MICROELECTRONICS

Defense technology companies Lockheed Martin and Cobham are partnering to bid for the US Navy’s Next Generation Jammer Low Band (NGJ-LB) competition. The NGJ-LB  system is to be integrated onboard the service’s Boeing-built EA-18 Growler Read More

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) recently debuted the ELL-8270, an innovative electronic warfare system which uses a towed decoy as “bait” when an aircraft in flight is in danger of being struck by radar-guided enemy missiles. Read More

The United States Navy has awarded an initial $150 million contract to Lockheed Martin to develop shipboard lasers – HELIOS – an acronym for  ‘High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-dazzler with Surveillance’. Under the terms Read More

The United States Air Force has assembled a cross-functional group – known as an enterprise capability collaboration team – that will examine how the service will continue to lead, operate, and integrate electronic warfare (EW) Read More

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has recently begun a three-week-long trial using facial recognition to compare travelers’ faces with the face on their electronic passports at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) – a paperless biometric Read More

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy’s South China Sea Fleet deployed a new type of electronic warfare aircraft  – the H-6G bomber – in its recent combat maneuvers. The aircraft  is equipped with two electronic Read More

The Emirate of Dubai has plans to install thousands of high-tech surveillance cameras throughout the city ahead of the World Expo 2020 where as many as 25 million visitors are expected to head to the Read More

Harris Corporation has been chosen by the U.S. Air Force to provide engineering support services for the electronic warfare (EW) systems onboard the international variants of the F-16. The contract was awarded during the second Read More