Singapore To Deploy Gigantic 180-Foot Surveillance Blimp
Singapore has announced plans to deploy a huge tethered surveillance balloon to boost its maritime and air security. The helium-filled "aerostat" will be equipped with radar equipment that can spot threats from as far as 200 kilometres (125 miles) away, according to the ministry of defense website
Meprolight Buys Night Vision Manufacturer New Noga Light
Meprolight has bought New Noga Light's Operations and Assets, the company announced today. The sales, marketing, and support for New Noga Light's line of products will continue to be implemented without interruption
Thales Introduces New Multirole Surveillance Radar With AESA Technology At Euronaval 2014
Thales is launching the new SEARCHMASTER® multirole surveillance radar with active electronic scanning antenna (AESA) technology at Euronaval 2014. SEARCHMASTER® is a truly multirole surveillance radar with the ability to meet all the surveillance requirements of five mission types: anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, maritime surveillance, ground surveillance and tactical air support...
General Dynamics To Upgrade Canadian Forces' Combat Net Radios
General Dynamics Canada has been awarded a CDN$122 million, three-year contract to upgrade the Canadian Forces' existing fleet of Combat Net Radios. The radios, originally purchased in 1991, will be enhanced to allow for simultaneous operation of voice, messaging and positional awareness reporting, capabilities not currently possible with the existing...
Finmeccanica, Selex ES Acquire EW Analysis Software Supplier Tactical Technologies Inc
Finmeccanica - Selex ES has completed the acquisition of Tactical Technologies Inc. (TTI) operating out of Ottawa, Canada
Northrop Grumman, Computer Sciences Corp Win USN Service Software Support Contract Worth...
Computer Sciences Corp and a division of Northrop Grumman have won separate contracts worth a total of $65.2 billion to provide the U
Russian Army To Get "Peerless" Radar Jammers
Concern Radioelectronic Technologies (KRET) has completed the 2014 state defense order to ship Krasuha-2 electronic suppression system to the Russian Defense Ministry. The radar jammer has no peers anywhere in the world
US Army Testing Lockheed Martin's Battlefield Intelligence Software
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Raytheon Unveils Wearable Computing Technology For Battlefield Ops
Raytheon unveiled its wearable computing Intel-Ops solution at the AUSA 2014 Meeting and Exposition. The new technology merges its proven, wearable computer system with situational awareness capabilities to create an enhanced real-time view of the battlefield for commanders and their troops
US Army To Test Exelis SideHat SRW Applique Radios
Exelis has won a contract to deliver SideHat SRW (Solidier Radio Waveform) Applique radios for evaluation by the US Army, the company announced today. SideHat provides a critical networking capability specifically developed for the vehicular electromagnetic and physical environment experienced on the battlefield
Raytheon, Polish Company Sign LoI To Explore Development Of Radar, C4I and...
Raytheon signed a Letter of Intent with Poland's PIT-RADWAR to cooperate in mutually beneficial business opportunities related to Poland's air defense architecture, as well as significant exports to global markets. The companies will examine areas for partnership in the following categories : radar equipment and subsystems design, fabrication and integration including -- electronic component design and production, radar systems and software, verification, validation and testing (VVT), Low-Cost Interceptor, common C2 equipment, subsystems and software, C2 software and hardware integration, design and VVT of Battle Management software modules, software and hardware in the loop laboratory
Power Plant Catches Fire in Iran’s Ahwaz After Transformer Explodes
MBDA MMP Missile to get Beyond-Line-of-Sight Capability
Israeli Cyber Attack or Accident- What Caused Iran Nuclear Facility Explosion?
French Army to Receive GRIFFON Combat Vehicle Command Post Version by Yearend
Russian Pantsir Air Defense System- Sitting duck or Top Dog?
Russian Pantsir air defense system (ADS) has been much maligned in the war zones of Syria and Libya as having...
Free Flow of Weapons Make Peace Difficult in Libya
An almost in-exhaustible flow of weapons to the two main fighting sides in the Libyan conflict has made peace a...
Land of the Blazing Guns: Japan’s Quest for Advanced Weapons
After laying to rest its pacifist post-World War II posture since the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came to...
Mixing Business with Pressure: Chinese Arms Sales in South East Asia
China is pulling off the impossible- selling arms to nations it is in conflict with over its claim in the...
US, Europe Arms Embargo to Derail Several Turkish Procurement Programs
Several joint production and direct procurement programs could be halted if the US and Europe carry through with their threat...
Unconventional Military Hardware from Iran
Sanctions-hit Iran has found ingenious ways to develop military hardware