Uncrewed systems once served merely a supporting role in the military – useful for certain niche tasks from explosive ordnance disposal to broad area surveillance, but not as a fundamental capability like tanks or aircraft. For more than a decade, uncrewed aerial systems (UASs) have delivered lethal capability, especially in the conflict in Ukraine. As the UAS threat evolves, so must countermeasures.

BERLIN. Northrop Grumman and Rohde & Schwarz signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the Berlin Security Conference signaling their intent to collaborate on new resilient communications systems in Europe, which could include multifunction technologies and upgrades for aircraft interoperability.

LONDON. Belgium's defense ministry now uses the end-to-end mission control communications system (M4ACS) from Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) for the Belgian air force; the M4ACS is a mission-control system that meets the highest security standards required for a Belgian air component air surveillance and defense command center.

LONDON. Rohde & Schwarz reports delivery of what it calls a "significant number" of ESMW ultra-wideband monitoring receivers to the Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) under the aegis of the World Trade Organization (WTO) project “New receivers for the quality assurance in the frequency spectrum.”

LONDON. Rohde & Schwarz is exhibiting its products at this week's Defense and Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibition in London -- which will run from September 12-15 -- including the company's mission-proven solutions that help customers deal with all aspect of a signal to achieve full situational awareness and information superiority.

Designers of test and measurement systems for military applications such as radar and electronic warfare (EW) are stepping up to use artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to enable better testing of cognitive functionality. Meanwhile, modern digital architecture adoption is driving military test requirements.

MUNICH, Germany. Rohde & Schwarz, along with Portuguese defense company EID, will provide handheld software-defined radio to the Portuguese armed forces, the company announced in a statement.