Israel is increasingly worried about Iranian use of drones, prompting aggressive, innovative countermeasures.
By Arie EgoziNew Army mounted system won’t play favorites when it comes to C5ISR, EW and A-PNT
The CMOSS Mounted Form Factor will facilitate tech insertion for new capabilities while co-existing with the Mounted Family of Computer Systems.
A one year delay for the MQ-25 program is certain to have repercussions for the Navy’s ongoing strike fighter shortfall.
By Justin Katz
Preliminary designs reviews for the mothership drone, to be launched from an aircraft before firing its own missiles, are planned for mid-2022.
By Lee Ferran
The partnership will initially integrate onto Strykers, but as has an eye on future autonomous platforms.
By Andrew Eversden
Kaman executives said they have been operating a 50% scale model for testing purposes and plan to build and demonstrate a representative aircraft by the end of next year.
By Justin Katz
The first flight of a service-owned vehicle is a key step for the Marine Corps to free itself of restrictions associated with civilian contractor operators.
By Justin Katz
“It means that our adversaries are growing increasingly bold in their hostile acts of using ballistic missiles cruise missiles and UAS,” Lt. Gen. Karbler said. “They’re crucially bold in their conduct of irresponsible space activities. It means the Joint Force will demand more from the Army’s Space and Missile defense capabilities and expertise going forward.”
By Colin Clark
A major overhaul is coming in software for missile warning
Space Systems Command’s FORGE program is the first, major missile-warning software modernization effort in 20 years.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett appeared to hint Thursday — the day after the attack — that Israel may have been involved when he spoke to a graduating ceremony for Israeli Air Force pilots: “Our enemies know — not from statements, but from actions — that we are much more determined and much more clever, and that we do not hesitate to act when it is needed.”
By Arie Egozi
“The ability to intercept and destroy airborne threats in the air is groundbreaking and offers a strategic change in the air defense capabilities of the State of Israel.” the head of research and development in the Israeli Defense Ministry, Brig. Gen. Yaniv Rotem, told BD.
By Arie Egozi
Most observers had expected an increase in the Navy’s shipbuilding accounts with this budget, especially after the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, said that, even as an Army general, he would support budget increases for the Navy and Air Force in light of the Chinese threat. But this budget decommissions 12 ships and buys relatively few replacements.
By Mark Cancian
TEL AVIV: Three Israeli companies are finalists in the U.S Army’s contest to find the most effective systems to neutralize hostile drones, with only one US company still in the mix. ELTA, teamed with Iron Drone, and XTEND recently demonstrated their systems at Yuma Proving Grounds. The demos are part of the Army’s effort to…
By Arie Egozi The Navy’s MQ-25 Stingray prototype successfully refueled a Navy Super Hornet fighter in mid-air during a Friday test.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
New radios offer dramatically greater range, clarity, & data — once soldiers and leaders figure out how best to use them.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The combined company will offer a wide range of unmanned vehicles (mostly small ones) for air, land, sea, and underwater, said exec Roger Wells.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
