Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) recently debuted the ELL-8270, an innovative electronic warfare system which uses a towed decoy as “bait” when an aircraft in flight is in danger of being struck by radar-guided enemy missiles. […]
The United States Navy has awarded an initial $150 million contract to Lockheed Martin to develop shipboard lasers – HELIOS – an acronym for ‘High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-dazzler with Surveillance’. Under the terms […]
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has contracted Northrop Grumman Corp. to deliver Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) support services. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract – valued at $75 million US – was awarded by the U.S. Air […]
The United States Air Force has assembled a cross-functional group – known as an enterprise capability collaboration team – that will examine how the service will continue to lead, operate, and integrate electronic warfare (EW) […]
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has recently begun a three-week-long trial using facial recognition to compare travelers’ faces with the face on their electronic passports at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) – a paperless biometric […]
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy’s South China Sea Fleet deployed a new type of electronic warfare aircraft – the H-6G bomber – in its recent combat maneuvers. The aircraft is equipped with two electronic […]
The Emirate of Dubai has plans to install thousands of high-tech surveillance cameras throughout the city ahead of the World Expo 2020 where as many as 25 million visitors are expected to head to the […]
Harris Corporation has been chosen by the U.S. Air Force to provide engineering support services for the electronic warfare (EW) systems onboard the international variants of the F-16. The contract was awarded during the second […]
The US Coast Guard (USCG) plans to release a request for proposals within the next three to six weeks for small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) services, with a maximum award of no more than $300 […]
Swedish defense and security company Saab recently opened the Saab Technology Center (STC) in Tampere, Finland, that includes a unit focused on electronic warfare systems which will support the production of a new family of […]
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