Tag: U.S. Navy
The challenges of powering military drones: lessons from operational use driving innovation
The use of drones in military environments has become increasingly essential, offering uncrewed advantages in surveillance, reconnaissance, and combat operations, on the land, in...
Northrop Grumman to Produce First Hypersonic Glide Phase Interceptor
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will proceed with Northrop Grumman Corporation for the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) program, the first-of-its-kind defensive countermeasure against...
AeroVironment to Develop its Wildcat Autonomous VTOL UAS for DARPA’s ANCILLARY Program
AeroVironment (AV) was down selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for continued development of its X-Plane design for the agency’s AdvaNced...
BAE Systems awarded U.S. Navy contract to continue supporting Mobile Deployable C5ISR programs
This contract includes support for a variety of MDC5ISR products including small craft, transportable systems, en-route communication systems, and intra-platform systems.
The U.S. Navy has...
U.S. Navy funds AeroVironment ISR research
AeroVironment, Inc. has received a $16 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S. Navy to develop computer vision and advanced video analytics systems for multi-domain...
2024 will see the AI conveyor belt move faster
During the past five years we've seen the U.S. and European militaries work hard to understand AI, plan for AI and invest in being...
Mack Defense Receives Order for 135 Additional Trucks for the U.S. Army M917A3 Heavy...
Mack Defense announced today that the U.S. military has ordered an additional 135 Mack Defense M917A3 Heavy Dump Trucks (HDTs).
The additional vehicles are part...
Northrop Grumman to Design Autonomous Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft for DARPA
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA) Tactical Technology Office to design an autonomous vertical...
U.S. Navy Commissions First Ship with GE Marine’s Lightweight Gas Turbine Enclosure
The U.S. Navy commissioned the USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32), powered by two GE LM2500 gas turbines that include GE’s lightweight composite gas turbine...
BAE Systems delivers 1,000th F-35 Lightning II fuselage to Lockheed Martin
BAE Systems has delivered the 1000th rear fuselage to Lockheed Martin for the F-35, the world's most advanced and capable fifth generation fighter.
More than...
