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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."

15 hours ago

Pentagon seeks to rapidly build up information-warfare force

Emerging technologies play a critical role in both waging and foiling influence campaigns, according to the Defense Department's strategy.

7 days ago

UAS

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.

US Navy upgrading torpedoes, leveraging cloud computing for submarines

Apart from defeating torpedoes with torpedoes (yes, you read that right), the Navy is also improving its safety gear.

12 days ago

A ground vehicle is seen at Fort Moore, at the time Fort Benning, during a robotics and autonomous systems industry day in August 2018.

Pentagon teams with MIT on artificial intelligence, big-data education

Building trust between man and machine is a complex process, often requiring repeated exposure, according to a Government Accountability Office report.

12 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.

12 days ago

General Atomics fires back at critics of MQ-9 drone after downing

Experts have questioned the sustainability of flying expensive aircraft in contested environments.

12 days ago

Greek drone maker nears first surveillance drone sale to Athens

Hellenic Aerospace Industry wants to sell its surveillance and combat drones to the Greek armed forces first before pitching to international customers.

12 days ago

Defense contractor Sierra Nevada Corp. spent millions of dollars of its own money refining RAPCON-X, depicted here in a company video.

Sierra Nevada to supply US Army with intel-gathering jets in $554M deal

The U.S. Army is paying particular attention to what's known as deep sensing: the capacity to find, monitor, target and kill from greater distances.

14 days ago

U.S. Army soldiers set up an aiming circle, meant to orient the Q-53 radar, during Operation Thunder Strike in June 2020.

Lockheed seeks expanded roles for Q-53 radar including drone detection

“It’s legacy has been counter-fire,” said Lockheed Martin's David Kenneweg. “Now, we’ve got a multi-mission radar that does multiple things.”

14 days ago

Opinion

We need hard laws on military use of AI — and soon

Is pushback by China, Russia and India insurmountable?

2 weeks ago

The Zephyr drone, an Airbus product, traveled more than 30,000 nautical miles in a single flight during testing in 2022.

Airbus, maker of long-flying Zephyr, launches US drone business

The Pentagon in August rolled out its Replicator initiative, calling for thousands of attritable systems in the field to counter China.

2 weeks ago

Spanish tech center to test Eurodrone’s propulsion system

The deal marks the first step toward the platform’s eventual test flight.

3 weeks ago

U.S. Army Cpl. Jordan Wierzbicki, left, and Spc. Daemon Vann pose in front of a Sentinel A4 sensor while clad in chemical protective gear.

Lockheed to ship advanced Sentinel A4 radars for US Army tests

The radar can plug into the Army’s Integrated Battle Command System, a key piece of the Pentagon’s Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control strategy.

3 weeks ago

US Navy tests sub-launched drones while industry continues designing

The Navy fleet is experimenting with launching and recovering medium UUVs from submarines, even as a formal acquisition effort is still ongoing.

3 weeks ago

Pentagon CIO takes 5G reins amid focus on future networking tech

The transition of the 5G portfolio coincided with the start of the government’s fiscal 2024. The move is in line with the wishes of U.S. lawmakers.

3 weeks ago

Navy surface drone fires its first missile during Middle East exercise

The mini missile fire was part of an exercise by a unit working to develop the Navy's drone and artificial intelligence technologies.

3 weeks ago

5G seen as ‘critical’ enabler for Pentagon’s simulation, VR needs

The Pentagon is pouring money into video game-like simulation and virtual reality for training, planning, logistics and maintenance purposes.

3 weeks ago

U.S. Army soldiers fire the M121 mortar system during a live-fire exercise at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in January 2018.

US Army seeks industry input for overhaul of aging artillery software

"Today, we have a really robust capability to do fires," said Col. Matt Paul, "but it was not built for how we have to share data in the future."

4 weeks ago

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

Emerging technologies play a critical role in both waging and foiling influence campaigns, according to the Defense Department's strategy.

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

Apart from defeating torpedoes with torpedoes (yes, you read that right), the Navy is also improving its safety gear.

Building trust between man and machine is a complex process, often requiring repeated exposure, according to a Government Accountability Office report.

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

Experts have questioned the sustainability of flying expensive aircraft in contested environments.

Hellenic Aerospace Industry wants to sell its surveillance and combat drones to the Greek armed forces first before pitching to international customers.

The U.S. Army is paying particular attention to what's known as deep sensing: the capacity to find, monitor, target and kill from greater distances.

“It’s legacy has been counter-fire,” said Lockheed Martin's David Kenneweg. “Now, we’ve got a multi-mission radar that does multiple things.”

Is pushback by China, Russia and India insurmountable?

The Pentagon in August rolled out its Replicator initiative, calling for thousands of attritable systems in the field to counter China.

The deal marks the first step toward the platform’s eventual test flight.

The radar can plug into the Army’s Integrated Battle Command System, a key piece of the Pentagon’s Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control strategy.

The Navy fleet is experimenting with launching and recovering medium UUVs from submarines, even as a formal acquisition effort is still ongoing.

The transition of the 5G portfolio coincided with the start of the government’s fiscal 2024. The move is in line with the wishes of U.S. lawmakers.

The mini missile fire was part of an exercise by a unit working to develop the Navy's drone and artificial intelligence technologies.

The Pentagon is pouring money into video game-like simulation and virtual reality for training, planning, logistics and maintenance purposes.

"Today, we have a really robust capability to do fires," said Col. Matt Paul, "but it was not built for how we have to share data in the future."