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Persitent Threat Detection System Photo: U.S. Army
The US Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $383 million contract to maintain, operate and sustain the Persistent Threat Detection Systems (PTDS). Continue reading
‘The Future of Unmanned Vehicles & Systems-Aerospace’ International Conference will discuss technological challenges, flight solutions and space exploration related to Unmanned Aircraft and Unmanned Vehicles. Continue reading
Brock Technologies Incorporated has teamed with Ultra Electronics Precision Air Systems to integrate an impressive and capable propulsion technology, the DF-70 – a heavy fuel, fuel injected, internal combustion engine that is capable of operating on different fuels for extended periods of time. Continue reading
The University of Dayton has announced that locally-based companies Optonicus and Defense Engineering Corp., as well as California-based UtopiaCompression, have signed deals to relocate to UD’s Ladar and Optical Communications Institute. Continue reading
SurveyCopter-Developed ‘Tracker’ on Cassidian Stand at MILIPOL, Paris today
Franco-German aerospace group European Aeronautic Defense & Space Co announced yesterday that its security and defence division Cassidian has acquired SurveyCopter, a closely-held French company specialised in the manufacture of light unmanned aircraft as part of a move to tap into the fast-growing market for military and civil missions for these aircraft.
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
The Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio was host this week to the intelligence industry’s annual trade conference known as the GEOINT 2011 Symposium, shorthand for “Geospatial Intelligence.” Continue reading
Last in the current the review of contestants in the DARPA UAVForge Challenge – a contest to use crowd-sourcing to build small UAS through an exchange of ideas and design practices – this video presents the Pogo 2100UAV. Continue reading