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New PhantomStrike Radar Completes First Flight Test
Raytheon has successfully completed the first flight test of its PhantomStrike radar on its Multi-Program Testbed aircraft in Ontario, California. PhantomStrike successfully tracked...
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AI Automates Drone Defense With High Energy Lasers
To counter the rapidly mounting threats posed by the proliferation of inexpensive uncrewed autonomous systems, or drones, Naval Postgraduate School researchers and collaborators are applying AI to automate critical parts of the tracking system used by laser weapon systems. Read on to learn more about it.
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The Marines New Installation Counter UAS System
The U.S. Marine Corps awarded a 10-year, $642 million program of record to Anduril Industries to develop and sustain their new Installation-Counter small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (I-CsUAS) technology. I-CsUAS is a platform powered by machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) to protect Marine Corps installations globally by detecting, identifying, tracking and defeating small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Read on to learn more.
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BlueHalo Completes Test of Next Generation C-UAS Missile
BlueHalo, the company transforming the future of global defense with actively deployed and operationally proven Counter-Uncrewed Aerial System (C-UAS) solutions, announced the successful live fire demonstration of its Next-Generation C-UAS Missile (NGCM) – Freedom Eagle-1 (FE-1), addressing the critical need for munitions industrial base expansion to meet the rapidly evolving advanced aerial threats. Read on to learn more.
Articles Weapons Systems
The Power Behind the Growth in Intelligent Munitions
This article describes the technologies enabling the evolution of intelligent munitions and focuses on the importance of stable power supplies. Read on to learn more.
Application Briefs Defense
F/A-18 Infrared Search and Rescue System
The U.S. Navy declared initial operational capability for the F/A-18 E/F Infrared Search and Track (IRST) Block II system in November 2024, providing the fleet with an enhanced capability to search, detect and track airborne targets at long range. Read on to learn more.
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British Army Completes First Test of Drone Killing Radio Frequency Weapon
British soldiers have successfully trialed for the first time a game-changing weapon that can take down a swarm of drones using radio waves for less than the cost of a pack of mince pies. The Radio Frequency Directed Energy Weapon (RFDEW) development system can detect, track and engage a range of threats across land, air and sea. Read on to learn more about it.
INSIDER Electronics & Computers
First F-15Es Equipped With EPAWSS Ready for Flight
Two F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft equipped with the Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS) arrived at RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, Jan. 16, 2025, marking the...
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DoD Signs New Strategy for Countering Unmanned Systems
The Department of Defense announced that Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has signed a new, classified strategy for countering the effects of unmanned systems, also called...
INSIDER Weapons Systems
Patriot Missile Hits Target in Test of Upgraded ICBS Radar
Lockheed Martin's Patriot Advanced Capability – 3 (PAC-3) missile successfully integrated with Raytheon’s Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) radar to defeat an...
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Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination: The Army's Future Vision for Fused AI
U.S. Army leadership discusses how the Army wants to use AI and ML for processing, exploitation, and dissemination.
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Honeywell Launches New System to Counter Drone Swarms
Honeywell has announced the launch of its new Stationary and Mobile UAS Reveal and Intercept System, designed to counter drone swarms through advanced detection, tracking and...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
Counter UAS Systems Tested Against Swarms of 50 Drones in Latest Yuma Exercise
The U.S. military has used unmanned aircraft for decades to perform dangerous reconnaissance and attack missions that save lives, but the importance of small...
INSIDER Unmanned Systems
US Army Needs to Improve How New Equipment is Fielded, Report Says
Since 2021, the U.S. Army has invested $46.5 billion into developing new weapons and fielding them faster. However, a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finds...
INSIDER Aerospace
Airbus Starts Flight Testing Upgraded French Army Helicopter
Airbus Helicopters has started the flight testing campaign for the prototype of the NH90 Standard 2. This standard is one of the latest NH90 configurations and is being developed...
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Air and Space Force Joint Team Completes Two Intercontinental Missile Tests
For the second time in a week, a joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen supported by Space Force Guardians launched an unarmed Minuteman III...
INSIDER Test & Measurement
Ursa Major Performs First Successful Hotfire of Hypersonic Draper Engine
Ursa Major announced the successful hotfire of its 4,000-pound thrust closed catalyst cycle hypersonic Draper engine at the company’s Colorado headquarters. The...
Application Briefs Weapons Systems
Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile Flight Test
ITE-12 was the next ‘big-step’ in LRASM’s evolution. The successful test was a graduation exercise for the missiles’ latest configuration and lays the foundation for increased capabilities to come.
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UK Selects Companies for New Domestic Hypersonic Development Framework
The U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) has selected 90 companies and organizations from across its domestic industry and academic landscape to compete for contracts that...
INSIDER Weapons Systems
Army Starts Testing Prototype Modular Turreted Mortar System
In a potentially significant stride forward in military technology, Yuma Proving Ground is testing a cutting-edge Modular Turreted Mortar System, or MTMS.
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Radar and Weapons Upgrades for Netherlands Air Force MQ-9A Reapers
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) is adding a series of modifications to its fleet of MQ-9A Reapers.
INSIDER Energy
Australia to Acquire New Class of Nuclear Submarines
The U.S., U.K. and Australia are focused on a deliberate, conditions-based approach to ensuring successful implementation of the AUKUS security partnership, the U.S. Navy's top submarine...
INSIDER Defense
Palantir to Build Prototypes for Army’s First AI-Defined Targeting Station
Palantir Technologies has been awarded a prime agreement for the development and delivery of the Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) ground station...
INSIDER Weapons Systems
ATHENA Sensor Brings Generational Leap to Airborne MANPAD Protection
Since their introduction, Man-Portable Air Defense Systems – heat-seeking, shoulder-fired missiles – have been a persistent threat to U.S. Army aviation. Infrared...
Application Briefs Weapons Systems
Hypersonic Propulsion System Manufacturing
Northrop Grumman has opened a Hypersonics Capability Center to produce advanced propulsion solutions that can power hypersonic missiles beyond Mach 5. The company describes the facility as a “factory of the future” designed for large-scale manufacturing of air-breathing propulsion.
INSIDER Software
Production Ready B-21 Bomber on Track for First Flight This Year
During a panel discussion at the 2023 Air Force Association (AFA) Air, Space and Cyber conference, Northrop Grumman Aeronautics President Tom Jones said the first B-21 stealth...
INSIDER AR/AI
AI Agents Execute Electronic Attack Using L-29s in ECHOS Demonstration
Lockheed Martin, in conjunction with the University of Iowa's Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL), completed an artificial intelligence (AI) demonstration using two...
Application Briefs Weapons Systems
Unmanned Satcom BLOS
During a live demonstration in April, L3Harris Technologies deployed two RASOR multifunctional processors on an unmanned aircraft operated by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI).
Application Briefs Aerospace
A29N Super Tucano in NATO Configuration
Embraer launched the A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) configuration during the Latin American Defense and Security Exhibition (LAAD) in April.
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