UV - Unmanned Vehicles
New autonomous unmanned track loader
Horiba Mira has has developed an autonomous unmanned compact track loader designed to conduct engineering tasks that are considered too dangerous for an operator.The vehicle ...
UV - Unmanned Vehicles
Kongsberg Geospatial wins EOAMS contract
Kongsberg Geospatial has received a contract to produce an Emergency Operations Airspace Management System (EOAMS) for evaluation by Canadian government agencies for safely managing UAS ...
DN - Defence Notes
Northrop Grumman to acquire Orbital ATK
Northrop Grumman has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Orbital ATK for approximately $7.8 billion in cash, plus the assumption of $1.4 billion in ...
UV - Unmanned Vehicles
Aptima receives Agile Teams programme contract
Aptima has received a multi-year contract worth $3.5 million from DARPA for the Agile Teams (A-Teams) programme, the company announced on 18 September. The programme ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
Rockwell demos WBHF comms link
21st September 2017
Rockwell Collins has successfully demonstrated the resilience of next-generation high frequency (HF) communications using a wideband high frequency (WBHF) system over a 5,000 mile distance, ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
Cobham pilot breathing sensors complete
21st September 2017
Cobham has completed internal development of an Exhalation Gas Sensor for the US Air Force (USAF) School of Aerospace Medicine, the company announced on 18 ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
Rheinmetall, Rohde & Schwarz to form JV
21st September 2017
Rheinmetall and Rohde & Schwarz have signed an agreement to form a joint venture (JV) company to bid for the German military’s mobile tactical communications ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
Sea Machines launches ACS for marine vessels
20th September 2017
Sea Machines Robotics has released an autonomous control system (ACS) for commercial marine vessels. Called Sea Machines 300, the technology upgrades a vessel’s operating controls ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
US Navy receives USS Portland
20th September 2017
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has delivered the amphibious transport dock USS Portland to the US Navy, the company announced on 18 September. To date, HII ...
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IMPS - Maritime Security
OPV for Cyprus Navy launched
20th September 2017
Israel Shipyards has launched a new offshore patrol vessel (OPV) for the Cyprus Navy, the company announced on 18 September. The OPV was launched at ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
Saab wins Sweden telecommunications work
20th September 2017
Saab has signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Material Administration for maintenance of the Swedish armed forces' telecommunications net for 2017-2018, the company announced ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
Rheinmetall protected cabs for crane vehicles
20th September 2017
Rheinmetall has received an order from Liebherr-Werk Ehingen for protected driver’s cabs and crane cabs for a new generation of crane vehicles being built for ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
DRDO developing mine clearance system
20th September 2017
India's Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is developing a Trawl system for the clearance of mines in the battlefield, the Indian Ministry of Defence ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
Kelvin Hughes INBS for RNZN
20th September 2017
Kelvin Hughes has received a contract from Hyundai Heavy Industries to supply an Integrated Navigation Bridge System (INBS) for the Maritime Sustainment Capability (MSC) vessel ...
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IMPS - Maritime Security
USCG orders 14th C-130J aircraft
19th September 2017
Lockheed Martin has received a contract option worth approximately $63.5 million from the US Air Force for the production of a C-130J Super Hercules to ...
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MTSN - Training/Simulation
Boeing taps Triumph for T-X offer
19th September 2017
Boeing has selected Triumph Group as a major supplier for its T-X US Air Force training jet offer, the company announced on 15 September. Under ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
Rockwell Collins demos new communication link
19th September 2017
Rockwell Collins has demonstrated a new directional communication link with longer range and anti-jamming capability for smaller applications such as UAS, radar systems and satellite ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
Oshkosh completes EBFL-M deliveries
19th September 2017
Oshkosh Defense has successfully completed modernising and delivering 535 Extendable Boom Forklift (EBFL-M) vehicles to the US Marine Corps and US Navy, the company announced ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
Thales introduces COMTICS
19th September 2017
Thales has launched COMTICS, a resilient, high-availability shipboard information distribution system designed to provide operational services to naval personnel at sea. The advanced communication system ...
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RH - Rotorhub
Russian Helicopters’ Mi-171 seeks certification in China
19th September 2017
Russian Helicopters has submitted an application to the aviation authorities of China to certify the Mi-171 helicopter with VK-2500-03 engines, the company announced on 14 ...
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UV - Unmanned Vehicles
NAVOCEANO receives Remus 100 AUV
18th September 2017
Hydroid has delivered its first new generation Remus 100 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to the Naval Oceanographic Office. The Remus AUV is able to be ...
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LWI - Land Warfare
Raytheon receives Boomerang order
18th September 2017
Raytheon BBN Technologies has received a contract to deliver Boomerang Warrior-X systems to an undisclosed Gulf nation, the company announced on 15 September.The contract, worth ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
Persistent radios for US Army WMD teams
18th September 2017
Persistent Systems will supply more than 950 MPU5 radios to the US Army National Guard's Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (WMD-CSTs) under a ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
USCG patrol boat gets Safran’s BlueNaute system
18th September 2017
Safran Electronics and Defense's BlueNaute inertial navigation system has been installed on the first of a number of vessels for the US Coast Guard (USCG), ...
