Attorney General William Barr has issued guidance describing a process by which Department of Justice agencies can seek approval to use counter-drone systems to protect designated assets and facilities from rogue unmanned aircraft.

A new electronic warfare upgrade for the U.S. Air National Guard and Reserve F-16 fleets establishes Elbit Systems of America in the U.S. market for fixed-wing aircraft survivability equipment and opens the door to follow-on sales, the company’s CEO said during an April 14 interview. 

The U.S. Air Force has started a new phase of integration and electromagnetic interference testing on a $3 billion electronic warfare upgrade for the F-15E and F-15EX fleets, the service announced in an April 14 news release.

The U.S. Army’s future aviation fleet could fly with a newly-developed electronic countermeasure suite.

Made by Lockheed Martin, Space Fence is expected to vastly increase the number of objects in orbit that can be tracked from Earth.

Radar development for the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-X is moving toward production of a prototype, following evaluation of a technology demonstrator in Israel and South Korea.

A pending U.S. Navy contract will continue development and testing of a congressionally-directed radar upgrade option for the Northrop Grumman E-2D. 

LIG Nex1 is this year beginning a fourth phase in its effort to develop an advanced fighter radar, aiming at reducing the size of transmission and reception units so it can squeeze more power into the nose of a combat aircraft.