The Pentagon’s high-tech research arm is looking into the feasibility of deploying distributed systems on ocean floors that could be activated in future years to provide operational support and situational awareness when needed.
- By William Welsh
- Jan 14, 2013
Northrop Grumman is assembling with its own resources an unmanned aerial vehicle for use as a development and demonstration platform for at-sea surveillance under the Navy's MQ-4C Triton program.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jan 09, 2013
The Army has awarded a contract worth as much as $248 million over five years to five companies to compete for future small unmanned aircraft systems requirements.
- By William Welsh
- Jan 08, 2013
General Dynamics Canada has been awarded a $32 million contract to furnish key communications network technology for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) program.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jan 04, 2013
Despite an effort begun six years ago to establish an unmanned aircraft capability, Canadian Forces still have neither fielded unmanned aerial vehicles for routine surveillance of the country's coasts nor for overseas missions.
- By William Welsh
- Jan 03, 2013
Lockheed Martin has acquired CDL Systems, a developer of software for vehicle control stations used with unmanned systems.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Dec 21, 2012
Soldiers from U.S. reserve units are receiving training on a robotic system known as the M160 M4 that uses a flail to trip hidden improvised explosive devices in preparation for their deployment to Afghanistan.
- By William Welsh
- Dec 19, 2012
Participants in an Army planning session held at Fort Sill, Okla., discussed doctrine and training necessary for countering enemy UAS threats.
- By William Welsh
- Dec 18, 2012
The global market for man-portable military electronics will be worth $2.77 billion in 2013, according to ASD Reports, a market research firm.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Dec 12, 2012
During a recent test, a Raytheon JLENS (Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensors) aerostat system simultaneously detected and tracked double-digit swarming boats, hundreds of cars and trucks, non-swarming boats, and manned and unmanned aircraft, according to a Raytheon press release.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Dec 11, 2012
Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and personnel from the Navy Unmanned Combat Air System program office (PMA-268) integrated test team made history Dec. 9 when they taxied an X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft for the first time aboard a carrier at sea.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Dec 11, 2012
Textron Systems and Bell Helicopter, a subsidiary of Textron Inc., have opened the Textron Systems Integration and Collaboration Lab, as well as the Bell Helicopter/AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems Manned/Unmanned Operations (MUMO) Capability Development Lab.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Dec 05, 2012