DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Lockheed Martin's Patriot Advanced Capability - 3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor interacted with the AN/SPY-1 Radar, a core component of the Aegis Weapon System, during a test for the first time, according to the company.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has integrated the Angry Kitten ALQ-167 Electronic Warfare Countermeasure Pod, supplied by the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), onto a U.S. Air Force remotely piloted aircraft, according to a recent statement by the company.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

The U.S. Navy awarded contracts to two companies to build a total of nine Arleigh Burke-class Flight III guided-missile destroyers (DDG-51) under the terms of five-year contracts.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

The Israeli Navy, in collaboration with Elbit Systems, has successfully concluded sea trials for the DESEAVER MK-4 Counter Measure Dispensing System (CMDS) aboard Israeli Navy vessels, Elbit Systems announced in a statement. The trials marked the assessment of the fourth generation of maritime Electronic Warfare (EW) systems in real-world scenarios.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

BAE Systems signed a $15 million contract with the U.S. Navy to deliver its next-generation digital interrogator for maritime vessels, which the company details will have capabilities including those that can enable users to gain time-critical insights that reduce friendly-fire incidents and support mission success in hostile environments.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Mercury Systems has won a contract from PIT-RADWAR S.A., a supplier to the Republic of Poland’s Armed Forces, to provide processing power upgrades to a Polish radar system, the company announced in a statement.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

ViaSat Inc. has won more than $80 million in contracts for the development of Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) systems for ground, maritime, and space applications, according to a company statement.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is now using the Lanza 3D long-range transportable radar (LTR-25), an asset developed by Indra, as part of their airspace surveillance operations across the United Kingdom, according to a recent statement from the company.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

BAE Systems Australia has won a two-year contract extension to provide electronic warfare systems for the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) E-7A Wedgetail aircraft fleet through 2028, according to a company announcement.

DAN TAYLOR, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Hensoldt will supply six radars to the German Armed Force as part of Diehl Defence's IRIS-T SLM air defense system, according to a Hensoldt statement.

ONE STOP SYSTEMS (OSS)

Military program leaders in charge of transportable AI missions can avoid painful and costly AI performance compromises when leveraging open standards such as VPX/Open VPX and SOSA. Standard-compliant sensors and sensor interfaces can be partitioned as part of the AI system design.

ANALOG DEVICES

Millimeter wave scanners are superior to traditional metal detectors because they can identify and locate both metallic and nonmetallic threats. This article describes how mmWave imaging hardware works and will present a chipset that uses edge processing to manage massive data loads to enable the development of walkthrough security scanning systems.