Rockwell Collins tactical targeting network technology successfully tested with F-22 Raptors May 7, 2008
Posted by John in Business, Military, Technology.Tags: Cedar Rapids (Iowa), F-22 Raptor, Langley Air Force Base, Lockheed Martin, Nellis Air Force Base, Rockwell Collins, Tactical Targeting Network Technology, TTNT, United States Air Force
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The U.S. Air Force says it has successfully tested a classified information transmission technology from two F-22 Raptor aircrafts to ground stations.
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptors sent the classified sensor data from the air to Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada and Langley Air Force Base in Virginia with new tactical targeting network technology [TTNT] under development by Rockwell Collins. …
“This is the first time in history that F-22 sensor data was down-linked to the Combined Air Operations Center using a tactical network.” …
Related news from May 27, 2006 Gazette:
Test verifies Collins’ new defense technology
Wireless network on target in Nevada
By Dave DeWitte
The GazetteThe U.S. Air Force has completed a successful demonstration of the Rockwell Collins tactical targeting network technology as part the recent Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.
Tactical targeting network technology is a high-bandwidth wireless network developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that transmits information used to target munitions from aircraft.
In the experiment, two fighters, two bombers and two command aircraft equipped with the Collins technology participated in five days of flights. Mobile and fixed-forward ground nodes used the network to extend the reach of Internet protocol-enabled software applications and integrate the tactical targeting network technology subnetwork with a fixed ground network.
The demonstration verified the ability of the Collins network to connect cross-service military units to a common network, according to Bruce King, vice president and general manager of communications systems for Collins. He said the capability will ultimately allow the military to reduce the number of manned missions, while delivering a minimum number of weapons against enemy forces.
Later field testing and deployment of the network will be done through the Collins’ multifunctional information distribution system and its joint tactical radio system program. It will be managed out of the Space and Naval War Systems Command in San Diego.
Matt Damon filmed this week for movie about ADM executive-turned-informant May 7, 2008
Posted by John in Agriculture, Business, Entertainers.Tags: Actors, Archer Daniels Midland Co, Corn, Decatur (Illinois), Mark Whitacre, Matt Damon, price fixing, Steven Soderbergh
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ADM (Archer Daniels Midland Co.) operates corn processing plants in Cedar Rapids and is considered one of the area’s largest manufacturing employers.
Photos at Yahoo! News from Sunday filming of ‘The Informant‘ in Decatur, Illinois:
Matt Damon talks to director Steven Soderbergh on location for filming of ‘The Informant’ in downtown Decatur, Ill. on Sunday, May 4, 2008. Damon portrays Mark Whitacre, in the true story of an executive-turned-informant at agri-business giant Archer Daniels Midland in Central Illinois. (AP Photo/Herald & Review, Lisa Morrison)
Source of photos is Herald & Review, which has a page dedicated to the newspaper’s ongoing coverage of film-related news. They even have a Matt Damon Sightings Map - but beware of look-alikes.
