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Scientific Systems Company, Inc. (SSCI) has been awarded a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Air Force to develop high-quality, three-dimensional (3-D) imaging technologies for use in automated surveillance systems.
Read MoreThe first satellite-guided flight of a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) Predator-A of the Italian Air Force between two of its bases (Amendola, Foggia and Decimomannu, Cagliari) has been successfully completed.
Read MoreNorthrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) is playing a major role in Empire Challenge 09 (EC 09), a joint military exercise to demonstrate how U.S. and coalition forces can better work together to collect, analyze, and share reconnaissance information.
Read MorePlextek will be showcasing its expertise in situational awareness for ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance) at the DSEi 2009 exhibition.
Read MoreAir Force officials recently gave Randolph Air Force Base instructors the green light to begin training the next generation of enlisted sensor operators to support unmanned aircraft systems.
Read MoreMembers of Detachment 5 of the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center at Edwards Air Force Base In California test the MQ-1 Predator and three versions of the RQ-4 Global Hawk under realistic combat conditions to inform decision makers on the capabilities of the aircraft.
Read MoreA Northrop Grumman Corporation-developed (NYSE:NOC) MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) testing in the U.S. provided a real-time video feed of electro-optical/ infrared sensor (EO/IR) imagery to participants at the Paris Air Show recently.
Read MoreSeveral Taliban training camps in the Pakistan hinterland were hit last week by missiles fired from American unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), or drones, reportedly killing some 20 terrorists. Remarkably, some people think these strikes are a bad idea.
Read MoreZ Microsystems has made available their Ground Control Station (GCS) display panel with real-time enhanced video (RTEV).
Read MoreReports gathered by ASD-Network indicate the combat-proven RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS), built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), continues to prove its mettle by exceeding more than 31,000 cumulative flight hours for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy.
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