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24th July 2013
The UAE has ordered two surveillance satellites from Astrium and Thales Alenia Space in a contract valued at $913 million, it emerged on 23 July. …
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23rd July 2013
Following a successful evaluation, Cassidian has announced that its Ectocryp Black has been approved as a US DoD secure communications device. The Defense Information …
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23rd July 2013
The Kuwait Air Force has completed a six month EW training programme at Selex ES’ EW Operational Support (EWOS) facility in Lincoln, UK. Completed last …
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22nd July 2013
Three Heron 1 UAVs have logged 15,000 operational flight hours on behalf of German forces in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. Operated on behalf of the Luftwaffe by …
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22nd July 2013
The US Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract for long lead materials and related support for five full-rate production Lot 2 …
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22nd July 2013
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has deployed its AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defence radar system over a year ahead of schedule following the early delivery of …
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19th July 2013
Harris Corporation has announced that it has been awarded a $6 million contract by the USMC to replace the existing radio system in use throughout …
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19th July 2013
A new maintenance arrangement for Australia’s Vigilare air defence C2 system is aiming to address additional support requirements, the Australian DoD has announced. Speaking to …
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17th July 2013
Nvidia has launched the Geospatial Intelligence (GeoInt) Accelerator designed to generate faster processing speed of surveillance data, the company has stated. Sumit Gupta, GM for accelerated …
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17th July 2013
The second satellite of the five-strong Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) constellation will be launched on 19 July, Lockheed Martin has announced. Due to lift-off …
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17th July 2013
The USAF has announced that it has transported its third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) communications satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Stations (CCAFS) ahead …
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16th July 2013
The future of airborne ISR will come from the ‘optimisation’ of modular and flexible systems, say Raytheon officials. According to executives from the company’s airborne …
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16th July 2013
Raytheon and Chemring will conduct the first live-fire missile test of its Centurion naval protection system later this year. According to company executives, the exercise …
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15th July 2013
The US Navy’s new P-8A Poseidon Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) has passed its Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E). The maritime surveillance aircraft was found …
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12th July 2013
A malfunction on board the X-47B UAV forced the air vehicle to abort its third test-landing on the US Navy aircraft carrier, USS George H W Bush, …
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10th July 2013
The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) has become the first unmanned jet to complete an arrested landing on board a moving aircraft carrier. The US Navy …
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10th July 2013
Kongsberg Integrated Tactical Systems (KITS) will supply commander’s and driver’s smart displays for the US Army Stryker Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) programme under a new …
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10th July 2013
Raytheon will conduct the Technology Development phase of the US Navy's Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) programme following the company’s selection for a $279.4 million cost-plus-incentive-fee …
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9th July 2013
After a two-year delay in funding, the UK’s development of a new helicopter-based early warning radar system is gathering momentum – although critical capability gaps …