General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is being awarded $26,767,748 firm-fixed-price (86 percent) cost plus incentive fee (14 percent) contract for the Predator Primary Data Link configuration upgrades on MD-1A/B ground control station retrofit kits. Continue reading
Category Archives: Data Links & Communications
AAI Gets $46.5M Shadow Data Link Retrofit Kits Contract from US Army
AAI Corp. was awarded a $46,524,041 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for the modification of an existing contract to procure tactical command data link retrofit kits for the Shadow Unmanned Aircraft System. Continue reading
FreeWave’s New Series of Long Range Wireless Radios for Unmanned Systems
FreeWave Technologies has announced the Spartan Series of wireless radios for the government and defence markets, incorporating advanced implementation of FIPS 140-2 encryption technology for secure long-range communications. Continue reading
Googlizing Military Intelligence Data
Instead of a human analyst slogging through (maybe) 10 three-page documents in an hour, Modus Operandi has developed its military intelligence “Googlizing” system, which has been “trained” via machine learning and enabled by a semantic analysis engine to provide the military intelligence community a way to quickly conduct military intelligence searches – as simply as one would do an ordinary Google search on a home computer. Continue reading
Boeing Delivers Smaller, Lighter Radio Relay for UAS
Boeing has delivered production units of a smaller, lighter version of its Tactical Compact Communications Relay (TCCR), which allows a small unmanned aircraft to function as a tactical, range-extending communications repeater for military handheld radios. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Develops Homing Beacon for K-Max Cargo Delivery
Lockheed Martin has developed a small homing beacon the size of a hockey puck to help increase the accuracy of cargo drops by UAS. Continue reading
Laser Technology Now Allows for High-Bandwidth, Long-Range Communication and Detailed Imagery
Laser technology has yet to mature, and many enhancements are left to be made. Everything lasers can do currently is still improving at a rapid rate and new techniques to improve lasers are still in the works. One such new technique is beam combining, which blends several laser streams into one high-power beam.
UAS Navigation System Without GPS
Known as Navigation via Signals of Opportunity (NAVSOP), BAE Systems’ new system is able to calculate its position by making use of the hundreds of different signals that are all around us. Continue reading