Sensors & Electronic Warfare Analysis
Oct 20, 2016
In this week’s roundup: India buys Russian SAMs; Taiwan begins production of a Patriot-like air defense system; U.S. Air Force prepares to send a powerful telescope to Australia; and Malaysia gets an up-close look at Typhoon fighters.
Oct 13, 2016
In this week’s roundup: DigitalGlobe acquisition adds to its analysis prowess; Bangladesh buys a C295W; Raytheon wraps up risk-reduction testing on GPS III OCX; and the U.S. Army opts for a new version of the Switchblade UAV.
Sep 29, 2016
AeroVironment’s Blackwing lets a submarine control unmanned underwater vehicles; Lockheed Martin’s Vector Hawk launches from a UUV; and General Atomics’ Predator flies pod that extends data-link networks—UAS show potential to bridge combat domains.
Sep 26, 2016
As the U.S. Air Force presses forward with its J-Stars Recapitalization competition, a 10-aircraft Compass Call requirement has manufacturers vying for special-mission work.
Aug 25, 2016
Radars operating at lower frequencies is the most common approach to overcoming stealth technology. Why do they work and what are their limitations?
Oct 14, 2022
Top Russian government officials are reacting to a lack of sufficient uncrewed air vehicles in their country’s military arsenal, saying they are an “urgent need.”
Oct 11, 2022
A new software application designed to steer the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift fleet through holes in an enemy’s advanced air defenses is ready for flight demonstrations, Northrop Grumman says.
Oct 11, 2022
U.S. Army officials said on Oct. 11 that they will soon launch a competition for industry to supply a batch of contractor-owned, contractor-operated business jets equipped with a suite of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance payloads.
Oct 05, 2022
DARPA has launched its Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay program, an effort to demonstrate the long-distance wireless transmission of energy using lasers and UAVs as relays.
Sep 29, 2022
Elbit Systems confirmed that it has secured a contract with the Royal Thai Navy for its Hermes 900 uncrewed aerial system.
Sep 28, 2022
The demonstrations are a key step in Lockheed Martin's plans to develop private 5G ultra wideband communications technology for military applications.
Sep 20, 2022
The upgrade will allow the AGS aircraft to detect and track vessels moving on the water's surface and identify noncooperative targets.
Sep 14, 2022
DARPA has announced its Steerable Optical Aperture Receivers program, an effort to identify promising new approaches to optical beam steering in miniature form for use in laser communications or LiDAR.