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...
NATO Completes Successful Test of their Wide-Area Surveillance Global Hawk
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...
CMRE Demonstrates a System for Persistent, Autonomous and Real-time Maritime Surveillance
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...
NATO’s First Alliance Ground Surveillance Aircraft Unveiled
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...
Surveillance Images Document China's Island Expansion in the South China Sea
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.
Exelis Highlights Solutions for Full Spectrum Dominance and Awareness at 2015 AFA Air Warfare Symposium
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...
UTC Aerospace Systems’ Cloud Cap Technology Selected by Integrated Surveillance and Defense for U.S. Navy Program
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...
MDA Closes Acquisition of Advanced Systems
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...
Airbus Zephyr Records Record Flight Over Dubai
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...
Navy's Triton Unmanned Aircraft Completes First Cross-Country Flight
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...
