The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently issued a solicitation for two technical areas of the Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node (Space-BACN) project. Space-BACN will be a reconfigurable, multi-protocol, intersatellite optical communications terminal used to […]
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded RE2 Robotics a $9.5 million US contract to develop an underwater robotic system for the autonomous neutralization of underwater mines and explosive devices. The Maritime Mine Neutralization […]
The U.S. Navy and Boeing recently successfully completed the mid-air refueling of a U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II fighter jet using the MQ-25TM T1 Stingray, an unmanned tanker. “This flight was yet another physical demonstration […]
Collins Aerospace – a Raytheon subsidiary – unveiled a new military underwater navigation system – the Military Underwater Navigation System with M-Code (MUNS-M) – designed as a handheld diver navigation system. The system provides accurate […]
During the US Navy’s Large-Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021 – a global event in which it tests and validates the Navy and Marine Corps’ operating concepts – Oshkosh Defense was able to successfully demonstrate the Remotely […]
The US Marine Corps has recently been testing the Expeditionary Modular Autonomous Vehicle (EMAV). The EMAV is an autonomous truck capable of transporting casualties, sensors, and weapons. The EMAV is powered by a diesel-electric hybrid […]
The U.S. Army recently tested Raytheon Missiles & Defense’s Coyote Block 3 non-kinetic effector. It was able to successfully defeat a drone swarm – achieving the Army’s first “air-to-air non-kinetic defeats.” Run by the Army’s […]
US Army Communications-Electronics Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD has asked four battery companies to compete to build the Conformal Wearable Battery (CWB) which will power a variety of wearable computers, sensors, and communications devices. […]
DARPA has released a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project to assess the feasibility of the SQUad Intelligent Robotic Radio Enhancing Links (SQUIRREL) project. SQUIRREL seeks to use small flying, climbing, or hybrid robots in […]
The U.S. Army’s new Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular (ENVG-B) goggles will provide the Army’s close combat forces with “an extra capability to observe and maneuver in all weather conditions, through obscurants, during limited visibility, and […]
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