Raytheon's $212.8 million R&D develops Evolved Seasparrow Missile
The US Navy NATO Seasparrow Project Office (NSPO) has granted Raytheon Company $212.8 million for R&D focused on upgrading Evolved Seasparrow Missile (ESSM) guidance capabilities, propulsion...
View ArticleUS Army awards Northrop Grumman $122 million Counter-Rocket, Artillery and...
Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a $122 million contract to install and sustain Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) systems at forward operating bases (FOBs) supporting Operation...
View ArticleRaytheon awarded $10 million contract from Naval Sea Systems Command to...
Raytheon Company has been awarded a $10 million contract from Naval Sea Systems Command to develop a pulsed power system that will enable projectiles to reach great distances without the use of an...
View ArticleRockwell Collins awarded exclusive DARPA contract to dramatically advance...
Rockwell Collins has launched work on Phase 2 of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) research contract valued at $5.3 million. The effort is expected to increase the capability of...
View ArticleRockwell Collins to showcase full spectrum of commercial and military tech...
Rockwell Collins will be among the aerospace and defense companies exhibiting at the Singapore Airshow 2012, Asia’s largest aerospace and defense event taking place February 14-19. Attendees can visit...
View ArticleData Link Solutions to upgrade Republic of Korea with Multifunctional...
Data Link Solutions (DLS), a joint venture of Rockwell Collins and BAE Systems, has been awarded a $5.5 million contract to provide Multifunctional Information Distribution System - Low Volume...
View ArticleRaytheon awarded DARPA contract to help friendly forces communicate while...
Raytheon Company was awarded a $3.8 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to allow armed forces to conduct jamming operations with minimal communication and...
View ArticleDARPA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences
The United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have a vested interest in fostering research with both military and commercial applications. In the United States, the importance of military...
View ArticleNaval Research Lab: Robots at play in dangerous games
An authentic representative sample of potential battlefields in microcosm -- that’s the method of an extensive project at the Naval Research Lab. Advancing the use and effectiveness of cutting-edge...
View ArticleTextron signs memorandum of understanding with EODC for Tactical Armoured...
Textron Systems Canada Inc., a Textron Inc. company, today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Engineering Office Deisenroth Canada (EODC) of Ottawa, Ontario for...
View ArticleDARPA seeks hybrid "system-on-a-chip" solution to GPS vulnerabilities
There is often considerable overlap between the needs of companies that create military systems and those that focus on commercial or “civilian” applications. Sometimes the desired outcome can be...
View ArticleDARPA and corporate America funding the "Maker movement"
If scientists, inventors and entrepreneurial creators of intellectual property had to visualize their idea of a Nirvana on Earth, it would probably look something like TechShop. TechShop is a chain of...
View ArticleEdison Batteries Get New Life
Stanford University scientists have sparked new life into rechargeable batteries developed by Thomas Edison in the early 1900s. The nickel-ion batteries have been reinvented by the addition of...
View ArticleAviation Warrior flight suit
Situational awareness, as the term implies, deals with our ability to recognize and perceive factors in our immediate environment. However, because of the cognitive limitations of the human mind, even...
View Article"Hack-proof" nav: BAE's red herring
Recently, the tech media reported on a new technology that was inaccurately termed a "hack-proof GPS". A better description, although perhaps less groomed for headlines, would be a "cheap and clever...
View ArticleFBI investigates ZTE for selling to Iran
Remember those classic movies from Hollywood -- we all have a favorite -- in which two diametrically opposed groups coming from different backgrounds and perspectives start a rocky relationship but,...
View ArticleDARPA's new super binoculars improve threat detection
The Cognitive Technology Threat Warning System (CT2WS) was first proposed in 2007 by our friends at DARPA. Not surprisingly, the system—which is a lot like binoculars on crack—was initially nicked...
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