials received the first of multiple pulsed power containers from General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) to support the railgun development and testing program. Each container includes pulsed power modules and a pulsed power control system for ease of integration into the Navy's Command and Control infrastructure.
Radar/EW
Navy, USMC, & Lockheed Martin complete demonstration with F-35 and Aegis Weapon System - News
September 13, 2016
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, New Mexico. U.S Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and Lockheed Martin collaborated in a live fire test using the F-35 Lightening II and Aegis Weapon System demonstrating the integration of the F-35 to support Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA).
Unmanned
Bluefin-21 launches multiple micro-autonomous underwater vehicles during U.S. Navy's ANTX - News
September 12, 2016
NEWPORT, R.I. At this year's Annual Naval Technology Exercises (ANTX), General Dynamics engineers completed several capability exercises using its Bluefin-21 autonomous underwater vehicle, including demonstrating the Bluefin-21 capability to launch multiple Bluefin SandShark micro-autonomous underwater vehicles.
Unmanned
U.S. Navy demonstrates cross-domain communications capabilities between UUVs and UAVs - News
September 09, 2016
RHODE ISLAND. The U.S. Navy completed an exercise demonstrating that AeroVironment's submarine-launched Blackwing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can link with a swarm of unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs) and communicate with the submarine combat control system. The exercise was conducted during the Annual Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX).
Radar/EW
USS Zumwalt heads to San Diego as more testing and evaluation is scheduled - News
September 08, 2016
BATH, Maine. U.S. Zumwalt (DDG-1000) begins its three-month journey heading to its homeport in San Diego after completing assessments and crew verifications. Officials scheduled the USS Zumwalt's commissioning ceremony during Fleet Week Maryland in Baltimore on October 15.
Radar/EW
Combat helmet-mounted IDVS combines data with multispectral vision sensors - News
September 07, 2016
ADELAIDE, Australia. At the Land Forces 2016 in Adelaide, Australia Rockwell Collins officials introduced a combat helmet-mounted Integrated Digital Vision System (IDVS) for warfighters. It is a display system that combines real-time mission data with multispectral vision sensors into one view.
Comms
U.S. Army officials establish Rapid Capabilities Office - News
September 07, 2016
WASHINGTON. To expedite critical technologies to the field, the U.S. Army created a Rapid Capabilities Office and will conduct rapid materiel development and delivery efforts to address immediate, near-term, and mid-term Combatant Commanders' needs.
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SRC wins contract under Missile Defense Agency SHIELD program
March 02, 2026
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Hypersonic weapon garners Castelion $50 million U.S. Navy contract
February 27, 2026
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Senseeker Machining Company Acquires Axis Machine
February 11, 2026
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Modular protection solution shown by Leonardo DRS at WEST 2026
February 10, 2026
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COTS edge AI accelerators – an enabler for military autonomous systems in all domains, including space
March 03, 2026
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Mission autonomy software from Shield AI to support U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft program
February 13, 2026
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AI assurance the aim of new DARPA program
February 11, 2026
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Sovereign AI center to be established for naval defense systems in France by Naval Group, Thales
February 11, 2026
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IT infrastructure award announced by U.S. Air Force
February 12, 2026
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Cybersecurity certification level 2 announced by Spectra Defense Technologies
January 20, 2026
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Network-modernization contract for U.S. Space Force won by CACI International
January 05, 2026
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Air Force installation to begin M2M comms across systems, infrastructure
December 02, 2025
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Radiation-tolerant parts from Micross debut for satellite, space use
March 04, 2026
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PODCAST: Military aftermarket suppliers, counterfeit parts, component recreation
March 03, 2026
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Satellite communication systems to be supplied to Israel by Orbit
February 27, 2026
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Armored 6x6 vehicles delivered to German armed forces by Patria
February 24, 2026