Textron Systems Acquires Crane Wireless Monitoring Solutions

Textron Systems acquired Crane Wireless Monitoring Solutions (WMS), a leading provider of wireless sensor networks for force protection, border and base security applications, servicing the U.S. Military as well as homeland security and commercial customers. Known for its MicroObserver(R) unattended ground sensor (UGS) system, VantedgePoint(R) Remote Monitoring System, and its work for the U.S. Army, [...]

URS Awarded $95 Mln Unmanned Aircraft System Contract by U.S. Air Force

URS Corporation has been awarded a contract to provide Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) communications and maintenance support to the Air Force’s 432nd Wing at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada and the 49th Fighter Wing at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. The five-year contract is valued at just over $95 million to [...]

U.S. Army Orders 63 Raven Unmanned Aircraft Systems for $11 Mln

AeroVironment, Inc. has received an order valued at about $11 Mln under an existing contract with the U.S. Army. The order comprises 63 new digital Raven® small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), services supporting the Army’s evaluation of the small UAS Family of Systems concept and additional engineering services. This order follows two recent orders:

On March [...]

UAV Market: Longer Flight with New Extended Wing Design for Shadow UAV

AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company begins deliveries of the new extended wing kit for its Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TUAS). The U.S. Army has ordered 100 extended wing kits for distribution to Army and Marine Corps units. With this enhancement, the Shadow aircraft’s wingspan increases [...]

U.S. Military UAV Market Will Surpass $12.7 Billion by 2015

In a recently released market report “U.S. Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Market Forecast 2010-2015”
the US military Unmanned Aircraft Systems market is predicted to surpass $12.7 Billion by 2015.

By performing tasks such as surveillance; signals intelligence (SIGINT); precision target designation; mine detection; and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) reconnaissance, unmanned systems have made key contributions [...]

Defense Market Reports

Market Research Media presents:

U.S. Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Market Forecast 2010-2015
Deep Packet Inspection (DPI): U.S. Government Market Forecast 2010-2015
Worldwide Defense High Performance Computing (HPC) Market Forecast 2010-2015
U.S. Government Wireless Voice and Data Spending Forecast 2010-2015
U.S. Federal Cybersecurity Market Forecast 2010-2015
U.S. Federal IT Spending Forecast 2010-2015
U.S. Federal Cloud Computing Market Forecast 2010-2015

Market Research Media Ltd, [...]

DoD Contract for Long-Range Personnel Imager Awarded to Brijot Imaging Systems

Brijot Imaging Systems, Inc., an industry leader in passive millimeter wave security checkpoint screening systems, announces today a contract award with a value of $3,651,000 from the Air Force Material Command, USAF located in Hanscom AFB, MA. Brijot will develop and deliver a prototype Long-Range Personnel Imager (LORPI). This contract award and project is sponsored [...]

New Military Solution for Landmines And IEDs

MineWolf Systems demonstrated a new mechanical solution developed specifically to meet the requirements of the US Army for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The solution is described in the company’s press release as “a machine robust enough to survive blasts from heavy anti-tank mines, yet mobile enough to be transportable in a 20ft ISO container [...]

Successful Test of Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) p

U.S. Marine Corps completed the integrated test phase of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) program Jan. 5, firing five rounds against stationary and moving targets. All five shots hit their intended targets within 2 meters of the laser designator’s spot. APKWS is a low-cost, low-yield alternative to other air-launched munitions currently in [...]

Elbit Systems Awarded $50 Million Orders for Airborne Laser Systems

Elbit Systems Ltd. was awarded contracts in an aggregate amount of approximately $50 million to supply various types of laser based systems to the Israeli Ministry of Defense and to North American customers. The Israeli MoD will be supplied with laser systems, while in North America, Elbit Systems will supply two different customers with airborne [...]