The Army has launched its next-generation tracking system, Force XXI Battle Command Brigade-and-Below/Blue Force Tracking, in the field.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jul 22, 2011
DARPA's System F6 project in which an ad hoc wireless network would tie together groups of satellite clusters moves forward with a contract award for network design.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jul 14, 2011
The Defense Department has asked Congress for permission to shift more than $920 million to increase support for battlefield intelligence tools.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jul 08, 2011
The successful test of a carrier touchdown of an F/A-18D surrogate aircraft, which replicated maneuvers of unmanned aerial vehicles, is another step closer to the 2013 goal of an autonomous landing of a UAV on an aircraft carrier, the Navy says.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jul 07, 2011
The Army and the Air Force both have programs in the works for high-altitude, persistent surveillance airships, and the Senate Armed Services Committee wants to know the rationale for having seemingly duplicate programs under way.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jul 07, 2011
The Air Force has tasked General Dynamics Corp. to provide it with battlespace awareness and other support in an award worth $4.7 million.
- By David Hubler
- Jun 27, 2011
The emergence of powerful, portable consumer products is helping propel the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's plans to get imagery into the hands of warfighters.
- By Terry Costlow
- Jun 17, 2011
Marine aviators are among the latest addition to the growing ranks of military personnel using mobile devices.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jun 13, 2011