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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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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). mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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 mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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). mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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). mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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... mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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... mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2005
Ben Ames
Optical sensors light up the battlefield Tomorrow's sensors will be modular, digital, fused, and networked mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles