A packed house of engineers at defense contractor HTii’s Lexington Park headquarters July 19-20 heard IBM experts explain details of a digital modeling process the Navy is considering to develop …
Radar warning receiver for new combat rescue helo
The AN/APR-52 is a digital, four-channel radar warning receiver designed to operate in dense signal environments.
USAF Picks Key Technologies For F-22 Follow-On
The U.S. Air Force has identified the key technologies it needs to develop for a next-generation air superiority fighter that will replace the F-22 Raptor.
VIEWPOINT: GPS Spoofing Incident Points to Fragility of Navigation Satellites
GPS signals are very weak, even compared to other satellite systems, and illegal jammers can be easily purchased online.
Analysts Worried About New Navy Frigate
Analysts are concerned that the service might not end up making the right cost and capability tradeoffs.
Widespread Applications Envisioned for Airborne Lasers
The Marine Corps wants to equip the F-35B joint strike fighter with a directed energy weapon, said Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh.
DARPA’s ‘mosaic warfare’ concept turns complexity into asymmetric advantage
U.S. should focus on developing smaller systems that can easily scale and quickly upgrade – a mosaic of “dynamic, coordinated and highly autonomous composable systems.”
First electronic warfare prototypes from Army’s Rapid Capabilities Office put to test
The system is designed to search for RF frequencies, cell phones, unmanned aircraft systems, “any radio frequency we can find.”
Here’s How the US Military Wants to Counter ISIS Drones and Roadside Bombs
Predictive algorithms, deep machine learning, directed energy, and more are all on the Pentagon’s shopping list.
Industry eyeing opportunity to sell light attack planes, tech to SOCOM
The Air Force and Special Operations Command (SOCOM) have noted an emerging opportunity to sell complementary light attack technology — or potentially additional aircraft — to the special operations community, …
Lockheed Studies Sea-Launched Patriot PAC-3 & New 6-Foot Missile
Lockheed Martin is studying several new air and missile defense systems, from an all-new six-foot rocket to a ship-launched version of the Patriot missile.
The Air Force’s next step after its light attack demo: A combat trial
Planes could participate in the fight against the Islamic State and other terrorist groups, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson told reporters Wednesday.
Marine Corps lifts grounding of MV-22 Osprey and other aircraft in deployed unit following crash
The Osprey slammed into the back of USS Green Bay, a U.S. Navy amphibious transport ship, while attempting to land.
US Navy wants to use drones and AI to quickly repair airfields
The U.S. Navy is looking for a drone that can fly over a damaged airfield and come up with a plan to get planes back in the air quickly, the …
Sig’s P320, The Army’s New Handgun, Is In Hot Water After Multiple Reports Of Safety Defects
Sig’s problems worsened last week when online rumors broke suggesting that the P320 was prone to accidental discharges when dropped.
U.S. Army Eyes F-35 As Missile Defense Sensor
The service believes the F-35 has potential as an airborne sensor for integrated air and missile defense.
Royal Navy’s New Aircraft Carrier Set For Home Sweet Home
The Ministry of Defence has previously confirmed plans for the deployment of US F-35’s alongside the British jets aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth.
HMS Queen Elizabeth: Portsmouth arrival date set
The carrier currently cannot deploy planes but flying trials are due to begin next year, with 10 F-35 Lightning II jets and 120 aircrew preparing for the task in the …
F-35B Pilots Will Make Rolling Landings Like This To Board Royal Navy Carriers
Officially this hybrid maneuver, which uses lift from the aircraft’s wings and thrust from its engine and lift fan, has been dubbed a “Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landing,” or SRVL for …
Eurofighter, F-35 To Form UK air combat capability ‘Spear Point’: Minister
We see Typhoon as very much strengthening UK defence and the first quality I would highlight is its reliability; it has an engine that goes over 1,000 flying hours without …
Navy Essay: How the F-35C Will Change Naval Aviation
The F-35C will be a game-changer for the Navy.
Podcast: F-35 in the Crossfire, Part 1
Pentagon Editor Lara Seligman leads a debate about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter with two seasoned experts – retired Marine Lt. Col. David Berke, a former F-35B and F-22 pilot …
Speed and range could be key for Navy’s next fighter jet
Now, after about a year and a half, the Navy team feels it has a complete understanding of what capabilities the future carrier strike group needs and, importantly, what threats …
Air Force Seeks More Survivable Bomber Fleet
Today only 12 percent of our bomber fleet is survivable in that environment.
DARPA Awards Contract for Sub-Hunting Technology
The objective is to achieve significant standoff detection and tracking range through the use of an active sonar projector deployed offboard a submarine and onboard an unmanned underwater vehicle.
Defense acquisition: Focus on the requirement document, not the process
Commentary by: Gen. John Michael Loh (ret.)
Naval Research Laboratory explores autonomous UAVs
The wingman of the future many not be a man or a woman at all, but rather an unmanned aerial vehicle flying in tandem with a human-piloted aircraft.
What Lockheed’s Secretive Skunk Works Unit Sees For The 6th-Gen. Fighter
The Skunk Works has technology for improvements across the different aspects of stealth, including a plane’s radar cross section and its acoustics.
Marines at MCAS Cherry Point Demonstrate the Future of Air Command and Control Operations
In a field at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point sits three sets of gear: a tent full of computers connected to a Humvee outside, a truck bearing a tall …
Pentagon official confident delayed Defiant won’t hurt FVL
The delay to the first flight of Sikorsky-Boeing’s SB-1 Defiant may not impact the timeline for the US military’s Future Vertical Lift programme, a Pentagon official says.
Textron, Sierra Nevada prep for OA-X experiment at US Air Force base
Participants in the U.S. Air Force’s light-attack aircraft experiment are revving up training activities ahead of the beginning of the exercise next month at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.
Air Tractor and L3 join OA-X experiment with the AT-802L Longsword
The Air Force kicked off a demonstration of light attack aircraft on Monday as two companies — L3 and Air Tractor — made a last-minute announcement that they would participate …
New device could lighten load for Marines
One Marine staff sergeant is trying to bring wearable technology down to the fire team level with the hopes of streamlining logistics and having Marines carry only what they need, …
DoD slashes AMRAAM missile buy as Raytheon struggles with tech refresh
The AMRAAM is facing obsolescence problems, and Raytheon, its manufacturer, has fallen behind on a technology refresh due to problems developing an integrated circuit.
Battlefield 2050: Army Prepares for Future Fights
Looking toward the battlefields of the future, soldiers can expect to see multi-domain threats, operations in complex terrain, hybrid strategies from the enemy and possibly face weapons of mass destruction, …
Interceptor Test May Push Missile Defense Forward
The Missile Defense Agency in its long-time quest to shoot down intercontinental ballistic missiles scored a success May 30 when the ground-based mid-course defense system’s kill vehicle directly collided with …
Army Looking at Leap-Ahead Technologies for Next-Generation Tank
The real sort of Holy Grail of technologies that I’m trying to find on this thing is material — is the armor itself.
Marine Corps targets a compact, combined fires support platform
Following a successful initial release of the first Common Laser Range Finder-Integrated Capability (CLRF-IC) systems in February, the service says it expects to deploy the binocular-type products across the Corps …
Osprey tiltrotor proves its worth in the Asia-Pacific
Defense News went on board the U.S. Navy helicopter assault ship Bonhomme Richard during the recently concluded exercise Talisman Saber in Australia, where the Osprey played a major role in …
Navy planning to bring back at-sea missile reload capability
What happens when a U.S. ship runs out of missiles in the heat of naval battle?