Sensors & Electronic Warfare

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has opened its Extreme Computing Facility in Rome, New York.

The differentiator in military programs is shifting from platforms to software. Listen in to hear how this change is transforming industry.

QinetiQ is adapting the four-engine airliner to become an Airborne Technology Demonstrator to support radar and sensor integration work for future programs.

The U.S. Air Force will begin receiving technical data on the Boeing-Leonardo MH-139 helicopter beginning this fall.

The flight on Jan. 25 at the Eglin Test and Training Complex off the Florida coast builds on four years of experiments by the Air Force Research Laboratory.

The ban affects any drone with beyond-line-of-sight range, endurance greater than 30-min., takeoff weight of more than 7 kg or an empty weight more than 4 kg.

RTX business Collins Aerospace has announced that integration of its MS-110 sensor onto the F-16 aircraft has been completed.

Editors discuss Northrop's exit from the U.S. Air Force’s competition to replace the F-22 and the implications of L3Harris’ acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne.

The U.S. Army has combined Tranche 2 and Tranche 3 for the Short-Range Reconnaissance program into a single production order of 12,000 drones over 10 years.

Indra is to upgrade the self-protection suites of the Spanish Air Force’s Airbus C295 airlifter fleet.

Australia, the UK and the U.S. in July signed a cooperation agreement to work together on future upgrades to the E-7A, with a focus on interoperability.

New technology is making simulated training more powerful than ever, but obstacles remain for the U.S. military to exploit recent advances fully.

Thales said July 25 it will buy a U.S.-based data and applications cybersecurity company called Imperva for $3.6 billion.

Raytheon has filed two pre-award protests against the Dual Band Decoy program since May 12 with the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak revealed in May that his government was in advanced talks to obtain early warning aircraft from Sweden.

China’s move to restrict gallium exports effective Aug. 1 highlights the need to strengthen the U.S. and its allies’ critical mineral supply chain resilience.

The first operational problem tackled by the ABMS team quietly reached a milestone in June.

The UK Defense Ministry signs an RTX contract extension for 1,000 Landshield anti-jamming antennas.

Boeing and Northrop Grumman are the latest A&D OEMs to join the Department of Defense’s Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes-Commercial (RAMP-C) program.

Leonardo UK and its U.S.-based subsidiary, Leonardo Electronics US, signed a memorandum of understanding with SNC.

L3Harris plans to transfer a mission system integrated on the out-of-production Gulfstream G550 to the military version of the Bombardier Global 6500.

The “joint vision statement” stops short of a legal contract but commits the three E-7 buyers to develop new capabilities together.

The Australian Defense Department and quantum technologies company Q-CTRL have agreed to develop quantum sensors for air and maritime applications.

The integration of new radars into the Eurofighter Typhoon looks set to bring a step change in the platform’s capability.

BAE Systems is to flight-test a Eurofighter Typhoon equipped with multi-core computer processors as part of ongoing efforts to redesign the fighter.