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Top national defence procurement officials discussed innovation and new initiatives to support NATO capability efforts at the Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD) held at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on 4 May 2017....
The Mexican military and security forces are fielding an integrated network of intelligence gathering, surveillance and response capabilities designed to bolster homeland security and combat narco-trafficking. The heart of the system – an Airborne Surveillance Intelligence...
US Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work signed a P-8A maritime patrol aircraft declaration with British Defense Minister for Procurement Harriett Baldwin to further strengthen the uniquely close defense relationship between the U.S. and the...
Air Systems / C4ISR / ISR
The “Tigertails” of VAW-125 are relieving the “Liberty Bells” of VAW-115 as the early-warning squadron of the U.S. Navy’s Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, supporting the Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Carrier Strike Group. “We...
Air Defence / C4ISR / sensor
As part of the FLORAKO programme modernisation, Armasuisse has awarded Thales a contract to upgrade the Master radars for the Swiss Air Force. This contract, which amounts to 74 million euros, will be the...
Defence and security company Saab has received an order within the Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) segment. The order amounts to approx. USD 236 Million. Deliveries will be made from 2019 until 2021....
Cubic Global Defense, a business unit of Cubic Corporation announced the additional award of $9.9 million to the initial contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force in January 2015 to support the Air Force...
The Boeing Company has selected Rockwell Collins to upgrade a low-frequency transmission system for the E-4B program, which connects U.S. command authorities to strategic launch control centers and strike assets during a national emergency....
Northrop Grumman Corporation announced it has appointed Steve Lunny, vice president and program manager for the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) division within the company’s Information Systems sector. Lunny will report to Linnie Haynesworth,...
The Canadian Department of National Defence is upgrading its Lockheed CP-140 Aurora maritime surveillance aircraft. The collaboration on this Quick Reaction Capability (QRC) program between ViaSat Inc., L-3 Electronic System Services (ESS), a division...
Air Systems / C4ISR / ISR
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) has planned by end 2015 the return to flight of its revolutionary Airlander 10. The huge buoyant-lift machine, which flew at the Long Endurance Multi-Purpose Vehicle (LEMV), will not be...
The article summarized here appeared on http://spendergast.blogspot.be/ and includes a global survey of the E-3 Sentry program. AWACS upgrade achieves initial operational capability – U.S. Air Force The commander of Air Combat Command, Gen. Mike Hostage, declared...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) an $89.7 million contract option to continue operating and supporting the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) system in support of overseas contingency missions through...
Air Systems / Contracts / ISR
Boeing has received a contract from NATO worth approximately $250 million to install digital flight decks and avionics on 13 of the alliance’s Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, which are based on...
Beechcraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, has launched a new demonstrator dedicated to showcasing the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities of its Baron G58 piston-engine aircraft. video...
ISR / MSA / new technologies
The current plans for the lifetime extension through 2018 of Sentinel capability will see a number of key investments to both maintain current capability and the delivery of potential improvements to support a broader...
The U.S. Air Force has introduced into its B-52 fleet the first aircraft upgraded with an advanced communications system, developed by Boeing [NYSE: BA], that keeps the bomber ahead of emergent threats while improving...
Airbus Defence and Space and Sapura Secured Technologies have signed a Collaboration Agreement to establish a long-term cooperation in the field of C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance). It includes the...
The U.S. Air Force’s “BATMAN” research team at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio is beta-testing Google Glass for possible use on the battlefield with an advanced technology demonstration and research program commissioned...
BAE Systems developed a new mobile app that can be used with Google Glass ™ for hands-free geospatial intelligence data collection and photo reporting from anywhere in the field. The GXP Xplorer ® Snap...