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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.
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.
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

By Stew Magnuson
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.
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.
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.
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.
Aviation

September 2015

Northrop Grumman Proposes to Accelerate JSTARS Deliveries

By Allyson Versprille
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Northrop Grumman says its proposed Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft could be ready to begin service in 2021, three years faster than the current Air Force plan.