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Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2010 John Keller	Pentagon seeks to build airborne infrared sensor for ballistic missile defense Leaders of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency in Washington are trying to develop an airborne infrared sensor system within the next five years that is capable of tracking and intercepting enemy ballistic missiles in boost phase at or near engine burnout.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2010 John Keller	Persistent Surveillance with UAV-Mounted Infrared Sensors is Goal of DARPA ARGUS-IR Program Scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are asking industry to develop staring infrared sensors able to provide long-term persistent surveillance from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009	Electro-Optical Infrared and Laser Sensor System for Navy Helicopters to be Provided by Raytheon Raytheon is providing 62 of its AN/AAS-52 Multi-Spectral Targeting System (MTS) airborne sensor suites for Navy UH-60R and UH-60S helicopters to enhance forward-looking infrared (FLIR) sensor capabilities
National Defense July 2013 Valerie Insinna	New Lightweight Infrared Systems Under Development for Army Raytheon officials said its third wave of forward-looking infrared devices, called FLIR, could be in soldiers' hands within a few years.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005	NASA picks DRS sensor for satellite Awarded a $5.4 million contract, DRS Technologies will make advanced infrared sensor modules supporting the Wide-field Infrared Survey Experiment (WISE) mission of the NASA Medium Explorer program.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007	U.S. Air Force Awards General Dynamics Contract for Alternative Infrared Satellite System Under this contract, General Dynamics will perform system requirements reviews, system design reviews and solution refinements to define alternatives to the Space Based Infrared High (SBIRS-High) GEO-3 satellite program.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006	Global Hawk Uses Raytheon Optics Pilots of the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) monitor enemy targets with an electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) high-resolution imaging system built by Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems division.
National Defense December 2005 Robert H. Williams	Commercial Transport Warning System Unveiled An aircraft missile warning system that relies on infrared "superlattice" detector technology is being outfitted by EADS Defence Electronics.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 John Keller	Multi-Sensor Fusion Hits the Mainstream Once considered as futuristic, difficult, and elusive, multi-sensor fusion is coming into its own as a standard approach of processing signals from a wide variety of sensors, and making sense of incomplete and sketchy sensor data.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2007	BAE Systems to Upgrade Laser for U.S. Army Helicopters The defense contractor has won two U.S. Army contracts totaling $54 million to provide a multiband laser technology upgrade for the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures/Common Missile Warning System program.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008 Courtney E. Howard	First Air-to-Air Missile Defense System Intercepts Boosting Missile A U.S. Air Force F-16 jet fighter launched two air-to-air AIM-9X missiles, which in turn intercepted a boosting rocket launched from the White Sands Missile Range. The event marked the first time that an aircraft made a missile-defense intercept.
National Defense January 2014 Valerie Insinna	Sensor Allows Troops to Collect Infrared Images from Vehicles Falck Schmidt Defense Systems and Raytheon have partnered to launch the long-range reconnaissance and surveillance forward looking infrared system, a mast-mounted sensor installed on a wheeled or tracked vehicle.
National Defense July 2011 Stew Magnuson	Troubled Space-Based Infrared Satellite Program Finally Gets Off the Ground On May 7, the Air Force successfully sent to geosynchronous orbit GEO-1, the first SBIRS satellite. It was a long, tortuous road, lasting some 15 years with a price tag that will come to $10.4 billion.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008 John Keller	Joining sensors through data fusion Data experts are are relying on various approaches to refine sensor outputs into useful information, and essentially create a whole sensor picture that is greater than the sum of its parts.
National Defense November 2004 Joe Pappalardo	High Demand for Infrared Technology on Battlefield Advances in manufacturing technology are allowing a new generation of infrared imaging devices to reach the battlefield in record numbers, according to military and industry sources.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2004 J.R. Wilson	Ballistic Missile Defense Looks to the Future Command centers that will help guide ballistic missile defense efforts are providing opportunities for a wide variety of commercial off-the-shelf computers, displays, and high-speed networking.
National Defense July 2009 Grace V. Jean	Satellites at the Beck and Call of Ground Troops Military leaders for years have been asking for a capability that would allow ground units to commandeer satellites to obtain imagery of their surroundings.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007	In brief Boeing awarded Laser JDAM contract... Raytheon ships ARTEMIS sensor for on-demand surveillance from space... Air Force awards Lockheed Martin weather systems contract...
National Defense December 2005 Harold Kennedy	Pentagon Eyes Growing Short-Range Missile Threat Defense Department officials are warning that terrorists soon could strike U.S. cities with short-range missiles.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008 John Keller	Navy seeks IR sensor-based technology to enhance helicopter defenses against ground fire Navy officials also are interested in how the prototype performs in the presence of urban background clutter, through use of pre-recorded airborne data with inserted flash and tracer signatures.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006 Ben Ames	Three teams compete to build NOAA climate satellite The next-generation GOES-R satellites will collect 100 times more data and scan the Earth three- to-five times faster than previous systems.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005 Ben Ames	Optical sensors light up the battlefield Tomorrow's sensors will be modular, digital, fused, and networked
National Defense July 2007 Grace Jean	Hyperspectral Sensor Provides Piercing `Eyes' In Space In a few months, an 'unblinking eye' will scrutinize the battlefield from space.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2008 John McHale	Incoming! Precision Guidance Keeps Munitions on Target Lasers, global positioning systems, and other modern technologies have made hitting fixed targets with missiles and bombs extremely efficient. Now defense experts are designing systems to hit targets on the move and beyond line of sight.
Defense Update Issue 1, 2006	Unattended Ground Sensors After several decades of rather obscure awareness in military operations, the use of passive sensors for remote battlefield applications is becoming more popular... Ground surveillance sensors... Future combat systems... etc.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2006 John McHale	Sensors Light Path to Defeating Incoming Military designers are taking advantage of the latest sensor technology and signal processing systems to track and kill incoming enemy missiles.
The Motley Fool June 16, 2005 Rich Smith	Raytheon: Defense on the Cheap Defense contractor aims to make airplanes safe. Raytheon's argument does indeed seem defensible, and its system, economical.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2008 Courtney E. Howard	Boeing, Missile Defense Agency Test Missile Defense Sensor Integration and Netcentricity Engineers completed testing of a Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system being billed as the most complex integration to date of sensors required to support a missile intercept.
National Defense December 2007 Stew Magnuson	Murky Picture of What's Happening in Space Worries Air Force Officials There is a deterrent value to space situational awareness that doesn't grab the attention it should.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2008	Malaysian Ministry of Defense Orders FLIR Systems' Infrared Sensor Systems FLIR's ThermoVision 2000 long-range thermal infrared (IR) imaging sensor systems will assist surveillance along the Malaysian coastline.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2006 John McHale	Synthetic Aperture Radar Technology Key Part of Space-Based Radar The technology of synthetic aperture radar, which has been used to map the Earth from space, will play an integral role in the U.S. Department of Defense's space-based radar programs.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004 Ben Ames	Optoelectronics Success on the Battlefield Drives Defense Spending Analysts claim a rise in market demand for optoelectronics. Part of that growth will come from greater defense spending by European countries such as France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, as they strive to close the "technology gap" with the United States.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2007 John McHale	Track It, Destroy It The key to any successful missile-defense shield is the ability of the sensors to track the missile accurately. Recent missile tests prove that an effective missile-defense shield is closer than ever before.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008 John Keller	Night-Vision Devices to Blend Infrared Technology, Image Intensifiers The next steps for improving thermal sensors and light intensifiers for night-vision devices will involve combining information from several kinds of sensors.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2009 Courtney E. Howard	Raytheon develops computer-equipped sensor to locate tunnels and land mines The sensor will harness the power of the Morphable Networked Micro-architecture (MONARCH) chip to detect underground threats like buried land mines and tunnels.
National Defense November 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Although Combat Proven, Global Hawk Has Yet to Pass Key Tests In an upcoming evaluation of the U.S. Air Force Global Hawk reconnaissance unmanned aircraft, testers will determine whether a military system that already has seen extensive combat can pass the rigorous tests the Defense Department.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005 John Keller	Pentagon eyes improved optoelectronic sensors for missile defense Trex Enterprises is helping the U.S. military improve their ballistic missile defense through advanced optoelectronic sensor technologies.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2007	Raytheon Selects Agilent to Build Component Test Platform Agilent will deliver a flexible system capable of not only the functional and diagnostic testing of components within missile guidance systems, but also of expanding to accommodate future requirements and test strategies.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2008	In Brief Raytheon to support Rapid Aerostat initial deployment systems... SAIC wins delivery order to build signature-based trainers...
National Defense March 2009 Robert H. Williams	Space Sensor Measures Serosol Impact On Climate NASA will soon be receiving a space-based system that should help scientists better understand the impact of aerosols on climate change and global warming
National Defense May 2004 Frank Colucci	Smart Missles The Army is beginning to develop sophisticated "smart" missiles and launchers, intended to be deployed in advance of maneuver forces.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005	Army Picks ITT for Night-Vision Goggles Engineers with the U.S. Army needed better night-vision capability for soldiers on dark or foggy battlefields. They found a solution with Enhanced Night Vision Goggles (ENVGs) from ITT. The contract has a potential value of $560 million over five years.
National Defense June 2015 Vinny Sica	Enabling Satellites to Do More With Less Satellite customers should continue to prioritize a streamlined approach by investing more in ground modernization and reuse of existing capabilities where feasible.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006	PPGI Makes Missile-Warning Sensors Designers at ATK Missile Systems have chosen Photonic Products Group to make optical components for a missile warning system that protects U.S. aircraft in Iraq from shoulder-fired missiles.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 John Keller	Harris RF Designers Expand Into Networked Sensors Applications Harris' RF Communications Division is making a strategic expansion into networked sensors applications to augment their state-of-the-art military radios that operate securely in bands ranging from HF to satellite communications.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2009 Courtney E. Howard	Teledyne Sensor Maps Moon's Surface on India's Spacecraft During the next two years, the M3 is designed to image the entire lunar surface with impressive spatial and spectral resolution.
National Defense May 2006 Robert H. Williams	Nobody Hides From These Sensors Lockheed Martin has developed a new, compact, multiple sensor system able to identify targets partially hidden in camouflage or vegetation.
Defense Update Issue 1, 2006	Israel Plans Short-Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRMD) Raytheon Company and Rafael Armament Development Authority have been selected by the Israel Ministry of Defense' Defense Research and development Directorate to develop a new terminal missile defense interceptor to defeat a variety of low-cost, short-range ballistic missile threats.