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Space

Raytheon Introduces Large Focal Plane Array; Promises Better, Lower Cost Sensors

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Monday, August 17th, 2009

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Raytheon [RTN] last week unveiled a new focal plane array that it says is four times larger that infrared detectors currently in production and will provide major advances in space-based sensing while making it easier and less costly to design and build such sensors. The new "4K-by-4K" light-wave detector has two key features, a wide dynamic range and high frame rate, that provides sensors, and potential customers, with "game changing" applications, Doug Marimon, senior program manager with Raytheon's Space Systems…

Congress

Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Timothy Sheehy (R-Mont.), two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), are renewing their call for “Right to Repair” language in the National […]

HASC Looks To Restrict USV Deliveries Without Navy CONOPS And Strategy

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal year 2027 defense policy draft bill aims to restrict the Navy’s use of unmanned surface vessels (USV) until it decides on key factors […]

Congress

Gaps In Army’s Tactical Counter-Drone Capabilities Remain Concern Of HASC

A draft defense policy bill released this week says the Army is fielding counter-drone capabilities for defense of fixed sites and maneuver forces but suggests that troops at the lowest […]

Army

HASC Wants Closer Look At Army’s SBMC Program, Cites Avoiding Past IVAS Missteps

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants a closer look at the Army’s Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC) effort, citing support for the development program while expressing caution to avoid […]