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Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it was awarded contracts by several customers in Asia to supply many dozens of observation systems for maritime patrol aircraft, vessels and observation towers. The total value of these new contracts is approximately $20 million, to be supplied over three years.
ITT Corporation and Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. have jointly developed a processing solution known as FELCO (Federated Embedded inteL-server for Collaborative Operations) that meets the ISR interoperability needs of the warfighter. Continue reading
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Focusing on a range of systems complementing unmanned aircraft systems, RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems is introducing a range of hardware and software systems, supporting UAS missions.
The US government has confirmed that it is deploying a new Northrop Grumman radar on unmanned aircraft systems to detect illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on the southwest border.
Recce-U Real-Time ISR System
Rafael has adopted a new strategy to increase its activities in the unmanned aircraft systems sector, and is offering operators platform upgrades using its payloads and other systems.
Konkuk University in South Korea won the new NI LabVIEW FPGA Innovation Award for a novel autopilot system for a rotary unmanned aircraft to ensure on-course stability of a helicopter in a programmed flight path.
Roke Manor Research has launched VTA (Visual Target Analysis), the first moving target indicator system which immediately tracks and maps vehicle and personnel movement within real-time UAS surveillance footage.
A defence technology company in Warminster, Pennsylvania called Navmar Applied Sciences Corp. received $148.8 million in U.S. Department of Defense contracts over the past week for advanced research in unmanned aircraft and persistent-surveillance UAS sensor payloads for military use in Afghanistan and other areas.