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Boeing Completes Testing on New Anti-Jamming Technology
Nov 06, 2014 (SPX)
Boeing has proven its new anti-jamming communications technology is capable of operating as either a ground-based user terminal or satellite-based networking hu...
Hesco Bastion contracted for more defensive barriers
Nov 06, 2014 (UPI)
A five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has been given to Hesco Bastion Inc. by the U.S. military for force protection barrier systems. Hes...
Counter-IED training center opens in Europe
Nov 05, 2014 (UPI)
European soldiers now have a facility in the Netherlands for training in technical exploitation techniques to help combat improvised explosive devices. The faci...
CACI continues support of night vision, sensor technologies
Nov 03, 2014 (UPI)
The U.S. Army has given CACI International a $34 million contract to continue supporting advancements in night vision and sensor systems. The contract has a one...
U.S. Army exercises option on BAE self-propelled Howitzers
Nov 03, 2014 (UPI)
More self-propelled Howitzers and ammunition carriers are to be produced for the U.S. Army by BAE Systems under exercise of a contract option. The one-year opti...
Microrockets fueled by water neutralize biochem warfare agents
Oct 30, 2014 (SPX)
With fears growing over chemical and biological weapons falling into the wrong hands, scientists are developing microrockets to fight back against these dangero...
Marine Corps taps Cubic Applications for training support services
Oct 30, 2014 (UPI)
Support services for functional and technical training are to be provided to the U.S. Marine Corps by Cubic Applications Inc. under a $46.5 million contract. Th...
Surplus Department of Defense rolling stock on auction block
Oct 30, 2014 (UPI)
Department of Defense rolling stock surplus assets are for sale in mid-November in an online auction conducted by GovPlanet, an online marketplace. The company,...
Britain taps Raytheon, Thales for IFF upgrade study
Oct 27, 2014 (UPI)
Britain's Ministry of Defense has commissioned a one-year study on upgrading its current Identification Friend-or-Foe systems to the new NATO standard. Raytheon...
Lockheed Martin making turrets for Scout SV armored vehicles
Oct 23, 2014 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin UK has been tapped to produce hundreds of turrets for armored Scout Specialist vehicles for the British military. The contract from General Dyna...
RAZAR zoom scope developed for military assault rifles
Oct 23, 2014 (UPI)
A fast and accurate zoom scope for use on military rifles has been developed by Sandia National Laboratories and its optical engineers. The prototype system is ...
Army, Navy getting tougher combat helmets
Oct 16, 2014 (UPI)
Thousands of combat helmets are to be delivered to the U.S. Army and Navy by 3M company Ceradyne Inc. under U.S. government orders. A total of 35,000 Enhanced C...
Stryker combat vehicles getting hull, engine upgrades
Oct 15, 2014 (UPI)
The U.S. Army plans to upgrade additional flat-bottomed Stryker combat vehicles to the "Double V-Hull" configuration beginning in 2017. The upgrade, which will ...
Navy announces Milestone C for counter-IED electronic jamming system
Oct 14, 2014 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy has approved low-rate production for a system to combat radio-controlled improvised explosive devices. The Navy developed electronic jamming syste...
New Thales innovation hub in Singapore
Oct 14, 2014 (UPI)
The Thales Group has inaugurated a multi-discipline innovation hub in Singapore, its first innovation center outside Europe. Thales Innovation Hub Singapore is ...
Using Light Frequencies to Sniff Out Deadly Materials from a Distance
Oct 10, 2014 (SPX)
DARPA yesterday issued a solicitation for proposals responsive to its Spectral Combs from UV to THz (SCOUT) program, which seeks new capabilities for highly sen...
How US pinpoints targets in air war
Oct 10, 2014 (AFP)
Before coalition aircraft bomb Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq, an array of US surveillance planes, satellites and spies on the ground gather intellig...
New Marine Corps intel contract for Engility
Oct 09, 2014 (UPI)
U.S. Marine Corps intelligence information gathering and dissemination capabilities are to continue to receive support from Engility Holdings Inc. The Virginia-...
US sentences Russian for night-vision arms conspiracy
Oct 09, 2014 (AFP)
A US court on Thursday jailed a 53-year-old Russian to 18 months with three years supervised release for conspiracy to smuggle high-tech night vision technology...
Better Situational Awareness Can Increase Survivability Of Armored Vehicles
Oct 08, 2014 (SPX)
One of the key goals of DARPA's Ground X-Vehicle Technologies (GXV-T) program is improving the survivability of ground-based armored fighting vehicles through c...
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