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Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007	BAE Systems to Provide Precise Threat ID to U.S. Army BAE Systems has received a U.S. Army contract for a new generation of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems that will provide precise detection and identification of known and potential threats.
National Defense May 2008 Breanne Wagner	Urban Surveillance Still Falling Short, Say Army Commanders Army commanders need more sophisticated aerial surveillance sensors to give them a wider, more detailed view of the complex urban battlefield.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2006	Australian Military Deploys Mediaware for North West Shelf UAV Trial The Australian Department of Defence (ADF) awarded Mediaware a contract for its D-VEX digital video-exploitation system to be installed in it's unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2007	DRS Neptune, Sentry UAVs Use Enerdyne Sensor Digital Data Link DRS required Enerdyne's system for transmitting sensor data-including video, audio, telemetry, and Internet Protocol (IP) information-from the company's Neptune and Sentry HP unmanned air vehicles (UAVs).
National Defense September 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Battlefield Information Glut Not Always Useful to Soldiers The U.S. military services need to find better ways to collect and manage intelligence in complex urban war zones, according to U.S. Joint Forces Command studies.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006	Global Hawk Uses Raytheon Optics Pilots of the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) monitor enemy targets with an electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) high-resolution imaging system built by Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems division.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 Annie Turner	QinetiQ Wins DARPA Contract to Explore New Sensors The LACOSTE program will investigate using first-of-their-kind sensors, like lensless imaging, to provide persistent tactical surveillance and precision tracking capabilities.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2009	General Dynamics Boosts Electro-Optics and ISR Capabilities with Axsys Buy General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems (GD-AIS) is acquiring military electro-optics specialist Axsys to boost GA-AIS presence in military intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) applications.
Parameters Spring 2005 Saxby Chambliss	We Have Not Correctly Framed the Debate on Intelligence Reform Over the last decade, our intelligence community has failed us. It wasn't able to penetrate the al Qaeda terrorist organization, and we paid a high price for that failure.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008 John Keller	Mercury offers processor architecture to give network access to reconfigurable computers A new sensor-fusion capability, called the Converged Sensor Network architecture, is designed to blend high-performance embedded computing systems into a converged sensor network environment.
National Defense May 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Too Much Information, Not Enough Intelligence The Defense Department over the last decade has built up an inventory of billions of dollars worth of spy aircraft and battlefield sensors. Those systems create avalanches of data that clog military information networks and overwhelm analysts.
National Defense May 2012 Dan Parsons	Commanders Feel Deficiency as Wars Hog Surveillance Platforms The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have proven the efficacy of airborne surveillance as a military tool. The conflicts have also hogged almost all of the U.S. military's manned and unmanned surveillance platforms, to the detriment of combatant commanders elsewhere.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 John Keller	Air Force Looks to Mercury to Develop Sensor Processing for Predator UAV Mercury Computer Systems won a contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to provide computer hardware and services for the Continuous Look Attack Management for Predator Program.
Defense Update Issue 2, 2005	Unmanned Systems (UAV) Persistent Surveillance Unmanned Aerial Systems are being integrated in all levels of military operations offering unprecedented intelligence collection capabilities and "battlefield transparency".
National Defense June 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	More Eyes in The Sky May Not Generate Better Intelligence Military services are moving to accelerate the production and deployment of surveillance aircraft. But more eyes in the sky may not necessarily translate into better information on the ground.
Defense Update Issue 3, 2005	Common Operation Picture (COP) Together, intelligence data and Blue Forces Tracking are fused to generate the digital map based Common Operational Picture (COP), which replaces traditional paper-based situational maps used for many generations.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2010 John Keller	Air Force to use artificial intelligence and other advanced data processing to hit the enemy where it hurts Air Force researchers are emphasizing machine-to-machine intelligence communications and cooperation in this project, which will rely on technologies like artificial intelligence, ontological reasoning, and knowledge-based processing.
National Defense May 2008 Stew Magnuson	Army Starts Over With Aerial Common Sensor The Army is making a second attempt at a failed joint program to create a manned aerial platform designed to provide persistent surveillance over battlefields.
National Defense November 2009 Grace V. Jean	Battlefield Intelligence: Easy to Collect, Tough to Share The U.S. military has deployed unmanned aircraft and other information collection devices at a pace that exceeds the capabilities of battlefield intelligence systems to archive, analyze and disseminate the video and imagery.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007	DRS Technologies to provide lightweight electro-optical/infrared sensors for Army FCS UAVs The sensors will provide imagery during reconnaissance, surveillance, and target-acquisition (RSTA) missions and enhanced reconnaissance and security/early-warning capabilities, which will increase situational awareness.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2006 John McHale	Synthetic Aperture Radar Technology Key Part of Space-Based Radar The technology of synthetic aperture radar, which has been used to map the Earth from space, will play an integral role in the U.S. Department of Defense's space-based radar programs.
National Defense March 2011 Grace V. Jean	Broadcast Television Tools to Help Intelligence Analysts Wade Through Data The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is preparing to use tools that will help war commanders sift through live and recorded video quickly to pinpoint key clips and highlight information with the ease of sports broadcasters.
National Defense December 2010 Eric Beidel	Jack Daniel's Corporate Jet Transformed Into Flying Intel Lab A jet once used by executives at Jack Daniel's may improve military intelligence-gathering operations.
National Defense November 2009 Erwin, Jean & Magnuson	Today's Fights Expose Technological Weak Spots Disruptive challenges, such as roadside bombs, combatants camouflaged as civilians, and insurgent camps that are undetectable by electronic sensors, have forced U.S. military leaders to search for new tactics and technologies.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007	Air Force Researchers Look to Raytheon for Interoperable Intelligence-Systems Technology Raytheon will provide technology that uses the Multi-sensor Aerospace-ground Joint ISR Interoperability Coalition (MAJIIC) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD).
National Defense November 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Although Combat Proven, Global Hawk Has Yet to Pass Key Tests In an upcoming evaluation of the U.S. Air Force Global Hawk reconnaissance unmanned aircraft, testers will determine whether a military system that already has seen extensive combat can pass the rigorous tests the Defense Department.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2004 John McHale	UAV Market Shows Strong Growth Through Next Decade The market for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) appears to be growing steadily over the next ten years because of the successful deployment of these pilotless aircraft in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, market analysts say.
National Defense November 2012 Stew Magnuson	Wide Area Surveillance Sensors Prove Value on Battlefields Heidi Breslow, a retired Marine Corps corporal and battlefield intelligence analyst, described how she would use unmanned aerial vehicles coupled with the latest wide area airborne surveillance sensors to help protect ground troops.
National Defense January 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Agency Grapples With Demand For Detailed, Timely Intelligence In response to a soaring demand for battlefield imagery and digital maps, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency is seeking to automate the parsing and analysis of intelligence, and to make its products more easily available to front-line commanders.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2008 John McHale	UAV Market Outlook Strong Defense and aerospace analysts say the most vibrant growth in the industry lays with unmanned systems, specifically unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2009 Dawes & Ettenberg	Shortwave Infrared Gives Imaging Capability to Small Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) data is more valuable than ever. Cameras using the shortwave infrared spectrum help us see clearly over long distances through haze, clouds, and dust.
National Defense January 2016 Allyson Versprille	Affordable Surveillance a Priority for Special Operations U.S. Special Operations Command is looking to add more affordable surveillance, intelligence and reconnaissance systems to its inventory, the head of acquisition and procurement said.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2010 John Keller	Persistent Surveillance with UAV-Mounted Infrared Sensors is Goal of DARPA ARGUS-IR Program Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are asking industry to develop staring infrared sensors able to provide long-term persistent surveillance from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2008	Northrop Grumman Selects Cubic Data Link Systems for U.S. Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout Each Fire Scout data link system comprises two components, air data terminals and ground data terminals, both of which assist in the Fire Scout's ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) and targeting missions.
National Defense August 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh	New Small Wide Area Sensor in Development Logos Technologies is developing a new ultra-small wide-area motion imagery sensor system, known as Redkite, that can be fastened onto an aircraft to give government agencies reconnaissance data over an area the size of a city.
Defense Update Issue 1, 2006	The Challenges of Command and Control in Urban Operations In the past, offensive military operations have usually been conducted in urban environments only when unavoidable, but conflicts are shifting into the cities, where terrorists and insurgents find safe havens.
National Defense January 2010 Stew Magnuson	Military 'Swimming In Sensors and Drowning in Data' Synthesizing all the collections of intelligence and disseminating them quickly is a challenge facing the military.
National Defense March 2006 Grace Jean	Urban Battlefield is Proving Ground For Unmanned Aerial Systems Demand for smaller and more capable aircraft systems continues to grow but analysts say that in order to make these aircraft more effective in the urban environment, a fistful of technology improvements are needed.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2007	Mercury Introduces UAV Solution for Remote-Sensing Applications The integrated VistaNav-SSR (Smart Surveillance & Reconnaissance) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) is designed to improve operational mission capabilities for airborne intelligence applications at an affordable cost.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009	Naval Oceanographic and Military Weather Signal Processing Job Goes to General Dynamics General Dynamics won a $22.2 million contract to deliver the company's NITES-Next ocean and weather intelligence processing software.
National Defense July 2004 Michael Peck	Pentagon Setting Guidelines For Aircraft Interoperability As the number and types of unmanned aircraft continues to grow in the U.S. military services, the Pentagon is pushing the notion that UAVs should have standard interfaces so they can interact with each other.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 J.R. Wilson	UAVs Poised to Take the Next Step Into Combat The future of continued U.S. air superiority will involve a large contingent of armed UAVs and a new generation of unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs), flying missions that manned attack aircraft previously flew, often in joint missions under the control of fighter-bomber pilots.
National Defense October 2009 Grace V. Jean	Inadequate Displays, Shortage of Bandwidth Could Slow Advances in Night Vision Systems The military's night-vision capabilities are going digital, but displaying and sharing those electronic feeds could become a problem in the future if the dissemination of battlefield video today is any indication.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 John Keller	Multi-Sensor Fusion Hits the Mainstream Once considered as futuristic, difficult, and elusive, multi-sensor fusion is coming into its own as a standard approach of processing signals from a wide variety of sensors, and making sense of incomplete and sketchy sensor data.
Defense Update Issue 1, 2006	Unattended Ground Sensors After several decades of rather obscure awareness in military operations, the use of passive sensors for remote battlefield applications is becoming more popular... Ground surveillance sensors... Future combat systems... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2007 John McHale	Sensitive and Tireless: High-Endurance UAVs Sense What Men Cannot Sensors for unmanned aircraft are evolving in efficiency and capability as payload designers look for every possible edge in surveillance, combat, and collision avoidance.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2005	Col. Gary Connor helps transform C3ISR technology In an interview with USAF Col. Gary S. Connor he discusses force transformation, Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Systems (C2ISR) and industry relationships.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2009 J.R. Wilson	Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Get Ready for Prime Time Government leaders are supportive of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) use in non-military applications such as border control, emergency response, law enforcement, and forest fire surveillance.
National Defense September 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Incompatible Technologies Weaken Utility of Aerial Spies The military services operate nearly 4,000 unmanned aircraft, most of which have been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. The Army alone is flying 1,200 drones in surveillance combat missions.
National Defense July 2013 Dan Parsons	U.S. Special Operations Command Seeks Intelligence Capabilities for Duty Worldwide Business opportunities abound providing communications and ISR gear for special operations.