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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) flew its new Airborne Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Minefield Detection System (ASTAMIDS) for the first time aboard an unmanned air vehicle.
Read MoreTACMET II has been fielded on more than 50 UAV ground control systems for the U.S. military. Climatronics Corporation now offers an improved, tactical weather station, the EMI-hardened TACMET II (P/N 102304), to provide real-time surface weather input for UAV ground control stations.
Read MoreGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI) and the Company's "Team Sky Warrior" partners AAI Corporation and L-3 Communication Systems-West have successfully first-attempted automatic takeoffs and landings of a Sky Warrior UAS controlled from the AAI-developed Extended Range/Multi-Purpose (ER/MP) One System Ground Control Station (OSGCS).
Read MoreCAP Wireless, Inc. (CAP) has debuted their KS5388, a high performance, solid state, power amplifier that is ideally-suited for use as a broadband driver or moderate power output stage in instrumentation and electronic warfare (EW) simulation.
Read MoreNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has recognized Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) with a Group Achievement Award for a deployable antenna flown on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).
Read MoreMITEQ Inc. has introduced a new addition to the Company's family of waveguide LNAs — the AMFW-8F-17702130-120-23P. This is a very low noise, high dynamic range, Ka-band waveguide front end.
Read MoreWavestream Corporation has received initial orders for its Ku-band and Ka-band Matchbox Block Upconverters (BUCs) from TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.(TCS) (Nasdaq: TSYS).
Read MoreBoeing [NYSE: BA] has used an operational, commercial communications satellite to demonstrate the maturity of its Internet-like, space-based packet-switching technology. This occurred during a program review of the company's proposed Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD).
Read MoreCOM DEV USA, LLC, a subsidiary of COM DEV International Ltd. (TSX: CDV), has been awarded a US$1.6 million Authorization to Proceed (ATP) to supply passive microwave components for a U.S. Government civil space program.
Read MoreHughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) has intro'd their high performance Wideband Configurable Demodulator Subsystem (CDS).
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