Raytheon’s Latest Counter Drone Tech: Programmable Laser

Raytheon’s Latest Counter Drone Tech: Programmable Laser
Raytheon’s Latest Counter Drone Tech: Programmable Laser

The Raytheon counter drone laser system can be programmed with a specific set of rules of engagements to help ensure flight safety.

Ethics At Heart Of Thales’ AI Strategy

Ethics At Heart Of Thales’ AI Strategy
Ethics At Heart Of Thales’ AI Strategy

“While it is not up to Thales to decide what is or is not ethical, it is up to us to develop technologies that enable our customers to implement ethical principles,” says David Sadek, director of AI research for French electronics giant Thales.

Leonardo’s New UAV Targets Pay-As-You-Go ISR Market

Leonardo’s New UAV Targets Pay-As-You-Go ISR Market
Leonardo’s New UAV Targets Pay-As-You-Go ISR Market

Fabrizio Boggiani, senior vice president of airborne marketing, says he sees “significant opportunities” for expanding Leonardo’s market share by selling mission packages to international institutions and countries who don’t “want to buy and own the asset, but want us to fly where they ask us to fly.”

Top DoD Official Shank Resigns; SCO Moving To DARPA

Top DoD Official Shank Resigns; SCO Moving To DARPA
Top DoD Official Shank Resigns; SCO Moving To DARPA

“My integrity and belief in SCO’s mission is more important to me than my friendship over many years with Mike (Griffin).”

Paris Air Show: It’s Hard To Demo What Makes Fighters Like F-35 Deadly

Paris Air Show: It’s Hard To Demo What Makes Fighters Like F-35 Deadly
Paris Air Show: It’s Hard To Demo What Makes Fighters Like F-35 Deadly

As a boy growing up in the 1950s, I looked forward every year to the new cars and how different they would be from last year’s models. Obviously, I am not doing that in 2019, because the combination of what the frame of the car can deliver aerodynamically interacts with software and advanced materials to…

With FCAS, French Air Force’s Renaissance Begins

With FCAS, French Air Force’s Renaissance Begins
With FCAS, French Air Force’s Renaissance Begins

France’s Air Force imagines new and improved concepts of operations will flow from the Future Combat Aircraft System (FCAS).

Acting SecAF & Roper Likely Head To Paris Show, With F-35A

Acting SecAF & Roper Likely Head To Paris Show, With F-35A
Acting SecAF & Roper Likely Head To Paris Show, With F-35A

Amid chatter about what aircraft will make their way to Paris, the Air Force going all in.

Ellen Lord: Lot 12 Contract For F-35s Soon

Ellen Lord: Lot 12 Contract For F-35s Soon
Ellen Lord: Lot 12 Contract For F-35s Soon

The Pentagon says a new F-35 deal is coming this summer, and promises more costs savings even as the program struggles to get needed spare parts.