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MARIETTA, Ga., Dec. 20, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) recently received an order for two additional P-3 Orion Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) kits from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The order brings the total number of CBP P-3s on contract to receive the MLU to 11 with an option for five additional kits in 2011. "This award reinforces CBP's support of our proven, cost-effective solution for providing the P-3 fleet with 20-plus years of added operational...
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., Dec. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- AeroMech Engineering, Inc. (AME) announces the successful first flight of the Fury® 1500 Small Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (STUAS). The successful hour-and-a-half flight occurred on November 30 at Hunter Liggett Airfield. This new version of the Fury® was developed at AME's UAS facility in San Luis Obispo, California. The Fury® is operated and controlled by AME's UAS Mission Management software, SharkFin®. The Fury®...
China, working to catch up with the United States and Israel, is ramping up production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that are being hailed as the future of military aviation, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Western defense officials were surprised to see some 25 different models of unmanned Chinese aircraft on display at last week's Zhuhai air show in China. It was a record number of UAVs for a country that unveiled its first concept UAVs only four years earlier...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- A milestone has been achieved, the first flight of Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) Tactical Reconnaissance and Counter-Concealment-Enabled Radar (TRACER) aboard an MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial System. The milestone also marks the first time a penetrating radar has flown on a fixed wing unmanned aerial system. TRACER, a dual-band synthetic-aperture radar (SAR), detects vehicles, buildings and other man-made objects that are buried, camouflaged or concealed under...
MCKINNEY, Texas, Oct. 27, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is upgrading sensors with enhanced target location accuracy and high-definition imaging. "This is an important upgrade for our Multi-Spectral Targeting Systems family of sensors as we continue to provide high-performance, state-of-the-art technology for the warfighter," said Tim Carey, vice president for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems. "Target location accuracy will allow soldiers to...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Augusta Systems, Inc., a provider of technologies that power the intelligent convergence of devices, systems and networks, has been awarded a $1.4 million contract from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) for the continued testing and enhancement of a distributed, intelligent network of unmanned vehicles, unattended ground sensors, video cameras and other devices. The intelligent network is built upon Augusta Systems EdgeFrontier...
MCKINNEY, Texas, Oct. 21, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) airborne Multi-Spectral Targeting System, whose video imagery helps soldiers, intelligence analysts and commanders in the field make critical operating decisions, recently exceeded 1 million flight hours. "This system provides critical information to U.S. and coalition forces," said Col Daryl Hauck, U.S. Air Force program executive officer for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Special Operations...
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricardo, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Ricardo plc, the leading independent provider of technology, product innovation and engineering solutions to the world's automotive, defense, transport and new energy industries, announced today that its new Wolverine3 heavy fuel engine has completed its first in-flight tests at the National Nuclear Security Administration's Nevada National Security Site. (Photo:...
NASA invites the public to join a bilingual online chat on Thursday, Sept. 23. The chat is NASA's first hosted in Spanish and English on the agency's website.Participants in the live chat will be able to interact in English and Spanish with NASA pilot Herman Posada. He pilots the agency's unique Ikhana and Global Hawk unmanned aircraft into dangerous conditions such as wildfires and hurricanes. When Posada sits at the controls and flies the aircraft, he is not in their cockpits, but at a...
FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz., Sept. 7, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) demonstrated several significant firsts at Empire Challenge 2010 with its High-Speed Guard cross-domain security solution passing streaming video from an unmanned aircraft system. Empire Challenge is an annual joint and multinational intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) interoperability demonstration sponsored by the U.S. under secretary of defense for Intelligence. The exercise highlights...
