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By Michael Bruno
Jana Partners is stepping up its daily operational control and strategic restructuring of embattled defense electronics specialist Mercury Systems.
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Frank Cavallaro
With soaring demand for semiconductors, aerospace and defense companies need a sound strategy for securing components.
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By Brian Everstine
Leidos has received a $48 million contract to start training the U.S. Army's future high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance pilots.
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By Tony Osborne
Officials hope investments such as Radar 2 may encourage Eurofighter Typhoon export customers such as Saudi Arabia to sign on the dotted line for more fighters.
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By Michael Bruno
The leadership changes follow the defense electronics specialist undertaking a strategic review in January.
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By Steve Trimble
Elbit Systems has unveiled the Nano SPEAR, a radio-frequency countermeasure dispensed like a passive chaff system but which functions like an active decoy.
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By Tony Osborne
The selection of Saab's Arexis electronic-warfare suite is part of an initial effort to add a SEAD/DEAD and EW capability to the Eurofighter.
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By Steve Trimble
Germany’s defense procurement office has not signed a contract yet, but the announcement appears to end a four-way competition.
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By Tony Osborne
Saab says the deployable tower is fully developed and ready for potential use by militaries and humanitarian organizations.
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By Steve Trimble
The fly-off will gather data for the U.S. Army to select a new radar to replace the Lynx synthetic aperture radar payload for the “M25” version of the MQ-1C.
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By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. has delivered the first Boeing E-767 AWACS aircraft with an enhanced mission-computing upgrade to the Japan Air Self Defense Force.
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By Steve Trimble
The goal is to achieve size, weight and power savings for Future Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft and other existing Army rotorcraft, the RFI says.
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By Tony Osborne
Ascent Flight Training has secured a £125 million ($156 million) contract to train rear crew for the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Space Force is working to sell a ground-based satellite communications jammer to multiple foreign nations.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
Canada has released a solicitation for high-altitude UAS, but the Special Operations Command is disclosing few details.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
The Organic Tactical Unmanned Systems (OTUS) program intends to “bring taskable autonomy squad-relevant UAVs,” SCCI said in a May 31 news release.
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By Steve Trimble
The MAD-XR’s highly sensitive magnetometer will be installed on board the four-engine P-1s by Mitsubishi Electric Corp.
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By Steve Trimble
The first B-52 has arrived at a Boeing modification facility to kick off the developmental testing phase of the $2.8 billion radar modernization program.
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By Chen Chuanren
North Korean state media was unusually quick to announce the failed launch of the spy satellite on the morning of May 31.
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By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force hailed the test flights as a “groundbreaking achievement," but magnetic navigation technology still faces technical limitations.
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By Tony Osborne
Poland is to invest in airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft from Sweden, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak has revealed.
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By Steve Trimble
Dueling AESA options for the F/A-50 show how far the technology has come in a short amount of time, thanks to the advent of gallium nitride semiconductors.
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By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force wants two additional deep-space tracking radars deployed.
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By Tony Osborne
Raytheon's PhantomStrike was one of several AESA radar sets being considered for Poland’s future FA-50PL fleet being built by KAI.
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By Kim Minseok
A prototype of the ESR-500A AESA radar intended to replace the the FA-50 light fighter’s EL/M-2032 radar has been revealed by LIG Nex1 and KAI.
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