Avwatch has appointed Larry Gagliano, formerly Alpha Omega Change Engineering‘s director of domestic operations and airborne networking, as a field operations specialist based in Washington. Gagliano has worked in the homeland security and disaster recovery industry for nearly 25 years and has handled National Reconnaissance Office programs at Rockwell Collins and systems engineering at BAE Systems, Avwatch said […] More

L-3 Communications has completed system updates to a C-130 military transport aircraft for Argentina under the U.S. Air Force‘s foreign military sales program. The company’s platform integration division refreshed the aircraft’s communication, navigation, air traffic management and critical environmental and power systems, L-3 said Tuesday. The updated C-130 is the first of five aircraft slated for avionics and […] More

Technavio has predicted a compound annual growth rate of three percent for the global radar system and technology sector by 2020 in its latest report on the market. Factors including the recent shift toward next-generation military radar systems and the implementation of radar-absorbing materials are possible prospects to drive market growth through the end of […] More

General Dynamics will provide lightweight two-channel radio technology to the U.S. Army through the company’s position on a potential $12.7 billion contract that the military service awarded on Feb. 26. Bill Ross, a vice president at General Dynamics’ mission systems business, said Monday the company aims to help military personnel exchange and secure tactical communications with its an […] More

CAE has added a new full-mission simulator to its Tampa, Florida-based C-130 training center as part of an effort to help fulfill the training requirements of Hercules airlifter pilots. The C-130H/L-382 simulator incorporates the Flight2 glass cockpit avionics system from Rockwell Collins, the CAE Medallion-6000 image generator for synthetic environment on a display system driven by Sony […] More

 TechNavio released a new report in February on global military manpack and vehicular radio systems that includes the research firm’s list of the top five vendors in the field and other prominent companies. The Global Military Manpack and Vehicular Radios Market 2016-2020 report named Barrett Communications, Finmeccanica, Harris, Radmor and Thales as the five key vendors in the market while Codan, Elbit Systems, […] More

The market value for military communications systems is forecast to reach $40.82 billion by the end of 2020, up from $23.02 billion during 2015, a MarketsandMarkets report says. MarketsandMarkets said Monday the introduction of Ka-band, advanced extra high-frequency satellite and Internet protocol-based networking technologies will help trigger a potential 12.1-percent compound annual growth rate for the […] More

A new Research and Markets report predicts the training and simulation market in the U.S. will decline by 0.14 percent year over year from 2014 through 2019. The report cites a growing trend in curved cobra display implemented in flight simulators for joint terminal attack controllers training, tank simulation, flight simulation and vehicle training, Research […] More

Research and Markets has published a new report that projects the global flight navigation system market to grow 5.87 percent year over year from 2014 through 2019. The report highlights market trends such as avionics designed to handle more air traffic and non-directional beacon radio transmitters, Research and Markets said Nov. 13. Research and Markets […] More

Research and Markets has launched findings of its report that sets the compound annual growth rate of the global man-portable military electronics market at 4.51 percent from 2014 to 2019. The report features an analysis of five tier-one market vendors and presents factors that Research and Markets believes will drive the market over the forecast […] More

A new Research and Markets report predicts the global wireless sensors market will gain a 20.58-percent compound annual growth rate during the period from 2014 to 2019. The market research firm said Nov. 12 the rising adoption of smart devices will drive the market’s growth during the forecast period. Research and Markets highlighted several trends in […] More

Raytheon has concluded a series of flight tests of a close air support platform with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The company demonstrated DARPA’s Persistent Close Air Support system on both A-10C Thunderbolt II and MV-22 Osprey aircraft, Raytheon said Sunday. Flight tests took place over three phases as part of an 18-month, $25.5 million contract the company received from DARPA […] More