BAE Systems and Leonardo have been awarded a potential $420M contract to develop the Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA), the European Common Radar System Mark 2 (ECRS Mk2) for the Royal Air Force's (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoons, BAE said Thursday. Under the contract, the two companies will work to develop a standard radar to be integrated on to RAF Typhoons.
Read More »Navy’s Growler Aircraft Completes Maiden Flight With Raytheon Technologies’ Next-Gen Jamming System
The U.S. Navy has demonstrated a Raytheon Technologies-built jamming system aboard an EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft for the first time at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland.
Read More »Cobham Works on AESA Tech for Potential Airborne Early Warning, Missile Tracking Applications
Cobham's advanced electronic solutions business has begun to develop an active electronically scanned array technology in Ka-Band and W-band frequencies for potential use in defense platforms such as airborne early warning radar technology.
Read More »Telephonics Wraps Up Flight Demo for Mosaic Imaging Radar Tech
Telephonics tested a maritime surveillance radar system aboard an MH-60S Seahawk aircraft operated by the U.S. Navy.
Read More »Air Force Installs Northrop Radar Tech on Air National Guard F-16s
The U.S. Air Force has equipped Air National Guard F-16 jets with Northrop Grumman-built radars in a move to address a homeland defense requirement. Select F-16s at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland feature the AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar technology that the service branch procured to meet a "joint operational need" identified by U.S. Northern Command, Northrop said Thursday.
Read More »Raytheon Updates Missile, Radar Offerings for F-35 Aircraft
Raytheon has updated some of its air defense, navigation and landing systems in an effort to address the U.S. military’s emerging needs.
Read More »Raytheon’s ‘Howler’ Counter-Drone Platform Gets Army Operational Capability Designation
A Raytheon-developed counter-drone platform has achieved an initial operational capability status from the U.S. Army that will enable the product to be fielded for combat operations.
Read More »Marine Corps, Northrop Complete Initial Operational Test & Evaluation for AESA Radar System
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Marine Corps have completed an initial operational test and evaluation of an active electronically scanned array radar designed to provide a 360-degree area coverage for warfighters to detect and counter threats.
Read More »Northrop Integrates AESA Radar Tech Onto F-16 Aircraft Configurations
Northrop Grumman has integrated the Scalable Agile Beam Radar technology onto multiple configurations of the F-16 fighter aircraft for domestic and international defense customers.
Read More »Raytheon to Equip Marines’ Hornet Aircraft With Updated Radar Tech
The U.S. Marine Corps has selected Raytheon to provide updated radar systems for integration into the service branch’s fleet of F/A-18C/D Hornet jets.
Read More »Report: Northrop, Raytheon Eye Marine Aircraft Radar Upgrade Contract
Northrop Grumman and Raytheon intend to separately respond to a solicitation for new active electronically scanned arrays for the U.S. Marine Corps’ fleet of legacy Hornet aircraft, Flightglobal reported Friday. The service branch issued a request for proposals in early July for advanced AESAs as part of a modernization requirement for 88 Boeing …
Read More »Northrop Hands Marine Corps’ First Multimission Radar With Gallium Nitride Tech
The U.S. Marine Corps has received an active electronically scanned array radar system Northrop Grumman equipped with a gallium nitride antenna and designed to help the service branch monitor threats in real time. Northrop said Thursday delivery of the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar with GaN technology came after the company handed six G/ATORs over …
Read More »Saab Unveils New AESA Surveillance Radar Tech Configuration
Saab has introduced a fixed-panel configuration of the company’s active electrically scanned array radar offering. Sea Giraffe 4A Fixed Face is based on S-band AESA radar technology and designed to integrate with multiple naval platforms, the company said Friday. Anders Linder, head of Saab’s surface radar solutions business, said the company aims to …
Read More »Saab, South Korean Agency Partner to Develop Fighter Aircraft Radar Tech
Saab has received a $15.1 million order to help South Korea’s agency for defense development build an active electronically scanned array radar that can integrate with fighter aircraft. The company said Friday it aims to develop and evaluate an algorithm for AESA fighter radar technology through the order. Saab will …
Read More »Navy, Northrop Test New Functions of Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopters
The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman have jointly demonstrated new functions and technologies of the MQ-8B and MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopters. Northrop said Wednesday Fire Scout showcased its manned/unmanned teaming features through station-to-station hand offs of two Fire Scouts and the streaming of intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting data to an Amphibious …
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