The U.S. Navy is preparing to launch a ship-mounted laser built to launch infrared energy at adversaries’ small boats and unmanned aerial vehicles. In 2014, the Navy plans to install the solid-state laser prototype on the fantail of the USS Ponce, which will be deployed to the 5th fleet region in the Middle East for [...]
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Raytheon‘s new Patriot Air and Missile Defense System has received the final stamp of approval from the U.S. Army following testing, the company announced Monday. According to the company, the Army subjected the system to different electromagnetic and climate conditions during testing. Warfighters and allies use the Patriot system to counter evolving threats and protect [...]
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A Baltimore-based maker of military and civilian electronics and an Austrian technology firm have formed a joint venture to develop and commercialize technology for unmanned aerial vehicles to navigate civilian airspace. Advanced Defense Technologies Inc. said it will supply phased array antenna technology and Aerospy will provide its sense and avoid technology for the joint venture. [...]
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The number of unmanned aerial systems using government-held spectrum has increased more than 40 times between 2002 and 2010, Defense Department Chief Information Officer Teri Takai said Friday. American Forces Press Service reports Takai made the remarks following the release of a report from a White House advisory council on how spectrum relates to economic [...]
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Raytheon is developing modular technologies for cargo ships to use unmanned aerial vehicles in humanitarian and other non-combat missions, the company announced Wednesday. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency established the Tactically Expandable Maritime Platform program for new technologies in air and sea cargo transport, cargo transfer and onboard support. “As we’ve seen through numerous [...]
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Navy officials indicated Northrop Grumman will begin to roll out an unmanned maritime surveillance aircraft to the public in June, Flight Global reports. Capt. Jim Hoke, Naval Air Systems Command’s program manager for broad area maritime surveillance unmanned maritime surveillance jet, said the Navy plans to have the Northrop-built MQ-4C in flight by early fall. Hoke [...]
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The Air Force’s Boeing Co.-built space plane recently hit an endurance milestone remaining in flight, circling the Earth’s orbit for a year and two days, Wired reports. The 30-foot-long craft was designed to last nine months in flight. The Air Force has yet to confirm the exact uses of the X-37B, also known as Orbital [...]
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Lockheed Martin is adding a Utah-based maker of technology for micro unmanned aerial systems, according to a Lockheed announcement Tuesday. Lockheed said in the release that UAS are Procerus Technologies’ area of expertise. Procerus provides autopilot, targeting and payload technologies for micro UAS to both domestic and international governments. Bob Stevens, Lockheed chairman and CEO, said [...]
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Raytheon has developed a Common Infrared Counter Measures solution for U.S. Army helicopters that also can protect unmanned aircraft systems. Raytheon’s CIRCM system is 15 pounds less than the Army’s requirement, being lightweight enough for large unmanned platforms. Operating at the speed of light, DIRCM systems use low-watt lasers to confuse the guidance systems of [...]
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Despite increasing pressure to slash Pentagon spending, the top strategist for Boeing’s defense operations sees potentially steady growth opportunities in both cybersecurity and new unmanned aircraft programs, The Wall Street Journal reports. In a news briefing at the Paris Air Show, Chris Raymond, vice president of business development and strategy for Boeing’s Defense Space & [...]
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