Indian Ocean Pirates Could Well Reaper What They Deserve…
Mark Abramson of Stars & Stripes is report that U.S. officials plan to use MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles to patrol the Indian Ocean as a way to combat piracy in the region.
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SBIRS Secures Sign-Off By NGA
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has announced the certification and acceptance of the Space Based Infrared Systems, Highly Elliptical Orbit data for use in support of technical intelligence missions.
Read MoreTacSat-3 Goes From Calibration To Validation Testing
Last Monday, Tactical Satellite-3 completed its critical calibration phase almost three months after launch, and the program team now prepares the 880-pound spacecraft for the crucial validation stage.
Read MoreEmpire Challenge 09 No Game For Northrop Grumman’s Interoperability Demo
Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully demonstrated Joint STARS and E-2 Hawkeye interoperability between manned and unmanned platforms during a recent virtual joint military demonstration involving U.S. and coalition forces.
Read MoreAfghan Air Force Could Receive UAVs
The U.S. military is looking at eventually equipping Afghanistan's air corps with unmanned aircraft for surveillance missions, a general said on Wednesday.
Read MoreYuma Proving Ground Proves MQ-8B For NGC
A Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) owned, land-based MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System (VUAS), designated P7, successfully demo'd its reconnaissance surveillance and target acquisition/intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (RSTA/ISR) capabilities this week at Yuma Proving Ground, Yuma, Arizona.
Read MoreCubic’s CDLs To Catch Conference Attendee Eyes (UAV/UAS)
Cubic Defense Applications will showcase a range of common data link (CDL) systems for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations during the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) conference this week in Washington, D.C.
Read MoreGoing ISR 3D For UAVs Is Scientific Systems With USAF SBIR Grant
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 MoreItaly’s Predator-A Proves Remote Control Is In Hand
The 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 MoreISR Imbued Military Exercises Feature Northrop’s CWIN
Northrop 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.
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