Archive for the ‘Defense Technology News’ Category
Radar Still a Lucrative Market, Despite Economic Woes
NEWTOWN, Conn: Forecast International projects that the worldwide radar market will be worth $52 billion over the 2009-2018 timeframe. Its recently published analysis "The Market for Radar Systems" further projects that more than 15,000 individual radar units will be produced over the next decade.
The...
November 5th, 2009 | Defense Technology News | Read More
Army Develops ‘Ghost’ Imaging to Aid on Battlefield
WASHINGTON: Physicists at the Army Research Laboratory are bringing quantum “ghost” imaging from the realm of scientific curiosity to practical reality.
Ghost imaging is a technique that allows a high-resolution camera to produce an image of an object that the camera itself cannot see. It uses two...
November 5th, 2009 | Defense Technology News | Read More
China’s military making strides in space
Washington: China's military has made dramatic progress in space over the past decade and the goals of its program remain unclear, a top American general said on Tuesday.
Citing Beijing's advances in space, General Kevin Chilton, head of US Strategic Command, said it was crucial to cultivate US-China...
November 4th, 2009 | Defense Technology News | Read More
New system allows vehicle GPS to track location while in flight
FORT BRAGG, NC: Soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery (HIMARS), drove their High Mobility Artillery Rocket System out the rear of an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., Oct. 22, with a new advancement that will get them into the fight faster.
The 'Hot Panel' program...
November 4th, 2009 | Defense Technology News | Read More
SKorea to seek Chinese help to track cyber attacks
Seoul: South Korean police said Monday they would request help from China to track the origins of cyber attacks that briefly crippled US and South Korean government and commercial websites in July.
"We are now seeking help from Chinese authorities to launch a joint investigation," a national police agency...
November 3rd, 2009 | Defense Technology News | Read More
China commander says space weapons inevitable
Beijing: A top China air force commander has called the militarization of space an "historical inevitability", state media said Monday, marking an apparent shift in Beijing's opposition to weaponising outer space.
In a wide-ranging interview in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Daily, air force commander...
November 3rd, 2009 | Defense Technology News | Read More
SKorea may buy satellites to spy on NKorea
Seoul: South Korea may buy four spy satellites over the next decade to monitor North Korea, the defence ministry said Wednesday.
"Our ministry has been considering it but no decision has been made yet on who will be involved and details have yet to be fixed," a spokesman told AFP.
He was commenting on...
October 23rd, 2009 | Defense Technology News | Read More
IRCM & Missile Defense Drive Airborne & Space-Based Electro-Optical Market
NEWTOWN, Conn: Forecast International's "The Market for Airborne and Space-Based Electro-Optical Systems" projects that an estimated $24.75 billion will be spent on 36 major airborne and space-based EO systems and programs over the next decade. Approximately 45 percent of this value represents product...
October 23rd, 2009 | Defense Technology News | Read More
Military Ops Propelling Airborne Communications Market
NEWTOWN, Conn: Forecast International projects that the U.S. military airborne communications market will be worth more than $7.8 billion from 2009-2018. During this timeframe, the military is expected to purchase some 9,200 airborne communications systems in addition to funding new technology development.
Theresa...
October 21st, 2009 | Defense Technology News | Read More
Unmanned Helicopter Flies with Foliage-Penetrating Radar
IRVINE, Ca: The Boeing A160T Hummingbird unmanned helicopter successfully completed 20 test flights from Aug. 31 to Oct. 8 with the Foliage Penetration Reconnaissance, Surveillance, Tracking and Engagement Radar (FORESTER). The tests, conducted at Fort Stewart, Ga., validated the radar-carrying A160T's...
October 15th, 2009 | Defense Technology News | Read More
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UK’s Search and Rescue Network to Be Maintained
November 5, 2009 04:11
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China’s military making strides in space
November 4, 2009 06:11
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Russian helicopters for NATO’s war in Afghanistan
November 4, 2009 06:11
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New system allows vehicle GPS to track location while in flight
November 4, 2009 06:11
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Last C-130E Hercules aircraft leave Ramstein
November 4, 2009 05:11
