Sikorsky Nails Combat Rescue Helicopter Training CDR (Multi-Video)
Lockheed Martin successfully conducted the Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) Program Training Systems Critical Design Review (CDR).
This event prepares the CRH program to proceed to assembly, test, and evaluation of the HH-60W helicopter's...
New Comm Hot-Air Balloon Safety Program Following Tragedy (Videos)
After a July 2016 balloon accident in Lockhart, TX that caused 16 fatalities, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) took proactive steps to increase the safety of hot-air balloon tourism.
As the result of a...
New Quieter Aircraft Coming in 2018, Says the FAA
Beginning on January 1, 2018, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will require newly designed aircraft to be quieter which will help toward lowering noise around airports and surrounding communities.
Called “Stage 5 Airplane...
Sputnik: 60 Yrs Later, CIA Releases Declassified Documents (Multi-Video)
Sputnik was the first artificial Earth satellite, which was launched by the Soviet Union into an elliptical low Earth orbit on October 4, 1957.
It was a 23 in diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennas...
USNS Comfort Responds to Hosp Generator Failure in PR (Multi-Video)
The Mercy-class Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, received five critical patients around 8 p.m. Oct. 4, from Ryder Memorial Hospital in Humacao,...
Using Satellites & Data Analytics to Protect the Homeland (Learn More)
The space industry is undergoing a revolution as spacecraft become smaller, cheaper, and more prolific.
In the next five to ten years, commercial imagery constellations will be far more robust to a...
Coyote UAVs Help NOAA Track & Model Hurricane Maria (Multi-Video)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was able to successfully use six Raytheon Company Coyote® unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to track and model Hurricane Maria.
Launched from a NOAA WP-3D Orion hurricane hunter...
MEOSAR – More Lives Saved, Faster – in ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program
When someone requires search and rescue (SAR) assistance, every minute counts.
In the next few years the world of search and rescue will be revolutionized with MEOSAR, offering near instantaneous signal detection...
Spectracom New VersaPNT in ‘ASTORS’ Awards (Learn More, Video)
Spectracom is pleased to announce the company's New VersaPNT has been nominated to compete in the 2017 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program.
Debuting at AUSA on October 9, 2017, VersaPNT is the...
FBI Warns of Imminent Terror Drone Attacks on US Soil (Multi-Video)
FBI Director Christopher Wray warned Congress on Wednesday that terrorist groups are looking to use drones to wage terror attacks in the U.S.
“I think we do know that terrorist organizations have...
