Technology News & Articles

Rheinmetall and AeroVironment Join Forces for NATO Special Forces Project

Rheinmetall and AeroVironment will develop a UAS solution that meets requirements of of all-weather functionality, quick deployment, hand launchability, maximum weight of 10kg, and 30km operating range

Feb 10, 2023
Inmarsat Government Selects SAILOR XTR for New $578 Million US Navy Contract

Existing Ku-band terminals on Military Sealift Command's (MSC) vessels will be replaced with customized rapid deployment 1 meter SAILOR 1000 XTR and 0.6 meter SAILOR 600 XTR Ka-band VSAT terminals

Feb 09, 2023
Defense Advancement’s Most Read Articles from January 2023

January 2023 saw a number of significant developments including subsidiary openings, new product launches and contract wins

Feb 09, 2023
Teledyne FLIR Defense Awarded $13 Million Pentagon Contract for Remote CBRN Detection

Teledyne FLIR Defense will integrate enhanced autonomy features and control on SkyRaider drones, and develop new chemical and radiological sensing payloads to assess toxic threats on the battlefield

Feb 09, 2023
Australia Orders 40 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawks

The Government of Australia will acquire 40 UH-60M Black Hawks, replacing its current non-Black Hawk multi-role helicopter fleet with a more reliable and proven system

Feb 08, 2023
Lumen Wins $223 Million DISA Contract to Support US DoD

Lumen will supply the US Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) with modern hybrid-cloud voice and audio conferencing services that support the Department of Defense (DoD)'s mission both inside and outside the US

Feb 08, 2023
Cubic Awarded US Army Contract to Modernize Combat Training Center

CMPS will perform total life-cycle systems management, including sustainment and multiple live training products for individual soldiers, vehicles, anti-tank weapons, fixed/mobile CTC networks, and Observer Controller (OC) voice systems

Feb 08, 2023
DARPA Selects Teams for Liberty Lifter X-Plane Program

General Atomics, Maritime Applied Physics Corporation, Aurora Flight Sciences, Gibbs & Cox and ReconCraft have been selected in teams to develop designs for DARPA's Liberty Lifter demonstrator

Feb 07, 2023
Textron’s UAS Takes First Flight from USS Miguel Keith

The Aerosonde UAS now supports four US Navy ships, has amassed 600,000 flight hours, and is equipped for multiple payload configurations

Feb 07, 2023
Software & Integration Solutions for Flexible Naval Vessels

CUBEDIN A/S is a joint venture between Systematic and Odense Maritime Technology aimed at creating a software and integration concept that supports a brand-new type of modular, flexible naval vessel

Feb 07, 2023
Edwards AFB Selects Curtiss-Wright to Provide Aerospace Instrumentation Technology

Edwards Air Force Base has awarded Curtiss-Wright a ten-year, $287 million IDIQ contract to provide aerospace instrumentation technology for use on the Air Force Test Center's flight test programs

Feb 07, 2023
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