News

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  UDT 2011: Australia encourages increased autonomy for submarine operations

  9th June 2011

  The Royal Australian Navy is examining extended autonomous capabilities on board submarines in a bid to 'keep up' with neighbours in South-East Asia, according to …

• Defence Helicopter

  Florida helicopter unit returns from Haiti mission

  9th June 2011

  Soldiers from Florida’s B Company, 2nd Battalion, 151st Aviation (Security and Support) returned to Cecil Field in Jacksonville recently after a 30-day rotation in Haiti …

• Digital Battlespace

  Lockheed Martin wins $58m sensor system contract

  9th June 2011

  Lockheed Martin received a $58.6 million contract from the US Marine Corps for new systems, equipment and support services associated with the Vehicle Optic Sensor …

• Digital Battlespace

  DRS Technologies wins JBC-P contract

  9th June 2011

  DRS Technologies, Inc., A Finmeccanica Company, announced its DRS Tactical Systems business unit received a cost-plus fixed-fee award for the development of an ultra-rugged handheld …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  ChandlerMay UAS delivers 300th tactical GCS to AAI

  9th June 2011

  ChandlerMay's UAS Division recently delivered the 300th Ground Control Station (GCS) subsystem to AAI Corporation. ChandlerMay's UAS division builds major subsystems for the Army's One …

• Defence Helicopter

  Northrop Grumman unveils new self protection processor

  9th June 2011

  Northrop Grumman Corporation today announced the development and demonstration of a new aircraft self-protection system processor that is specifically designed to meet the rigors of …

• Land Warfare

  DCS wins Ground Vehicle Simulation Lab contract

  9th June 2011

  DCS Corp announced today that the company has been awarded the Ground Vehicle Simulation Lab (GVSL) contract providing support to the US Army's Tank-Automotive and …

• Digital Battlespace

  CTC wins SPAWARSYSCEN contract

  9th June 2011

  Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems (SPAWARSYSCEN) Atlantic. The Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite …

• Digital Battlespace

  Firefinder Radar supporting US troops in theater

  9th June 2011

  ThalesRaytheonSystems today announced that advanced Firefinder radars have been fielded in theater supporting and protecting US troops and allies. Reliability and maintainability improvements have been …

• Digital Battlespace

  Harris, Cubic bringing tactical video to battlefield

  9th June 2011

  Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, and Cubic Corporation, a global leader in defense electronics and data links, have conducted a series …

• Digital Battlespace

  EADS North America's Ectocryp Black approved for CWID

  9th June 2011

  EADS North America's Ectocryp Black encryption device has been approved to participate in the Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed annual Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (CWID) in …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  Joint UAS programme named as Telemos

  9th June 2011

  BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation have further strengthened their relationship by announcing Telemos as the name of the programme that will deliver their joint response …

• Digital Battlespace

  BAE Systems delivers 20,000th warning sensor

  9th June 2011

  BAE Systems has delivered its 20,000th warning sensor for US Navy, US Air Force, and allied aircraft missile warning systems, an achievement made possible by …

• Digital Battlespace

  DCCA awarded $27m contract by US DOD

  9th June 2011

  Data Computer Corporation of America (DCCA), a veteran-owned high-technology consulting firm specializing in information technology (IT) services for the government, today announced it was awarded …

• Digital Battlespace

  Boeing on track as it looks to further P-8

  8th June 2011

  The last of the six test aircraft that are the lead in for the US Navy's (USN's) P-8 maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) programme is currently …