Electronic Warfare

Loyal Farnborough attendees will remember a decade ago when torrential rain forced an early end to one of the trade days. There is a different kind of storm brewing for this year’s air show.

South Korea’s plans to upgrade its Boeing F-15Es with the BAE Systems ALQ-250 Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS) are advancing under a contract for delivery of the system.

The UK Defense Ministry is canvassing industry about potential counter-drone electronic warfare (EW) systems it could provide to Ukraine.

Ukraine requires $4.4 billion in electronic warfare systems for 2026 as international coalition works to meet urgent defense needs against Russia.

Germany prioritizes rapid military capability upgrades to address space gaps while pursuing long-term sovereign solutions.

Saab unveils compact passive EW sensor for border surveillance with 1-18 GHz coverage.

Ukraine’s multidomain trench warfare stalemate demands new tech breakthroughs to regain maneuverability.

The U.S. Air Force is exploring the addition of one-way attack drones to its arsenal, seeking domestically sourced designs that comply with U.S. technology policies and avoid reliance on Chinese components.

Lockheed Martin has received a $233 million contract to deliver infrared search and track sensors to the U.S. Navy.

The U.S. Space Force expects to soon receive the first Counter Communications System Meadowlands electronic warfare jamming production unit.

RTX preps upgrades to Next-Generation Jammer Mid-Band system, drawing on early operational lessons, as as it awaits the service’s full-rate production decision.

Spire Global is expanding its space systems offering to detect radio frequency signals, including efforts to disrupt global navigation satellite services such as GPS.

A Russian Altius long-endurance uncrewed air vehicle (UAV) crashed July 8 during flight testing near Kazan.

The German government has accused China of lasing one of its aircraft.

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force is looking to modernize against a wide, growing array of threats, from new ballistic missiles to next-generation fighters.

German companies are pressing their case for Germany to invest in enhanced electronic attack capabilities.

The end of the stealth era is coming and it is coming at the hands of quantum sensing, the deputy director of a Pentagon agency says.

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Western militaries confront the reality that Russian electromagnetic spectrum warfare puts everything in the crosshairs, from GPS-guided weapons to satellites.

A raid in Yemen inaugurates a new era in U.S. battlefield airborne electronic attack that may be defined by 50 years of continuous evolution.

The ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield system passed a safety of flight check, clearing the system for flight tests to begin “soon” and deliveries to start in late 2025.

Two U.S. Air Force F-16 Block 50s finished the month with 45 flight hours with the ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) aboard.

The electronic warfare mission support tasks for the Ukrainian F-16s donated by the Netherlands and Denmark are being “onboarded” as a new FMS case.

Military and defense industry officials want to solve both problems.

The winner of the Advanced Electronic Warfare suite will replace the F/A-18E/F’s existing system, which combines subsystems supplied by both companies.