by Carl Borsani | Jan 10, 2019 | Industry News
In the 1970s, at the height of the Cold War, American military planners began to worry about the threat to US warplanes posed by new, radar-guided missile defenses in the USSR and other nations. In response, engineers at places like US defense giant Lockheed Martin’s...
by Carl Borsani | Jan 10, 2019 | Industry News
After a quarter-century of post-Cold War neglect, the Department of Defense has once again become serious about electronic warfare: the art of detecting, disrupting, and deceiving enemy radio and radar. But battles between electrons are invisible, literally and often...
by Carl Borsani | Sep 14, 2018 | Industry News
International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that sales of AR glasses will reach $30 billion by 2021. Developers need a glass that widens the field of view (FOV) found in many devices. FOV is a key performance standard upon which lens material is evaluated....
by Carl Borsani | Sep 14, 2018 | Industry News
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio – U.S. Air Force electro-optical surveillance experts needed next-generation multispectral targeting sensor systems for the MQ-9 Reaper attack unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and other reconnaissance aircraft. They found their solution from...
by Carl Borsani | Aug 2, 2018 | Industry News
On 9 July BAE Systems announced it had commenced work on the ‘Cross Deck Initiative’ to transfer subsystems from the US Air Force’s Lockheed Martin EC-130H Compass Call Electronic Warfare (EW) aircraft onto new Gulfstream EC-37B platforms: an initiative which the firm...
by Carl Borsani | Aug 2, 2018 | Industry News
400+ delivered. 21 operators in 18 nations on five continents. 1.7 million flight hours (and counting). 17 different mission capabilities. 11 production variants. Many accomplishments, many capabilities … only one C-130J Super Hercules. From the highest landing strip...