Marktech Optoelectronics Inc. in Latham, N.Y., is introducing the MTPD1346D-xx family of indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) and indium phosphide (InP) broadband PIN photodiodes ...
One of the defense world’s newest and most promising innovations is the high-energy laser weapon system. It is the most advanced and capable concept for a tactical, ground-based...
As China develops cutting-edge deep-sea surveillance, the nation’s navy is concurrently designing a satellite-mounted laser to locate and destroy enemy submarines. Space War reports...
The Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems segment (formerly Orbital ATK) in Dulles, Va., are building supersonic target drones for the U.S. Navy and Army to help hone missile-defense...
U.S. Navy unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) experts are inviting industry to participate in experiments in March to demonstrate ways of using UAVs to deliver cargo to and from ships...
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) experts at Northrop Grumman Corp. will build three RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30i long-range surveillance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the government...
The Fiscal Year 2020 U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) budget may slow down modernization efforts and research into next-generation weapons, like hypersonic missiles, but will ...
The U.S. Air Force one day will fire laser weapons from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and jet fighters to destroy high-value targets, conduct precision strikes, and incinerate...
The U.S. Marine Corps has put out a request to industry to learn whether defense firms can build an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) designed to carry extra ammo, packs, food, and...
Over the Baltic Sea in a test zone controlled by Germany, European aerospace and defense giant Airbus has demonstrated the ability of a drone team to interact intelligently with...
U.S. Air Force researchers are kicking off a potential half-billion-dollar program to develop secure networking for battlefield data that intelligently distributes information...
Secure radio communications experts at Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (formerly Rockwell Collins) will provide advanced cryptography for U.S. military aircraft radios...
In recent weeks, NATO conducted its largest military exercises in decades in the frigid waters and icy mountains of Norway. But something odd happened.
Government customers require reliable and resilient satellite communications (SATCOM) wherever missions take them. With launch of Horizons 3e, the Intelsat EpicNG global high-...
If the Pentagon intends to be laser-focused in its goal to improve directed-energy weapons, it has just a few years to decide whether it wants to invest heavily in the new technology...
Systems integrators require small size, weight, and power consumption (SWaP) for today’s rugged computer systems, embedded computing boards, and rugged backplanes, which is pushing...
Military electro-optical technologies are evolving quickly for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions from small platforms like unmanned aircraft.
U.S. intelligence experts are asking industry to develop trusted computing methods of safeguarding models used to create artificial intelligence and machine learning systems to...
U.S. military researchers briefed industry in December on a new initiative to help develop secure integrated circuit technology for trusted computing applications, ranging from...
U.S. military researchers are working together with the Raytheon Co. to develop heterogeneous computing systems that provide the performance of specialized processors, while maintaining...
Electronic warfare (EW) has come a long way since Pentagon legend Paul Kaminski warned that “years of neglect” had left the U.S. dangerously behind Russia and China.
The chaotic nature of the flight deck brings high winds, dangerous equipment, engines, and propellers, all while the crew tries to guide aircraft pilots toward a safe landing....
A Request for Information (RFI) on methods of continuously authenticating user identity by a person’s distinctive characteristics using software-based biometrics or behavioral...
The U.S. Navy will continue to fund research and development efforts related to the service’s much-hyped electromagnetic railgun. Navy leaders, however, are likely not to pursue...
U.S. Marine Corps amphibious warfare experts are ordering 30 Amphibious Combat Vehicles and accompanying vetronics to replace the Corps ageing fleet of amphibious assault vehicles...
U.S. military spending, which only a few months ago looked like it would remain historically high for perhaps the next six years, or even longer, may take a sharp turn this month...
U.S. Air Force researchers are asking for industry’s help in enhancing today’s cyber intelligence and signals intelligence (SIGINT) capabilities by improving real-time digital...
