Business
Echodyne, the radar platform company, announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Innovation Team has awarded the company a $20M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. The five-year agreement enables CBP to expand deployments of Echodyne’s industry-leading radars and explore new applications for
C-UAS
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) awarded $454,099 to Echodyne Corporation of Kirkland, Washington, to continue critical research and development on new radar systems using metamaterials. DHS awarded the funds through a Phase 5 Other Transaction Agreement with S&T’s
Radar
Echodyne, the radar platform company, announced the release of EchoGuard CR and RadarHub to enable greater drone/aircraft detection in dense locations and simplify multi-radar deployment. These products represent a big step forward for the Counter-UAS space, broadening the capabilities of security systems in challenging environments. EchoGuard CR provides high
C-UAS
Echodyne, the radar platform company, announced the release of EchoGuard CR and RadarHub to enable greater drone/aircraft detection in dense locations and simplify multi-radar deployment. These products represent a big step forward for the Counter-UAS space, broadening the capabilities of security systems in challenging environments. EchoGuard CR provides high
Business
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. will work with Belgium-based Sociétés Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques, SABCA to supply Satellite Communications (SATCOM) radomes for the MQ-9B SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). SABCA is one of GA-ASI’s team of Belgian suppliers – known as Team SkyGuardian Belgium – that will be
Radar
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. will work with Belgium-based Sociétés Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques, SABCA to supply Satellite Communications (SATCOM) radomes for the MQ-9B SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). SABCA is one of GA-ASI’s team of Belgian suppliers – known as Team SkyGuardian Belgium – that will be
Radar
The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems of Fullerton, California, a $9.3-million modification (#P00010) to a previously awarded contract (W31P4Q-19-C-0044) for field service representatives to deploy, operate, and sustain MPQ-64 Sentinel Radars. The contracted work will be performed in Fullerton, Calif., with an estimated completion date
UAM/UTM
Echodyne, the manufacturer of innovative, high-performance radars for government and commercial markets, announced that its radar platform has been selected by two Technology Capability Level 4 (TCL4) awardees of NASA’s UAS Traffic Management (UTM) program - Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence & Innovation at Texas A&M
Radar
While manned aircraft have used onboard radar for decades, the size and cost of the equipment has limited its use primarily to large, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Lei Shi, founder of UAVradars in Lawrence, Kansas, is trying to change this. His company—a spinoff from research conducted for NASA at
Radar
Surveillance radar experts at Northrop Grumman Corp. are refining system software in an advanced radar system aboard the Global Hawk Block 40 long-range unmanned aerial system (UAS) that tracks track slow-moving ground vehicles and low-flying cruise missiles. Officials of the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Hanscom
Radar
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has developed a range of ground-based systems for detecting, tracking, and disrupting (jamming) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in response to growing global security concerns over the proliferation of cheap and easy-to-operate remote-controlled (RC) aircraft. The systems, which will be unveiled during the Seoul International Aerospace and
Radar
IMSAR LLC is developing a family of extremely small collision-avoidance radar systems targeted for small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) and is on track to perform airborne demonstrations of its first prototype systems by the end of 2015. The family of radar systems will provide collision-avoidance capabilities to small UAS, ranging