Countermeasures News & Articles

New Decoy Launchers Enhance Protection for Navy Warships Against Drones & Missiles

New trainable countermeasure launcher systems are set to be installed throughout the Royal Navy’s fleet on Type 26 and Type 31 frigates, and Type 45 destroyers, under the £135 million contract

Apr 04, 2024
Variable Aperture Digital Radar to be Developed for Training Program

Lockheed Martin will develop and produce VADR for the US Air Force, leveraging both X-band and C-band radars to train aircrew for engagements against advanced adversarial threats

Apr 02, 2024
Global Defense Company Places Orders for Large Positioner Systems

A global defence and security company will receive bespoke radar turntables, custom-designed to rotate and stabilise both small radars and large, high-power models, from Chess Dynamics

Mar 19, 2024
Production Begins for Digital Radar Warning Receiver

Northrop Grumman has begun production of its fully digital radar warning receiver, with instantaneous bandwidth and frequency coverage to protect against the most advanced radar threats

Mar 15, 2024
Royal Navy Teams with Japanese Forces for Counter-Cyber Attack Exercise

Forty-one teams from 17 nations tested their cyber defense skills during the British Army’s Defence Cyber Marvel 3 exercise in Estonia, with an international network from across 3 continents

Mar 06, 2024
Leonardo to Provide Counter-Drone Technology to Canada

The Falcon Shield UAS uses advanced sensors from Leonardo and partners to rapidly detect, track and prioritise threats, enabling military or security operators to neutralize them effectively

Mar 04, 2024
Sea Acceptance of Minehunting Systems Under Royal Danish Navy

Kraken Robotics’ mine-hunting sonar systems consist of a KATFISH towed Synthetic Aperture Sonar, Tentacle Winch and ALARS, topside C2 equipment, remote operation, and more

Mar 01, 2024
Non-GPS Navigation Developed for GPS-Denied Environments 

Scientific Systems has extended and demonstrated its image-based solution during flight operations ranging from 25,000ft down to 200ft in response to upgraded EW capabilities

Feb 26, 2024
New GNSS-Denied Navigation Kit Unveiled

The Kit is proven against counter-UAV/anti-UAV measures, able to detect and counter sophisticated 'spoofing' & ‘jamming’ techniques, ensuring reliable and secure navigation

Feb 22, 2024
BAE Systems Delivers Advanced Missile Warning Systems

CMWS is a combat-proven aircraft survivability system for rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft that integrates missile warning, hostile fire indication, and countermeasure controls

Feb 13, 2024
SRCTec Wins U.S. Army Contract for AN/TPQ-50 LCMR Systems

The AN/TPQ-50 radar provides track-while-scan capabilities that allow for simultaneous detection and tracking of multiple threats fired from separate locations

Feb 12, 2024
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