* The Apple of the Army's eye: Service looks at i-prefixed devices for military application. Army release | Mac Observer | Ubergizmo | Ars Technica | Touch Reviews. * MQ-9 UAV to patrol Texas borders. Meanwhile, US Army AMCOM delays and slow US equipment delivery is...
The JMAPS bus will be designed, built, and tested by AeroAstro, and will use the spacecraft conceptual design that was developed during Phase II of a small business innovative research (SBIR) effort. This contract contains an option which, if exercised, would bring...
* Water desalination on a chip could be a game-changer for post-disaster scenarios, expeditionary militaries. * Britain consolidating work of 6 government departments, 2 research councils, a technology committee and the Met Office into one new UK Space Agency. * US...
AN/SPS-48E radar onLPD-17 USS San Antonio The AN/SPS-48E radar was introduced into the US Navy's fleet in the mid-1980s. It is a medium-range, 3-dimensional (height, range, and bearing) air search radar whose primary function is to provide target position data to a...
Husky w. trailers(click to view full) $7.2 million USMC order for VMMD spare parts. (March 24/10) Detecting and defusing IEDs and mines has been a preoccupation of US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The South Africa-based RSD, a division of Dorbyl, has developed a...
* UK parliamentary panel says defense budget gap could reach GBP 36 billion, 6 times the MoD's estimate. Defense programs could be slashed. Panel report | Reuters | Bloomberg | Telegraph | Daily Mail * World Trade Organization hands down ruling on Airbus subsidies...
AN/PED-1 LLDR(click to view full) The AN/PED-1 Lightweight Laser Designator Rangefinder (LLDR) is used by US Army Forward Observers and Forward Air Controllers to target enemy positions during the day, at night and even through haze, smoke, fog or rain. Using the...
The US air cargo industry is struggling. Cargo volumes and revenues are down and fuel prices are up. Brown is feeling mighty blue these days. According to the most recent figures published by the Air Cargo Management Group, the industry saw traffic volumes plunge 10%...
Up to $160M to ManTech to support LRSW space launch operations. (March 23/10) The US Air Force's Launch and Range Systems Wing (LRSW) is modernizing the US space launch ranges - the Eastern Range (Patrick AFB, FL) and the Western Range (Vandenberg AFB, CA) A focus on...