Space-based intelligence for rapid decision-making will be a critical tool in the multiforce, multidomain landscape of the near future.
By Maxar Technologies“So I think [the concept of integration is] so simple and yet so hard to achieve,” Northrop VP Walsmith said. “You need to be able to integrate applications, whether they’re your own or someone else’s, with ease and simplicity. It is easy to say. It’s very hard to engineer.”
By Brad D. WilliamsThe MQ-9B is the latest in a line of highly successful and well-proven remotely piloted aircraft operated by a number of other sophisticated allied air forces, from those of the United States to France to Italy and beyond.
By General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.,The Joint Force, he said, “should,” and “will” in future “use space strategic warning assets to meet tactical level ground requirements,” says Gen. Jim Dickinson, SPACECOM head.
By Theresa Hitchens“We demonstrated… that having that person in the loop is not a huge time sink,” AITF director Doug Matty told me. “By presenting the right information at the appropriate level of confidence, it actually accelerated the mission.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.Raytheon’s currently on contract for six of the Army’s next-gen radars, but just replacing every US Army Patriot radar — the current plan — would be 80-plus sales.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.In wargames at Fort Benning, troops used radio sensors to detect “enemy” forces long before patrols stumbled across them.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.“The Legion Pod uses an advanced IRST technology that gives 4th generation fighters the ability to ‘see’ stealth aircraft that traditional radar cannot,” says an Air Combat Command spokesperson.
By Theresa HitchensThe brand new missile seeker can home in on radio and radar, which means it can also target anti-aircraft defenses – blasting a path through them for US airpower.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.The Army plans to deploy more of the thermal sensors, originally developed to spot targets at night.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.Some 80 percent of Army science funding supports the service’s Big Six modernization drive — but the 20 percent left for long-term basic research could transform military and civilian electronics.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.NRO has had a complicated relationship with commercial remote sensing providers, especially those working with SAR and other powerful new technologies.
By Theresa Hitchens