U.S. Shopping For High-Altitude Electronic Attack Payload

Credit: Airbus Defense & Space. A newly developed, long-term campaign plan by U.S. Northern Command calls for a shift to autonomous systems to defend the homeland, U.S. Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck said March 6.

The U.S. Army has started searching for a new electronic attack payload to install on a future high-altitude platform, expanding a vision by ground forces to operate their own aerial systems in the stratosphere. A request for information (RFI) published on May 8 seeks white papers from companies...

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