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...
Coyote UAS & KRFS Radar to Acquire, Track & Engage US Enemy Drones
The U.S. Army has selected Raytheon's Coyote unmanned aircraft system and Ku band radio frequency system (KRFS), to counter the escalating threat of enemy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the skies above the...
Lockheed & DARPA Demo Connected Warfighter Network Technologies
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® and DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) recently performed a series of flight tests demonstrating how a system of systems (SoS) approach enables seamless – and rapid...
GA-ASI SkyGuardian Completes First Trans-Atlantic Flight (Multi-Video)
At 6:51 p.m. (GMT+1) on Wednesday, a Medium-altitude, Long-endurance (MALE) Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) produced by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) made history as it landed at the Royal Air...
US Not Prepared for Growing Border Drone Threats (Learn More, Videos)
American Border Patrol (ABP) demonstrated an electronic border security system for U.S. Senate candidates on Saturday, July 7th, at the American Border Patrol Test Range in Hereford, Arizona, which is on the Arizona/Mexico border.
The American Border Patrol is...
GD FleetSat Simulator to Train DoD Space Mission Operators (Videos)
General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy to restore and maintain a satellite system simulator for students at the Naval Postgraduate School, Spacecraft Research...
Orlando Airport to Implement 100% Biometric Exit with SITA (See Videos)
SITA SmartPath Technology has been chosen by the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) as the technology partner for biometric exit at Orlando International Airport.
Orlando International is the first U.S. airport to...
