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A2100 satellite platform gets major facelift from Lockheed Martin - News
September 08, 2014
PARIS, France. Lockheed Martin engineers have made two major upgrades to the A2100 satellite family that provide broadband, mobile, and military communications, as well as GPS services to millions of consumers around the globe.
Radar/EW
Rugged chassis from GMS replaces multiple workstations via virtual machine technology - News
September 05, 2014
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. General Micro Systems, Inc. (GMS) engineers have developed a rugged, conduction-cooled, secure virtual machine (SVM) server that has six hardware independent I/O modules. The Tarantula, developed to replace multiple workstations with one box via the use of virtual machine technology, leverages an enterprise-level Layer 2 or Layer 3 intelligent switch for high-speed connectivity.
Avionics
Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy develop aerial refueling system for E-2D Advanced Hawkeye - News
September 05, 2014
MELBOURNE, Fla. Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have been working on developing an aerial refueling system for E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes, and have successfully conducted the preliminary design review.
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.
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April 22, 2026
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Rugged LCD monitor for naval navigation systems displayed at Sea-Air-Space by EIZO
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U.S. Navy pushing predictive maintenance, data analytics to improve fleet readiness
April 20, 2026
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Naval shipbuilding cooperation agreement signed by TKMS, Navantia
April 16, 2026
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Mission data center to be established in Belgium by QinetiQ
April 02, 2026
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Agentic AI capabilities to be integrated into defense platforms by BAE Systems, Scale AI
March 27, 2026
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Artificial intelligence tools to be explored for GlobalEye aircraft by Saab and Cohere
March 24, 2026
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Electronic warfare autonomy software demonstrated by L3Harris, Shield AI
March 12, 2026
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Software delivery to F-22 accomplished with USAF, cybersecurity firm
March 18, 2026
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GUEST BLOG: Making the most of the transition to IPv6
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Cyberdefense company to leverage AI tools for U.S. federal agencies
February 23, 2026
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IT infrastructure award announced by U.S. Air Force
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