Self-Deploying Drone Pilots a Problem for Hurricane Response Efforts
By Christopher Todd, sUAS News
Last year’s hurricane season was a benchmark year for the role of drones in emergency management.
Harvey, Irma, and Maria all had varying characteristics that served well to...
SOCOM Seeking Technologies for War in a Post-Cyberpunk Era (Multi-Video)
By Kelsey Atherton, C4ISRNET
The great trick of computers is that they enable people to be more than human.
In a new request for information, the U.S. Special Operations Command is looking for...
USAF GPS III SV01 Satellite Shipped for Cape Canaveral Launch (Videos)
It is a part of our lives every day and over a billion people depend on this technology.
GPS, unlike any other military program, has expanded into the commercial market, becoming a...
Rockwell Collins-ESA NVCD Helmets to US Navy (Learn More, Multi-Video)
By John Keller, Military & Aeronautics Electronics
Combat avionics experts at Rockwell Collins-ESA Vision Systems in Fort Worth, Texas, will provide the U.S. Navy with 120 head-up helmet-mounted displays for high-performance jet fighter-bombers under terms of...
MD Nat’l Guard Special Ops Triumph in Int’l Airborne Competition (Video)
Leapfest is the largest, longest standing, international static line parachute training event and competition.
The purpose of the competition is to promote the camaraderie and Esprit de Corps of the Airborne Soldier...
ParaZero Saves Costly Payload & Drone from Crash (See in Action)
ParaZero, a drone safety systems company announced its drone safety system has successfully saved hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of payload mounted on a commercial drone that almost crashed several...
USS Carl Vinson Spearheads Hawaiian Fishing Boat Rescue
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) rescued five mariners in distress July 27 near Hawaii's westernmost inhabited island.
The mariners issued a distress call after their 36-foot vessel ran aground...
USAF Awards $96M for MALD Missile Production (See in Action, Video)
Raytheon Company is in receipt of a $96.1 million contract from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to produce 250 Miniature Air-Launched Decoys, or MALD® missiles.
The USAF award occurred just prior to Raytheon marking its...
Saab Sea Giraffe Multi-Mode Radar Selected for US Navy Ships (Video)
Saab will supply the Sea Giraffe AMB Multi Mode Radar (MMR) for the Navy’s Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) class ship USNS Hershel "Woody" Williams, ESB 4.
A new U.S. Navy order also...
DeTect HARRIER Aircraft Detection Lighting Sys Meets FAA Requirements
In response to the Dark Sky initiative to reduce light pollution and customer demand, DeTect developed the HARRIER Aircraft Detection Lighting Systems (ADLS) in 2008 for automatic obstruction lighting activation for...
