DARPA Announces Secure Data On Mobile Handsets Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced Tuesday a program that aims sharing battlefield information at multiple levels of security classification through a single handheld device. Dubbed ‘Secure Handhelds on Assured Resilient networks at the tactical Edge (SHARE), this program uses a resilient secure network that links devices without needing...
DARPA Completes First Phase Of Underwater Fiber-optics Communications Network Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has completed first phase of program developing temporary underwater fiber-optics communications networks to ensure connectivity when tactical networks are unavailable. DARPAs Tactical Undersea Network Architecture (TUNA) program recently completed its initial phase, developing concepts and technologies aimed at restoring connectivity for US forces when...
Finnish Army Demos High Data Rate Waveform For Joint Operations In Battlefield...
Finnish Defence Forces have demonstrated the High Data Rate Waveform (HDRWF) developed in the European ESSOR programme (European Secure Software defined Radio) in battlefield conditions and with a 15 radio node configuration. The activity was carried out using three different radio platforms from the three participating ESSOR Companies – Bittium, Leonardo...
DARPA Explores Underwater Radio Communication
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is exploring a new fundamental approach, ‘A Mechanically Based Antenna (AMEBA) program, to make underwater wireless communication and data transfer a possibility. With this newly announced AMEBA effort, program manager Troy Olsson of DARPAs Microsystems Technology Office is betting on a little-exploited aspect of...
Elbit Systems Unveils GroundEye Surveillance System For Forensic Debriefing
Elbit Systems has unveiled GroundEye, a line of systems for ground-based wide-area, focused and persistent surveillance at the Israel HLS & Cyber Conference, taking place this week in Tel Aviv. The line of systems provides situational awareness of “on-the-ground” data and conditions, and enables a large number of users to receive...
General Dynamics Wins $149 Million To Provide Network Services To DARPA
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently awarded a follow-on contract worth $149 million to General Dynamics to provide classified network services, support and infrastructure. Under this contract, General Dynamics Mission Systems will continue to deliver flexible, scalable and high-level classified network and systems development, design and management to accommodate past, present and future technologies, the company said in a statement Wednesday
Raytheon To Develop Next-Gen Networking Tech To Allow Airborne Communication
Raytheon is developing new technologies to allow the next generation of manned and unmanned flying vehicles to communicate seamlessly, even in hostile environments. Under two contracts totaling $9 million, Raytheon will deliver new networking solutions as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Dynamic Network Adaptation for Mission Optimization program, or DyNAMO, the company said in a statement Monday
Leonardo-Finmeccanica To Supply Friend or Foe Technology To Japan Ground Forces
Leonardo-Finmeccanica will provide the latest Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) technology for Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF). The deal, signed with a Japanese prime contractor, will see Leonardo supplying its SIT-422/5J interrogator for the JGSDF
Russia To Provide Equipment For Egypt’s Mistral-Class Helicopter Carriers
Russian equipment is likely to be made available for Egypts Mistral-class helicopter carriers delivered by France. "It is likely that since the deal [on the Mistral delivery] between Egypt and France has been signed and the warship delivery is ongoing, with one [warship] already there and the other one arriving a little bit later, the decision [on the supply of Russian equipment] will be made, the equipment must work," Rosoboronexport Deputy Director General Igor Sevastyanov was quoted as saying by
General Dynamics Delivers 30 Two-Channel Manpack Radios To US Army For Evaluation
General Dynamics has delivered 30 new two-channel Manpack networking radios to the US Army for evaluation. The digital radios are the first to be delivered by General Dynamics under the Army's production contract awarded in March, the company said in a statement Thursday
Elbit Wins $40 Million Tactical Communication Systems Contract
Elbit Systems announced today that it was awarded contracts from a European country, for the supply of advanced tactical communications systems, for a total amount of an approximately $40 million. The contracts will be performed over a one-year period
AT&T Wins $74 Million US Defense Telecom Support Contract
AT&T has won a $74.6 million contract from the US Defense Information Systems Agency to provide secure telecom services
Nigerian Navy Receives French-made Offshore Survey Vessel
U.S. Navy Receives First T-54A Training Aircraft
Russian Troops to Receive S-500 Air Defense System this Year
Indonesia, Canada Host First Defense Dialogue to Strengthen Bilateral Relations
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...
Grounding of U.S. Military’s V-22 Osprey Fleet Enters Third Month
The grounding of around 400-strong fleet of Osprey V-22 Tilt-rotor aircraft is in its third month with no update on...