DA Weekly Newsletter - February 13th, 2024

Here's a round-up of some of today's top technology news and developments in the defense sector...

Enhancing Critical Infrastructure Security with Radar

Echodyne discusses enhancing security with radar at critical infrastructure, including airports and ports, electric generation and transmission plants, and nuclear sites, as they face a variety of adversarial threats.

Historically, these facilities only needed to be concerned with tracking potential terrestrial adversaries. However, as drones are becoming more accessible and more common, threats to these facilities have taken to the skies.

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Ultra Intelligence & Communications Demonstrates Enhancements in High-Capacity Tactical Communications

Ultra Intelligence & Communications recently hosted a technical demonstration for government and military customers in Sanford, Florida.

The company successfully illustrated the capability of its sixth generation Orion multi-mission, high-capacity tactical line-of-sight radios and family of deployable SATCOM terminals to support large scale combat operations.

“The success of today’s demonstration represents not just progress for military communications, but a connected future battlespace where command posts can be made more effective and survivable through more secure, mobile and flexible communication systems,” said Alain Cohen , Ultra I&C’s President of Communications.

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VK Integrated Systems Supports Training Through Advanced Communication Capabilities

Last year VK Integrated Systems (VKIS) supported the Laurens County EMS Mass Casualty Training event by providing technical assistance to implement the most advanced communication system, the Team Awareness Kit (TAK), and provide After Action Review capabilities. VKIS discusses the event and the technology involved.

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BAE Systems Delivers Advanced Missile Warning Systems

BAE Systems has received $114 million in Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contracts from the U.S. Army for?AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS).

With the new FMS contracts, additional U.S. allies now procure CMWS for its proven survivability capabilities. The allies will use these systems to protect existing fleets and newly acquired aircraft, including AH-64 Apache, CH-47 Chinook, and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.

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