After the counter-uncrewed systems, AFRICOM said it would spend another $228 million on “high-risk intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance” to shore up current “unacceptable risk” to US interests on the continent.
By Lee Ferran and Valerie InsinnaWhy cloud modernization is critical to multi-domain operations
JADC2 is a forcing function, driving digital transformation of network infrastructure.
The integrated USV system is meant to demonstrate command and control capabilities, and provide marine security features including situational awareness and automatic threat detection.
By Agnes Helou
The company has been involved in the Australian market for years, but the new subsidiary shows its “serious” about work there, director tells Breaking Defense.
By Seth J. Frantzman
With the war in Ukraine highlighting the effectiveness of drone warfare and counter-drone systems, the Middle East makes for a natural market, an outside expert said.
By Agnes Helou
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M-LIDS sensors and effectors are currently employed on two M-ATVs; Leonardo DRS leads an integration effort to consolidate the capability onto one Stryker.
By Breaking Defense
The US says the sale would support American national security interests by “helping to improve the security of a friendly country that continues to be an important force for political stability and economic progress in the Middle East.”
By Lee Ferran
The Army is looking for industry ideas, but Ukraine has shown it’ll take more than just one tactic.
By Lee Ferran
GA-ASI’s MQ-9B: The right UAV for persistence, power, and performance
When assessing the state of the art of unmanned aerial systems, it’s critical to be very clear about what various aircraft can and can’t do – and could never do.
Advanced capabilities, like lasers and high-power microwave, will have to work in tandem with bullets or jamming to defeat drones threats as they evolve.
By Andrew Eversden
Autonomous drones are a “direct attempt to evade” EW countermeasures, according to a top cUAS general.
By Andrew Eversden
Learning from Turkish drone success in Ukraine, Army pulls in money to counter unmanned aerial vehicles. One analyst called the service’s counter-drone cash surge “extraordinary.”
By Andrew Eversden
Part of the Pentagon’s broader counter UAS strategy it published last year, the Marines hope to field a system by fiscal 2025.
By Justin Katz
The threat of small UAS is a growing one for militaries around the world, with the Pentagon pursuing a number of different options for how to take down such systems.
By Arie Egozi
Half of the companies invited to participate in a counter-drone demonstration this September ended up skipping it due to COVID-19.
By Valerie Insinna
Ultrashort pulse lasers, which fire a trillion watts for one-quadrillionth of a second, are a technology too early for military use today. But that won’t always be the case, says Joe Shepherd of Booz Allen Hamilton.
By Joe Shepherd