The U.S. Air Force selected defense giant Northrop Grumman to demonstrate an internally mounted electronic warfare suite and digital radar warning receiver for the F-16 fighter aircraft. The agreement was issued under SOSSEC Consortium’s Air Force Open System Acquisition Initiative (OSAI) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) for prototyping. “Providing advanced electronic warfare capabilities to the F-16 […]

BAE Systems, Britain’s biggest defense company, announced that it was awarded research and development funding through the U.S. Army to create an advanced radar jamming technology. According to a statement issued Monday by leading British defense firm, the technology aims to improve air survivability and mission effectiveness for U.S. Army rotary-wing aircraft and unmanned aerial […]

The U.S. Army completed the AH-64E Apache Follow-On Test and Evaluation II (FOT&E II) for the AN/APG-78 LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR). The LONGBOW system is manufactured by a Joint Venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. The system is short-range, multimode surveillance and fire-control radar and target acquisition system. According to a recent Northrop […]

The U.S. Air Force has revealed details about the development of the new turbine engine that was designed, assembled, and tested exclusively within the Air Force Research Laboratory. The Air Force Research Laboratory demonstrated a new and ultra-responsive approach to turbine engine development with the initial testing of the Responsive Open Source Engine (ROSE) on […]

U.S. aerospace giant Boeing announced the delivery of the first of nine P-8A Poseidon, the newest maritime, patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, to the United Kingdom Royal Air Force (RAF). The United Kingdom is acquiring the multi-mission aircraft through the Foreign Military Sales process with the U.S. Navy. The P-8A Poseidon replaces the U.K.’s retired Nimrod aircraft. Speaking to […]

Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp recently demonstrated their laser weapon system for the U.S. Air Force at a government test range at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where the system successfully engaged and shot down multiple fixed wing and rotary drones. The Advanced Test High Energy Asset (ATHENA) operated in a fully-netted engagement environment with a […]

U.S. defense contractor Northrop Grumman announced on Thursday the delivery of its 500th AN/APG-81 fire control radar for the F-35 Lightning II. The Northrop Grumman AN/APG-81 active electronically scanned array is the cornerstone of the F-35’s advanced sensor suite, providing unparalleled battlespace situational awareness that translates into platform lethality, effectiveness and survivability. “As a principal […]

The U.S Department of Defense announced on Monday that Bell-Boeing, a joint venture between Boeing and Bell Helicopter, received a $146 contract modification for upgrade MV-22 aircraft. The joint venture’s latest contract modification with the U.S. Navy includes the option to upgrade nine MV-22 aircraft from the Block B to the Block C configuration, as […]

The U.S. Army 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, known as ‘Old Hickory’, recently provided M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles to support Operation Inherent Resolve and the coalition’s mission to protect critical infrastructure against ISIS, said in an Army’s news release. The unit was mobilized to support the 38th Infantry Division’s Task Force Spartan in August 2019, […]

The U.S. Navy’s largest shipbuilder, Huntington Ingalls, has announced the successful completion of acceptance trials aboard the amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA 7). The second ship in the America class spent three days at sea in the Gulf of Mexico with the U.S. Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV), performing vital test procedures that included a full power […]