Space is becoming a bigger focus for the MOD and British industry in general. Modernisation means that satellites are a much bigger part of battlefield communications and surveillance. Innovations such as drones can be controlled through satellites and information from them can be communicated across a large area quickly. The MOD ...
Raytheon has debuted a virtual reality version of its portable V-22 trainer at I/ITSEC, the modeling, simulation and training event. Aircraft Functional V-22 Trainer-Virtual Reality is a fully immersive system that provides hyper-realistic training across all experience levels, including early-career aviation maintenance students and those engaged in continuing education. “The system is ...
General Dynamics Mission Systems has announced that it has been awarded a cost-plus-award-fee and firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity sole-source contract worth $731.8 million for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) ground system sustainment. MUOS is a next-generation satellite communications system that provides secure voice and data communications for US forces worldwide. ...
Northrop Grumman, MBDA and Saab have successfully completed a joint, collaborative effort to demonstrate the ability to integrate MBDA’s Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) family and Saab’s Giraffe radar system family into Northrop Grumman’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS). CAMM was the first non-US missile system to ...