Technology News & Articles

First MQ-9A Block 5 RPA Completed for Royal Netherlands Air Force

The MQ-9A Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft is engineered to exceed manned aircraft reliability standards, with the ability to fly for over 27 hours at speeds of 240 KTAS and up to 50,000 feet

Jul 19, 2021
NASA Selects Engineering Services Contractor

Aerodyne and KBR will provide a range of engineering services including research and technology development support services, design, analysis, verification services and technical support for new NASA missions

Jul 19, 2021
U.S. Air Force Funds Development of Versatile Air-Launched Platform

Wave Engine Corp.’s VALP is a multi-mission, air-launched vehicle that leverages the company’s proprietary engine technology to demonstrate high-performance, low-cost propulsion for future generations of high-performance aerial vehicles

Jul 19, 2021
Barrett Releases New HF Radio Mailbox

The platform is designed to meet the demand for email communications from anywhere and across a range of environments, including remote and isolated locations connected only by high frequency (HF) radio

Jul 19, 2021
Canadian Department of Defense Awards Six Contracts for Defense Innovation

Ultra Maritime has won contracts to deliver a range of Anti-Submarine Warfare technologies to help acoustic sensor operators detect, classify, locate, and track underwater contacts

Jul 19, 2021
Aided Target Recognition AI Capabilities Demonstrated to U.S. Army

A Systel-led industry team of experts demonstrated Aided Target Recognition (AiTR) Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities with multiple rugged embedded computer solutions to the U.S. Army at a Project Convergence 21 event.

Jul 16, 2021
New Surface Search Radars for the French Navy

Hensoldt U.K. will provide its Kelvin Hughes Mk11 SharpEye surface search radars for French Navy Offshore Patrol Vessels to provide surface surveillance in the vicinity of the vessels

Jul 16, 2021
Ultra VSat Terminals Approved for Use on High-throughput Satellites

Using Avanti Communications’ high throughput beams, trials across Ultra’s line of terminals have shown throughputs in excess of 150Mbps in the Forward and Return routes

Jul 16, 2021
New Support for DTRA’s Research and Development Directorate

ARServices will provide program and project oversight and management services to enable Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s research, development, test, and evaluation activities

Jul 16, 2021
First Successful Link 16 Tactical Data Link Exchange from UAS to U.S. Navy Ships

Curtiss-Wright supported General Atomics Aeronautical Systems in the first successful exchange of Link 16 Tactical Data Link data from an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to U.S. Navy surface ships

Jul 16, 2021
Getac Releases 5G-compatible Fully Rugged Laptop

Getac's B360 laptop is highlighted by Intel’s high-powered 10th Generation CPUs, massive amounts of optional RAM and SSD storage space, shock protection, and an IP66 rating

Jul 15, 2021
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