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The article discusses the use of active, electronically scanned array (AESA) radar developed by the defense contractor Raytheon and a Sniper infrared advanced-targeting pod (ATP) on the F-15C Eagle aircraft for long-range nighttime missions. U.S. homeland defense units would be able to use the system to identify and attack airborne targets and asymmetric threats. Todd Giggy of the U.S. Air Force Reserve Test Center (AATC) discusses flight testing of the system.

The article reports on a requirements symposium to be hosted by the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Miami, Florida in order to determine the unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) needs of the U.S. Homeland Security Department as it moves to expand their use to encompass maritime surveillance. It says that CBP and the U.S. Coast Guard split the costs of testing a maritime radar on a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) MQ-9 Predator B. CBP has been using one of the four Sierra Vista-based Predators to train its first class of UAV pilots.

The article offers information on the U.S. Navy's E-2D Advanced Hawkeye carrier upgrades. It discusses the introduction of space-time adaptive processing (STAP) software, the hybrid APY-9 electronically scanned array (ESA) radar on board the new E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. The advanced radar capability on the 75 new E-2Ds will be parked 25,000 feet above forward-deployed fleets so that those advanced enemy missiles can be detected at ranges great enough to allow for organization of an effective defense.

This article reports on three companies being asked by the U.S. Navy to design an aircraft that can conduct simultaneous intelligence-gathering missions. Specifically, the Navy wants a single, EPX aircraft that can use a powerful radar and at the same time operate an array of sensitive receivers that can collect faint electronic emissions or communications from hundreds of miles away. The multisource information would be fused to locate and identify objects of interest.

The article discusses issues related to the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Future Imagery Architecture (FIA) program. According to the article, the Boeing/NRO imaging radar that failed shortly after launch creating a falling debris risk indicates that trouble within the FIA program has spread to the radar side of the secret project. Air Force General Victor E. Renuart Junior said that there does not yet appear to be much concern about sensitive technologies on the satellite falling into enemy hands.

This article states that Northrop Grumman boasts that its bid for the U.S. Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) competition is the only one to actively execute end-to-end testing. Central to the company's proposal for the high-profile program is its Multi-Function Active Sensor, a 360-deg. radar capable of identifying and tracking ships. Together with the Boeing P-8A Multi-Mission Aircraft, BAMS will replace the Navy's P-3 surveillance fleet. The BAMS program is worth $2 billion and Boeing and Lockheed Martin are competiting for the project.

This article reports that the supposedly dead joint unmanned combat air systems (J-UCAS ) program spawns new designs as unmanned combat becomes focus for planners. The parting of the ways between the U.S. Air Force and Navy over the J-UCAS program has triggered a surge in new competition and plans for large, long-endurance aircraft. A number of aerospace companies are looking at designs with multiple engines, wingspans of more than 100 ft. and the potential to generate the power needed for directed-energy weapons or large, active electronically scanned array radars. The latter can produce pulses of microwaves intense enough to serve as weapons.

What some Defense Department planners regard as the U.S.' most compelling future threat—an attack by cruise missiles carrying chemical or biological warheads—is pushing development of a true "network-centric" warfare system. New electronically scanned, multifrequency radars pick low-flying, stealthy cruise missiles out of ground clutter. The electronic babble produced by signals ricocheting from buildings and broken terrain has traditionally helped protect low-flying missiles and aircraft from radar detection. What really makes cruise missile defense possible is the staple of net-centric operations and warfare: automated decision-making aids, machine-to-machine links, automatic target recognition, open electronics architectures, multi-frequency sensors and advanced horizontal communications—all of which break down barriers.

The majority of new military electronics programs during the year 2003 have addressed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), fueled by the increasing importance of time-critical targeting for conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the new surveillance demands of Homeland Security. Initial systems design work was split 50-50 between Northrop Grumman and Raytheon, with Boeing added as an equal partner for the Weapon Systems Integration (WSI) contract awarded in March 2003. Synthetic aperture radars will account for more than half of the total U.S. airborne reconnaissance sensor budget throughout the decade, with U.S. funding alone providing almost $1 billion per year.

Highlights the active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar system being developed by Raytheon and Northrop Grumman for the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft of the United States as of September 11, 2000. Features of the AESA system; Comparison with radar technologies installed in other fighter aircraft.

Reports that United States reconnaissance assets are stretched too thin and lack sufficient funding, according to Defense Secretary William Cohen. Concerns over the status of the Radar Technology Insertion Program; Cohen's criticisms against North Atlantic Treaty Organization's level of intelligence spending; Objectives of the United States air expeditionary force.

The article offers information on the significance and evolution of radio frequency (RF) and microwave systems in the U.S. These devices are vital and important to both the communication and radar industry. After World War II, the introduction of novel communication and sensing equipment continues for both military and civilian applications. Because of these inventions, the frequency spectrum up to 10 to 20 gigahertz (GHz) became increasingly crowded, thus limiting the introduction of new and advanced applications. Advantages of these system include increase scattering of waves as wavelength reaches the range of rain of dimensions, resulting in further attenuation.

The article focuses on Australia's Wedgetail aircraft program and the lessons it provide to the U.S. in terms of future defense industrial programs. The program integrates new radar, communications and electronic warfare capabilities into a commercial airframe. Australia's government made a direct commercial contract with a U.S. defense firm for the program. One of the lessons is the challenge in managing a procurement program despite the distance between the customer and the lead contractor.

Reports on the use of synthetic-aperture radars as a crucial component of the airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance market, providing complementary capabilities to more traditional electro-optical systems in the U.S. Provision of crucial network node; Availability of unmanned aerial vehicles; Offer of limited opportunities to U.S. firms.

The article focuses on work on Alliance Ground Surveillance radar and missile defense systems by North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) nations. It states NATO announced it is fielding an interim missile defense capability that protects part of Southern Europe and includes a forward-based early warning radar located in Turkey. U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder commented that the U.S. would contribute radar and when needed an Aegis-capable ship, with up to four ships available by 2014.

Discusses the importance of radar-based in-car systems designed to minimize car accidents. Problems related to automobile accidents in the United States; Programs launched by the U.S. and European Union authorities related to identify and apply driver-aid technologies; Classification of driver security systems; Role of radars to minimize automobile accidents; Several methods available for automotive azimuth-measurement applications.

This article reports that the United States Federal Aviation Administration(FAA) has decided that all aircraft in U.S. airspace must be equipped by 2020 with an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast system that uses satellite-derived information rather than information from radar. The article notes that the FAA has reduced performance specifications in an attempt to reduce costs for the system.

The article reports that the British Defense Ministry and industry are pursuing a novel design of active, electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the Eurofighter Typhoon. The work was undertaken as an element of the Advanced Radar Targeting System (ARTS) demonstrator project. Led by Qinetiq, with Selex providing the AESA, the radar was integrated on a Tornado GR4A, with trials carried out in Great Britain and using ranges in the U.S.

The article focuses on the multiple intruder autonomous avoidance (MIAA) program, a technology demonstration sponsored by the Global Hawk program and led by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). According to Bryan Cannon, AFRL lead for large-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sense-and avoid, the program shifts the emphasis from single to multiple intruders and adds radar to the sensors used. Colorado Engineering in Colorado Springs, Colorado, will develop the active electronically scanned array radar.

The article reports that radar programs in the U.S. are still on a red watch list of troubled programs as Air Force acquisition chief Sue Payton prepares to leave office. Two of them are the next-generation radar slated for use by the U.S. Air Force and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for ground surveillance missions and the B-2 radar modernization program managed by Northrop Grumman. Payton says by the time she leaves office, she expects the program to progress to yellow status, signaling an improvement.

The article discusses the anticipated modernization of the F-15E strike fighter of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) by Boeing. An overhaul of the electronic warfare system is one of the key elements of the expected upgrade. The modification agenda includes the addition of a fiber-optic towed decoy (FOTD) and upgrading of the radar. Another aircraft that will likely undergo enhancements is the F-15C/D.

The article reports that the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's approach to multiple missile testing is improving. The U.S. has fielded and is conducting nascent operations of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system, which includes radars around the globe and silo-based interceptors in Alaska and California.

The article reports that the Italian plans for hyperspectral sensor and stereo radar sensors and moves in Germany to deploy a laser data-link capability promise to boost Europe's ability to track weather and climate change, as the U.S. hesitates. These ideas were advanced considerably by the recent launch of a pair of X-band radar observation satellites, that is, Germany's TerraSAR-X and Italy's CosmoSkyMed 1.

The article reports that Pentagon's accelerating push to field nonkinetic weaponry will bring with it a concomitant demand for more unmanned aircraft. When using short-range, directed-energy devices, effective ranges can be as little as a kilometer. As planned by the Pentagon, there will be a series of increasingly sophisticated and more powerful weapons that range from electronic jamming to "weapons effects" from active electronically scanned array radars and escalating to their most destructive level with high-power microwave bursts. Ultimately, military planners want to have the whole continuum at their disposal during a conflict.

The article reports that the U.S. Air Force (USAF) is planning an October 11, 2005 selection of the contractor to lead development of B-52 modifications that would make it capable of long-range electronic jamming and the management of a large number of electronic attack weapons distributed across the battlefield in other aircraft. The proposed USAF arsenal is to include unmanned aircraft, decoys, computer attack, new radars that can jam or disable enemy electronics and two new tools. Northrop Grumman Corp. officials won't discuss the effective distance of the B-52's jamming except to say it allows the bomber to operate beyond the range of surface-to-air missiles.

The article focuses on radar which is emerging as one of the key weapons, nearly all of them still shrouded by secrecy, in the Pentagon's growing arsenal of nonexplosive devices. energy takes an unexpected turn and surfaces as a handy antimissile device that can be built into aircraft, ship and ground-based radars. More than 20 years ago, bomber aircraft radars were capable of generating enough concentrated noise jamming to burn out the valve tube amplifiers in fighters attempting an interception. Arrays designed for carriage by aircraft appear to be focused on cruise missiles and self-defense against anti-radiation, home-on-jam and air-to-air missiles.

The article reports that the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is feverishly developing an array of technologies to intercept missiles headed for the U.S., although the U.S. government appears to have backed off of its grandiose plans to quickly pronounce the high-profile, ground-based, U.S. missile defense shield operational. Meanwhile, MDA has been able to point to progressive successes with the Aegis midcourse defense system, which will be an arrangement of sophisticated ship-based radars coupled with the SM-3 missile interceptors. Five of six tests have resulted in missile kills. Five out of 10 attempts have been successful with its ground-based counterpart.

This article reports that while a cause for unease among European government representatives, the Pentagon's decision to reduce funding for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance system is being viewed as a renewed opportunity by some U.S. industry officials. At one point, European officials were told it was merely a realignment of funds to accurately reflect the AGS schedule. However, U.S. industry officials suggest another motivation was to signal the Pentagon's concern about the speed of the program. Last year, NATO selected a Northrop Grumman/EADS-led team, which proposed a mix of an Airbus A321-based ground-surveillance aircraft with a Global Hawk-derived surveillance unmanned aircraft. Raytheon's proposal was centered on the Airborne Standoff Radar program the company is building for Great Britain, with the Predator UAV as an adjunct.

The article informs that first deliveries are being made of a new, secrecy-shrouded radar that soon will be carried by U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornets. Raytheon officials say they delivered the first low-rate initial production (LRIP) radar to Boeing a week ahead of schedule. They expect to build at least 415 of these radars for Boeing that will kick off a bifurcated program to equip new-production aircraft and to reequip in 2007-10 the 123 F/A-18E/Fs that are already flying with the Navy using less advanced radars. There are also at least two reference points to the radar's acuity, which appears from imagery to be in the 6-12-in.

This article reports that the U.S./European Cassini mission to Saturn has found that the giant moon Titan has a far more geologically active surface than scientists had expected. And when placed alongside new evidence for the planet-sized body's diverse organic chemistry, it will make Titan all the more significant in the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration planning for the U.S. new solar system exploration initiative. Living up to advance billing as one of the great exploration missions of the early 21st century, Cassini's imaging radar and multispectral sensors found preliminary evidence not only for methane lakes or seas predicted earlier, but also active geology and wind-or liquid-driven processes that constantly resurface the planet with a bizarre concoction of organic materials.

The article reports that visual stealth is reemerging as a major concern for military and aerospace planners. That means reducing radar cross section and cutting infrared signature won't be enough. Work on stealth for low-flying aircraft slowed in the 1980s after the U.S. Air Force tacticians realized that high-flying aircraft and missiles could survive even sophisticated enemy defenses. Bell Helicopter is representative of this reinvigorated interest. The company is doubling its technology investment.

This article reports that the U.S. Navy and the Italian government are discussing potential cooperation on the next-generation anti-radar missile and extending a long-running relationship in this arena. Development of the AGM-88E High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) began last year, but U.S. officials believe there is still time to bring on international partners. Italy has shown "good, positive interest," program manager for direct and time-sensitive strike weapons said. The exact content of cooperation remains to be defined, as does the timing for a formal agreement.An agreement would revive partnering between the U.S. and Europe on HARM. The U.S., Italy and Germany were partners on the HARM precision navigation upgrade effort.

Using airborne side-looking radar technology derived from a dual-use technology-development program, a Colorado company is radar-mapping the U.S. for homeland security and myriad commercial applications. It's also mapping global hot spots to one-meter accuracy as an aid to the war on terrorism. High-resolution terrain databases that combine radar information with photographic imagery now enable pre-mission fly-through simulations prior to a helicopter training mission. X-band radar pulses are transmitted from two side-looking antennas mounted on company aircraft.

Small airports in mountainous terrain with no radar coverage may follow the lead of Innsbruck, Austria, which plans to use "multilateration" this fall to allow air traffic controllers to track aircraft in the vicinity of the airport. Multilateration is a technique employing ground-based sensors to triangulate aircraft position by comparing the time of arrival of pulses from the aircraft's transponder. In the U.S., it's also known as multistatic dependent surveillance. Pilots require special training before flying into Innsbruck because the approach uses an offset from the instrument landing system, which is not directly on the runway, according to Heinz Bartacek, director of air traffic management engineering at Austro Control, the Austrian air navigation service provider. .

Success of a multi-layered cruise missile defense would include being able to penetrate sophisticated enemy air defenses, a task that would depend heavily on jamming radars that control next-generation anti-aircraft missile systems. It was long a secret that the newly emerging active electronically scanned aperture radars on the F/A-22, F-35, F/A-18E/Fs and some modified F-15Cs will be able to jam enemy emitters as well as search for enemy aircraft and diminutive cruise missiles. But because the new radar's jamming capability is confined to a limited range of frequencies, a narrow geographic area and a restricted field of view, it must be carefully managed, targeted and aided by other onboard systems such as an improved radar warning receiver, the ALR-69A (V).

There is little schedule margin left as the Pentagon pushes to meet its goal of next year fielding an initial missile defense system to protect the U.S. With the White House having decided only last year to upgrade its ballistic missile test system into a limited operational defense capability, Missile Defense Agency officials now realize they are on "the ragged edge" of having the required infrastructure in place by September 2004. The effort is compounded by the fact that much of the construction is taking place in inhospitable environments, with the Shemya, Alaska, site for the Cobra Dane radar now being upgraded, standing out as offering particularly difficult challenges.

Presents news items related to developments in the U.S. aerospace industries around the world as of August 4, 2003. Recommendation of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board to the U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration to modify their cameras; Validation of a radar developed by Northrop Grumman to detect moving rocket launcher; Approval of the U.S. Air Force and Boeing's plan for leasing aircrafts by the U.S. House Armed Services Committee.

Focuses on the development of MP-RTIP radar by Northrop Grumman Corp. and Raytheon Co.in the U.S. Use of radar in the surveillance and intelligence gatherings aircraft; Attributes of the radar; Redefinition of MP-RTIP radar as a sensor.

Focuses on the active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar system being developed for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft of the United States as of September 11, 2000. Features of the AESA system; Implications for the fighting capabilities of the JSF.

Focuses on the sensor system created by Raytheon and Northrop Grumman for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft in the United States as of September 11, 2000. Enhancement of the functions of active electronically scanned array system; Impact on the fighting capabilities of the JSF.

Reports on a radar that would meld the capabilities of the E-3 AWACS air-to-air surveillance aircraft with that of the E-8 Joint-STARS aircraft. Reason for the United States Congress' budget cuts for the radar technology insertion program (RTIP) and the E-8 Joint-STARS; Potential to combine the two into one aircraft; Plans by aircraft companies for the expected market for such aircraft.

Reports on the possible decision of U.S. Defense Department's Defense Acquisition Board, whether to have full-rate production of Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile. Usability of sophisticated electronics, radar and computer software; Determination of the digital processes; Identification of the traditional missile design.

Raytheon Co. has proposed a rail-mobile, operational phased array radar concept to serve as a Strategic Defense System mid-course sensor. The company, prime contractor for a ground-based radar experiment, believes the system would be more survivable and less expensive than space-based sensors. A ground-based system could be acquired and maintained over its lifetime for under $5 billion. Proposed system; Competition.

The article considers the air and missile defense radar (AMDR) program of the U.S. Navy. The impact of reduced appropriations for the armed forces mandated by the 2012 Budget Control Act which become effective March 1, 2013 on the AMDR program is examined in terms of an overall dilemma for the Navy created by the Act in which it must choose between retaining full spending on existing missions or finance new systems such as AMDR.

The article focuses on active, electronically scanned array (AESA) radar systems. The defense industries firm Northrop Grumman's increased production of AESA radar for both exports and for sales to the U.S. armed forces are discussed. The use of AESA radar by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps is examined.

This article discusses the development of airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) sensors and airborne radar technology for use by the U.S. Air Force (USAF). Topics include the development of laser-based radar (Lidar) sensor technology for use in helicopter safety, the growing use of short-range, high-resolution radar systems in conjunction with infrared (IR) and visual imaging, and the announcement of U.S. radar technology exports and contracts.

The article discusses the significance of array radars to several industries in the U.S. Since its concept in World War II, it continues to deliver several advantages to different industries in the country. Due to its increasing demands on its radar performance, more radiated power, larger precision antennas, greater receiver sensitivity and improved extraction of information are required prompting radar designer to improve its specifications to meet the changing demands of the industry. Some of the uses of radar include airport surveillance, target detection and tracking.

The article focuses on U.S. industrial designer Viktor Schrekengost. Schrekengost was a key player in developing radar-recognition techniques. He was a major figure in the development of radar recognition on behalf of the U.S. Navy during World War II. He established the Design Department at The Cleveland Institute of Art, created ceramics for the Roosevelt White House that now command prices as high as $250000, and was the subject of a recent one-man exhibition at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Radar shows up on a screen in a scatter pattern. To figure out how such images were formed, Schrekengost first produced models of various kinds of aircraft.

This article reports that the U.S. Navy's biggest surface-ship project will be ready by next spring to order the first DD(X) Zumwalt-class destroyer. The integrated power system being developed for DD(X) is the key to building a fast, minimally crewed warship that can run futuristic radar systems, lasers and rail guns. Today's U.S. Navy warships turn their propellers and generate their electricity with separate systems. On DD(X), one system will do it all, powering the ship, guns, radar and all other needs. Eventually, the Navy wants its entire fleet to have integrated power.

The article discusses electronic warfare technologies which could be used in the U.S. Navy's Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) device. Technologies which are examines including active, electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, gallium nitride transmitters, and ram-air-turbine generators which have been used on models including the one built by the aerospace company Raytheon.