Soldier News & Articles

AeroVironment Awarded US Army Contract for Loitering Missile Systems

The backpackable Switchblade 300 loitering missile system offers operators the flexibility to rapidly maneuver and employ the system on the ground, real-time video, GPS coordinates, and wave-off capabilities provide the operator confidence in precisely attacking key targets

Apr 28, 2023
Red Cat Launches Night-Operations sUAS at AAAA Summit

Red Cat's Teal 2 sUAS, equipped with Teledyne FLIR's Hadron 640R sensor, is compact, rugged and rucksack portable, with multi-vehicle command and control allowing for 360-degree view of a target

Apr 28, 2023
Germany Contracts BAE for Additional BvS10 All-Terrain Vehicles

The new contract is for additional troop transport vehicles and armored personnel carriers (APCs), as well as three new German BvS10 versions; Command and Control (C2), and two logistics variants that will add combat support to the German Armed Forces

Apr 28, 2023
BISim & Blackshark.AI Partner on Military Metaverse Development

The collaboration between BISim and blackshark.ai will enable customers to acquire highly accurate recreations of real-world locations for mission planning, rehearsal or training based on little more than high-resolution satellite data

Apr 27, 2023
QinetiQ Receives US Army C5ISR RTI Support Contract

QinetiQ US will provide advanced research, technology, and integration support to identify, prototype, and test potential technical approaches to address army challenges

Apr 27, 2023
Quantic X-Microwave Contracted to Deliver 3U OpenVPX Card Assemblies

Electronic warfare applications must operate in harsh and rugged environments and defense contractors are now adopting the 3U OpenVPX platform as the primary format for housing critical circuits

Apr 26, 2023
Airbus Unveils H125 Military Helicopter Variants

New offerings complement the military helicopters already produced by Airbus, the AH-125 Ares will be configured as the armed variant of the helicopter, while the MH-125 Ares will be configured as a multi-role helicopter

Apr 26, 2023
Kopin Receives $1.1 Million Order for Weapon Sight Module

The weapon sight module offers a sophisticated video see through augmented reality capability that gives soldiers critical information with clear, bright symbology in their weapons sights

Apr 26, 2023
Hughes Introduces Smart Network Edge Software for DoD Communications

Optimizing any combination of commercial and military communication networks, the Hughes Smart Network Edge remotely manages multi-transport modems, autonomously selecting routing paths and distributing packetized data across multiple networks

Apr 25, 2023
Raytheon Unveils Next-Gen Electro-Optical Intelligent-Sensing Capability

RAIVEN intelligent sensing solution enables operators to see up to five times farther and clearer than traditional optical imaging, which helps to increase platform survivability and gives the warfighter decision advantage over peer threats

Apr 25, 2023
Serco Awarded $63 Million US Army Contract for Logistics Sustainment Support

Serco's work will be performed along three lines, satellite broadband voice & data network installation and maintenance support, logistics database administration, and lifecycle management of supplies

Apr 25, 2023
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