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3 days ago | 
mwrf.com | Jack Browne
As uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) play increasingly important roles in tactical assignments, their tactical guidance and navigation grows in importance. Fortunately, the performance and reliability of microelectromechanical-systems (MEMS) inertial-measurement-unit (IMU) devices is also on the rise.
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3 days ago | 
mwrf.com | Jack Browne
A joint effort by Creomagic Ltd. and RT LTA Systems Ltd. has resulted in a versatile integrated system for persistent aerial intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. The SkyCnet system (see image above) combines RT’s aerostat surveillance capabilities with Creomagic's skills for secure tactical communications. The system was recently unveiled in early May at the 2025 DEFEA Exposition in Athens, Greece.
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1 week ago | 
mwrf.com | Jack Browne
NATO’s Naval Forces Sensor and Weapons Accuracy Check Sites (FORACS) have contracted Keysight Technologies to upgrade key defense electronics test capabilities. According to the NATO FORACS headquarters office in Brussels, Belgium, the contract will enable the modernization of measurement capabilities for simulation and testing of the latest electronic-support-measures (ESM), electronic-warfare (EW), and radar systems.
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1 week ago | 
mwrf.com | Jack Browne
To strengthen at-the-edge communications in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has awarded networking innovator Somewear Labs a contract to enhance links between operators and unmanned assets.
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1 month ago | 
mwrf.com | Jack Browne
Guarding against illegal border crossings can be difficult across long distances and rugged terrain. But RT LTA Systems Ltd. has developed innovative aerostat technology for deploying systems needed in the detection of border crossings via all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). With the aid of ATVs, the aerostat systems can deploy intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), and communications systems capable of broad 360° detection coverage.
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2 months ago | 
mwrf.com | Jack Browne
Collaboration between Mobilicom Ltd. and Aitech Systems promises to greatly enhance the cybersecurity needs of computing systems on board uncrewed aircraft systems (UASs). For drones and UAS robotic systems operating in mission-critical environments, the teamwork is expected to provide secure software tools with characteristics of Mobilicom’s operational security, safety, and standards compliance (OS3) cybersecurity software and Aitech Systems’s computing solutions.
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2 months ago | 
mwrf.com | Jack Browne
Emerson Electric entered into a new partnership with the University of Texas at Austin for research on artificial intelligence (AI), energy, semiconductors, and several other key technology areas. The three-year plan will help make UT a core research partner for Emerson and drive the advancement of capabilities within UT, such as those for the Texas Institute of Electronics (TIE).
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2 months ago | 
mwrf.com | Jack Browne
Celestia Callisto is using its cryogenic low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) to reach further into deep space. The cryogenically cooled LNAs, as contracted by OHB Digital Connect, are supporting OHB’s efforts to upgrade the Sardinia Deep Space Antenna (SDSA) and enable it to detect and capture extremely low-level signals from deep space.
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2 months ago | 
mwrf.com | Jack Browne
For portability and rapid deployment, Orbit Communication Systems Ltd. unveiled its model MPT30Ka portable satellite-communication (satcom) terminal to tackle communications in the toughest terrains and most difficult operating conditions. The multipurpose terminal (MPT) is designed for uninterrupted secure connectivity even in situations where Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite access has been jammed or denied.
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2 months ago | 
mwrf.com | Jack Browne
Spurred by growing interest in vehicles such as missiles powered by solid rocket motors, L3Harris Technologies began work on construction of four new solid rocket motor production facilities at the company’s Camden, Ark., site (see image above). Construction is part of a $215.6 million cooperative agreement between the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) Defense Production Act Title III program and L3Harris to increase domestic rocket propulsion manufacturing capacity.
