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Northrop Grumman to design signals intelligence sensor prototype for US Air Force

Air October 7, 2021

The US Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to complete the design of a next-generation, open standards-based signals intelligence (SIGINT) sensor for high-altitude intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms. Under the Air Force’s Global High-altitude Open-system Sensor Technology (GHOST) program, the company will deliver a design of a prototype ...

Lockheed Martin’s reveal new tactical ISR satellites

Air April 16, 2021

Lockheed Martin is addressing the accelerating demand for space-enabled warfighting capabilities with a new line of rapid, integrated and affordable tactical Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) satellites. These satellites, based on Lockheed Martin’s LM 400 mid-size bus, enable tactical warfighters to track moving targets at long ranges and operate in contested and ...

DASA invests £2.5million in autonomous submarines

Maritime March 11, 2020

DASA has invested £2.5million into autonomous submarines which will be developed for the Royal Navy under a new contract. The contract for large autonomous submarines was awarded to MSubs Ltd as part of Royal Navy ambitions to improve anti-submarine measures. The First Sea Lord announced the contract at the Underwater Defence ...

Nanotechnology and scaled down equipment in the military

Land September 30, 2019

Defence Online’s Ciara Houghton examines how advances in technology are leading to government’s exploring the military use of nanotechnology. Advancing technology means that important components needed to power products can be made smaller. This includes batteries, aerials, and data storage chips. The first every hard disk drive, invented in 1956, was ...