Israeli defense contractor Elbit recently announced that its American subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, has received a firm-fixed-price contract with a ceiling of approximately $471 million over a 10-year period to equip F-16 aircraft of […]
Researchers at the University of Central Florida have received a $500,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to develop a portable detection system that could help firefighters and others accurately detect blazes and […]
Raytheon recently released a new, immersive military training product – The Synthetic Training Environment Soldier Virtual Trainer, or STE SVT – which uses virtual reality to train squads of soldiers in multiple scenarios. The platform […]
Researchers at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia are proposing the use of floating microgrids made up of electric boat motors, renewable energy, and controls to help power islands after disasters. “Powering […]
A Colorado State University team of researchers has received a $194,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Rapid Response Program (RAPID) to design a self-reliant, local, resilient electric system that can better withstand a Category […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) – part of the Department of Homeland Security – will be using drones when training government personnel and private companies to secure critical infrastructure. Three small unmanned aircraft […]
Researchers from the University of North Carolina (UNC) and NC State have conducted a feasibility study of automatic external defibrillator (AED) delivery via drone to test whether drones could deliver the life-saving devices faster than […]
The US Air Force’s 1st Weather Group (1st WXG) is testing virtual reality training with the NextGen Environmental Weather Training System. The system simulates setting up and assembling a tactical meteorological observation system, the TMQ-53 […]
FAAC Incorporated, a unit of Arotech Corporation’s Training and Simulation Division, has been awarded a contract to support the US Army’s Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simulations (TADSS) Maintenance Program (ATMP). FAAC will serve as […]
The U.S. Air Force has awarded L3 Technologies the status of prime contractor for the F-16 Simulators Training Program (STP). The F-16 STP contract – valued at $350 million USD – will consolidate the previous […]
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