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  • Army News

    April 2021

    JUST IN: Army Holding Tech Demos Using Jet-Powered Spy Plane

    By Mandy Mayfield
    The Army is conducting a number of technology demonstrations for its new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, a service official said April 29.
  • Global Defense Market

    January 2017

    Honeywell Developing New Navigation Technology

    By Yasmin Tadjdeh
    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency recently awarded Honeywell a contract to develop powerful but small inertial navigation tools.
  • Global Defense Market

    January 2017

    Raytheon Wins Next-Gen Landing System Contract

    By Vivienne Machi
    The U.S. Navy is working with Raytheon to complete a next-generation precision landing system to provide fighter pilots and drones with safer and more accurate landing in any environment.
  • Space

    January 2017

    GPS Vulnerable, But There Is a Solution

    By Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif.
    Despite the incredible capabilities GPS provides for users around the world, it also represents a critical vulnerability.
  • Robotics and Autonomous Systems

    June 2016

    Technology Leaps and Tighter Budgets Reshaping Drone Market

    By Sandra I. Erwin
    Powerful surveillance sensors compressed into small packages and new software tools are revolutionizing the drone market
  • Land Forces

    May 2016

    Army Selects JLTV Truck for Light Recon Vehicle Program

    The Army has decided for the time being to use the new joint light tactical vehicle as the platform for its upcoming light reconnaissance vehicle program rather than procuring a new system, service officials said May 11.
  • Special Operations

    May 2016

    Special Operations Gunships to Be Equipped With Improved Sensors

    By Jon Harper
    Air Force Special Operations Command plans to fly small, tactical off-board drones from its AC-130 gunships in combat for the first time later this year, which will give crews better views of the battlefield.
  • Emerging Technologies

    May 2016

    DARPA Pursuing Technologies to Help Troops ID Enemies

    By Yasmin Tadjdeh
    In December, DARPA kicked off its Squad X Core Technologies program as a way to provide dismounted soldiers and Marines with better situational awareness in treacherous and degraded environments.
  • Intelligence and Surveillance

    January 2016

    Drone Glut Leading to Data Storage Issues

    By Yasmin Tadjdeh
    Over the past decade and a half, unmanned aerial vehicles have been used extensively to collect intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information.
  • Global Defense Market

    November 2015

    Air Force Special Ops Eyes Off-Board Sensors

    By Allyson Versprille
    Air Force Special Operations Command is calling on industry to develop a tactical sensor that can be flown separately from an aircraft to pinpoint enemy locations on the ground, said the command’s leader.
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