DA Weekly Newsletter - December 9th, 2023
Defense Advancement
The global ecosystem for defense and security #technology and #innovation.
Here's a round-up of some of this week's top news and developments in the defense sector...
Smarter Technologies has helped the UK’s 101 Operational Sustainment Brigade (OSB) gain “Support Advantage” with modern tracking technology.?
A joint industry/MoD trial of STG’s proprietary Orion IoT Data Network was conducted during exercise IRON TITAN 23. Critical supplies were tracked in near real-time to give commanders, planners and operators full visibility of their supply chain and present them with data-driven insight for their decision-making.
David Miller , Chief Technical Officer at STG, said; “It was invaluable for us to work alongside 27 Regt RLC and to better understand the logistic challenges they face. Orion has been used for many years to track high-value assets in the commercial sector and in Defence.?We’ve now demonstrated that it has benefit well beyond base infrastructure, such as naval dockyards, military air bases and established training areas, and can also support deployed operations globally. We’re looking forward to working more with UK Defence to leverage the benefits of IoT tracking solutions further, for both efficiency and effect.”
WhiteFox Defense Technologies, Inc. has released Scorpion 3, a lightweight, portable drone detection solution.
The Scorpion 3 handheld drone detection system is designed for security forces to protect personnel and critical infrastructure and preserve airspace sovereignty.
With an intuitive user interface and an array of specialized features, Scorpion 3 ensures comprehensive airspace awareness and security.
“Scorpion 3’s capability to swiftly and accurately detect unauthorized drones in any environment is a critical advancement in airspace security,” said Manu Srivastava , Chief Revenue Officer of WhiteFox Defense. “By introducing this innovative solution, we provide our customers with the most powerful and adaptable tool for safeguarding their operations.”
EIZO has released the?Condor NVA500xX. a high-performance XMC form factor AI/GPGPU card.
The card is designed for compute-intensive processing applications in high-performance embedded computing (HPEC) systems.?
John Payne , Senior Product Manager at EIZO Rugged Solutions, said; “The NVIDIA RTX A500 is a headless GPU that offers the embedded defense market a unique processing solution with ideal power/performance balance and AI/ML capabilities.?With no video outputs, the XMC coprocessor allocates the full capacity of the GPU to focus solely on inference and other complex GPGPU operations. The Condor NVA500xX XMC card enables SWaP-C-constrained systems a path forward to enabling AI/ML pipelines.”
FAUN Trackway USA, Inc. , has been awarded a $24 million US Department of Defense (DoD) contract for the production and delivery of Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) Surfacing System Kits.
The contract will see up to 54 Helicopter Landing Mats manufactured to support Marine Corps Expeditionary Airfield emergent requirements on Expeditionary Advance Base Operations.
Chris Kendall , President at FAUN Trackway USA, Inc., said; “Our engineering team has worked extensively to understand the requirements of the end user, along with historical issues encountered. The result has been the design, development and extensive testing of a product that we are proud to support the Marine Corps with now, and for years to come.”
The Codan Group, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Domo Broadcast Systems (DBS) , has entered into a binding agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Wave Central .?
The combined strengths of Domo Broadcast and Wave Central will increase opportunities in news coverage for live events, college and professional sports, film production and unmanned applications in the growing global remote broadcast market.
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Carlie Sutherland
Chief Revenue Officer, WhiteFox Defense Technologies, Inc.
1 年Scorpion 3 is definitely a huge game changer in CUAS industry. Looking forward to helping countries protect their critical airspaces!