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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.”

The system is designed to search for RF frequencies, cell phones, unmanned aircraft systems, “any radio frequency we can find.”

Predictive algorithms, deep machine learning, directed energy, and more are all on the Pentagon’s shopping list.

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 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.

Planes could participate in the fight against the Islamic State and other terrorist groups, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson told reporters Wednesday.

The Osprey slammed into the back of USS Green Bay, a U.S. Navy amphibious transport ship, while attempting to land.

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 problems worsened last week when online rumors broke suggesting that the P320 was prone to accidental discharges when dropped.

The service believes the F-35 has potential as an airborne sensor for integrated air and missile defense.

The Ministry of Defence has previously confirmed plans for the deployment of US F-35’s alongside the British jets aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth.

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 …

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 …

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 …

The F-35C will be a game-changer for the Navy.

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 …

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 …

Today only 12 percent of our bomber fleet is survivable in that environment.

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.

Commentary by: Gen. John Michael Loh (ret.)

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.

The Skunk Works has technology for improvements across the different aspects of stealth, including a plane’s radar cross section and its acoustics.

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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, …

The AMRAAM is facing obsolescence problems, and Raytheon, its manufacturer, has fallen behind on a technology refresh due to problems developing an integrated circuit.

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, …

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 …

The real sort of Holy Grail of technologies that I’m trying to find on this thing is material — is the armor itself.

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 …

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 …

What happens when a U.S. ship runs out of missiles in the heat of naval battle?

MDA’s priorities highlight the need for sensors that can differentiate between lethal and non-lethal targets, as well as continued development of the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR), and an ongoing …

This September, the Army plans a “shoot off” of competing anti-aircraft systems as it tries to rebuild battlefield air defenses it largely disbanded since 9/11.

Defense and industry sources assess the specter of massive salvo strikes, sub-munition warheads and multiple reentry vehicles, or MRV, as the next major technological challenges that Israel’s integrated, multitiered national …

Over two weeks in July, U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps F-35 joint strike fighters got the chance to fly simulated combat missions together during Red Flag 17-3, marking the …

From what little we know about the 41-foot long craft, technically known as the CCA Mk. 1, it is low-observable design with a composite material hull and a pair of …

On Aug. 1, the department delivered to Congress its plan for devolving the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, sustainment and technology, or AT&L, into two smaller organizations — the undersecretary …