April 26, 2016
Cannes, April 26, 2016 – Thales Alenia Space announced today the official kickoff of its Stratobus research & development project. Stratobus is an autonomous stratospheric airship that was just approved by the French government’s “investment in the future” program, with funding of 17 million euros. These funds cover a 24-month development phase for key enabling
December 23, 2015
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Dec. 19, 2015—NATO's first Alliance Ground Surveillance aircraft arrived here Dec. 19, completing its first flight. The test flight marks the start of six months of ground and airborne testing at Edwards before the aircraft is sent to its new home in Sigonella, Italy. NATO AGS is a derivative of
July 13, 2015
July 20, 2015—Conventional surveillance technologies cannot easily help to detect fast boats, which generally have small radar signatures and do not carry automatic identification systems (AIS). For this reason, the NATO STO CMRE (Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation) has addressed this problem along with other project partners, as part of the European project PERSEUS.
June 5, 2015
PALMDALE, Calif., June 4, 2015—Expanding NATO's joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and its industry partners together with NATO leaders unveiled the first NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) aircraft to an audience of customers, distinguished guests, employees and community leaders. The unmanned aircraft, a wide area surveillance Global Hawk, is part
February 24, 2015
The Center for Strategic & International Studies obtained surveillance imagery that shows the size and scope of China’s dredging and land development activities in the reefs and islands of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.
February 12, 2015
CLIFTON, N.J., Feb. 11, 2015 – Exelis (NYSE: XLS) will highlight a range of solutions for U.S. Air Force customers and industry partners at the Air Force Association’s (AFA) 31st Annual Air Warfare Symposium and Technology Exposition, booth 130, Feb. 11-13, in Orlando, Florida. Click to tweet: AFA Air Warfare Symposium 2015: Exelis and the
October 14, 2014
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 14, 2014—UTC Aerospace Systems will deliver Cloud Cap Technology TASE 400 imaging payloads to Integrated Surveillance and Defense (ISD) in support of a U.S. Navy ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) program. UTC Aerospace Systems is a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). The delivery is part of a U.S. Navy award contract
October 6, 2014
VANCOUVER, B.C., Canada, Oct. 3, 2014—MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. ("MDA" or the "Company") (MDA), a global communications and information company, today announced that it has closed the acquisition of Advanced Systems, a line of business from General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc., announced in July 2014. This business will become part of MDA Information
October 2, 2014
DUBAI, UAE, Sept. 25, 2014—Airbus Defence and Space announced today that a team comprising engineers from the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) and the Airbus Zephyr programme has successfully completed the first civil flight of the Airbus Zephyr High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS). The flight, completed last week in Dubai, achieved the highest
October 1, 2014
Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., Sept. 18, 2014—The MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) arrived at Naval Air Station Patuxent River Sept. 18 after completing its inaugural cross-country ferry flight, bringing the Navy closer to delivering this new capability to the fleet. This flight marked the transition from initial flight test, which established basic safety
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