May 9, 2024 | International, Aerospace
“There might be a lot of different locations you’d be monitoring that you’re not really interested in — until a warship shows up.”
February 19, 2021 | International, C4ISR
The Pentagon has ambitious plans to launch hundreds of communications satellites in the years ahead. But getting them to talk to one another isn’t easy.
June 25, 2019 | International, Aerospace
By: Kelsey Reichmann The Defense Innovation Unit — the Department of Defense's emerging technology accelerator — is working on several projects aimed at improving national security by contracting with commercial providers: According to the DIU annual report for 2018, using AI to predict maintenance on aircraft and vehicles could save DoD $3 billion to $5 billion annually. DIU determined maintenance on aircraft and vehicles was often done too early, removing parts that still had a working life ahead of schedule, so, using AI, DIU analysts found they could predict 28 percent of unscheduled maintenance on the E-3 Sentry across six subsystems and 32 percent of on the C-5 Galaxy across 10 subsystems. DIU found deficiencies in the commercial drone industry, resulting in a lack of smaller options for war fighters. Through partnership with the Army's Program Executive Office Aviation, it was able to build an inexpensive, rucksack-portable VTOL drone fit for short-range reconnaissance, according to the report. DIU launched a project, VOLTRON, to discover vulnerabilities in DoD software. This follows a 2018 Government Accountability Office report that found $1.66 trillion work of weapons systems at risk for cyberattack. Using this automated detection and remediation system, DIU will be able to provide DoD software with more secure networks. DIU is also working to secure networks on the battlefield through its Fully Networked Command, Communications & Control Nodes, or FNC3N, project. This project wants to create wearable technology that will provide data to users in a secure interconnected tactical network, according to the report. Using commercial satellite images, DIU is filling gaps in space-based reconnaissance. The peactime indications and warning project has completed the launch of the first commercial, small synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite. The use of commercial data will allow the department to easily share the data it receives with allies and partners because it is unclassified. In August 2018 DIU was solidified within the Defense Department when “experimental” was removed from the office's original name, according to the report. It also received a large funding increase, from $84 million in 2017 to $354 million in 2018. https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/2019/06/21/could-these-5-projects-transform-defense/
January 21, 2021 | International, Naval
Publié le 20 Janvier 2021 Copyright © 2021 CercleFinance - (CercleFinance.com) - Thales annonce qu'il va fournir son nouveau radar NS50 pour équiper douze navires de guerre des mines de nouvelle génération des Marines belge et néerlandaise, dans le cadre d'un contrat avec Kership, co-entreprise de Piriou et Naval Group. 'Le radar NS50 permettra à cette catégorie de navires de bénéficier, pour la première fois, de capacités complètes d'auto-défense contre tous types de menaces aériennes et de surface', souligne le groupe français d'électronique de défense.Il offre un temps sur cible maximal, 'permettant d'évaluer l'ampleur de la menace et de mettre en oeuvre les contremesures nécessaires, en offrant un tableau précis de la situation environnante afin de sauvegarder le navire et de protéger les forces alliées'. Copyright (c) 2021 CercleFinance.com. Tous droits réservés. https://www.easybourse.com/aeronautique/news/1393671/thales-radars-ns50-pour-flottes-belge-neerlandaise.html