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US Army receives JPADS 10K system from Airborne Systems
Thursday, May 23, 2013 The US Army has taken delivery of the last 10,000lb joint precision aerial delivery system (JPADS 10K) under contract from Airborne Systems to enhance its ability to supply cargo to remote...

SAIC to provide support services for JPEO-CBD
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has been awarded a prime contract for provision of support services to the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological...

Sidekick Studios’ digital mental health application to support UK Army veterans
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Sidekick Studios has rolled out its award-winning digital mental health application, Buddy, to support psychological therapy services for more than 500 UK Army veterans returning from...

US Army commissions first intelligent energy microgrid at Fort Bliss
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 The US Army has commissioned the first US Department of Defense (DoD) grid-tied, intelligent energy microgrid, during an official ceremony at Fort Bliss in...

US Army orders Black Hawk medevac mission sensor from FLIR
Monday, May 20, 2013 FLIR Systems has secured a contract for delivery of a medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) Mission Sensor (MMS) system for the US Army's UH-60A Black Hawk...

Saft to supply e6T Li-ion batteries for US military's JLTV EMD programme
Monday, May 20, 2013 Saft has been awarded a contract for delivery of e6T Li-ion battery systems for the US Army and Marine Corps' multi-billion dollar Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) development...

US Army receives electronic jamming payloads for Gray Eagle UAS
Friday, May 17, 2013 The US Army has taken delivery of two electronic attack payloads from Raytheon for use on its General Atomics-built MQ-1C Gray Eagle medium altitude long endurance (MALE) unmanned aircraft...

Saab completes flight testing of Skeldar V-200 UAS
Thursday, May 16, 2013 Saab has successfully conducted flight testing of the Skeldar V-200 vertical lift unmanned aircraft system (UAS) in an effort to demonstrate its critical capabilities at various sites across...

Tepro Consortium completes selection of Sisfron suppliers
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Tepro Consortium has completed the selection of primary suppliers for the Brazilian Army's sistema integrado de monitoramento de fronteiras (Sisfron)...

JGSDF to receive ScanEagle UAS from Insitu Pacific
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has taken delivery of the ScanEagle small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) from Insitu Pacific for use by the Japanese Ground Self-Defence Forces...

Singapore Army commissions upgraded battlefield communications system
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 The Singapore Army has commissioned a domestically manufactured wide area communications (WAC) system, designed to enhance its battlefield communication capabilities, during an official ceremony...

Royal Brunei Armed Forces to receive Harris Falcon III tactical radios
Monday, May 13, 2013 Harris has been awarded a contract to supply its Falcon III family of tactical communication systems to the Royal Brunei Armed...

Turkish Army set to receive first upgraded Karayel TUAV
Friday, May 10, 2013 Vestel Defence is set to hand over the first upgraded Karayel tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (TUAV) under contract to the Turkish Land Forces Command in the middle of this year, a...

Argon to continue work on DARPA's ASPN programme
Thursday, May 09, 2013 Argon ST has secured a contract to develop algorithms and a sensor-fusion system that will reduce the US military's dependence on GPS for navigation missions, as part of the Defense...

Harris to supply communications system for Brazil's border security programme
Wednesday, May 08, 2013 Harris has been contracted to supply an end-to-end tactical communications system for the pilot phase of the Brazilian Army's Sistema Integrado de Monitoramento de Fronteiras (SISFRON)...

US Army awards first orders under MATOC renewable energy contract
Wednesday, May 08, 2013 The US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center has awarded the first contracts under its $7bn multiple award task order contracts (MATOC) programme, which seeks renewable...

Australian DSTO and Deakin University set to advance haptic arm robot development
Friday, May 03, 2013 The Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) has signed a licence agreement with Deakin University to advance the development of the prototype haptic arm counter...

Vanderbilt University to support META tools maturation for DARPA AVM programme
Friday, May 03, 2013 Vanderbilt University's Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS) engineers have received a contract from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to continue maturation...

DARPA demonstrates GaN-on-diamond transistor for military RF applications
Thursday, May 02, 2013 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) scientists have completed demonstrations of the first-ever gallium nitride (GaN) on-diamond high electron mobility transistor (HEMT), as part...

Aptima develops neuroscience-inspired sense-making system for military robots
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 A new knowledge-based, collaborative sense-making system has been developed by Aptima to boost intelligence and decision capabilities of the US military's unmanned platforms during combat...