Indra To Develop $103 Million New Radar System For Eurofighter
Indra has closed a $103 million deal to work on developing the new radar system Captor-E for Eurofighter, the company announced Monday. Last November, on behalf of the secretaries of defense of all four member countries of the Eurofighter consortium (United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain), NETMA signed an agreement with...
BAE Systems Launches Thermal Weapon Sights With Military Grade 12-Micron Technology
BAE Systems has launched its 12-micron thermal imaging technology that improves the effectiveness of thermal weapon sights. The companys Universal Thermal Clip-On version XII (UTC® XII) is the first military-grade thermal weapon sight to include the new 12-micron technology, which reduces lens size, total system weight, and battery use, while delivering...
ODU Introduces Connectors For Radar, Sonar, And Other Rugged-Environment Uses
ODU-USA has introduced Push-Pull circular connectors for military radio, radar, submarine sonar, and similar applications in rugged and harsh environments. The Push-Pull metal housing of the connectors ensure thousands of mating cycles with a locking system that allows the connection to secure itself when mated
ETC’s Spatial Disorientation Flight Trainer for USAF
Aircrew Training Systems (ATS) a division of Environmental Tectonics Corporation ETC announced today that it signed a contract with the US Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) to provide a fifth spatial disorientation flight simulator. The AFLCMC selected ETC's GYRO IPT II (Integrated Physiological Trainer) to fulfill the requirements of...
Zen, Rockwell Collins To Showcase Latest Aviation Simulator And Training Product At...
Zen Technologies and Rockwell Collins announced today that they will be displaying an aviation simulator and training product developed and designed collaboratively by both partners during the biennial Airshow Aero India starting from February 18 at Bangalore. The two companies had recently signed a MoU to combine their strengths in simulation...
Elbit Systems Wins $117 Million Israeli “Digital Army” Project
Elbit Systems announced today that it was awarded $117 million worth contract for the supply of Command, Control, Computer, Communications and Intelligence (C4I) systems and communications systems to Israeli Ministry of Defense. Most of the contracts will be performed over six-year period
Harris Wins $15 Million Contract For Falcon III Radio System
Harris Corporation has received a $15 million order to provide Falcon III vehicular radio systems for the US Marine Corps AN/MRC-145 program. The order will help Marine Corps to expand its wideband tactical networking capabilities
Saab Selects Exelis To Provide Electronic Warfare System For Swedish Subs
Exelis has won a contract estimated $17 million to provide electronic support measures (ESM) technology and services to Sweden. Under the subcontract awarded by Saab, Exelis will provide Swedish submarines with the latest model of the sophisticated ES-3701 electronic warfare (EW) system, offering a significant capability boost in the areas of situational awareness, targeting, self-protection and surveillance
Heat Barrier To Prevent Weapon Detection By Thermal Imagers
Concept Group is developing the new Insulon Thermal Cloak heat barrier for use on automatic weapons. The barrier, which is attached to the fore-end of the weapon, uses a hair-thin Shaped Vacuum layer to prevent thermal imagers from seeing the weapons hot barrel, gas tube and sound suppressor after firing
Exelis delivers 2,000th PLM-4 Radar Signal Simulator to US military
Exelis has delivered the 2,000th AN/PLM-4 Radar Signal Simulator (RSS) to the US military. The
General Dynamics, Rockwell Collins Delivers 1,200 AN/PRC-155 Radios To US Army
General Dynamics and Rockwell Collins have shipped more than 1,200 AN/PRC-155 radios to the US government as part of a follow-on Low-rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract. LRIP contract was for 1,500 new radios
Boeing Delivers Advanced Visual System To F-22 Training Center
Boeing has delivered the first simulators for ground-based F-22 Raptor aircraft with an immersive, 360-degree visual environment. The delivery of Advanced Visual System has improved the realism of ground-based F-22 Raptor training center
New Russian Radar Tracks Drones Having Fibre Optic Cables, AI Brain
Lockheed Martin Tests AI-Powered Radar to Autonomously Track Maritime Targets
Anduril Tests New High-Speed Autonomous Missile ‘Barracuda-100M’ for U.S. Army
Italian Air Force Awards CAE Contract for MQ-9A Predator Mission Trainer Plus...
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...