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French Armed Forces Receives First Light Surveillance Aircraft

August 5, 2020 @ 04:46 PM

The French Ministry of the Armed Forces receives its first light surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft (ALSR) capable of carrying out intelligence missions with a small logistical footprint and great ease of deployment. The DGA received the first light surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft on July 31, 2020

S Korean KF-X Jet’s AESA Radar to Match Performance of F-35 Radar...

August 5, 2020 @ 08:45 AM

A prototype of the Active Electronically Scanning Array (AESA) radar locally developed in South Korea for the countrys upcoming KF-X fighter jet is due to be unveiled later this month. Wang Jung-hong, chief of South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), revealed in an interview with Korea Herald yesterday

USAF F-35 Jet Demos Joint All-Domain Operations Ability

August 3, 2020 @ 06:58 PM

The F-35 Jet demonstrated an ability for interoperability across the battlespace during a recent Orange Flag Evaluation (OFE) with the US Army and Air Force. The exercise near Edwards Air Force Base, California, demonstrated the ability to integrate F-35 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) track data with the US Armys Integrated...

BAE Systems Completes Acquisition of Military GPS Business

August 1, 2020 @ 10:28 AM

BAE Systems on Friday said it completed acquisition of the Collins Aerospace Military Global Positioning System (GPS) business from Raytheon Technologies Corporation. As announced in January, this asset purchase is a unique opportunity to acquire a high-quality, technology-based business that augments the existing BAE Systems Electronic Systems portfolio through the addition...

Turkey’s ASELSAN Bags $93M Export Order for Anti-tank Missile System, Others

July 29, 2020 @ 05:07 PM

Turkish firm ASELSAN has bagged an export order worth $93.3 million for the supply of several battlefield systems including command and control, anti-tank missile launcher, remote-controlled weapon station, radio links, inertial navigation and gunshot detection devices

Thales’ Radar to Detect Stealth Targets, Drone Swarms Enters Production

July 28, 2020 @ 04:56 PM

The first ‘Ground Fire radar is now in production at the Thales Limours site in Essonne to equip, among others, the French Air Force's New Generation Medium Range Surface-to-Air System (SAMP/T NG). Designed to simultaneously detect and track a wide range of stealth targets, drone swarms and to prevent coordinated saturation attacks, the Ground Fire has an air defence missile guidance capability to intercept high-maneuvering or ballistic targets

Raytheon Delivers First SPY-6 Radar Array to US Navy's Newest Destroyer

July 21, 2020 @ 01:18 PM

Raytheon Missiles & Defense delivered the first AN/SPY-6(V)1 radar array for installation on the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), the U

Raytheon Wins $126M to Build Enterprise Air Surveillance Radars for US Navy

July 18, 2020 @ 06:37 AM

The Pentagon on Friday said Raytheon won $125.88 million for Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) low rate initial production (LRIP)

Netherlands Navy Orders 8 Thales Radars

July 16, 2020 @ 01:51 PM

The Royal Netherlands Navy placed an order for eight radars with Thales Group on Thursday. The first NS100 surveillance radar will update the radar currently fitted on HNLMS Rotterdam Landing Platform Dock (LPD), the company said in a release

Sweden Orders Elbit E-LynX Software Defined Radios for Army

July 9, 2020 @ 10:56 AM

Swedish Army has awarded Israeli Elbit Systems a contract to supply 1,000 E-LynX Software Define Radio (SDR) systems. Elbit Systems is the supplier of the SDR network solution to the Swedish Army, for which serial deliveries commenced in 2018, the company said in a statement Wednesday

US Air Force Orders Upgraded LITENING Targeting Pods with Color Video capability

July 8, 2020 @ 08:11 AM

US Air Force has placed an initial order for Northrop Grummans LITENING advanced targeting pods upgraded with full-color digital video capability and two-color laser spot search and track. “LITENINGs color video capability works with the way we naturally see the world to give warfighters in the cockpit and on the ground more complete situational understanding in less time,” said Ryan Tintner, vice president, navigation, targeting and surveillance, Northrop Grumman

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