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Northrop Grumman Corporation’s RQ-4B Block 40 Global Hawk completed its first full system flight with the high performance AN/ZPY-2, also referred to as the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensor. The flight took place at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on July 21.
MLB Super Bat
Goodrich Corporation and Currawong Engineering Pty Ltd. of Tasmania, Australia, have announced a joint distribution agreement for technology developed for small gasoline and heavy fuel UAS engines.
Two of Israel’s defence suppliers– Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Aeronautics – will acquire the ownership in Controp Precision Technologies for an estimated amount of about $90 million.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently awarded the company a contract for development of the complete Demonstrator Laser Weapon System (DLWS) for the agency’s High Energy Liquid Laser Defense System (HELLADS) programme.
Australia’s Sentient has announced that the Canadian Forces are currently conducting an operational evaluation of its Kestrel automated target detection software on board the CP-140 Aurora, Canada’s primary Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance aircraft.
Ihvert RVT V.2.5 showing Quick Snapshot Annotations
Imint has announced the availability of version 2.5 of its Ihvert product suite, a complete Remote Video Terminal (RVT) software for advanced live ISR video enhancement, analysis, and exploitation.
Microsemi Corporation is introducing a 9Gb (gigabit) DDR3 SDRAM memory device that is the first of its kind to be packaged in a single plastic ball grid array (PBGA) and offered as a compact x72 dual in-line memory module (DIMM).
Pentek Inc. is introducing the model 71640 data acquisition board for military radar, military communications, and unmanned aircraft system applications. The embedded computing module can digitize one 12-bit channel at 3.6 GHz, or two channels at 1.8 GHz, and has provisions synchronize several boards for capture and analysis of even wider bandwidths. Continue reading
