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Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2008 Courtney E. Howard |
Raytheon Delivers Prototype Missile Warning Sensor Raytheon has built and tested an integrated infrared sensor for the Risk Reduction Alternative Infrared Satellite Systems (RR-AISS) program.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005 John Keller |
Pentagon eyes improved optoelectronic sensors for missile defense Trex Enterprises is helping the U.S. military improve their ballistic missile defense through advanced optoelectronic sensor technologies.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2004 J.R. Wilson |
Ballistic Missile Defense Looks to the Future Command centers that will help guide ballistic missile defense efforts are providing opportunities for a wide variety of commercial off-the-shelf computers, displays, and high-speed networking.  |
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 January 2008 Courtney E. Howard |
First Air-to-Air Missile Defense System Intercepts Boosting Missile A U.S. Air Force F-16 jet fighter launched two air-to-air AIM-9X missiles, which in turn intercepted a boosting rocket launched from the White Sands Missile Range. The event marked the first time that an aircraft made a missile-defense intercept.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 |
Electro-Optical Infrared and Laser Sensor System for Navy Helicopters to be Provided by Raytheon Raytheon is providing 62 of its AN/AAS-52 Multi-Spectral Targeting System (MTS) airborne sensor suites for Navy UH-60R and UH-60S helicopters to enhance forward-looking infrared (FLIR) sensor capabilities  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006 John McHale |
Sensors Light Path to Defeating Incoming Military designers are taking advantage of the latest sensor technology and signal processing systems to track and kill incoming enemy missiles.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2007 John McHale |
Track It, Destroy It The key to any successful missile-defense shield is the ability of the sensors to track the missile accurately. Recent missile tests prove that an effective missile-defense shield is closer than ever before.  |
Popular Mechanics July 2007 Erik Sofge |
Under-the-Radar Progress at Missile Defense Agency Missile defense hit center stage as President Bush and Vladimir Putin traded words at the G8 Summit, but a dramatic test recently marked a milestone for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).  |
Popular Mechanics December 2008 Erik Sofge |
The Hardware Behind Missile Protection The Missile Defense Agency has alternatives to deal with varying types of missile attacks.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008 John Keller |
Joining sensors through data fusion Data experts are are relying on various approaches to refine sensor outputs into useful information, and essentially create a whole sensor picture that is greater than the sum of its parts.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2010 |
Navy Asks OASYS Technology to Develop Multispectral Sensors for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Systems designers at OASYS Technology won a $10.6 million contract to develop an unmanned airborne multispectral sensor suite for advanced imaging technology in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).  |
National Defense May 2004 Sandra Erwin |
Pentagon Review Approaching For Army-Navy Air-to-Ground Missile Proponents of joint-service weapon programs will be watching closely the outcome of an upcoming Pentagon review for a new air-to-ground missile, to be launched from Army, Marine Corps and Navy aircraft.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2006 Courtney E. Howard |
BAE Systems acquires National Sensor Systems, expands technology portfolio The transaction brings NSS into the BAE Systems Advanced Technologies business segment in Washington, and extends the company's competencies in remote sensing, photonics, and laser communications.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006 |
Forecast International Projects $35 Billion Airborne and Space-Based Electro-Optical Market According to analysts, the airborne and space-based electro-optical sector is an emerging market, supported by several major manufacturers.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2010 |
Infrared Search and Track System for Navy F/A-18 Jet Fighter Enters Full-Scale Development Boeing has begun development of the infrared search and track (IRST) sensor system which will enable jet-fighter bombers to detect and track enemy aircraft without the use of onboard radar systems.  |
National Defense July 2015 Jon Harper |
Surveillance Technology a Priority For Special Operations Forces Members of U.S. Special Operations Command's aviation component face difficult technological challenges as they seek to improve their ability to find, track and destroy the enemy.  |
National Defense May 2006 Robert H. Williams |
Nobody Hides From These Sensors Lockheed Martin has developed a new, compact, multiple sensor system able to identify targets partially hidden in camouflage or vegetation.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2006 John McHale |
Airborne Laser completes laser ground tests During the tests, experts demonstrated lasing duration and power at levels suitable to destroy several classes of ballistic missiles, Boeing officials say.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009 |
ABL High-Power Laser Weapon Moves Toward Missile Shoot-Down Demonstration Missile defense experts fired the high-power laser aboard the Airborne Laser (ABL) aircraft in flight for the first time in August, to move the airborne military laser closer to an actual missile shoot-down demonstration.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008 John Keller |
Navy seeks IR sensor-based technology to enhance helicopter defenses against ground fire Navy officials also are interested in how the prototype performs in the presence of urban background clutter, through use of pre-recorded airborne data with inserted flash and tracer signatures.  |
Popular Mechanics August 28, 2008 Erik Sofge |
Inside U.S. Missile Defense Tech--and (Perhaps) a New Cold War The U.S. ballistic missile defense shield has been up and running since 2004, and it's growing.  |
Popular Mechanics September 17, 2009 Joe Pappalardo |
The Flying Future for America's Missile Shield The big news in missile defense this week is that the Obama administration will likely scale back plans to install ground-based missile defense interceptors in Europe that are designed to protect allies and U.S. forces in Europe from long-range Iranian missiles.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008 Courtney E. Howard |
Weapons at the Speed of Light Laser weaponry will be a tool in the U.S. military's arsenal much sooner than many think, with the first applications for missile defense from the ground and the air.  |
National Defense December 2005 Robert H. Williams |
Commercial Transport Warning System Unveiled An aircraft missile warning system that relies on infrared "superlattice" detector technology is being outfitted by EADS Defence Electronics.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2008 John McHale |
Laser Weapons, on Target The U.S. military and its partners from industry are meeting major milestones in various programs as they move closer to making laser weaponry a standard part of the U.S. arsenal.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2009 John McHale |
Boeing Airborne Laser team begins weapon system flight tests But the Obama Administration has proposed cancelling the ABL program. Congress will consider this proposal this summer and fall.  |
National Defense December 2005 Harold Kennedy |
Pentagon Eyes Growing Short-Range Missile Threat Defense Department officials are warning that terrorists soon could strike U.S. cities with short-range missiles.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005 |
NASA picks DRS sensor for satellite Awarded a $5.4 million contract, DRS Technologies will make advanced infrared sensor modules supporting the Wide-field Infrared Survey Experiment (WISE) mission of the NASA Medium Explorer program.  |
Popular Mechanics October 6, 2008 Erik Sofge |
Robotic Mirror Fleet May Boost Boeing's Airborne Laser Accuracy In the history of comic books, rarely has a mastermind come up with a weapon quite as unabashedly cool as the Airborne Laser.  |
National Defense May 2004 Frank Colucci |
Smart Missles The Army is beginning to develop sophisticated "smart" missiles and launchers, intended to be deployed in advance of maneuver forces.  |
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.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2004 |
Test Moves Missile-Defense Laser Program Closer to Deployment The future U.S. Airborne Laser system took another step forward last month when modules of the system's megawatt-class chemical oxygen-iodine laser were test fired for the first time while linked together as one unit.  |
National Defense August 2014 Robert G. Gard Jr. |
National Missile Defense Technology Still Falls Short The United States has been attempting to develop a workable national missile defense capability since 1944.  |
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 June 2007 John Keller |
Air Force Seeks Technologies to Enhance Airborne Laser Project Air Force researchers are asking industry to develop new enabling electro-optic technologies for the Airborne Laser system (ABL), which is designed to destroy ballistic missiles in flight.  |
National Defense March 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Navy Prepares to Put Aegis Ships `On Alert' The Navy is speeding up preparations to deploy a sea-based missile defense system by early 2005.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 |
Forecast International Projects $35 Billion Airborne and Space-Based Electro-Optical Market Analysts project that countries worldwide will spend more than $35 billion on 33 different airborne and space-based electro-optical (EO) programs over the next 10 years.  |
National Defense February 2013 Sandra I. Erwin |
Proliferation of Cruise Missiles Sparks Concern About U.S. Air Defenses The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan saw the rise of improvised explosive devices as the ultimate asymmetric weapon. Future conflicts, strategists warn, could expose U.S. forces on land and at sea to a deadly weapon that is extremely hard to detect: cruise missiles.  |
National Defense November 2013 Chuck Nash |
U.S. Military Needs Better Defenses From Aerial Attacks The Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor, is a tethered, unmanned aerostat. JLENS could significantly reduce demand for conventional manned platforms and lower the overall cost of the current business model.  |
Popular Mechanics December 2009 Joe Pappalardo |
How an F-35 Targets, Aims and Fires Without Being Seen Aiming weapons from a stealth aircraft like the F-35 is not easy.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 |
Electro-Optics Briefs Jenoptik offers new infrared camera module... Boeing-led team tracks and targets simulated missile in Airborne Laser ground test... DRS Technologies receives Army contract for next-generation thermal weapon sights...  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2006 Courtney E. Howard |
BAE Systems Applies Military Technology to Commercial Airliner Defense System The JetEye infrared missile-beating countermeasure system, which takes advantage of military-derived technologies, has entered the third phase of the U.S. DHS counter-man-portable air defense systems program.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2005 John Keller |
DOD electronics spending may approach $60 billion in 2006 Leaders of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) are proposing a 7.8 percent spending increase for procurement and research in communications, electronics, and intelligence in fiscal year 2006, compared with spending for the same accounts this year.  |
National Defense March 2014 Sharp & Thurman |
U.S. Military Needs Improved Missile Defense Technology The United States is confronting threats such as cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and ballistic missiles that can potentially overwhelm the Defense Department's legacy air and missile defense systems.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2008 |
Electro-Optics Brief Vision Research introduces digital high-speed camera for airborne applications... Optek offers LED strips with fast response times and low power consumption... etc.  |
Wired April 2002 George Lewis & Theodore Postol |
Shoot To Kill Two MIT rocket scientists have a dire warning for Washington: The Bush plan for national missile defense won't work. Here's one that will...  |
National Defense April 2014 Valerie Insinna |
Joint Air-to-Ground Missile Program Inches Forward Lockheed Martin's replacement for the Hellfire missile hit a milestone in February, when the company demonstrated that the dual mode guidance section on its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile could engage targets with a laser.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005 Ben Ames |
Optical sensors light up the battlefield Tomorrow's sensors will be modular, digital, fused, and networked  |
National Defense March 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Sea-Based Missile Defense Scores Hits, But Will it Work in a Real Attack? There is still one major weakness in U.S. missile defense systems that neither the Navy nor the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency has yet been able to overcome -- the ability to discern real warheads from harmless decoys.  |