The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center recently posted a request for information (RFI) for a supersonic-capable Next Generation Aerial Target (NGAT). NGAT is an aerial target drone, intended to be used for the testing […]
The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics Mission Systems a contract worth US $15 million to develop concepts for the Terrestrial Layer System-Echelons Above Brigade (TLS-EAB), an electronic warfare platform. “The Terrestrial Layer […]
BAE Systems has won the U.S. Army’s competition for its Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV) program, receiving a US$278 million contract to produce Beowulf. As described by BAE Systems, “Beowulf is an unarmored, tracked, and […]
Sandia National Laboratories is developing a new digital radar architecture which is expected to greatly improve military sensing. It will replace analog signal processing hardware with digitally based signal processing firmware and software. The new […]
Reveal Technology partnered with Teal Drones to improve Reveal’s “Farsight” mapping software which produces high-fidelity 3D maps. The ability to rapidly create accurate 3D maps of areas targeted for military operations is a critical component […]
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport recently demonstrated an end-to-end intelligence preparation of the operational environment (IPOE) mission with the Snakehead large displacement unmanned undersea vehicle (LDUUV) prototype. The IPOE mission is considered […]
Boeing and Nammo recently completed the first test of their new Ramjet 155 artillery shell. The Ramjet 155 artillery shell is a howitzer round capable of locking on to and destroying moving targets from as […]
Researchers at MIT have created the first completely digitally manufactured plasma sensors for orbiting spacecraft. Plasma sensors, also called retarding potential analyzers (RPAs), are used to determine the chemical composition and ion energy distribution of […]
Raytheon Missiles & Defense has received funding from the the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to complete the technology critical design review (CDR) of their Microwave Technology Testbed system. A CDR ensures that a system […]
The US Navy has retained six shipbuilding companies to develop concepts for the service’s future large unmanned surface vessel (LUSV). The new LUSV will be capable of semi-autonomous operation, with operators controlling the vessel remotely, […]
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