The U.S. Navy recently successfully tested the Lockheed Martin LLD (Layered Laser Defense) system by tracking and shooting down an aerial target representing a subsonic cruise missile in flight. The test was sponsored by the Read More
The Department of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) has approved Project PELE (Portable Energy for Lasting Effects) – a mobile nuclear microreactor that can be flown to a site by a C-17 cargo plane and Read More
The UK Ministry of Defense is working with Elbit Systems UK and Affinity Flying Training Services on a series of battery-powered flight tests to assess the feasibility of using environmentally friendly alternatives to power military Read More
DARPA’s Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) has released a broad-agency announcement seeking enabling technologies in areas not currently addressed by MTO programs. The MTO is involved in the creation of compact microelectronics components – such as Read More
Later this year, the US Marine Corps and the Army will be studying UAV swarm behavior at the Edge 22 (Experimental Demonstration Gateway Exercise) – an exercise being held within Project Convergence. Project Convergence is Read More
The U.S. Army’s Research Laboratory has awarded GE a $5.1 million research and development contract for the Applied Research Collaborative Systematic Turboshaft Electrification Project (ARC-STEP). ARC-STEP seeks to advance hybrid electric engine technology. The project Read More
Researchers at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory have developed new techniques to ruggedize electro-optical components for assured positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems that are required to operate in environments with challenges such as extreme Read More
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine are using machine learning in an attempt to transform night vision from its current monochromatic black-and-green to actual colors. Color night vision would be of benefit to the Read More
The Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate has issued a broad-agency announcement for the Air Delivered Effects project. Air Delivered Effects will be a five-year project consisting of 20 separate research topic areas involving: Autonomous Read More
For the first time, Textron recently completed a successful flight and maritime integration of its Aerosonde Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) on a U.S. Navy Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG). The Aerosonde UAS is designed for Read More
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