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Unmanned
Boeing, U.S. Army demonstrate HEL MD on military vehicle - News
September 04, 2014
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Boeing and the U.S. Army recently demonstrated the abilities of the High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD) in rough maritime conditions at Elgin Air Force Base in Florida.
Comms
General Dynamics UK to provide 589 SCOUT SV platforms to the UK army - News
September 03, 2014
SOUTH WALES, UK. General Dynamics UK won a contract worth about $5.76 billion from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide 589 SCOUT Specialist Vehicle (SV) platforms to the British army to add capability to the Armored Cavalry within Army 2020.
Radar/EW
CIRCM system from Northrop Grumman completes Army flight testing on Black Hawk helicopter - News
September 02, 2014
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. The Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) system from Northrop Grumman demonstrated its capabilities on a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during a round of Army testing.
Unmanned
New MicroTCA.1-compliant chassis from VadaTech for rugged applications - News
August 28, 2014
Henderson, NV. VadaTech has released MicroTCA.1-compliant chassis and modules for air-cooled rugged applications.
Unmanned
RQ-4 Global Hawk showcases expanded mission capabilities - News
August 27, 2014
SAN DIEGO. – The U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk Wide Area Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) demonstrated its ability to operate with an expanded variety of intelligence exploitation ground stations and collect mission data in multiple places during tests this summer.
Radar/EW
Space debris tracking site to be established by Lockheed Martin and Electro Optic Systems in Australia - News
August 26, 2014
CANBERRA, Australia. Lockheed Martin and Electro Optic Systems Pty Ltd., are joining hands to develop a new space object tracking site in Western Australia to provide a more detailed picture of space debris for government and commercial customers.
Radar/EW
Dual 4GSPS transceiver card from Curtiss-Wright shipping for C4ISR applications - News
August 25, 2014
ASHBURN, Va. Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions began volume production shipment of its VPX3-530 dual channel ADC/DAC engine. The rugged low-latency transceiver module’s 12-bit ADC can be configured with either two 4 GSPS channels or four 2 GSPS channels. It also has two channels of 14-bit DAC data conversion at up to 5.6 GSPS on a single 3U OpenVPX card.
Unmanned
U.S. Air Force completes flight test of Raytheon's upgraded HARM Control Section Modification - News
August 22, 2014
TUCSON, Ariz. The U.S. Air Force has flight tested Raytheon’s upgraded High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM). The upgraded HARM Control Section Modification (HCSM) is more accurate, which reduces potential collateral damage.
Unmanned
Vicor announces new MIL-COTS PRM regulator - News
August 21, 2014
Vicor has released its new PRM regulator (MPRM48NF480M500A00), which provides power density gains over the previous generation.
A.I.
DARPA SyNAPSE program develops low-power, brain-like chip - News
August 20, 2014
WASHINGTON. Researchers funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have developed a computer chip with an architecture inspired by the neuronal structure of the brain that requires only a fraction of the electrical power of conventional chips. Defense applications where electrical power is limited such as mobile robots and remote sensors would benefit from the energy savings of the chip, which uses 100 times less power for complex processing than current devices.
Radar/EW
Navy uses maritime test bed from Lockheed Martin to demo analytical capabilities - News
August 19, 2014
SAN DIEGO. Lockheed Martin engineers used a new advanced maritime test bed to demonstrate how continually evolving technologies such as predictive analytics and data fusion can be used by the Navy to share intelligence quickly and securely – even in limited bandwidth naval settings.
Unmanned
Navy, Northrop Grumman demonstrate integrated manned & unmanned flight operations at sea - News
August 18, 2014
ATLANTIC OCEAN. Northrop Grumman engineers and the U.S. Navy personnel conducted a demonstration of manned, unmanned aircraft teaming during a a series of cooperative flights from the aircraft carrier, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), using an X-47B Unmanned Air System (UCAS) and an F/A-18 Hornet.
Comms
3D Systems acquires American Precision Prototyping, Machining to expand aerospace presence - News
August 15, 2014
ROCK HILL, S.C. 3D Systems has acquired sister companies American Precision Prototyping (APP) and American Precision Machining (APM), providers of rapid prototyping and advanced manufacturing, engineering services, and product development.
Unmanned
Neya Systems introduces newest autonomy hardware and software stack for UGVs - News
August 14, 2014
WEXFORD, Pa. Neya Systems has announced the release of its UxAB autonomy hardware and software stack.
Unmanned
Raytheon developing laser weapon technology for Marine Corps ground vehicles - News
August 13, 2014
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Raytheon won an $11 million contract to develop a laser weapon for use on Marine Corps. ground vehicles to defeat low-flying threats such as enemy unmanned aircraft. The work will be done under the Ground Based Air Defense (GBAD) Directed Energy On-the-Move Future Naval Capabilities program -- an Office of Naval Research program.
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Helmet display and tracking system to be supplied for Israeli Black Hawk helicopters by Elbit
February 25, 2026
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Rugged data-storage contracts signed by One Stop Systems
February 19, 2026
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A-29 Super Tucano aircraft delivered to Uruguayan Air Force by Embraer
February 19, 2026
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C-27J maritime patrol aircraft to be supplied to Saudi Arabia by Leonardo
February 17, 2026
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From single-band fragility to adaptive spectrum control
March 03, 2026
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Counter-drone weapon station to be integrated on uncrewed surface vessels by Red Cat, Allen Control Systems
March 03, 2026
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Supersonic unmanned aircraft prototype completes first flight in New Mexico
March 03, 2026
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Loitering munition systems to be supplied to U.S. Army by AeroVironment
March 02, 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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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
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Submarine communications systems to be supplied for U.S. Navy submarines by L3Harris
February 19, 2026
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Organizations ratify ANSI/VITA 90 VNX+ Enhanced Small Form Factor System
February 19, 2026