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BAE Systems to advance cutting-edge integrated circuit technology

Air December 14, 2021

BAE Systems has been selected by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to qualify a new generation of integrated circuit technology for use in the harsh environment of space. The new 12 nanometer technology uses a smaller feature size that provides a dramatic leap forward in space-based computing compared to current ...

Raytheon to enhance 5G and airborne radar coexistence

Air March 16, 2021

Raytheon Intelligence & Space has been awarded an $8 million contract under the National Spectrum Consortium’s Dynamic Spectrum Sharing program, which is part of the US Department of Defense 5G to NextG initiative. The NSC wants to understand how the 5G network will impact airborne radar systems and how the radars ...

Lockheed Martin delivers HELIOS laser weapon system to US Navy

Maritime January 13, 2021

This year, the US Navy will field the first acquisition program to deploy the High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, or HELIOS, a laser weapon system with high-energy fiber lasers for permanent fielding by the US Department of Defense. This will be the only deployed laser system integrated into ...

General Atomics partners with SDA to demonstrate optical intersatellite link

Air June 18, 2020

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that it has partnered with the US Space Development Agency (SDA) to demonstrate and conduct a series of experiments for an Optical Intersatellite Link (OISL) utilising GA-EMS’s internally developed 1550nm (nanometer) wavelength laser communication terminals (LCTs). This will be one of the first Department of ...