As 2017 opens, military analysts are contemplating the future of what may prove to be the most exciting aerial surveillance innovation since the satellite and U2: the Airbus Zephyr, a lightweight, solar-powered drone that can soar to 70,000 feet, stay aloft for up to 45 days, evade detection or bad weather, and carry all manner of surveillance equipment. Designed for … [Read more...]
Sepura: Fighting for the SRC3300 – World’s Leading Secure Covert Radio
UPDATE 20 Dec 2016: Hytera buys Sepura. After months of losses, a failed attempt at entering the fast-growing digital mobile radio (DMR) market and an embarrassing inability to meet bank covenants, the story of Sepura, the star of Europe’s terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA) niche, has ended on a bright note: The company was acquired yesterday, 19 December 2016, by China's Hytera … [Read more...]
Tracking Elusive Targets: Keysight Signal Analyzers and RF Sensors
Agilent's spin off of Keysight unleashed a giant in the military RF monitoring marketplace, with 12 R & D centers worldwide and 9,500 employees including the largest sales and support staff in its sector. Keysight's emergence as a solo player focused on electronic test & measurement, RF signal analysis represents an important and beneficial development to the … [Read more...]
ELTA Systems: Going Passive on Mobile and SATCOM Interception
Based in Ashdod, ELTA Systems, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), is one of Israel’s foremost electronic warfare and intelligence companies -- many would say the undisputed leader in advanced radar sensor technologies used in the air, on the ground and at sea. The company’s Tac4G system, in combination with data from ELTA’s Black Granite tactical radar data, … [Read more...]
Military eLoran and JPADs: Escape from GPS Jamming
South Korean eLoran - North Can't Jam It. Since deployment of the first constellation of 24 Global Positioning Satellites in 1994, GPS has grown to become the go-to location technology for commercial enterprises, health care, first responders, consumer smart devices and the military, and at the same time experienced a noticeable rise in a major downside, signal jamming. In … [Read more...]