Cyber/C4ISR

TBS is used for medium to long-range observation and reconnaissance. The binocular, hand-held, battery-operated thermal imager to be used by field commanders and squad leaders. TBS will provide Marines commanders a Tactical Range Thermal Imager (TRTI) solution, augmenting the night vision equipment currently used, which can be employed only at night. When deployed with the USMC service, TBS will...

Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), also known as Wi-Fi (short for Wireless fidelity) are shard by communications equipment following the various versions of the IEEE 802.11 standard implemented at the 2.4Ghz (unlicensed) frequency band uses Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) to support data transfer at 1, 2, 5.5 and 11 Mbps. Such networks are providing wireless connectivity for various...

Start < Page 3 of 5 > In the year 2000, the USAF fielded its first modified F-15Cs equipped with APG-63(V)2 AESA radars. Since then this radar evolved into the more compact APG-63(V)3, currently scheduled for Singapore's F-15S. Raytheon continued the development of AESA radars and optimized the design with the AN/APG-79 developed and currently being fielded with the US Navy/Boeing F/A-18E/F...

Airbus Defence and Space has launched a High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) program developing a commercial variant of the world record setting Zephyr 7 high altitude long endurance (HALE) solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle. Zephyr 8 will develop the next generation platform, designed to operate at very high altitude, as a pseudo-satellite. Airbus' subsidiary Astrium has been working on HAPS since...

The battle management system constantly plots the ballistic trajectories of each threat, assessing if it is presenting a threat to the protected areas. Such threats are marked red, and trigger the computation intercept solutions. Within a few seconds, over 800 different intercept solutions are performed per each target, evaluating the best possible match of target, interceptor, launcher and launch...

The PRC-710MB radio communications set is designed especially for Special Forces, air force and naval liaison teams, facilitating essential inter-communications between ground, airborne and naval forces. To ensure connectivity between multiple frequency bands and modulation techniques, the software controlled system uses wide-band radio-frequency modules covering 30-512 MHz, with adaptable antennae matching systems, built-in digital encryption (COMSEC) and navigation (GPS)...

Smaller robotic systems showcased by DGA included three Mini-robots called MiniROC (Mini Robot de Choc), a family of modular, semi-autonomous platforms designed for operations in urban environments. Another system, called TAROT, is being used to experiment with autonomous navigation and behavioral aspects of the interaction between humans and robots. Following three years of developments, the MiniROC family is scheduled for...

The Israel Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency completed a successful test of the key elements of the joint U.S.-Israel IAI Arrow Weapon System (AWS) today. The test involved the latest generation ATBM radar - known as Super Green pine.

October 25, 2009: Boeing A160T Hummingbird unmanned helicopter successfully completed 20 test flights testing the Foliage Penetration Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Tracking and Engagement Radar (FORESTER), developed under a DARPA / US Army program. The tests, conducted at Fort Stewart, Ga., validated the radar-carrying A160T's flight characteristics with more than 50 hours of flying time. The new radar will be able to...

The final stage of the British Grand Challenge competition began Saturday 16 August 2008, on Salisbury Plain. During the three day contest, teams from across the UK science and technology industry will demonstrate how effectively unmanned vehicles can be used to locate hostile military threats. By Tuesday, seven teams competed for the final phase. At the end of the...

IAI Elta is introducing a new air defense, surveillance, threat alert and air traffic control radar (AD STAR) offering an affordable, mission specific solution for customers worldwide. In recent years IAI Elta has witnessed a growing demand for air surveillance radars, with customers planning to phase out legacy air defense radar system.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) has received the first delivery of the Boeing tactical cross-domain technology, also known as eXMeritus HardwareWall, designed to improve the ability of intelligence analysts and warfighters to securely access videos and imagery from the MQ-1Predator and MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). GA-ASI contracted Boeing to deliver the HardwareWall and associated information assurance and engineering...

Elta is offering a broad line of radars to address specific Indian interest in air defense, weapon systems and ground surveillance solution. Most of Elta's modern radars are already utilizing active electronic scanning arrays, which have been further enhanced in recent years with the introduction of Transmit/Receive modules based on Gallium Nitride (Ga/Ni) technology offering more efficient operation, compared...

The miniaturization of electronic and electro-mechanical systems, including sensors, computers, and flight controls enable designers to create ‘flying sensors’. This article introduces three such sensors designed specifically for military operations.