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  21 novembre 2023 | International, Naval

  Pentagon seeks to rapidly build up information-warfare force

  Emerging technologies play a critical role in both waging and foiling influence campaigns, according to the Defense Department's strategy.

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  6 mai 2022 | International, Terrestre

  BAE Systems conforté dans ses prévisions de croissance

  DÉFENSE BAE Systems conforté dans ses prévisions de croissance Le groupe de Défense britannique BAE Systems s'est dit jeudi confiant pour ses perspectives de croissance, alors que les pays augmentent leurs dépenses militaires avec le regain des tensions sur la planète, de l'Ukraine au Pacifique. « Notre diversité géographique nous place en position de force, alors que de nombreux pays dans lesquels nous opérons ont annoncé ou envisagent l'augmentation de leurs dépenses » de défense, dans un « environnement de menaces élevées et évolutives sur plusieurs fronts », a indiqué le groupe dans un communiqué. BAE Systems précise que ses ventes du 1er trimestre ont été conformes à ses attentes. Le groupe maintient donc sa prévision d'une hausse de 2 à 4% pour l'année. En 2021, son chiffre d'affaires avait progressé de 5%, à 21,3 Md£, et son bénéfice net avait gagné un tiers, à 1,76 Md£. Le Figaro du 6 mai

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  23 janvier 2019 | International, C4ISR

  An Air Force radio that can run for a week in the sun

  By: Adam Stone The Pentagon has long been looking for a way out from under its tradition of massive, multi-year, multi-billion-dollar projects. With the rapid pace of technological development, military leaders have sought tools and strategies for more rapid acquisitions. There's the Defense Innovation Unit, or DIUx, a Defense effort to make faster use of emerging technologies. Some organizations have also turned to contractual tools such as the OTA, or other transaction authority, as a means to accelerate the technology buying process. Recently, technicians at McConnell Air Force Base proved that homegrown ingenuity can make a difference, too. Workers there used a local partnership and a modest development effort to craft a portable, solar-powered communications system. “The military needs to be ready to go anywhere and solar enables that,” said Tech. Sgt. Clayton Allen of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing. As a non-commissioned officer in charge of the wing's XPX innovation team, Allen led the effort to shrink down the standard communications package and make it self-sustaining. The three-man team got the job done in about 400 hours, working in cooperation with Wichita State University's GoCreate rapid-innovation lab. “We took it from a box the size of a small room and made it something you can drag behind you like luggage, weighing about 150 pounds,” he said. An expeditionary force typically might have to spend a couple of days setting up its communications operation. The newly-developed unit works right out of the box and costs about $12,000 less, the team said. As a solar-power unit, it also does not rely on the presence of a generator, making it easier to deploy in a wider range of circumstances. “It is completely self-sustainable, powered by solar power, and the solar panel can extend the [battery life] out almost indefinitely,” Senior Airman Aaron Walls, an XPX innovation team member, said in an Air Force news release. Full article: https://www.c4isrnet.com/c2-comms/2019/01/23/an-air-force-radio-that-can-run-for-a-week-in-the-sun