High-power microwave ‘force field’ knocks drone swarms from sky
Working like an EMP weapon, microwaves change the counter-UAS mission from one-to-one to one-to-many.
The award follows years of delay due to a GAO protest stemming from the service's attempt in 2020 to award the contract.
"We have a lot of work to do before we get there," Vice Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. John Hyten says of the Pentagon's efforts to implement its new Electronic Spectrum Superiority Strategy.
Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems division is planning to hire more than 5,000 people. "Over 2,000 last year, and over 2,000 in the next 18 months, and that's likely to continue for the next four to five years," Roy Azevedo says in our interview.