Sensors & Electronic Warfare

The U.S. Navy wants to replace the radio-frequency countermeasures and radar-warning receiver systems on its Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets with a new electronic warfare system.

Leonardo to replace U.S. Navy TH-XX; U.S. seeks ground-based radar; French firms team to develop sigint platform; Japan's pilot training.

The new pod will become one of the key capabilities for the F/A-18E/F Block III that is scheduled to enter flight testing in a few months.

BridgeComm and Boeing’s HorizonX are exploring applications for a new, ultra-high-speed communications network for systems on land, in the air and in space.

The Archange aircraft will use Thales’ CUGE universal electronic warfare payload, and will replace the French Air Force's two C-160G Gabriel platforms.

Thales and Leonardo, plans to study potential military uses of the Stratobus as part of a contract issued by the French defense materiel agency, DGA, and announced on Jan. 8.

Israel’s defense ministry confirms Elbit Systems is developing a technology demonstrator for an aircraft self-protect laser.

NATO alliance wants AFSC ready for 2035 when its Boeing E-3 Sentries are finally retired.

The Alliance Ground System program has faced off political, programmatic, legal and technical hurdles.

The Pentagon acquisition executive and her Indian counterpart have agreed to a U.S.-India Defense Technology Initiative.

Leonardo has begun flight tests of the latest iteration of its Osprey active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar.

The company has tested miniaturized radar warning receiver technology in support the UK’s Tempest fighter.

The DOD has launched a new effort to streamline the process for getting information about hostile radar emitters into the threat libraries of combat platforms.

Plans to buy new fighters, helicopters, tankers and tiltrotors are on hold until a new government can be formed.

Turkey’s defense ties with Russia are causing problems with NATO and the U.S., while local weapons development continues.

A year of change is in store for the military organizations tasked with intercepting missiles launched from another continent. In the U.S., the $160

A blueprint that could define a dramatic shift in the U.S. approach to airpower after 2030 could emerge next year

A legal dispute between Lockheed Martin and the U.S. government that held up development of a key F-35 testing system is not currently delaying the effort, says the manufacturer.

The U.S. Air Force’s Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization Payload can transition to the manufacturing phase after successfully completing a critical design review.

BAE Systems has received a DARPA contract to develop a mission planning system that will enable users to call on sensors and weapons on other platforms and in other operational domains to attack pop-up targets.

Marines choose UAS prize challenge winners; KF-X to receive Meteor missiles; Vying for F-16 EW upgrades and Lockheed’s UK ambitions.

Middle East countries and companies are not necessarily facing greater cyber security challenges than their contemporaries elsewhere in the world, says at least one company active in regional cyber security programs.

New communication systems and data links to improve interoperability are at the heart of a $1 billion upgrade to NATO’s fleet of Boeing E-3A Sentry airborne early warning aircraft.

The U.S. Navy has completed the final flight of the Lockheed P-3C Orion by an active duty squadron, closing out a 57-year era of maritime patrol flights by the four-engine, turboprop aircraft.

If proof were needed of the rapid pace of innovation in aerospace, attention should be paid to the Leonardo-Diamond collaboration, the DA62 MSA (Mission Surveillance Aircraft).