Leonardo has delivered the first of four counter-drone systems to the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) as the air arm seeks to protect its bases.

General Dynamics Mission Systems will serve as a value-added reseller of counter-drone systems developed by Dedrone, the companies announced Sept 3.

The European Common Radar System (ECRS) Mk. 2 will provide the UK Typhoon fleet with electronic attack and warfare capabilities beyond the ECRS Mk. 1 sensor for the German and Spanish air forces.

The Pentagon has named Silicon Valley insider Victoria Coleman as U.S. DARPA director.

The Philippines has ordered four Mitsubishi Electric ground-based radars, boosting its air surveillance capability while handing Japan its first export order for complete military systems since a ban on sales abroad was lifted.

The U.S. Navy is seeking information from industry to equip Navy and Marine Corps aircraft with portable automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) In receivers to display weather and traffic data in the cockpit.

The Raytheon-built radar jammer confirmed safety-of-flight characteristics during the sortie by the VX-23 flight test squadron at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.

South Korea’s defense ministry and Hanwha have rolled out a prototype for the radar of the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-X fighter, following delivery of a ground-test unit in April.