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Contract Awarded for Intercom with Hearing Protection Function

The Bundeswehr has ordered up to 191,000 of Rheinmetall’s SmG, which features modern active capsule ear protection that attenuates harmful impulse noise and amplifies quiet sounds

May 03, 2024
TacView Plus Portable Mission Display Introduced

The TacView Plus by CMC Electronics is an avionics-grade, portable smart display that provides real-time situational and tactical awareness in the cockpit

May 03, 2024
New AUV Completes Testing and Sea Trials

The largest of Kongsberg Discovery’s HUGIN family of AUVs has completed factory acceptance testing, now allowing autonomous operations directly from shore, spending up to 15 days at sea

May 03, 2024
In-Water Testing Completed by Uncrewed Vehicle Prototype

DARPA's testing of the Manta Ray unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) off the coast of Southern California demonstrated at-sea hydrodynamic performance

May 02, 2024
EagleEye Radar to Increase Range with AESA Antenna Integration

The Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) antenna will be a drop-in hardware upgrade to the existing EagleEye radar and could be a option for the new Gray Eagle 25M aircraft assembly when ready

May 02, 2024
Most Read Articles on DA in April 2024

April 2024 saw a number of significant developments published on Defense Advancement in hydrogen fuel cell systems, heavy-fuel rotary engines, and wind sensors

May 02, 2024
Electronic Warfare Trials for Mesh Radio-Equipped Drones

In order to complete electronic warfare (EW) field testing in Ukraine, Red Cat subsidiary Teal Drones integrated Doodle Labs’ Helix Mesh Rider® radios into Teal 2 sUAS

May 02, 2024
Mobile Production System for Mass UAV Manufacturing 

The new Mobile Production System (MPS) from RapidFlight enables the manufacturing and deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from forward locations anywhere in the world, producing up to 28 Group 3 aircraft per month

May 02, 2024
Prototype Combat Aircraft Testing & Development Collaboration

GA-ASI has worked with the U.S. Air Force to develop the XQ-67A prototype aircraft, and is now delivering a production representative design based on the XQ-67A Off-Board Sensing Station

May 01, 2024
Order Placed for Extreme Off-Road UGVs

Oshkosh Defense has received a $40M order for its ROGUE-Fires UGVs, which leverage the JLTV’s extreme off-road mobility and payload capacity and Oshkosh’s advanced vehicle tech

May 01, 2024
Option 2 of Army Rapid Prototyping Project Completed

The Army has concluded Option 2 of the Future Tactical UAS Rapid Prototyping Program, and awarded Griffon Aerospace and Textron Systems with the next options

May 01, 2024
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