The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected Northrop Grumman as a Phase 1 Swarm Systems Integrator for the Agency’s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program. The OFFSET program provides small-unit infantry forces with small unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) or small unmanned ground systems (UGSs) in swarms of 250 or more...
Orlando-based Serious Simulations has been awarded a research and development contract with Melbourne-based Aeronyde Corporation to produce a wireless augmented reality (AR) head mounted display as part of key control technology for unmanned and robotic aerial vehicles. Under this contract, Serious Simulations will use its current and soon-to-be-announced patented wireless...
Leonardo says it proved the viability of its new “always available” model support contract business model after an initial trial with flight services provider Draken International in 2017. The “always available” model uses the company’s support, logistics and technology expertise to ensure all assets are available whenever they are needed...
Inzpire Limited was sub-contracted by Lockheed Martin UK to provide aircrew instruction and technical support for the duration of a contract that will see Lockheed Martin UK provide a new simulator training facility at RAF Odiham. Inzpire also partnered with Operational Solutions Limited, which will provide technical maintenance support to...
Advanced Simulation Technology inc. (ASTi) won a U.S. Air Force (USAF) contract for an Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) that licenses ASTi’s Voisus networked voice communications, radio-over-IP (RoIP) bridging and ongoing support services for the Warrior Preparation Center (WPC) in Germany. The ELA includes bundled services that ensure operational effectiveness throughout...
Charles River Analytics won a two-year, $1 million U.S. Army contract to field-test, refine and transition its Monitoring, Extracting, and Decoding Indicators of Cognitive Workload (MEDIC) system to automatically sense indicators of cognitive workload. Under a previous Army contract, the company developed a system to improve training by Monitoring, Extracting,...
Ignition! – a joint venture between Sonaca Group and Sabena Aerospace – signed an agreement with BAE Systems to explore opportunities to work together on a range of activities, should Belgium choose the Eurofighter to replace its current F-16 fleet. A major part of the Eurofighter consortium industrial proposal is...
Matrox Graphics released the Matrox Mura IPC 4K DisplayPort capture and IP encode/decode cards. The dual DisplayPort 1.2 capture boards feature 4K60 full color support to give systems integrators and OEMs the ability to seamlessly capture, encode, stream, record and decode demanding 4K and 60-frames-per-second (4K60) content. Available in passive...
Quantum3D developed a free augmented reality (AR), maintenance training app for use with an iPhone or iPad called Quantum3D Maintenance Trainer. The app comes with a demo that puts the user in the role of an aircraft mechanic training on the procedures for repairing a helicopter jet turbine engine. A...
Diamond Visionics released version 10.5.3 of GenesisRTX with some major technology upgrades and new feature enhancements that support the company’s priority of providing high-fidelity image generation. New features include: High-resolution dynamic ground tracks: The key part of this new feature is that the ground tracks are dynamic, not just another...