The Electronic Warfare and Avionics Program Office of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is working to develop and field a replacement airborne high frequency (HF) radio in aircraft to better meet warfighter needs. […]
The US Air Force is working with the carbon transformation company, Twelve to study the feasibility of a process to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into a viable, fossil-free jet fuel called E-Jet. Twelve – in […]
The US Air Force recently completed another test of its Rapid Dragon palletized munition system concept. Rapid Dragon – sometimes referred to as a “bomb bay in a box” seeks to create a deployment system […]
Raytheon Missiles & Defense, working with Northrop Grumman, recently successfully completed the first flight test of a scramjet-powered Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) missile for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. […]
The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has plans to begin its MC-130J Commando II Amphibious Capability – or MAC – program. MAC is an amphibious, pontoon-equipped version of the MC-130J Commando II used by […]
Early next year, the US Air Force will launch Project Kaiju – a project that will apply AI and machine learning to future cognitive electronic warfare (EW) systems to help aircraft penetrate air defenses that […]
The U.S. Navy and Boeing recently successfully completed the mid-air refueling of a U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II fighter jet using the MQ-25TM T1 Stingray, an unmanned tanker. “This flight was yet another physical demonstration […]
Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S) has received a contract to build, integrate, and demonstrate prototype sensors for the U.S. Army’s High-Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES). HADES will be a globally deployable platform that provides […]
Northrop Grumman Corporation and Martin UAV have successfully flight tested the V-BAT unmanned aircraft system (UAS) – a part of the U.S. Army’s Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS) program. FTUAS seeks to replace the […]
L3Harris Technologies’ Airborne Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare System aircraft (ARES) recently completed its maiden flight after six months of modifications. ARES was designed to serve as a technology demonstrator for the Army’s High Accuracy Detection […]
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