Cyber/C4ISR

Imaging sensors were used with precision guided weapons since the early 1970. Until recently, lack of processing power and datalink capacity have limited the use of such guidance techniques to relatively short range direct attack weapons (such as Maverick) and medium range strike missiles (such as Have Lite and SLAM). With the introduction of powerful thermal imaging sensors and...

Airobotics, an Israel based developer of automated industrial drone based systems completed an investment round raising $32.5 million to strengthen its industrial and mining solutions and expand into new applications. "Our next stop – automated drones in cities" sasid CEO Ran Krauss.

The Royal Air Force (RAF), in partnership with Leonardo, successfully conducted a live trial of a ‘swarming drones’ capability targeting a simulated enemy air defense radar. The demonstration showed how a swarm of BriteCloud-equipped drones overwhelmed the threat radar systems with electronic noise.

F-3, a new "Soft Countermeasure" system from the Ukraine Company Magnit Ltd, was displayed at Defexpo 06 for the first time. This passive system is activated by laser rangefinder pulses received when the protected target is illuminated by an enemy laser, prior to firing. When a pulse is detected, F-3 emits a false echo, disrupting the range measurement, and...

Developed in France, Vipere is an autonomous, intelligent "snake robot" optimized for counter-terrorist warfare as well as covert, observation, offensive or neutralization missions. The unique caterpillar like propulsion system uses multiple legs which provides continuous and stable movement over rough terrain and through dense vegetation and sand climbing stairs or crawling through narrow pipes or caves. The back-packable Vipere measures...

Start < Page 5 of 8 > There is one important item in communications, which was overlooked for some time, due to fast developing technologies- the ability to monitor, simultaneously, several communications channels by the same commander, in popular parlance "eavesdropping". The advantage of FM radios afforded this through auxiliary receivers in regular AFVs. However, according to reports coming out of...

Start < Page 4 of 7 > To support the brigade level and above, these services rely on dedicated trunks for broadband connectivity. Such radios offer wireless connectivity at rates from 1 MB to 16MB. Where transfer of images or video is required, higher data rates become imperative, links are being implemented with modern high speed digital networks. These services are...

Start < Page 3 of 8 > A marked exception are the US Special Forces , which are already outpacing the Army by moving a new family of tactical radios. Their AN/PRC-117 is a multiprocessor-based, fully digital software-controlled, voice and data transceiver. Manpack or vehicular, the radio operates in multi-band, multi-mode tri-Service environment. Whether this equipment was already available on that fateful...

Raytheon is planning to demonstrate an advanced target recognition technology which could accurately detect hostile moving targets from stand-off range. By autumn 2008 the new technology will be tested in a laboratory and subsequently tested in flight by spring 2009. Raytheon expects to demonstrate the new Air-to-Ground Radar Imaging II technology program, validating its capability to detect, track and target...

The first pair of Space Tracking and Surveillance System demonstration (STSS-Demo) satellites were launched September 25, 2009 on a NASA Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral, FL. "This demonstration will show the inherent advantages space sensors bring to persistent missile tracking and engagement," said Gabe Watson, vice president and STSS program manager for Northrop Grumman's Aerospace Systems sector. "Space-based...

Controp is unveiling at the Paris Air Show 2011 the TD STAMP, a new lightweight payload optimized for small UAVs. TD STAMP is displayed at the airshow on Aeronautics's Orbiter 3 UAV, also making its international debut here.

In this edition: Israel well prepared against cyber-attacks | New cyber centers being developed in Israeli universities | U.S. government suggest private companies share cyber-threat information | Foreign social networks banned in Russia | Iranian and Syrian cyber-attack activity on the rise | Japan and U.S. hold second cyber security cooperation meeting | The British GCHQ to approve U.K. postgraduate degrees in cyber security

Our second daily coverage of the Latrun event focus on electro-optical devices shown here. Among many familiar systems, Defense Update has picked several new systems and developers, that have made their first steps in bringing their innovative EO systems to the market. Some are brand new, demonstrated as prototypes and proof of concept demonstrators while others are already fielded...

While armed robotics still belong to the future, remotely controlled weapon stations are already saving lives in the combat zone, limiting warfighter's exposure to enemy fire while maintaining vigilance and effective coverage of their surroundings. Although such systems are available from a number of manufacturers worldwide, AUSA 2006 was dominated by Recon Optical's M101 Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS),...