Irish Navy Selects Kelvin Hughes' SharpEye For Fleet Radar Upgrade
Kelvin Hughes today announced that the Irish Naval Service has selected the SharpEye radar and the MantaDigital display for the incremental upgrade of its fleet. The ships of the Irish Naval Service operate in some of the harshest maritime conditions, including the North Atlantic, and the decision in favour of...
Pentagon Awards Contracts Worth $279 Million To Raytheon And General Atomics
Raytheon Co. is being awarded a $230 million contract for the X-Band radar in support of the Missile Defense Agencys Sensors Program
Sagem To Build Aviation Facility In Morocco
Sagem has signed an agreement with the Hassan II Fund to build an industrial facility in Casablanca, Morocco. Sagem Maroc will start operations in early October 2013 on a temporary site during the construction work
General Dynamics Wins $12 Million FAA Task Order
General Dynamics will provide technical support to the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) NextGen Integration and Evaluation Capability laboratory. The FAA task order, under its Systems Engineering Support 2020 Program, is for five years and carries a value of $12 million
Raytheon Successfully Test AI3 Intercepts
Raytheon Company's Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative system, AI3 successfully destroyed an unmanned aerial system (UAS) in a flight test. The intercept was part of the second guided test flights for the AI3 program and follows its first in-flight defeat of a 107mm rocket earlier in the test series
Rockwell Collins Wins $3.1 Million DARPA Contract
Rockwell Collins has been awarded a three-year contract valued at $3.1 million to develop technology that will dramatically reduce the size, weight, power and cost (SWAP-C) of software defined radios
Thales Wins Multi-Role Radar Systems Contract For Norwegian Corvettes
Thales wins a contract to provide through-life support for six MRR (Multi-Role Radar) systems aboard Royal Norwegian Navy Skjold-class corvettes. The five-year contract with the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation (NDLO) highlights the companys excellent relations with its Norwegian customer
Raytheon Wins Imaging LADAR Transceiver Contract
Raytheon Company has won a $10 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the research and development of the long range imaging LADAR (LRIL) transceiver. The LRIL will demonstrate the state-of-the-art in inverse synthetic aperture LADAR (ISAL) technology with the objective of producing an ISAL image from a space object in geosynchronous orbit
CAE, Eurocopter To Create EC225 Helicopter Training Center In Norway
CAE and Eurocopter today announced an agreement for an EC225 helicopter training facility in Norway, including a CAE 3000 Series Level D flight and mission simulator. To be located at CAE's training center in Norway, the new EC225 simulator to be operational from 2015 will provide an unprecedented level of realism for pilot mission training - including flight profiles for the offshore oil and gas sector, search and rescue (SAR) operations and other complex scenarios for which simulation training is ideally suited
Sikorsky S-76D Helicopter Flight Simulator Enters into Service
Sikorsky Aircraft and FlightSafety International today jointly announced the launch of the first full flight simulator for Sikorsky's S-76D helicopter platform. The new simulator replicates the aircraft's exact flight and operating characteristics, ensuring high quality training for operators worldwide
Lockheed Martin Wins $18 million Projectile Contract
Lockheed Martin has won an $18 million contract from the National Warhead and Energetic Consortium to transition the Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) to production. The contract includes developing production line tooling, test equipment and manufacturing process plans for initial production of the advanced projectile
Lockheed Martin Submits USAF's Payload Solutions Proposal
Lockheed Martin submitted a proposal for the U.S
Container Ship Rescues Russian Pilots Bailed Out From Downed Su-30SM
ZALA Unveils "Deeply Modernized" Z-16 Recon Drone for Frontline Use
Ukraine Rejects Russian Truce Offer around May 9 Parade, Launches Kursk Offensive
Poland Begins Construction of Second Miecznik Frigate
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...
