Sensors & Electronic Warfare

An automated data feed translation tool has been transferred by DARPA’s Mosaic program to the U.S. Air Force.

Aircraft propulsion concepts, radio-frequency sensors, mesh networks and autonomous control systems are driving a reimagining of roles.

A tacair subcommittee member has proposed that the Air Force study the “feasibility and advisability” of integrating a Raytheon ALQ-249 mid-band radar jammer on its tactical fighter fleet.

After a highly anticipated Boeing F-15J upgrade project was halted and Lockheed Martin was chosen for the Japanese F-X next-generation fighter, Boeing is now in a holding pattern ready to support Japanese fighter programs.

Shield AI has acquired the small company that created an artificial intelligence agent that won DARPA’s AlphaDogfight trials last year.

UK advances drone swarms and combat cloud capabilities to enhance networked warfare.

The U.S. Air Force has performed an inflight, beyond-line-of-sight update to the Lockheed Martin F-16’s electronic warfare (EW) software, showing off

The age of space tourism may have only just begun, with Virgin Galactic’s passenger flight last weekend.

In its latest defense white paper, the Japanese defense ministry names China as its main security threat and for the first time includes the stability of Taiwan in the annual report.

A South African-designed competitor for U.S. Special Operations Command’s (SOCOM) Armed Overwatch program was damaged on July 9.

The U.S. Navy plans to modernize the most critical standoff jamming system in the military’s inventory for the first time since 1971.

NATO has launched a new phase in its Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (AFSC) contest to find a replacement for its Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne-early-warning platforms.

Pegasus—short for Persistent German Airborne Surveillance Systems—will see Hensoldt equip a trio of Bombardier Global 6000 business jet platforms with a signals intelligence system called Kalaetron, a development of the company’s Integrated Signal Intelligence System (ISIS) which was developed for the failed Eurohawk program.

The U.S. Navy has cleared the service’s first new standoff jamming system in more than 50 years to enter production. The Raytheon ALQ-249(V)1 Next

A new way to process data from older radars might allow NORAD to operate the airborne early-warning system above the Arctic for years.

Gallium nitride has migrated across terrestrial radar applications for a decade but is ready to enter the challenging market for fighters.

Pentagon Kicks Off AI, Data Acceleration Initiative The Pentagon is launching a new AI and Data Acceleration effort to quicken Joint All-Domain Command and Control development, according to a June 21 memo.

During Phase 1, L3 and Raytheon teams will demonstrate electronic intelligence (ELINT) and communications intelligence (COMINT) sensors under controlled conditions.

A $10.2 million line item in the Air Force’s budget request for fiscal 2022 proposes to eliminate the EWO station inside the B-52, reducing the crew to a B-1B-like four.

The Pentagon is sending a new $150 million package to Ukraine for counter-unmanned aerial systems, secure communications gear, counter artillery radars and medical evacuation equipment to preserve the nation’s territorial integrity.

The U.S. Air Force has restructured the Advanced Battle Management System program in a manner that will allow the service to communicate more clearly on Capitol Hill and to regularly deliver new capability.

The Air Force spared the U-2S from a list of hundreds of proposed aircraft divestments next year, but details buried deep within the fiscal 2022 budget request unveiled on May 29 reveal the aircraft’s long-term fate.

Despite being named the U.S. Air Force’s second-highest modernization priority only months ago, the Biden administration’s fiscal 2022 budget request

U.S. Space Force declassifies program that replaces part of J-Stars mission.

U.S. Special Operations Command has started to reinvent how it provides airborne reconnaissance as the threat pushes existing platforms out of the airspace, the organization’s acquisition executive said on May 18.