DefenceTalkA map showing paths taken by users of an exercise tracking app reveals potentially sensitive information about American and allied military personnel in places including Iraq and Syria. While some bases are well known to groups that might want to attack them, the map also shows what appear to be routes taken by forces moving […]https://www.defencetalk.com/exercise-tracking-map-highlights-locations-of-deployed-troops-71381/

DefenceTalkWorld nations struck a landmark deal Wednesday on using satellites to track flights, which could prove key to preventing a repeat of the mysterious disappearance of flight MH370 in March 2014. Countries reached an accord at a conference hosted by the UN’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU) that aimed to improve on the current civilian flight-tracking […]https://www.defencetalk.com/world-nations-reach-landmark-deal-on-satellites-to-track-flights-65824/

DefenceTalkCountries are nearing agreement on using satellites to track flights, as they strive to prevent a repeat of the mysterious disappearance of flight MH370 in March 2014, a high-level US official said Thursday. “We believe the world is close to a solution on global flight tracking,” said US ambassador Decker Anstrom, who heads Washington’s delegation […]https://www.defencetalk.com/deal-on-using-satellites-for-global-flight-tracking-in-sight-us-65777/

DefenceTalkThe Pentagon has moved one step closer toward its goal of creating an unmanned, autonomous patrol ship. Set to drift in the high seas, the robotic Sea Hunter will silently follow potentially hostile submarines. In 1872, British sailors spotted the Mary Celeste off the coast of the Azores. With a single lifeboat missing, but no […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-launches-submarine-tracking-unmanned-ghost-ships-63931/

DefenceTalkRussian naval vessels are to be equipped with a state of the art tracking system which will be able to receive data from space, a source from the Russian military told RIA Novosti Tuesday. “The Russian Northern Fleet has successfully tested the first state of the art tracking system, which receives data from the Liana […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-navy-to-get-new-space-tracking-system-60504/

DefenceTalkTransforming the way units communicate and navigate, the Army’s next generation situational awareness and friendly force tracking system received an unprecedented workout. Marines and Soldiers fought side-by-side to test the capability known as Joint Battle Command-Platform, known as JBC-P, during the Army’s Network Integration Evaluation 14.2, which concluded on May 22. “Over the past 10-plus […]https://www.defencetalk.com/marines-soldiers-test-new-blue-force-tracking-system-at-nie-14-2-59810/

DefenceTalkAccurate tracking of munitions and other assets in harsh and/or sensitive environments is now possible through a wireless automatic identity technology introduced by Lockheed Martin. Working with Visible Assets, Inc., Lockheed Martin co-developed sensitive item tracking capabilities that use magnetic fields to track assets in locations where traditional radio frequency technologies (RFID) encounter challenges. “Historically, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-introduces-secure-wireless-tagging-and-tracking-capability-58840/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Navy recently tested, for the first time on a Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft, the Infrared Search and Track (IRST) sensor that will find hard-to-detect targets over long distances. Boeing and Lockheed Martin are developing and integrating IRST, an essential upgrade to the combat capability of the Navy’s Super Hornets. “Adding an advanced […]https://www.defencetalk.com/u-s-navy-tests-infrared-search-and-track-on-boeing-super-hornet-58800/

DefenceTalkESA’s Galileo satellites have achieved their very first aerial fix of longitude, latitude and altitude, enabling the inflight tracking of a test aircraft. ESA’s four Galileo satellites in orbit have supported months of positioning tests on the ground across Europe since the very first fix back in March. Now the first aerial tracking using Galileo […]https://www.defencetalk.com/galileo-achieves-its-first-airborne-tracking-49937/

DefenceTalkOn the battlefield, situational awareness technologies provide Soldiers with the locations of friendly forces and hostile activity, which can mean the difference between life and death. Now, the Army is upgrading those technologies in theater to operate at increased speeds and include the lowest echelons. With boots on the ground in Afghanistan, Project Manager Joint […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-upgrades-blue-force-tracking-in-afghanistan-to-prepare-for-new-network-46814/