Passive ground-based sensor networks could bolster air, missile defense resilience: CSIS
Passive sensors do not need to emit energy to find and fix targets, thus, they are harder for adversaries to find, track and target.
Passive sensors do not need to emit energy to find and fix targets, thus, they are harder for adversaries to find, track and target.
"We have designed our next generation ‘Pelican’ fleet to meet the evolving needs of customers who want real-time information about global events as they unfold – from floods and wildfires to political conflicts and threats to human rights," said company CEO Will Marshall.
The new pod takes the P-8 "and further expands it to be truly multi-int and multi-spectral," a Boeing rep said.
Space System Command's overarching goal is to develop "diverse" capabilities for space domain awareness across all orbits.
"We really focused on payloads that had tactical utility, because they were an underserved market," said Blackjack program manager Stephen Forbes.
The Air Force placed a $2.4 billion placeholder in the 2019 budget to buy Light Attack Aircraft over the next five years, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson told reporters this morning.