Satellite

Satellite

GPS Satellite

The U.S. Air Force wants 22 new GPS satellites that are built to resist jamming and electronic interference. The service expects to spend $2...
GPS Jammer USAF

The Red Flag US Air Force drill started just recently. Red Flag is the biggest Air Force annual drill, taking place in Nevada and...
Anti Satellite Weapons

The Pentagon has fretted that China and Russia are developing anti-satellite (ASAT) missiles that could shoot US low Earth orbit (LEO) objects out within...
Sensors

China is a rising power in today’s reality, there's no doubt about that. We in i-HLS.com have wrote extensively about the country’s efforts of...
big data

In commercial industries, understanding and analyzing big data on real time can lead to cost reduction, better-targeted marketing and increased efficiency. Like many businesses...
high-altitude UAS

Solar UAS innovations are increasingly applied to long-term missions. A new joint venture will fund the development and production of solar-powered high-altitude unmanned aircraft...
big data

The IDF has been dealing daily with missions involving the extraction of information and insights from large masses of data collected by its vast...
satellite-drone communications

A new beam-switching technology was recently tested proving data transfer and anti-jamming measures between satellites and drones are more successful when two beams are...
gps

About 70% of the US Army's major combat systems depend on signals being beamed from space. The Pentagon is investing in a new generation...
illustration photo: army.mil

A group of three nanosatellites that will fly on a controlled formation flying for the first time will be launched at the end of...
autonomous and remote-controlled ships

ESA (The European Space Agency) signed a Memorandum of Intent with Rolls-Royce to investigate how space technology can be used to develop autonomous and...
locating missile sites

US researchers have trained deep learning algorithms to identify Chinese surface-to-air missile sites - hundreds of times faster than their human counterparts. The algorithms proved...
manned/unmanned

L3 Technologies, a prime contractor in aerospace systems, security and detection systems, and pilot training, has recently announced that it’s received a production contract...
armed UAVs

A new family of unmanned aerial vehicles has been recently showcased in China. Chinese research and production company Tengoen Technology unveiled two fixed-wing UAVs...
gps capabilities

The U.S. Air Force declared the first Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite "Available for Launch." GPS III SV01 will bring new capabilities to U.S....
situational awareness

A new development in situational awareness technology would support operations in harsh environments such as the arctics. Finnish maritime innovators Fleetrange, a maritime startup and...
command and control

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.‘s Command & Control Technologies group has been awarded contract modifications for $4.2 million. The modifications are part of a five-year sustainment...
black box

Tracking soldiers in an emergency situation sometimes takes too long, a critical factor that might cost the lives of wounded soldiers. A new technology...
situational awareness

Many capabilities of the dismounted forces depend on GPS navigation. But what happens in GPS-denied environments? Forces operating in urban, indoor or underground operations...
secure communication

Today, mathematical algorithms are used to encrypt text messages, banking transactions and health information. Intercepting these encrypted messages requires figuring out the exact algorithm...
satellite communication

Russian forces in Syria have built up a network of satellite communication stations to make up for communications links lost during the war. Speaking...
UAVs

Optical sensors mounted on UAVs and drones can serve a vast array of space missions. However, their size and weight sometimes hinder the use...