DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Track the latest technical developments in military countermeasures and platform self-protection. Follow innovations in active protection systems (APS), directional infrared countermeasures (DIRCM), chaff and flare dispensers, acoustic torpedo decoys, and ECM suites across air, land, and sea platforms.
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The Co-operative Strike Weapons Technology Demonstrator (CSWTD) project led by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory will develop an upgraded software system that will allow missiles to work together and communicate during missions
The Northrop Grumman propulsion systems team is addressing sustainment challenges such as material obsolescence, associated hardware and/or equipment repair, and propellant aging-surveillance testing and analysis
IAI will install MF-STAR radars and BARAK MX Air Defense Systems on the Israeli Navy’s Sa'ar 6 corvette warship to enable location and classification of air and surface targets, and provide a layer of defense against aerial and naval threats
Northrop Grumman has won a U.S. Air Force contract to build more Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure systems on fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft to provide spherical protection by detecting, tracking and jamming incoming infrared threats
The Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) extended range-based (CAMM-ER) air defense missile is designed to provide defense against evolving airborne threats at ranges over 40 km
The Trophy, Active Protection System (APS) from Rafael Advanced Defense Systems provides mature, combat-proven protection against rocket and missile threats and simultaneously locates the origin of the hostile fire for immediate response
Northrop Grumman successfully completed Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 3 system integration, and formal qualification testing, indicating that the system is ready to transition to the U.S. Navy for land-based testing
The WatchGuard Radar is a fifth generation of movement-detection tactical Ground Surveillance Radar (GSR) designed for use in complex missions, employing both staring and electronic-steering search techniques
The reliable, sustainable electronic warfare (EW) suite is designed to give the fourth generation fleet the EW capabilities and performance of fifth generation aircraft, keeping the F-16 relevant for the duration of the platform’s lifespan
ECA GROUP has reached the first milestone within the modernization program of 3 mine countermeasures (MCM) vessels belonging to the Latvian Navy. This first milestone consists of disassembling the legacy equipment of MCM vessels
Several Leonardo technologies were trialled at the Formidable Shield 2021 NATO air defense and anti-missile exercise, including the Kronos MFRA radar, multi data link communications system and Mode-5-capable Identification Friend/Foe system
Romania will field the newest version of Raytheon's Patriot air and missile defense system that includes upgrades to the radar, the engagement control station and other command-and-control technology
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