Pentagon drone spending to reach $2.45 billion

WASHINGTON, 9 March 2014. U.S. military leaders plan to spend $2.45 billion next year on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) procurement and research, with the RQ-4 Global Hawk, MQ-9 Reaper, and the experimental U.S. Navy Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance And Strike (UCLASS) system expected to be the biggest winners.

The Pentagon's proposed flying drone budget of $2.45 billion in fiscal 2015 is up 15.8 percent from this year's enacted UAV spending level of 2.1 billion, and is up 3 percent from what the Pentagon requested for this year, according to Pentagon budget documents.

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Mini-DIN adapters for land-mobile radio RF and microwave applications introduced by Fairview

ALLEN, Texas, 10 March 2014. Fairview Microwave Inc. in Allen, Texas, is introducing mini-DIN 4.1/9.5 adapters for applications requiring low passive intermodulation (low PIM) performance such as cell sites or indoor/outdoor distributed antenna systems (DAS).

Electrically insulating epoxy adhesive that resists water and oils introduced by Master Bond

HACKENSACK, N.J., 9 March 2014. Master Bond Inc. in Hackensack, N.J., is introducing the EP21SC-1 epoxy adhesive engineered with a silicon carbide filler material that delivers abrasion resistance in chemical and mechanical processing applications.

Industry, college partner on quantum computing

Advances in quantum computing is goal of Lockheed Martin-University of Maryland partnership

COLLEGE PARK, Md., 8 March 2014. Quantum computing may represent the biggest leap in computer technology since the invention of semiconductor transistors more than six decades ago, and computer scientists at Lockheed Martin Corp. in Bethesda, Md., and University of Maryland in College Park, Md., are working together to bring about this fundamental transformation.

Raytheon tapped for airborne multispectral sensors

Raytheon wins two contracts to provide multispectral sensors for search helicopters and turboprops

CRANE, Ind., 7 March 2014. Electro-optics experts at the Raytheon Co. Space and Airborne Systems segment in McKinney, Texas, won two contracts late Thursday worth a collective $22.9 million to provide multispectral sensors for U.S. military helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.

Military spending for electronics and communications stable after steep decline

WASHINGTON, 7 March 2014. Leaders of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) propose spending $10.67 billion in federal fiscal year 2015 for procurement and research in military communications, electronics, telecommunications, and intelligence (CET&I) technologies.

Secure telephone for military weapon systems communications introduced by TACTICALIVE

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., 7 March 2014. TACTICALIVE in Colorado Springs, Colo., is introducing the PW-14 secure tactical data link telephone for military weapons systems communications.

Pentagon to spend $6 billion on C4I in 2015

Pentagon plans to spend $6 billion on C4I next year to support radio networking to the edge

WASHINGTON, 6 March 2014. U.S. military leaders plan to spend $6 billion next year for command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) systems in efforts to network sensors, shooters, command, control, and intelligence activities, Pentagon officials announced this week.

Army considers counter-UAV weapons; surveys industry for promising enabling technologies

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., 6 March 2014. U.S. Army aerial warfare experts are turning their attention to the threats of enemy attack and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and how to counter potentially hostile unmanned aircraft.

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