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BAE Systems has developed a Bluetooth-based sensor system designed to determine the stress and strain on military bridging platforms. The wireless system uses a set of sensors attached to bridge components to record strain readings for computer analysis and transmit data to warfighters in order to determine bridge parts that need to be replaced or […] More
Battelle has changed the structure of its SeeByte subsidiary in an effort to eliminate any issues related with foreign control or ownership and facilitate business collaboration with U.S. government clients on unmanned underwater technologies. Battelle said Thursday it will directly manage SeeByte’s U.S. business, headquartered in San Diego, as a result of the restructuring effort. SeeByte Inc. […] More
NASA has begun to solicit proposals for a light detection and ranging sensor system that will support the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s lander mission to Jupiter’s Europa moon. The agency said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice the LIDAR sensor should feature altimetry and hazard mapping functions to help the spacecraft perform a safe and accurate landing […] More
Northrop Grumman evaluated the performance of its modular panel-based sensor technology during an exercise conducted in April at the company’s flight test facility in Baltimore, Maryland. The multifunction surveillance system functioned both on ground moving target indicator radar mode and on synthetic aperture radar mapping mode as part of the maiden flight, Northrop said Tuesday. The sensor is designed to integrate with new modes and technologies built to […] More
Lockheed Martin has teamed up with Northrop Grumman to complete initial integration work on a soft-kill demonstrator platform for the U.S. Army’s Modular Active Protection System. Lockheed said Tuesday it combined its Open Architecture Processor with Northrop’s Multifunction Electro-Optic System countermeasure equipment and Passive Infrared Cueing Sensor to develop an open-architecture soft-kill platform for MAPS. Both companies performed the […] More
Raytheon and the Missile Defense Agency have updated the Standard Missile-3 IIA weapon with new software, sensors and infrared seeker designed to handle new threat data and detect hostile targets in space, Defense Systems reported Friday. MDA officials said the Raytheon-built SM-3 IIA missile worked to intercept a medium-range ballistic missile during a demonstration, Kris Osborn wrote. “We […] More
The U.S. Air Force has begun to update weapons software and hardware systems as well as sensors aboard the Lockheed Martin-built F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft, Defense Systems reported Tuesday. Kris Osborn writes that 1st Lt. Carrie Volpe, action officer for the Air Combat Command Public Affairs, said the service branch will begin to integrate the […] More
Northrop Grumman has conducted an inaugural flight test of a multispectral sensor payload onboard a high-altitude long-range unmanned aircraft system. Northrop said Wednesday it integrated the MS-177 sensor into an RQ-4 Global Hawk drone during the test flight held at the company’s facility in Palmdale, California. The sensor is designed to find targets with broad area search and sensing methods as well as help operators fix, track and […] More
The U.S. Air Force has pushed back to Friday the launch of a Lockheed Martin-built missile warning satellite due to range and technical issues, Space News reported Thursday. The Space-Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Flight 3 satellite was scheduled to take off Thursday from Cape Canaveral in Florida aboard a United Launch Alliance-made Atlas V rocket but was delayed due […] More
Mercury Systems Inc. will supply advanced digital radio frequency memory jammers to the U.S. Navy under a $10.8 million follow-on order to the company’s five-year sole source basic ordering agreement. The company booked the order in its fiscal 2017 second quarter and will deliver the items over the next several quarters, Mercury Systems said Thursday. […] More
Raytheon has agreed to integrate its Multi-Spectral Targeting System with Logos Technologies‘ wide-area motion imagery technology to produce a new sensor system intended for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The integrated sensor offering will work to help military ISR operators gather multi-sensor data to detect, recognize and identify targets in near-real time, Raytheon said Wednesday. The technology will be designed to support WAMI, multispectral full-motion video, hyperspectral imaging, […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a new process to encourage companies that have limited contracting experience with the Defense Department to propose novel technology platforms that could have potential applications for the commercial sector and DoD. DARPA’s microsystems technology office introduced the Commercial Performer Program Announcement in an effort to provide funding opportunities […] More
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