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UncategorizedAir Force Examining Warfighter Use Of International Space-Based PNT Systems
The Air Force is looking at potential warfighter use of international space-based position, navigation and timing (PNT) systems, the head of its space forces said Feb. 7. Air Force Space […]
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U.S. Protected Satellites Lack Throughput For Success In Conventional Operations, Expert Says
The United States’ protected military communications satellites do not have the throughput to sustain the data requirements necessary for success in conventional operations, according to an expert on Asian strategic […]
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GAO Urges FAA Update Methodology For Third Party Launch Indemnification
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) should review and update as appropriate its probable loss methodology for calculating commercial launch providers’ insurance requirements as it relates to third-party indemnification, the Government […]
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Saab Continues Expanding Role In India With Strategic Partnership With Kalyani Group
Defense and security company Saab and the Kalyani Group, one of India’s leading high-technology multinationals, said Feb. 10 they have entered into a strategic alliance to partner and address key Indian Army air […]
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First U.S. Aegis Destroyer In Spain For NATO Missile Defense
The first of four of the Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyers equipped with the Aegis ballistic missile defense system arrived in Spain on Feb. 11 as part of NATO’s plan for […]
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Northrop Grumman Sees UAV Market Broadening Internationally
Northrop Grumman [NOC] sees the market for unmanned systems starting to “open up” internationally, according to a key executive. Corporate Vice President and CFO Jim Palmer told an audience Feb. 6 […]
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Army Corps of Engineers Likely In Afghanistan Past December, Commanding General Says
Since 2002, the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has worked on some 1,000 major construction projects in Afghanistan valued at more than $10 billion, but they’re not done so Corps […]
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QinetiQ-led Consortium Investigates Emerging Tech For U.K. Armed Forces Training
QinetiQ, partnered with Cranfield University, NSC, a training, simulation and consultancy firm, and Thales‘ XPI Simulation, has been awarded an approximately $5.9 million contract from the U.K.’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to monitor and […]
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Lockheed Martin To Provide M-TADS/PNVS Repair Support For Saudi Arabia
Lockheed Martin [LMT] Feb. 11 said it received a three-year $22 million contract from the Army to provide Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) Special Repair Activities for […]
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Saab Continues Expanding Role In India With Strategic Partnership With Kalyani Group
Defense and security company Saab and the Kalyani Group, one of India’s leading high-technology multinationals, said Feb. 10 they have entered into a strategic alliance to partner and address key Indian Army air […]