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Army News
April 2021
JUST IN: Army Holding Tech Demos Using Jet-Powered Spy Plane
By Mandy MayfieldThe 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
Raytheon Wins Next-Gen Landing System Contract
By Vivienne MachiThe 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 TadjdehThe 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. ErwinPowerful 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 HarperAir 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 TadjdehIn 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. -
January 2016
Drone Glut Leading to Data Storage Issues
By Yasmin TadjdehOver the past decade and a half, unmanned aerial vehicles have been used extensively to collect intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information. -
November 2015
Air Force Special Ops Eyes Off-Board Sensors
By Allyson VersprilleAir 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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