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Adapting new capabilities within the rapidly changing military space environment is increasingly important to national security, and Defense Department officials in the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) office are working to meet the Pentagon's needs for space capabilities rapidly.
Read MoreIran has launched the Country's first indigenous satellite into orbit — such will certainly cause additional alarm within international community that is already at odds with Tehran over that country's desire to possess nuclear weaponry, especially given their oft-stated desire to eliminate certain neighbors from the map of the Middle East.
Read MoreWhat's up in Russia? UAVs, that's what, and these unmanned aerial vehicles are assisting the Russian military to ensure a more accurate Iskander-M short range missile, specifically with an eye toward the defensive U.S. ballistic missile bases are located in Central Europe.
Read MoreA cooperative effort of three companies has resulted in the first successful powered flight of the LONGBOW Unmanned Aerial Systems Tactical Common Data Link Assembly (UTA) aboard the AH-64D Apache Block III attack helicopter.
Read MoreRIA Novosti has reported that Russia's Armed Forces will receive three new unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in the next 3 years. These UAVs will boost the reconnaissance and precision-strike capabilities of ground units, quoting an industry official.
Read MoreFrom the Salina (Kansas) Journal's online news site and reporter Michael Strand comes a story concerning a new unmanned aerial vehicle program at Kansas State University at Salina.
Read MoreElbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ:ESLT) has announced, further to its announcement dated December 16, 2008, that the Company has been awarded an approximately $40 million contract by the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
Read MoreArmy and Air Force leaders are working diligently to create common standards for sending data to and from unmanned aerial vehicles, allowing imagery to flow more easily around the battlefield.
Read MoreIn early February of 2006, French defense procurement agency DGA, the program executive agency, named Dassault Aviation as prime contractor in charge of developing nEUROn, a European combat aircraft that is an unmanned air combat vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator.
Read MoreBased on its recent analysis of the U.S. unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) market, Frost & Sullivan has presented General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) with the 2008 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Company of the Year for its exceptional display of leadership and innovation.
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