Mercury Computer Systems is delivering its radar subsystems to Raytheon for Patriot Air and Missile Defence System upgrades. The upgrades support Raytheon’s recently announced contracts for System upgrades for Taiwan and Saudi Arabia.
Category Archives: Payloads
WASP: The Linux-Powered Unmanned Aircraft That Cracks Wi-Fi & GSM Networks
Highlight at The Black Hat Security Conference and DEFCON this year is an unmanned aircraft called the Wireless Aerial Surveillance Platform, or WASP. [Not to be confused with the WASP missile -Ed.]
Military Video Image-Stabilisation Technology Now Available For Home Use
Global Hawk Completes First Production Acceptance Multi-Intelligence Sensor Flight
Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that the newest RQ-4 Global Hawk completed the first of many production acceptance flights of an operational Block 30 multi-intelligence sensor package on May 25, flown from Palmdale, California.
DARPA Gives General Atomics Aeronautical Systems $40M to Develop Laser Weapon
The Defense Department has awarded General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GASS) in Poway $39.8 million for continuing development of the High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System (HELLADS), a high-energy weapon that will eventually be incorporated into tactical aircraft and unmanned aircraft.
Highly Durable, Wide Angle Broadband Anti-Reflective (BBAR) Coatings for Gimbal Windows
Deposition Sciences, Inc., manufacturer of durable thin film optical coatings, announces the design of a wide-angle broadband anti-reflection (BBAR) coating for gimbal windows and detector assemblies.
EADS Astrium Antenna Radio Frequency Measurement Tool Features AVS Openviz Software
EADS Astrium has deployed a software system for measuring antenna radio frequencies that utilises OpenViz data visualization software from Advanced Visual Systems.
Raytheon Delivers First Seavue Expanded Mission Capability Radars to U.S. Customs & Border Protection for Guardian
Raytheon Company has delivered the first of three SeaVue expanded mission capability radars to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the record time of just six months.