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Michael Horowitz: Limits on Export Policy Could Cost US Drone Sales, Market Control
Michael Horowitz, associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has recommended the government re-examine its export policy on unmanned aircraft systems and warnedthat limitations could lose the country’s lead in the…
George Vardoulakis: Northrop, Yamaha Add Unmanned ISR Helicopter to ‘Bat’ Family
Northrop Grumman worked with Yamaha Motor to develop an unmanned helicopter system for activities such as powerline inspections, wildfire monitoring and search-and-rescue flights. The Rotary Bat drone features a Yamaha-made airframe,…
LGS Innovations Helps Army Update C4 Systems; Kevin Kelly Comments
LGS Innovations has completed upgrade work on a communications infrastructure at a U.S. Army-run facility located at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The Army’s Kuwait-based main communications facility is responsible for managing the…
General Dynamics Delivers Video Intell Tech to SOCOM; Mike Manzo Comments
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has completed delivery of nine TAC-MAAS video processing, exploitation and dissemination systems to the U.S. Special Operations Command. The systems are used to capture and analyze full-motion video…
Jeffrey Smith: Lockheed Moves Forward on GEO-4 Infrared Satellite Program
Lockheed Martin has finished constructing the propulsion structure of a U.S. Air Force satellite that the company has designed to provide government, intelligence and military agencies with early missile warnings….
George Vardoulakis: Northrop Reused 95% of Fire Scout ‘B’ Variant for ‘C’ Model
The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman will conduct tests to assess how a Northrop-built unmanned helicopter operates in an electromagnetic environment at sea. Northrop designed the MQ-8C Fire Scout aircraft…
Matthew Shaw: Battelle Built New Bio-Chem Weapon Sensor to ID Agents Within 24 Hours
Matthew Shaw, vice president and general manager of Battelle’s CBRNE defense business unit, says the nonprofit organization’s new sensor system works to identify chemical and biological agents after collecting an…
David Thompson: The Future ‘Orbital ATK’ to Target Agility, Innovation
Orbital Sciences Chairman, President and CEO David Thompson said the company plans to remain true to its mission of lowering costs to access outer space after completing its estimated $5 billion merger…
John Fratamico: Leidos to Help Build Special Ops Craft
Leidos has been awarded an $87 million subcontract to produce, integrate and test combatant craft systems for the U.S. Special Operations Command. The award falls under a potential $400 million…
Ron Silbermann: Exelis Builds Navy Jammer Tech for Contested Environments
Exelis has been awarded a $91 million contract to perform full-rate production work on the company’s jamming systems for the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of Hornet and Super Hornet aircraft. That…
Raytheon to Design Net-Linked Sensors, Radar Tech for Naval Research Lab
Raytheon will help the U.S. Navy design network-linked sensors for the branch’s communication, electronic warfare and surveillance activities under an $8.5 million contract. The Office of Naval Research picked Raytheon…
Telemar SpA to Resell Inmarsat’s Global Xpress Service; Bruno Musella Comments
Telemar SpA will act as a value added reseller of Inmarsat‘s mobile broadband satellite network to government customers in Europe. Inmarsat appointed Telemar as a Global Xpress value added reseller for the…
Steve Bruce: Lockheed, Raytheon Could Learn Air Force ‘Space Fence’ Contract Winner by May
The U.S. Air Force could award a contract by the end of May to either Lockheed Martin or Raytheon for a radar to track debris in low-Earth orbit, a Lockheed vice president told Defense…
George Helm: Harris to Release MUOS Radio Software Update Next Year
Harris Corp. has completed a series of interoperability tests on Falcon III manpack radios that host a waveform the company has developed for a U.S. military satellite communications system. “This milestone…
Lockheed Integrates New Ground Control Tech With Unmanned Aerial System; Jay McConville Comments
Lockheed Martin has integrated its Expeditionary Ground Control Station technology with the Fury unmanned aerial system to support communications, processing, payload tasking and other ground control operations. “[We] needed a ground control hardware… Read more »