Fighter Aircraft Completes First Flight
The operational version of the M-346 Fighter Attack (M-346FA) has completed its first flight with Grifo radar. The M-346FA is designed as a light...
Europe Purchasing Anti-Drone Systems
Europe’s anti-drone market reached $96.1 million in 2018, representing the third largest regional market in the world. A new anti-drone system has been recently...
Advanced Radar to Defeat Hypersonic Weapons
An advanced air and missile defense radar has been selected to support the U.S. Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) radar program....
New Radar to Boost Saudi Air Defense
Saudi Arabia is enhancing its missile defense capabilities. Riyadh will purchase ballistic missile defense radar system and computer algorithms from Raytheon Technologies. The company...
New Radar to Enhance European Air Power
The German and Spanish Eurofighter combat aircraft will be equipped with new electronically-scanned (E-Scan) radar sets. Airbus has been contracted to develop, deliver, and...
More Comprehensive View of Maritime Activity
Vessels continuously operate marine radar to avoid nearby obstacles and safely navigate from point to point. It is hard to track some vessels that...
Advancement in Unmanned Helicopter Upgrading
The U.S. Navy, with support from Northrop Grumman Corporation, commenced flight testing of the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter equipped with the Leonardo AN/ZPY-8...
Revolutionary Quantum Detection Technology Developed
Quantum entanglement is a physical phenomenon whereby two particles remain interconnected, sharing physical traits regardless of how far apart they are from one another....
IAI is Diversifying its Ground Operations
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) continues to diversify its ground operations with the acquisition of the manufacturing of Zibar, Zmag, and ZD vehicle from off-road...
New Factor in Counter-IED Warfare
Besides deploying specially armored vehicles and using defensive equipment such as jamming devices, mine roller attachments, armed forces have to regularly check routes for...
Domestically-Developed Radars Unveiled by Iran
In another move to further enhance its air defense capability, the Iranian military announced that it has developed its own state-of-the-art radar system. The...
NASA Accelerating Commercial UAV Operations
NASA’s goal to help accelerate routine UAV operations into the US national airspace has moved one step closer with a successful flight demo. The...
Iran is Upgrading its Drone Program
Iran has been upgrading its drone program. Although Iranian drones have usually taken an observational role, rather than a direct-action stance, Iranian drone capabilities...
Miniature Device that Would Help Cover Vehicle Blind Spots
A new miniature radar launched recently is designed for use in autonomous vehicles. and could also be helpful for drones and robots.
The Moscow-based company...
Meet New Counter-Drone Solution
The low altitude flight and small size of small drones make them hard to track. Therefore they have become an increasing threat to militaries,...
Israeli Innovation: Radar System Will Monitor COVID-19 Patients
The National Emergency Team of the Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D) in the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMoD) has adapted two systems...
New Tool for Counter-Drone Technology Developers
Small, low flying, non-cooperative drones is can be detected and identified by radars. A database of drone radar cross-sections (RCS) has been made public...
New Milestone Achieved in Counter-Missile Radar Technology
A new stage on the way to improve the US. defense against ballistic missile threat. The US Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Long Range Discrimination...
Off-the-Shelf-Based Technology Succeeds in Counter-Drone Mission
Unmanned aerial vehicles can constitute a genuine threat to ground and maritime targets. A new system that can autonomously detect, track, and classify unmanned...
Autonomous Driving Even Under Bad Weather Conditions
Ground-penetrating radar may soon be the sensor that makes cars autonomous in all weather conditions. Developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, the technology has proven...
Innovation in Layered Counter-UAS Defense
Drone attacks on US forces around the world are increasing, and the need to protect military bases without effects to local communities has been...
24-Hours Endurance – New Dual-Use UAV
A new 24-hours endurance unmanned aerial vehicle has completed its maiden flight. Built by Italy’s Leonardo, the Falco Xplorer drone which offers persistent multi-sensor...
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A New Anti-Drone Turret Fires in Every Direction at Once
Small drone swarms are becoming increasingly difficult to stop using traditional air-defense systems. Conventional remotely operated gun turrets usually rely on mechanically rotating toward...
