South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has announced plans to develop an electronic warfare platform domestically.

Akaer and Intra are scheduled to fly the first Samoom by the end of the year, but the timing could be extended.

The concept scales up the Flying Launch and Recovery System (FLARES) developed a nearly a decade ago for the 58-lb. Scan Eagle.

The ALQ-249 replaces one of the three ALQ-99 tactical jamming system pods now used by the EA-18G.

The Joint Staff last year accepted a plan to cut the program of record for the MQ-4C by 46 aircraft, limiting orbits to the Pacific, Atlantic and Gulf regions.

Japan has already sold the MELCO-built J/FPS-3ME air surveillance radar system to the Philippines.

The Multi-Domain Operations Radar for Air-Launched Effects (ALE) has entered the competitive phase of the acquisition process.

When the U.S. Space Development Agency’s first ten satellites become operational, it will mark the start of a massive change in the Pentagon’s architecture.