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
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
The Navy’s fourth Fire Scout detachment returned to Mayport, Fla. on Dec. 1 after achieving several milestones during its five-month deployment.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Dec 05, 2012
A new report identifies four critical capabilities and assets that the Defense Department will need to counter the predominant threats to national security in the next decade.
- By William Welsh
- Nov 30, 2012
The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator has successfully completed a land-based catapult launch at Patuxent River Naval Air Station.
- By William Welsh
- Nov 30, 2012
QinetiQ North America has won orders worth $8.4 million to furnish its Talon small unmanned ground vehicle to the Czech Republic and Poland, the company said Nov. 26.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Nov 28, 2012
Alion will assist the Navy in evaluating and developing unmanned and automated weapon systems that will be used to protect the service's surface fleet and amphibious forces under a $24 million contract, the company said in November.
- By William Welsh
- Nov 27, 2012
Before the 2012 presidential election, the Obama administration sped up efforts to develop formal rules for the targeted killing of terrorists by drones so that they would be available if needed by a new president.
- By William Welsh
- Nov 26, 2012
Lockheed Martin has purchased unmanned aerial systems and ground control station manufacturer and integrator Chandler/May for an undisclosed amount.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Nov 15, 2012
Northrop Grumman held the first flight of a two-seat variant of its Firebird medium-altitude, optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) on Nov. 12 in Mojave, Calif., for an unidentified customer.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Nov 14, 2012
DARPA has awarded Science Applications International Corp. a prime contract potentially worth $59 million for phases two through four of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program.
- By William Welsh
- Nov 13, 2012
The Navy tentatively plans to issue a draft request for proposal for its unmanned carrier-launched surveillance and strike (UCLASS) aircraft program by Dec. 31.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Nov 07, 2012