Archive for the ‘military’ category
Jul 5, 2024
Army asks industry for navigation warfare waveforms in counter-PNT technology to disrupt enemy operations
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: finance, military, space, surveillance
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – U.S. Army electronic warfare (EW) experts are reaching out to industry for new ways to design electronic payloads that counter enemy positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT).
Officials of the Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., issued a request for information (W56KGURTI-24-R-1001) on Friday for the Counter-PNT Navigation Warfare Defeat project.
Counter-PNT seeks to defeat enemy satellite navigation and timing systems, such as the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS), which are essential for navigation, communications, weapons guidance, surveillance, transportation, and financial transactions.
Jul 5, 2024
Honeywell acquires CAES to boost expertise in radiation-hardened microelectronics, military technologies
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: military, space
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Honeywell Inc. in Charlotte, N.C., will acquire CAES Systems Holdings LLC in Arlington, Va., to boost Honeywell’s electromagnetic military technologies for RF signals management under terms of a $1.9 billion cash deal.
This acquisition, announced last Thursday, will enhance Honeywell’s defense technologies in critical military systems like the F-35 and EA-18G military aircraft, the AMRAAM and GMLRS military weapons, radar, and uncrewed systems.
Combining the two companies also can boost capabilities in radiation-hardened integrated circuits for applications ranging from military nuclear forces to so-called rad-tolerant electronic components for commercial new space uses.
Jul 5, 2024
Rapidly spinning ‘extreme’ neutron star discovered by US Navy research intern
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: military, space
It was exciting so early in my career to see a speculative project work out so successfully.
Jul 5, 2024
Kratos’ Erinyes hypersonic test vehicle reaches Mach 5 in 1st flight
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: business, military, space
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Kratos) has announced the successful test flight of its Erinyes hypersonic test vehicle.
Developed by the company’s Space & Missile Defense Systems Business Unit, the test was completed on June 12, 2024, according to the announcement.
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Jun 29, 2024
Next-gen helo engines delivered to Sikorsky for Black Hawk integration
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: military
Sikorsky has received two Improved Turbine Engine Program engines and will begin integrating them into UH-60 Black Hawks in the coming months.
Jun 28, 2024
Video Shows China’s Rifle-Equipped Robot Dog Opening Fire on Targets
Posted by Raphael Ramos in categories: military, robotics/AI
China has released video footage of its rifle-toting robot dogs, and it’s about as scary as you were probably imagining.
Last week, Agence France-Presse reported that China had flaunted the gun-carrying robodogs in a 15-day joint military exercise with Cambodia dubbed the “Golden Dragon.”
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Jun 27, 2024
Boeing unveils ‘Revolver’ hypersonic missile launcher
Posted by Raphael Ramos in category: military
Who says you need a bomber or stealth fighter to air-launch a hypersonic missile? Boeing just unveiled a new concept that it’s developing called the Revolver launch system. Straight Arrow News on social media:
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Jun 25, 2024
Could we launch resources from the moon with electromagnetic railguns?
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: economics, military, space
That was five decades ago. Catapult yourself to today and ask this question: What’s the U.S. Navy’s Gerald R. Ford nuclear aircraft carrier got to do with the moon?
Late last year, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems filed a final report to the Air Force Office of Scientific Research’s (AFOSR). That report was titled “Lunar Electromagnetic Launch for Resource Exploitation to Enhance National Security and Economic Growth.”
The author of that appraisal is Robert Peterkin, director of operations for the organization’s Albuquerque, New Mexico office.
Jun 23, 2024
Lockheed Martin and US Air Force Complete Flight Test of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Reentry Vehicle
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: engineering, military, space
The Lockheed Martin and U.S. Air Force conducted a planned flight test of the unarmed, developmental Mk21A reentry vehicle in the Pacific Ocean on June 17. Mk21A is the U.S. Air Force’s integrated reentry vehicle and the critical front-end of the service’s future intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) weapon system. This flight test from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, tested Lockheed Martin’s Mk21A design components and technologies for the vehicle. It also continues Lockheed Martin’s leadership and expertise in developing effective and reliable reentry vehicle technology.
This testing is done through Lockheed Martin’s Engineering and Manufacturing Development contract with the Air Force Nuclear Systems Center. Data collected during the event will further inform Mk21A design and future flight test activities. The company’s Mk21A program is on-schedule. Lockheed Martin is maturing its Mk21A design, which includes the arming and fuzing subsystem and support equipment, using advanced digital engineering tools, including advanced modeling and simulation. This allows for efficiency in schedule, reduced cost and risk, and increased confidence in system performance.
“This progress is built on a strong foundation—Lockheed Martin’s 65-plus years of demonstrated exceptional performance in reentry technologies and a pioneering digital engineering approach on this program from its beginning,” said Jay Watson, vice president of Strategic Reentry at Lockheed Martin. “We remain focused on delivering this capability for the warfighter as a trusted partner to the U.S. Air Force for ICBM reentry systems and modernization of the deterrent triad.”
