DefenceTalkToday Selex ES, a Finmeccanica company, celebrated the delivery of the 400th GRIFO radar, which is to be used by the Brazilian Air Force. The company, based out of the Lombard Aerospace District, marked the occasion with a ceremony at the Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, in Milan, Italy. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/brazilian-air-force-takes-delivery-of-400th-grifo-radar-49824/

DefenceTalkBoeing Company has awarded Raytheon Company a follow-on contract for the sixth production lot of APG-63(V)3 active electronically scanned array radars for United States Air Force and Air National Guard F-15C aircraft. “We have been a partner on the F-15 for more than 40 years,” said Mark Kula, vice president of Tactical Airborne Systems for […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-awarded-contract-for-f-15c-aesa-radars-48127/

DefenceTalkThe United States has deployed a sophisticated radar off the coast of Japan capable of tracking North Korean missiles and has sent a second destroyer to the region, officials said Tuesday. The Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX), which resembles an enormous balloon mounted on a large oil rig, is designed to track ballistic missiles and feed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-deploys-sea-based-radar-amid-north-korea-tensions-47334/

DefenceTalkThe French defense procurement agency (DGA) has selected Thales Raytheon Systems (TRS) to supply the French Air Force with a third Ground Master 406 radar for the Lyon Mont-Verdun airbase. The order follows an earlier award announced on September 7, 2012 to provide an identical radar for the Nice Mont-Agel base. The additional order, awarded […]https://www.defencetalk.com/france-selects-trs-to-supply-its-third-ground-master-400-radar-base-46976/

DefenceTalkIndra has recently completed the development and demonstration of a passive high-resolution primary radar system. The project was sponsored by the European Defence Agency (EDA). This is the first passive system in the world that is capable of offering images with the application of inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) techniques. The APIS project (Array Passive […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indra-develops-first-high-resolution-passive-radar-system-46711/

DefenceTalkTaiwan has put into service a US-made billion-dollar early warning radar system capable of giving more than six minutes’ warning of a Chinese missile attack, a senior officer said Sunday. The radar, on top of a mountain in the northern county of Hsinchu, started providing surveillance information after a ceremony presided over by the chief […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-deploys-advanced-early-warning-radar-46649/