ST. LOUIS, 28 Feb. 2013. A hydrogen-powered unmanned drone built by the Boeing Co. Defense, Space & Security segment in St. Louis completed its second test flight this week during which the twin-engine propeller-driven unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) demonstrated capabilities that will enable it to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions for up to four days without refueling, Boeing officials say.

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.

SAN DIEGO, 27 Feb. 2013. U.S. Navy unmanned aerial drone experts needed color rugged displays for the Small Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (STUAS RQ-21A) program aboard several kinds of amphibious transport ships. They found their solution from Z Microsystems Inc. in San Diego.

ARLINGTON, Va., 26 Feb. 2013. U.S. Navy researchers needed improvements to a hovering unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) to continue investigations in untethered inspection of ship hulls below the water line. They found their solution from Bluefin Robotics Corp. in Quincy, Mass.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, 23 Feb. 2013. Unmanned vehicles experts at the Lockheed Martin Corp. Missiles and Fire Control segment in Grand Prairie, Texas, have shown they can control an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) remotely via satellite in battlefield conditions.

ARLINGTON, Va., 22 Feb. 2013. Two U.S. research organizations have been chosen to participate in a military electronic warfare (EW) project to find ways to detect and counter digitally programmable radar systems that have unknown behaviors and agile waveform characteristics.

CLARKSBURG, Md., 22 Feb. 2013. U.S. Army leaders needed body-worn secure radios to support a battlefield situational awareness initiative called Nett Warrior. They found their solution from Thales Communications Inc. in Clarksburg, Md., and General Dynamics C4 Systems in Scottsdale, Ariz.

ARLINGTON, Va., 21 Feb. 2013. DRS Technologies Inc. in Arlington, Va., is joining hands with Cypress Semiconductor Corp. in San Jose, Calif., to mass-produce uncooled infrared detectors for a wide variety of commercial and military electro-optical sensors.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, 20 Feb. 2013. Two major French defense companies are working together to develop networked combat vehicles and vetronics with real-time communications among vehicles to share situational awareness and cooperative engagement, company officials announced.

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J., 17 Feb. 2013. U.S. Navy unmanned helicopter experts are surveying industry for current and future technologies that will be necessary to operate today's and tomorrow's unmanned rotorcraft.

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., 15 Feb. 2013. U.S. Army researchers are reaching out to industry for help in a long-term project to chart the most important developments in computer technology over the next three decades.

PARIS, France, 14 Feb. 2013. The French defense procurement agency (DGA) has awarded Astrium, a European space technology company, and its partner Actia Sodielec, a company that specializes in military telecommunications, the Comcept contract.

STONY BROOK, N.Y., 13 Feb. 2013. The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) at Fort Belvoir, Va., will subsidize SigNature DNA marking from Applied DNA Sciences Inc. in Stony Brook, N.Y., for defense suppliers who provide designated high-reliability electronics to the DLA, Applied DNA Sciences officials say.

WASHINGTON, 13 Feb. 2013. Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Elbit Systems Ltd. [NASDAQ and TASE: ESLT] have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that supports the growth of both companies through the joint pursuit of opportunities for self-defense solutions for Boeing military aircraft in international markets.

BETHPAGE, N.Y., 12 Feb. 2013. Northrop Grumman's (NYSE:NOC) E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft has been approved to enter full-rate production by the office of the secretary of defense (OSD).

CHELMSFORD, Mass., 12 Feb. 2013. Electronic warfare (EW) experts at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington needed mixed-signal digital receivers for prototype EW for aircraft and surface ships. They found their solution from Mercury Systems in Chelmsford, Mass.

SAN DIEGO, 9 Feb. 2013. Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE:NOC) flew a RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the first time using open architecture-based command and control software and hardware developed by the company, moving the company one step closer to offering its common mission management control system (MMCS) product, which is designed to be implemented across various unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) to improve mission effectiveness and reduce training requirements.

ST. LOUIS, 8 Feb. 2013. Boeing's [NYSE: BA] liquid hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has completed taxi testing at Edwards Air Force Base in California as it progresses toward its second flight.

ORLANDO, Fla., 7 Feb. 2013. The Raytheon [NYSE: RTN] and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Javelin Joint Venture recently demonstrated the ability of the Javelin missile to engage targets beyond its current maximum range requirements during a series of tests at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.