Industry

Anduril reveals Roadrunner drone, mum on first US customer

The baseline model can quickly launch and fly at high subsonic speeds and its payloads can be reconfigured for a variety of missions.

5 hours ago

Seven questions with BAE Systems’ US chief executive

Tom Arseneault spoke with Defense News about the war in Ukraine and balancing current and future needs

14 hours ago

An ALE system is launched from a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter, as testing commences during Project Convergence in September 2020.

UAS

Lockheed, Northrop win US Army contract for spy gear on launched drones

Launched effects — hurtling outward from vehicles and aircraft — are meant to complement equipment soldiers already rely on to scout, target, jam and kill.

AI can shore up federal cybersecurity overwhelmed by data, GDIT says

Machines and programs can handle rote tasks, freeing up manpower already spread thin and sought after.

3 days ago

Opinion

Modular Open System Architecture allows continuous weapon upgrades

MOSA uses standardized connections between major parts of a system that allows easy replacement of major components, subsystems and software.

3 days ago

Raytheon, an RTX business, won a four-year, $15 million contract to increase the electronic capability of radio frequency sensors with high-power-density Gallium nitride transistors.

Ice Ice Baby: Raytheon uses diamonds to keep radars cool

"If we can relax the heat problem," a DARPA program manager said, "we can crank up the amplifier and increase the range of radar."

4 days ago

Netherlands wants to join Europe’s OCCAR joint armament project

The organization manages a portfolio of 17 projects including the A400M air lifter, the FREMM multi-mission frigate and the Eurodrone.

7 days ago

Opinion

The case for LEO satellite connectivity in $50 billion EIS contract

The contracting vehicle is designed to enable federal agencies to procure mission-critical telecommunications, infrastructure and technology services.

7 days ago

Canada delays $3.6 billion Reaper buy until drones can work in Arctic

The need to operate at high northern latitudes requires the use of satellites and communication components not previously integrated on the MQ-9.

8 days ago

Opinion

5 steps to better artificial intelligence procurement

Over the past 75 years or so, we have come simply to accept that policy lags technology.

9 days ago

DARPA eyes creation of next-generation semiconductor manufacturing hub

DARPA hopes the program, dubbed Next-Generation Microelectronics Manufacturing, will give the U.S. industrial base a leading technological edge.

9 days ago

Replicator candidates to be chosen by early December, Pentagon says

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks laid out the timeline for Replicator, an initiative to field thousands of drones within 24 months.

10 days ago

Opinion

Here’s the counter-drone platforms now deployed in Ukraine

Both Ukraine and Russia have used relatively inexpensive UAS to destroy multi-million-dollar tanks, air defenses, helicopters and aircraft.

10 days ago

China taps Mideast airshow to prime regional defense cooperation

U.S. military officials have described a trend of Beijing trying to displace regional countries' ties with Washington.

11 days ago

Ursa Major to 3D print solid rocket motor cases

Ursa Major hopes a 3D printing approach to production could one day help replenish depleted stocks of critical weapons such as Javelins and Stingers.

11 days ago

Brazilian firm Mac Jee unveils exploding drone, with demo in months

A demonstration of the drone is scheduled for next year during the World Defense Show in Saudi Arabia.

14 days ago

Northrop pushes Battle Command tool to a missile-defense hungry Europe

The company is marketing its Integrated Battle Command System as the glue for disparate systems.

14 days ago

NATO to buy 6 Boeing Wedgetails to update surveillance capability

The contract with the company — one of the military organization’s biggest-ever purchases — is set to be signed next year.

14 days ago

The U.S. Air Force tapped Lockheed Martin for its TPY-4 radar, pictured here in an anechoic chamber, in 2022.

Lockheed will deliver advanced TPY-4 radar to Air Force for evaluation

The system features an active electronically scanned array. Its many nodules allow for multitasking and rapid repogramming.

2 weeks ago

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The baseline model can quickly launch and fly at high subsonic speeds and its payloads can be reconfigured for a variety of missions.

Tom Arseneault spoke with Defense News about the war in Ukraine and balancing current and future needs

Launched effects — hurtling outward from vehicles and aircraft — are meant to complement equipment soldiers already rely on to scout, target, jam and kill.

Machines and programs can handle rote tasks, freeing up manpower already spread thin and sought after.

MOSA uses standardized connections between major parts of a system that allows easy replacement of major components, subsystems and software.

"If we can relax the heat problem," a DARPA program manager said, "we can crank up the amplifier and increase the range of radar."

The organization manages a portfolio of 17 projects including the A400M air lifter, the FREMM multi-mission frigate and the Eurodrone.

The contracting vehicle is designed to enable federal agencies to procure mission-critical telecommunications, infrastructure and technology services.

The need to operate at high northern latitudes requires the use of satellites and communication components not previously integrated on the MQ-9.

Over the past 75 years or so, we have come simply to accept that policy lags technology.

DARPA hopes the program, dubbed Next-Generation Microelectronics Manufacturing, will give the U.S. industrial base a leading technological edge.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks laid out the timeline for Replicator, an initiative to field thousands of drones within 24 months.

Both Ukraine and Russia have used relatively inexpensive UAS to destroy multi-million-dollar tanks, air defenses, helicopters and aircraft.

U.S. military officials have described a trend of Beijing trying to displace regional countries' ties with Washington.

Ursa Major hopes a 3D printing approach to production could one day help replenish depleted stocks of critical weapons such as Javelins and Stingers.

A demonstration of the drone is scheduled for next year during the World Defense Show in Saudi Arabia.

The company is marketing its Integrated Battle Command System as the glue for disparate systems.

The contract with the company — one of the military organization’s biggest-ever purchases — is set to be signed next year.

The system features an active electronically scanned array. Its many nodules allow for multitasking and rapid repogramming.