ARLINGTON, Va., 17 March 2013. U.S. military researchers have released a formal industry solicitation for the second phase of an initiative to enhance high-resolution, long-range geometric and 3-D electro-optical imaging technology for biometric and target identification.

Moffett Field, CA--The space terminal for the Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD), NASA's first high-data-rate laser-based space communication system, was recently integrated onto the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft at NASA's Ames Research Center.

PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 15 March 2013. A U.S. Navy engineer has developed a dimmable light-emitting diode (LED) bulb that has the potential to last 100 times longer than conventional lighting in military avionics, other aerospace applications, and in the automotive industry, Navy officials say.

Dresden, Germany--OLED-based HMD glasses from Fraunhofer COMEDD won the Innovation Award IT 2013 in the category "hardware" during CeBIT 2013.

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., 11 March 2013. U.S. Army helicopter avionics experts are looking to L-3 Avionics Systems Inc. in Grand Rapids, Mich., to supply color avionics displays for the twin-rotor CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter.

CLIFTON, N.J., 11 March 2013. U.S. Coast Guard leaders needed a long-range surveillance radar for the service's fleet of HC-130J Super Hercules long-range surveillance aircraft. They found their solution from the ITT Exelis Electronic Systems segment in Clifton, N.J.

ARLINGTON, Va., 10 March 2013. Government electro-optical sensor researchers will brief industry this week on an advanced initiative to develop fundamentally new avionics and vetronics electro-optical sensors for target identification and tracking.

ARLINGTON, Va., 8 March, 2013. Spacecraft experts at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., have released a formal solicitation for the Phoenix program, which seeks to reuse satellite antennas, apertures, and other components from decommissioned satellites.

POCASSET, Mass., 8 March 2013. Unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) designers at Hydroid Inc. in Pocasset, Mass., have begin full-rate production of the Navy Littoral Battlespace Sensing (LBS) UUV for U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) in San Diego.

MERRIMACK, N.H., 6 March 2013. Micro robot experts at the BAE Systems Electronic Systems sector in Merrimack, N.H., will help U.S. Army researchers develop bio-inspired micro-robotics technology to extend the remote sensing capability of U.S. ground forces under terms of a $43 million contract extension announced Tuesday.

LAS VEGAS, 6 March 2013. Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions in Ashburn, Va., is introducing the 21.5-inch Skyquest AVDU5500 rugged mission display for helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. The company introduced the avionics display this week at the Heli-Expo trade show in Las Vegas.

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., 5 March 2013. Executives of Teledyne Technologies Inc. in Thousand Oaks, Calif., have completed their company's acquisition of RESON A/S in Slangerup, Denmark, to boost Teledyne's expertise in imaging sonar, unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), and other marine instrumentation.

Madrid, Spain--SENSIA Solutions, a spinoff of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), has developed the first IR camera for detecting sulfur dioxide, a gas considered to cause acid rain.

WARREN, Mich., 4 March 2013. U.S. Army officials are ordering a five-pound throwable unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) to provide infantrymen with hasty situational awareness, persistent observation, and the ability to investigate confined spaces on the battlefield.

PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 4 March 2013. The U.S. Navy is ordering more than a thousand laser guidance kits to enable the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) to destroy moving targets under terms of an $11.4 million contract announced late last week from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md.

NATICK, Mass., 3 March 2013. U.S. Army researchers are working together with solar power experts at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth in North Dartmouth, Mass., to find ways to develop fabric with photovoltaic qualities to create tents, clothing, backpacks and other soldier items that can generate electricity.

Laser experts at Lockheed Martin Corp. will move forward with flight tests of a futuristic laser weapon system designed to protect combat aircraft against attacks from the rear under terms of $9.5 million contract modification from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va.

FORT BELVOIR, Va., 28 Feb. 2013. U.S. Army researchers are surveying industry to find companies able to build ground-based wide-area infrared search and track (IRST) sensors that can track unmanned aerial drones, as well as humans on foot, art ranges as far as several kilometers.

STUTTGART, Germany, 28 Feb. 2013. Infrared imaging experts in the German military's Office of Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support in Stuttgart, Germany, needed long-range cooled thermal imagers for surveillance, target acquisition, and identification. They found their solution from Thales Group in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.