Technology News & Articles

GA-ASI Flies First M2DO MQ-9A Aircraft

The MQ-9A features GPS improvements, radar altimeters, nose wheel steering, and angle of attack (AoA) sensor system improvements

Jan 09, 2023
Babcock Awarded Military Ground Support Contract in France

Babcock will partner with AES and TLD to set up operations on five military bases in France, including a customer-focused support coordination centre in Bordeaux-Beauséjour

Jan 09, 2023
Upgraded Multi Sensor Platforms for Norwegian Air Force

Norway will replace its current Rheinmetall MSP500 electro-optic sensor units and associated simulators with the company’s new MSP600digital

Jan 06, 2023
Rafael Air Defense System Now Offers Counter TBM Capabilities

This is the product of Rafael’s Counter-TBM SPYDER program, which involved researching and analyzing the lessons learned from recent and ongoing armed conflicts involving extensive use of Tactical Ballistic Missiles

Jan 06, 2023
Spanish Army Selects E-LynX Software Defined Radio for Third Time

This follows the Spanish MoD’s selection of the Elbit Systems’ E-LynX tactical Software Defined Radio for its combat battalions in November 2020, and for its 8×8 Dragon Vehicles in November 2021

Jan 06, 2023
US Army Funds Perception Sensing Development for Autonomous Ground Systems

Metawave will develop a long-range radar sensing and perception solution for off-road autonomous vehicle operation in adverse weather and complex operating conditions

Jan 05, 2023
Successful GFE Asset Tracking Trial Completed at HMNB Devonport

On behalf of the UK MoD, Smarter Technologies completed the capability trial using its Orion IoT Data Network to track 200 pieces of mission-critical Government Furnished Equipment (GFE)

Jan 05, 2023
L3Harris Acquires Link 16 TDL Business from Viasat

With this transaction now complete, Viasat will focus on building an integrated satellite services platform for global mobile and fixed commercial and government markets

Jan 05, 2023
Vrgineers to Launch Wireless VR Headset for Special Forces Training

Vrgineers designed the wireless XTAL in cooperation with IMRNext for such use cases as machine and aircraft maintenance, rescue or firefighting operations, and special forces and military pilot training

Jan 04, 2023
New Multifunction Infrared Binoculars for Australian Defence Force

Safran Electronics & Defense Australasia’s JIM Compact binoculars will improve sniper system surveillance, accuracy and performance in a wide range of environments

Jan 03, 2023
New Advanced Armor Training Centers for Israeli Armored Corps

These future simulation and training centers will operate on the Israeli Defense Forces’ cloud using the Elbit Systems cloud-native platform-agnostic OneSim simulation software infrastructure

Jan 03, 2023
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