Rockwell Collins' airborne V/UHF radio has passed military security requirements for operation with the US Department of Defense’s (DoD) new Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), the company announced on 14 February.
The sixth generation ARC-210 RT-2036 radio has passed ‘Do No Harm’ (DNH) testing carried out by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. According to the company, the ARC-210 the only airborne radio on the market to have completed testing using the most current MUOS waveform.
Rockwell Collins conducted initial ARC-210 MUOS flight testing in 2013 and will begin fielding in 2018. A US Air Force F-16 will be the first aircraft to be equipped with the radio.
MUOS is the next-generation SATCOM system used by the DoD for air and ground communications, operating in the Ultra High Frequency band for greater overall capacity and signal quality. MUOS allows any combination of voice, data or video to be accessed while providing soldiers with improved communications capabilities, especially within rough terrain and beyond line of sight situations compared to legacy systems.
Persistent Systems received its largest ever single order for its MPU5 devices and other systems earlier this month and has already delivered the 50 units to the US Army’s 4th Infantry Division.
Turkey has joined the family of countries attempting to establish a multilayered air defence system with government approval in August 2024 for the effort landed by Aselsan. Dubbed Steel Dome, the programme joins Israel’s Iron Dome, the US Golden Dome, India’s Mission Sudarshan Chakra and South Korea’s low-altitude missile defence system.
MARSS’ NiDAR system has been deployed using sensors from static platforms to provide detection and protection for static sights, such as critical infrastructure, ports and military bases.
Australia is looking to improve its presence in space with a focus on communications and creating a dedicated segment of its defence forces committed to the domain.
The Portuguese company’s naval communications system is in service across more than a dozen countries. It has turned to its home nation for support in developing a new vehicle based C2 system.
The Vision4ce Deep Embedded Feature Tracking (DEFT) technology software is designed to process video and images by blending traditional computer vision with artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to present actionable information from complex environments.
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