How radar, counter-UAS, and long-range fires fit into Army transformation
Air defense radar, counter-drone, and missile launchers are three keys to Army transformation.
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Space Rapid Capabilities Office to put radars on sats to warn of space-bound threats
The plan is to award two vendors 24-month Direct to Phase II SBIR grants worth $3M each to demo low-cost, low-weight radars on Space Force satellites in geosynchronous Earth orbit.
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Not just selling into the kingdom, but building partnership with Saudi Arabia’s defense industry
Partnerships with outside industry are a cornerstone of the kingdom’s ambitious growth strategy.
White House comes out against Senate FY26 NDAA language on DoD spectrum rights
Section 1564 would give the Joint Chiefs of Staff the right to nix changes to military systems that would be required to comply with planned spectrum sharing plans.
EXCLUSIVE: SDA eyeing airborne target tracking satellites demonstration, says Tournear
"I would say that we are at the point now where the technology has matured and it's commoditized, so that radar based AMTI from space is feasible," outgoing SDA Director Derek Tournear told Breaking Defense in an exclusive interview.
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The modular EW payload for CCAs
With the best mix of capability, size & cost.
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.
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Meeting Zero Trust goals while maintaining information dominance
Balancing security and access to data are critical to providing users with trustworthy, reliable data for real-time decisions.
DoD S-band needed for Golden Dome, border defense threatened by spectrum auction plans: CSIS
Selling off the low S-band "is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad idea," Tom Karako, director of the CSIS Missile Defense Project, told Breaking Defense today.
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Win the invisible war: Control the electronic battlefield with next-generation EW technology
Today's battlefield is fraught with complex threats like drones and missiles. IAI ELTA's Scorpius technology offers unmatched detection and jamming, ensuring electromagnetic superiority.
Air Force scouts three states as potential sites for new homeland defense radar
The radars would help modernize NORAD’s air defenses, though it’s unclear how the program may change due to strained ties between the US and Canada introduced by the Trump administration.
New plug-and-play AI can protect pilots of non-stealth planes: Raytheon
The upgrade allows existing radar warning receivers to analyze unfamiliar signals in real time — fast enough to warn the pilot if it’s an enemy radar locking on. “It could go on any kind of F-16” or a wide range of other aircraft, Raytheon Vice President Michael Baladjanian told Breaking Defense.
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Streamcaster Nexus: Empowering the connected soldier at the tactical edge
On today’s battlefield, mobility isn’t optional - it’s mission-critical.
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Capability exists to simulate the future of kill chains at theater scale
A tool to explore what-if scenarios and tradeoffs at the theater-level faster than traditional analysis.
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Advances in radar are key to countering the modern drone warfare and missile threat
Drones, high-speed cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles attacking together from 360° creates complexity only certain radars can handle.
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Weapons and radars built with modular design are relevant and flexible as threats evolve
Next-generation modular radars and new composable weapon capabilities solve a critical problem for the U.S. and allied militaries.
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IAI ELTA air defense radars
Advanced technologies for tactical and strategic dominance.