March 8, 2021 | International, Aerospace
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wa.) said the U.S. military look for ways to reduce its dependence on the F-35 fighter jet, a notoriously expensive weapons platform.
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July 23, 2024 | International, C4ISR, Security
European Commission challenges Meta's 'pay or consent' model, giving until September 2024 to address concerns or face potential sanctions.
May 4, 2021 | International, Aerospace, Naval
PLANO, Texas — The Navy selected Martin UAV’s V-BAT for a VTOL UAS prototyping and development effort in order to fulfill new technological requirements driven by the changing nature of threats in austere operating environments, Martin UAV said in an...
March 18, 2020 | International, Aerospace
By BARRY ROSENBERGon March 17, 2020 at 12:53 PM The urgency to protect troops, bases, and installations from drone attacks changed forever last year when a swarm of small, low-flying drones unleashed by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels targeted Saudi Arabian oil processing facilities. The attack was nothing less than a Pearl Harbor-type wake-up call for the need to counter unmanned aerial systems with defense technology commonly referred to as C-UAS. This Breaking Defense E-Brief examines U.S. Defense Department and global efforts to stay ahead of the threat. It examines sensor development to detect UAS, the use of artificial intelligence to identify targets, and defeat mechanisms ranging from jamming to lasers to knock them down. https://breakingdefense.com/2020/03/ebrief-drones-an-immediate-threat-dod-plans-rapid-acquisition-of-counter-uas-systems