BAE Systems, a leader in optical electronic warfare systems, today unveiled its Smart D2™ system, a next-generation threat management technology named for its ability to dispense countermeasures and defend military aircraft. The system efficiently manages and deploys smart, expendable countermeasures – including multi-shot flares, active radio-frequency (RF) decoys, and kinetic interceptors – that are designed…
Orbital ATK Takes NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program to Record New Heights
Orbital ATK today announced a record total of five successful scientific balloon flight launches at this year’s NASA Antarctica Long Duration Balloon Flight Campaign. The launches occurred in Antarctica from Nov. 28 through Dec. 12. All five balloons remained airborne for six days through Dec. 18 marking a new flight record for NASA’s scientific balloon…
Orbital ATK Awarded Major Contract for Medium-Range Ballistic Missile Target Rockets
Orbital ATK has been awarded a major new contract by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to supply medium-range target rockets to support the testing of the country’s missile defense systems. The company was awarded a development and production contract under the Medium-Range Ballistic Missile Type 3 Configuration 2 (MRBM T3c2) target program, which carries…
Samsung Electronics Announces $1.2B Vision for Internet of Things
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman and CEO Dr. Oh-Hyun Kwon unveiled today Samsung’s vision for ‘Human-Centered IoT,’ including a strategy to spend $1.2 billion over 4 years for U.S.-based Internet of Things (IoT) R&D and investments. This will be led by the Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center, Global Innovation Center and Samsung Research America, part of…