Sensors & Electronic Warfare

Coordinating between varied forces is one issue.

Happenings at Singapore, including new customers a variety of aircraft systems.

The device includes a miniature DRFM jammer.

The pandemic pushed innovations IAI wants to showcase.

Royal Air Force picks Falcon 900LX for VIPs; South Korea’s first P-8; F-15J cost estimate; and the U.S. Air Force’s new acquisition boss.

A new infrared search and track pod for the U.S. Air Force’s F-15C fleet has reached initial operating capability, the service announced Feb. 9.

The U.S. Army is flexing a new high-altitude sensor platform in the skies over Eastern Europe.

The Tempest will feature the Isanke system, which will link all of the fighter's onboard sensors to transform pilot understanding of the battlespace.

Northrop Grumman has delivered the first production version of the MQ-4C Triton to the U.S. Navy that comes equipped with low- and high-band signals intelligence payloads.

A private investing firm associated with Boeing has invested more money in artificial intelligence specialist SparkCognition, helping to push the latter into the coveted “unicorn” realm of pre-revenue companies sporting valuations of $1 billion or more.

The U.S. military has lost normal access to its primary data link due to concerns about a recent software change.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has revealed that the company is in the process of developing a maritime surveillance aircraft (MSA) based on a business jet airframe with an unspecified Asian country.

Leonardo has been awarded contracts worth €260 million to support Hensoldt of Germany’s development of an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for Eurofighters operated by Germany and Spain.

Military requirements for processing power are starting to diverge from the best that commercial industry can offer.

2Excel’s growth has been partly fueled by the transition to the commercial sector of flight testing of defense equipment.

The six-year-old startup, which said it reached profitability in 2020, is one of many targeting the burgeoning counter-UAS product and services market.

Counter-drone systems specialist Dedrone has landed $30.5 million in Series C venture capital, the company announced Dec. 17, and is working to be able to detect, identify and track more than 200 different UAS.

The UK Ministry of Defense has launched a tender for a High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellite to provide continuous communications and intelligence.

The Japanese ministry of defense reportedly has come to an agreement with the relevant U.S. manufacturers and agencies after costs spiraled.

Safran on Dec. 6 said it has entered into exclusive discussions to acquire Orolia from majority shareholder Eurazeo alongside the company’s founders and management to expand its product line and local country footprints.

The new software-based mission system is necessary as the Compass Call fleet transitions to the Baseline 4 capability by 2025.

Space, missile and cyber electronics rollup BlueHalo announced its latest acquisition Nov. 23 with a deal for Asymmetrik, a boutique software provider to the U.S. intelligence community.

Terran Orbital, a small satellite startup that is about to go public, and BigBear.ai have signed a partnership.

As airpower capabilities shift to a non-kinetic focus, the service understands the need to break down obstacles that frustrate attempts to create seamless interoperability with allies.

Three customers are already in the books for the platforms, even before some are operational.