NATO has launched a new phase in its Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (AFSC) contest to find a replacement for its Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne-early-warning platforms.

Pegasus—short for Persistent German Airborne Surveillance Systems—will see Hensoldt equip a trio of Bombardier Global 6000 business jet platforms with a signals intelligence system called Kalaetron, a development of the company’s Integrated Signal Intelligence System (ISIS) which was developed for the failed Eurohawk program. 

The U.S. Navy has cleared the service’s first new standoff jamming system in more than 50 years to enter production. The Raytheon ALQ-249(V)1 Next…

Pentagon Kicks Off AI, Data Acceleration Initiative  The Pentagon is launching a new AI and Data Acceleration effort to quicken Joint All-Domain Command and Control development, according to a June 21 memo.

During Phase 1, L3 and Raytheon teams will demonstrate electronic intelligence (ELINT) and communications intelligence (COMINT) sensors under controlled conditions. 

A $10.2 million line item in the Air Force’s budget request for fiscal 2022 proposes to eliminate the EWO station inside the B-52, reducing the crew to a B-1B-like four. 

The Pentagon is sending a new $150 million package to Ukraine for counter-unmanned aerial systems, secure communications gear, counter artillery radars and medical evacuation equipment to preserve the nation’s territorial integrity.

The U.S. Air Force has restructured the Advanced Battle Management System program in a manner that will allow the service to communicate more clearly on Capitol Hill and to regularly deliver new capability.