The US Navy completed a demonstration for its unmanned aircraft Common Control System (CCS) Oct. 26 at Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in China Lake, California. Continue reading
Category Archives: Data Links & Communications
US Army Develops Ground-Based Sense And Avoid 3D Radar
The US Air Force and US Army agreed on new safety procedures to help prevent another collision between army UAS and Air Force planes. Continue reading
USAF: Keeping UAS links is Tough
Keeping control and data links with UAS in contested airspace remains a tough problem — and one that needs solving before the US Air Force can develop a next-generation Reaper, the service’s intelligence chief said October 28 at the C4ISR Conference, Arlington, Virginia. Continue reading
Apache Block III with UAS Control Link Ready for Service
Boeing plans a November 2 rollout ceremony in Mesa, Arizona, for the first upgraded AH-64D Apache Block III destined for the US Army. Continue reading
Secure Android Kernel Means Smart Phones Could Replace Army Radio
A major hurdle preventing the wider deployment of smart phones across the US military may have been overcome. Continue reading
Alion Awarded $5.4M Air Force Spectrum Management Office Contract to Analyze Feasibility of Relocating Weapons Platforms to Alternative RF Bands
Alion Science and Technology, an employee-owned technology solutions company, has won a $5.4 million award from the Air Force Spectrum Management Office (AFSMO) to analyze the feasibility of relocation to alternative RF bands. Continue reading
Advances in the Field of Nano UAS
The PD-100 Black Hornet PRS is designed as a soldier’s tool, this necessitates that ease of use always be kept in mind throughout the development. Continue reading
ASC Signal Gets $4M Antenna Contract from L-3 Communications for BAMS
ASC Signal Corporation has been awarded a $3.8 million sub-contract by L-3 Communications Systems-West to build a dual-band antenna system to support global data collection and dissemination worldwide for the U.S. Navy MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) programme. Continue reading