Post Tagged with: "surveillance"
Lockheed Provides Italian MoD with ISR Aircraft
Italian MoD to Use Lockheed Martin Airborne Multi-INT Lab in Operations An innovative Airborne Multi-Intelligence Laboratory (AML) developed by Lockheed Martin for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) is now being used by the Italian Air Force in a live operational environment. Lockheed Martin signed a use agreement with the Italian Ministry of Defence (MoD) to [...]
First Full Company of Gray Eagle UAS Now Deployed
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance systems, today announced the recent deployment of the first full company of Gray Eagle UAS, F/227. “Gray Eagle will provide F/227 with 24/7 RSTA [Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition], precision attack, and communications relay capabilities,” [...]
Raytheon Unveils Reconnaissance System Prototype to Canadian Army
Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC (RTSC), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (RTN), recently unveiled its Light Armoured Vehicle Reconnaissance Surveillance System (LRSS) prototype to the Canadian Army in Ottawa, Ontario. Raytheon designed the LRSS to fit into the Canadian Army’s Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV)-III to provide improved flexibility allowing on-the-move intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) [...]
Cassidian to Protect Canadian Naval Vessels Against Laser-Based Attacks
Cassidian, the defence and security division of EADS, is developing innovative solutions to protect ships of the Canadian Navy against asymmetric laser-based threats. Under the designation LOCATES (Laser Optical Countermeasures and surveillance Against Threat Environment Scenarios), the Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC), based in Valcartier/Québec awarded Cassidian a contract in 2011 to apply new [...]
Elbit Systems to Supply Advanced Dismounted Soldier Systems to Finnish Army
Elbit Systems has announced that it was awarded a contract by the Finnish Army, to supply advanced dismounted soldier systems, in the first phase of a comprehensive ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance) program. The initial award is not in an amount that is material to Elbit Systems. The solution offered by Elbit Systems [...]
RSAF Welcomes Inauguration of Heron 1 UAV
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) enhanced the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities of the 3rd Generation Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) as it inaugurated the Heron 1 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) into 119 Squadron (SQN) on 23 May. Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen, who officiated at the inauguration ceremony at Murai [...]
Counterfeit Chinese Electronic Parts In the DoD Supply Chain
A Senate Armed Services Committee investigation discovered counterfeit electronic parts from China in the Air Force’s largest cargo plane, in assemblies intended for Special Operations helicopters, and in a Navy surveillance plane among 1,800 cases of bogus parts, a committee report released today shows. The year-long investigation launched by Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., the committee’s [...]
Air Force Leader Talks About Future of ISR
Air Force leadership reinforced the critical nature and future of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions April 26 to a group of civic and industry leaders as well as media members attending the Air Force Association’s monthly breakfast in Arlington, Va. The Air Force Association’s breakfast program is a monthly series that provides a venue for [...]
Olympics: UK military prepare for ’9/11-type attack’
British military commanders said they were training to deal with a “9/11-type attack” as they launched a major exercise Wednesday to test their readiness for the 2012 London Olympics. As jet fighters took to the sky with nine weeks to go to the opening ceremony, the Olympic Park was getting its biggest try-out as the [...]


