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.
Category Archives: Electronic Sub-Systems
GA-ASI Awarded Contract for High-Power Laser Weapon System Demonstrator for HELLADS
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.
Canadian Forces Test Kestrel Automated Target Detection Software
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.
New, Improved Video Enhancement Software from IMINT
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 9-Gigabit Solid-State Memory for Mission-Critical Applications
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).
New Data Acquisition Board from Pentek
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
Pigeon’s Eye View Inspires Next Generation Auto-Piloted Aircraft
A recent study on how birds can fly so quickly and accurately through dense forests has opened a new avenue for developments in robotics and auto-pilots. Continue reading
U.S. Air Force Wants Airborne Sensors to Analyse Prior to Transmission
The U.S. Air Force wants its airborne sensors to do some preliminary analysis work automatically before transmitting that information back to intelligence analysts, a service official said.