Raytheon is to deliver a prototype high-power microwave (HPM) system to be deployed to troops overseas under a US Air Force contract. Troops will use the HPM system to destroy hostile drones. Raytheon’s HPM system uses directed energy to take down drones. HPM’s wide beam can disable multiple targets at one ...
BAE Systems has delivered the most advanced Typhoon aircraft to the Royal Air Force as work continues on delivering the capabilities required to ensure the jet remains the operationally-effective backbone of the UK’s combat air power. BAE Systems’ production facility in Warton, Lancashire, is now gearing up to start assembly of ...
The US Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $141 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) task order for new LITENING advanced targeting pods and upgrades that will bring existing pods up to the current configuration. The LITENING targeting pods enable aircrews to detect, acquire, auto-track and identify targets at long ...
Lockheed Martin has continued development of its Advanced Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) for the F-35 Lightning II. Advanced EOTS includes a larger aperture and provides pilots with multi-spectral sensing options such as high-resolution Mid-Wave IR, Short-Wave IR and Near IR. Utilising the same volume and weight, Advanced EOTS is effortless to integrate ...