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INSIDER Unmanned Systems
First Annual Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology USA
SMi is proud to present the 1st annual Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology USA conference, taking place on the 5th and 6th of May 2022 in Arlington, VA.
INSIDER Aerospace
Research Could Lead to Noise Reduction in Aircraft Engines
Through a Small Business Innovative Research contract awarded to MetroLaser, Inc., by the U.S. Navy, a system is being developed to measure the gas velocity of engine exhaust to...
INSIDER Imaging
Mounted Troops to Get High-Tech Situational Awareness Tools
Mounted armored vehicles such as the Bradley have long been used as heavy weapons platforms with long range sensors to hunt targets and provide armored transportation to...
INSIDER Data Acquisition
Northrop Grumman to Develop Prototype Artificial Intelligence Assistant
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Perceptually enabled Task Guidance (PTG)...
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
Egypt’s Apache Helicopter Fleet to Get Upgraded Sensor Systems
Lockheed Martin received a $102 million contract award to upgrade 25 of Egypt’s AH-64D Apaches to the E-model version of the aircraft. This modernization for the Egyptian...
INSIDER Imaging
Technology Companies Work to Combat Pilot Fatigue
Collins Aerospace and Seeing Machines, a leader in eye tracking and driver safety technology, are working together to develop and deliver revolutionary fatigue management technology...
INSIDER Photonics/Optics
Researchers Developing Prototype of Next-Gen Night Vision Technology
Three University of Arkansas researchers — electrical engineering professor Shui-Qing “Fisher” Yu, Distinguished Professor Greg Salamo, and Jin Hu, assistant...
Briefs Aerospace
3D Data Acquisition Platform for Human Activity Understanding
A computational approach for action prediction can extend to machines and also promote further research in human prediction and intention sensing.
INSIDER Sensors/Data Acquisition
USSF Awards Missile Track Custody Prototype Effort
The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has awarded two contracts for the Missile Track Custody Prototype effort. The effort will carry two contractors –...
Application Briefs AR/AI
Perimeter Security Sensor System
Silent Sentinel Inc., a U.K.-based surveillance company, has been selected as a provider for the US Department of Defense.
Application Briefs Software
Weapon Fire Control System
Smart Shooter increases the accuracy and lethality of small arms.
INSIDER Aerospace
A Prototype Fuel Gauge for Orbit
Liquids aren’t as well behaved in space as they are on Earth. Inside a spacecraft, microgravity allows liquids to freely slosh and float about. The National Institute of Standards and Technology...
Application Briefs Unmanned Systems
Drone Parachute Rescue System
The technology is completely autonomous, lightweight, reusable and non-pyrotechnical.
Application Briefs Robotics, Automation & Control
Unmanned Ground Vehicles
The Marine Corps will use the FLIR Centaur to assist in disarming improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Directed-Energy System to Defeat Small Unmanned Aircraft System Swarms
New weapons technology is needed to combat the proliferation of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS).
INSIDER Aerospace
U.S. Army Orders Next-Generation Missile Warning Systems
BAE Systems received $179 million in total awards from the U.S. Army as part of the Limited Interim Missile Warning System (LIMWS) Quick Reaction Capability (QRC) program. This...
INSIDER Photonics/Optics
New Enhanced Visual Acuity System Will Help Pilots Fly More Safely
Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of Raytheon Technologies Corp., is helping the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps transition from analog to digital night vision systems with...
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Photonic Microwave Generation Using On-Chip Optical Frequency Combs
A key building block of microwave photonics is optical frequency combs, which provide hundreds of equidistant and mutually coherent laser lines.
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Simulation of Active Imaging Systems
Active imaging systems offer the promise of significantly improved tactical performance compared to passive military systems operating in adverse ground, air, and underwater/ maritime environments. These...
Briefs Physical Sciences
Development of High-Resolution Eddy Current Imaging Using an Electromechanical Sensor
An oscillating current flowing through a coil produces an oscillating magnetic field. When an electrically conducting material like a metal is brought...
Articles Aerospace
Designing COTS Optics Into Defense Projects
When settling in to design a new optical device for a defense application, it is often desirable to use Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) optical components wherever possible. COTS optics offer many...
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Shortwave Infrared Sensors: A New Way to See
Compact, lightweight, and uncooled imaging sensors are fueling a revolution in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR). They are the key enablers for a powerful new breed of...
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
GigE Advanced Imaging Sensor
The Wide-Field Dynamic Range (WFDR) camera is a high-sensitivity, wide-field-of-regard sensor of importance to future military surveillance and survivability systems. It is intended to be used in harsh, noisy...
Briefs Sensors/Data Acquisition
Tightly Coupled INS, GPS, and Imaging Sensors for Precision Geolocation
To address the issue of poor georegistration performance for small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), navigation and target-location accuracy improvements achievable by tightly integrating an image-based feature-tracking algorithm with Global Positioning System (GPS) and a...
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Digital Light Control Simplifies Focal Plane Array Testing and Image Sensor Production
Characterization of the performance of image sensors and image sensor systems is critical to success in many defense and security applications. From image...
Briefs Information Technology
Fusion of Image- and Inertial-Sensor Data for Navigation
Amethod of real-time fusion of readout data from electronic inertial and image sensors for passive navigation has been developed. By "passive navigation" is meant navigation without...
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Full-Field Optical Strain Measurement Systems for Materials and...
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