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Exelis Inc. has unveiled a new airborne surveillance system that is intended to help detect illegal and dangerous activities in multiple areas of coverage. S. Danny Rajan, director of regional surveillance systems at Exelis, said Tuesday the CorvusEye 1500 works to capture a wide view of an entire area for customers to identify threats to […] More

Harris Corp. has received authorization to deploy its team radio system for secret level voice and data communications after obtaining a National Security Agency certification. The Falcon Wideband Rifleman radio works to connect troops to tactical networks for command and control functions under the Defense Department’s Rifleman Radio program, Harris said Tuesday. George Helm, president […] More

Unisys has unveiled a cloud-based platform designed to help airlines process invoices, payables, receivables, waybills and agent commissions for their freight business. The Cargo Revenue Accounting system works to integrate with Unisys’ Logistics Management System or other cargo management tools, Unisys said April 9. Unisys wants airfreight carriers to share relevant business data in real […] More

Northrop Grumman has partnered with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in Australia to study airworthiness requirements of unmanned aircraft systems and develop methods to meet those requirements. “As a producer of large-scale unmanned aircraft systems, our goal is not only to provide the aircraft, but also to understand fully the Australian government’s needs to certify them […] More

ENSCO will supply an application development toolkit for cockpit display systems to Legion Training and Simulation LLC and Roy Aircraft and Avionic Simulation Inc. The aircraft training firms will incorporate ENSCO’s IData graphical displays toolkit into a Virtual ENvironment Operations Module for unmanned aerial systems, ENSCO said Monday. The IData and VENOM offerings will be on display […] More

The Department of Veterans Affairs has exercised the first two option years of its five-year enterprise licensing agreement with Decision Simulation under agency’s Simulation, Learning, Education and Research Network program. Decision Simulation and the VA signed the potential $10 million SimLEARN contract in 2012 to connect all VA employees with the simulation training and education program built on […] More