RF/Analog

Sensors

Boeing to build 17 P-8A maritime patrol planes with advanced radar, processors, and electro-optical sensors

March 6, 2024
The P-8A Poseidon will have the CAE magnetic anomaly detection (MAD) system, and eventually may use air-deployable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
RF/Analog

DARPA to brief industry this week on HF radio waves ionospheric test instruments for over-the-horizon radar

March 5, 2024
TIM seeks to create distributable channel sounding and test instrumentation that will measure and respond to HF radio waves.
Sensors

Boeing, BAE Systems to build airborne electronic warfare (EW) to help F-15 operate against modern EW threats

March 5, 2024
EPAWSS replaces analog federated avionics with next-generation digital EW that enables the F-15 to operate in the presence of modern EW threats.
Computers

Air Force asks industry for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in command and control

March 5, 2024
Primary challenges involve managing AI for command, control communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) in the presence of the enemy.
RF/Analog

Mercury to provide digital radio frequency memory (DRFM) for electronic warfare (EW) on unmanned targets

March 4, 2024
DRFM provides coherent time delay of RF signals in radar and EW, and can replay a radar pulse with a small delay to make the target appear to move.