Sensors & Electronic Warfare

The UK Royal Navy is set to operate Schiebel’s Camcopter rotary-wing uncrewed air system from its Type 23 frigates.

The first U.S. surveillance fleet with a craft beer as a namesake inherits a counter-drug spy mission flown by a four-decade-old string of modified turboprops.

Asked whether the objects shot down on Feb. 10 and Feb. 11 were balloons, Schumer replied, “They believe they were, yes."

Balloon industry says it can survey the Earth better than satellites and for less cost.

Key lawmakers are already calling for improvements to air surveillance to better detect high-altitude intrusions over the U.S.

The goals of the effort suggest a future battlefield in which robotic air/ground teams are able to perform missions with little risk to human operators.

Proposals for the Ground Organic Loitering Aerial Munition-Echelon II (GOLAM-II) are due on Feb. 24.

The AIR5349 Phase 6 Project aims to “ensure commonality” between Australia's EA-18G electronic warfare aircraft and the U.S. Navy’s Growler fleet.

A zigzagging Chinese high-altitude balloon roving across the U.S. recalls a history of lighter-than-air spy missions and highlights a new trend.

The program seeks to validate a cost-saving approach to fielding aircraft, with the Air Force’s proposed Collaborative Combat Aircraft as a potential recipient.

The F-35 now can use the Multi-Utilization Secure Tactical And Network Ground Station, a ground system that receives and relays data from an in-flight F-35.

The ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield completed an internal critical design review, the company announced on Jan. 30.

The Pentagon on Jan. 25 issued an updated version of its decade-old guidance governing the development of autonomous systems.

All deliveries from the sole-source contract are expected to be completed within two years of the award of an $87 million, sole-source contract.

Europe’s industry is exploring the role of cybertechniques as a means to defeat increasingly advanced air defenses.

The recent demonstration at Northrop’s new 5G lab included AT&T’s private 5G network and Fujitsu’s Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN)-compliant infrastructure.

The Netherlands is looking to purchase additional payloads for its General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper.

Program officials now say they are waiting for flight test data before Technology Refresh 3 is approved to enter production on Lot 15 aircraft.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office on Jan. 13 published a report taking stock of ABMS.

The ministry’s spending plan will invest in uncrewed types of aircraft, ground vehicles, surface ships and submarines.

If testing continues through the end of 2023, the JPO may not be able to deliver the TR-3 to Lockheed’s production system for operational F-35s until 2024.

Airbus and VDL Group will work together on the terminal, to be called UltraAir, developing a prototype for flight test demonstration in 2024.

The program has offered few details of the APG-85, but the upgrade comes amidst an industry-wide transition by AESA radar manufacturers to gallium nitride.

The research laboratory is inviting researchers and students to develop AI algorithms.

The U.S. Army wants to develop a common mission system for targeting and CNI functions between the V-280 and FARA fleets.