August 25, 2024 | International, Land
Taiwan boosts defense spending in face of Chinese military prodding
The spending decision comes as Chinese forces have increased their probing of Taiwan's defenses.
July 10, 2019 | International, C4ISR, Other Defence
Can machine learning decipher an overcrowded radio spectrum?
By: Kelsey Reichmann
The Department of Defense is pursuing a $4.7 million initiative to use machine learning to decipher radio signals.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded funding to BAE Systems, a British defense company, for its Controllable Hardware Integration for Machine-learning Enabled Real-time Adaptivity (CHIMERA) solution.
The CHIMERA solution uses machine learning to interpret radio frequency signals in crowded electromagnetic spectrum environments.
“CHIMERA brings the flexibility of a software solution to hardware,” said Dave Logan, vice president and general manager of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Systems at BAE Systems in a news release. “Machine-learning is on the verge of revolutionizing signals intelligence technology, just as it has in other industries.”
This contract is contingent on the completion of preset milestones and works alongside the Radio Frequency Machine Learning Systems (RFMLS) program, which was previously awarded to integrate data-driven machine learning algorithms.
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March 11, 2022 | International, Aerospace, Naval, Land, C4ISR, Security
Le secrétaire général de l'OTAN salue le rôle majeur du Canada dans la réponse apportée à l'invasion russe en Ukraine
Aujourd'hui (9 mars 2022), le secrétaire général de l'OTAN, Jens Stoltenberg, a pris la parole à la Conférence d'Ottawa sur la sécurité et la défense, organisée par la Conférence des associations de la défense. Il y a mis en avant le soutien constant apporté par le Canada à l'Ukraine.
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August 17, 2020 | International, Aerospace, Naval, Land, C4ISR, Security
The list is here: Find out how global defense companies performed in FY19
By: Mike Gruss The adage is that it is difficult for an aircraft carrier to turn on a dime. The same could be said for the defense industry or Pentagon budgets and as such, the Defense News Top 100 list. Changes are slow and can take time to appear on our list. For example, for the first time, this year's list reflects the result of the L3-Harris merger. L3, ranked 18th on last year's list, and Harris, ranked 26th a year ago, merged to form what everyone expected: one of the world's largest defense corporations in L3Harris Technologies, ranked 9th on our list. Next year, observers will see the results of the merger between Raytheon, ranked 5th on this year's list, and United Technologies Corp., ranked 10th on this year's list. Thematically, the shifts that defense and military leaders have spent years discussing are becoming fully reflected in industry. China's heavy investments in defense are becoming evident by the inclusion of Aviation Industry Corporation of China (6th), China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (8th), and China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (11th) on this year's list. The role of integration and communication tools is becoming more important, as is evidenced by Leidos, Peraton and Perspecta's inclusion. Medium-sized businesses are becoming increasingly critical players. And, for years, U.S. military leaders have heard from Silicon Valley startups that it remains too difficult to break into the defense market in a meaningful way. Advocates will likely point by how few are in the list. Other companies have complained that the big primes have too much of a lock on Pentagon contracts, perhaps seen in how the top five bring in more than twice the revenue of the next five. Each year, the Defense News Top 100 is part art, part science. Every year, the Defense News team tries to push it a bit closer to science. This year's list, like years past, is a snapshot of what's happening in defense markets and maybe, just maybe, a hint of what's to come. https://www.defensenews.com/top-100/2020/08/17/the-list-is-here-find-out-how-global-defense-companies-performed-in-fy19/