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Raytheon Demos Multi-Domain Information Sharing Tools in AFRL-Led Multinational Exercise

Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business demonstrated two information sharing systems in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s interoperability-focused exercise in May. The company said Tuesday the Raytheon BBN team provided the Robust Information Provisioning Layer and the Multi-domain Assured and Networked Tactical Information Sharing systems for the multinational exercise that involved five waveforms, three security […] More

by Nichols Martin October 14, 2021, 11:40 am
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Northrop’s Jennifer Walsmith: Multi-Domain Sensor System Important to Future Army Airborne SIGINT

Jennifer Walsmith, vice president of cyber and information solutions business unit at Northrop Grumman, said the Multi-Domain Sensor System is critical to the U.S. Army’s future airborne signals intelligence payload program, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. “[The service’s aerial SIGINT payload initiative] will ultimately be integrated into the overall new Army suite of platforms,” she said. […] More

by Jane Edwards October 14, 2021, 11:35 am
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Hughes, SES Test Multi-Orbit Satcom for General Atomics Unmanned Aircraft

Hughes Network Systems and SES have tested the performance of multi-orbit satellite communications that General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business intends to use on its unmanned aerial vehicle to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations. Hughes said Wednesday its HM series software-defined modems and resource management system work with SES’ geosynchronous and medium earth orbit satellites […] More

by Nichols Martin September 23, 2021, 11:55 am
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Northrop Demos Next-Gen Electronic Warfare Tech’s Interoperability With AESA Radar

Northrop Grumman tested the interoperability of the Next Generation Electronic Warfare system and an active electronically scanned array radar aboard a demonstrator aircraft during the Northern Lightning Air Force exercise held in August at Volk Field Air National Guard Base in Wisconsin, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday. NGEW is an ultrawideband system designed for use aboard the […] More

by Jane Edwards September 23, 2021, 11:53 am
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Raytheon Subsidiary Unveils New Compact AESA Radar

Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business has launched a new light form-factor active electronically scanned array that weights a third of most AESA radars. The compact AESA fire control radar uses gallium nitride and its CHIRP digital receiver and processor to provide Gen 4-plus performance in support of platforms operating in air, on land and […] More

by Angeline Leishman September 22, 2021, 11:51 am
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Govini Issues Report on DOD’s JADC2 Spending; Billy Fabian Quoted

A new Govini report has found that the Department of Defense’s spending on technologies meant to advance the Joint All Domain Command and Control concept rose between fiscal years 2017 and 2020, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. Govini found that DOD spending on “large and stovepiped” command, control, communications, computers and information programs that are specific […] More

by Jane Edwards September 22, 2021, 11:50 am
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Peraton’s Chris Valentino on How Industry Could Help DOD Advance JADC2

Chris Valentino, chief strategy officer at Peraton, said the Department of Defense should work with industry to drive experimentation, invest in new technologies and rapidly deploy capabilities to advance the Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept. He wrote in an article published Friday on the Professional Services Council website that DOD should recognize the potential […] More

by Jane Edwards September 14, 2021, 12:04 pm
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Northrop Tests Data Link for Aircraft Operations in Contested Airspace

Northrop Grumman has tested an in-flight connectivity designed to enable long range command and control for aircraft in highly contested environments. The demonstration exhibited how an advanced line-of-sight data link can support multi-domain battle management by connecting aircraft through an open-architecture network, Northrop said Wednesday. The company integrated a new mission-specific military transceiver, open architecture […] More

by Nichols Martin September 9, 2021, 11:34 am
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Booz Allen’s Greg Wenzel: Advancing JADC2 Requires DOD to Build Single, Open Architecture

Greg Wenzel, an executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said countering technologically advanced adversaries requires the Department of Defense to come up with a unified, open network that could enable warfighters to quickly access, share and analyze disparate data sets and facilitate the decision-making process on the battlefield. […] More

by Jane Edwards September 9, 2021, 11:29 am
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Raytheon to Build Prototype Sensors for Army’s Next-Gen Airborne ISR System; Michael Fisher Quoted

Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business will build, integrate and demonstrate prototype sensors for the U.S. Army’s High-Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System under a contract awarded through an other transaction agreement with Consortium Management Group. HADES is the service’s next-generation aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform and the award is for the initial phase of […] More

by Jane Edwards September 3, 2021, 11:23 am
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Collins Aerospace Tests Systems to Support Military Command & Control Initiatives

Collins Aerospace has demonstrated various technologies designed to help the U.S. military establish an integrated network of battlefield sensors for situational awareness. The company said Tuesday it tested sensors, mission computing technologies and communication systems that align with the Department of Defense’s Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control concept and the U.S. Air Force’s […] More

by Nichols Martin August 27, 2021, 11:47 am
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Lockheed Builds New Hybrid Satellite Dish Tech

Lockheed Martin has developed a satellite antenna that could be used in remote sensing, radar and 5G communications. The company said Monday the Wide Angle ESA Fed Reflector antenna is part of its investment in the research and development of 5G.MIL technologies to link warfighting platforms in support of the Department of Defense’s Joint All-Domain […] More

by Jane Edwards August 24, 2021, 11:46 am