Electronic Warfare

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.

Saab is planning technology demonstrations to prove to Sweden's government that it can develop the nation’s next combat aircraft.

Australian company is drawing on its space sensor background to hone in on reusable, low-cost UAS.

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Leveraging cloud-native architectures can help the U.S. military modernize electromagnetic spectrum operations.

Lockheed Martin’s two electronic warfare pod programs progress toward flight testing and airworthiness certification.

The Advanced Electronic Warfare program seeks to replace the original L3Harris ALQ-214 self-defense jammer and the Raytheon ALR-67(V)3 radar warning receiver.

A request for information posted on Oct. 11 seeks options for an “emerging requirement” for surveillance platforms capable of sustained flight above 60,000 ft.