HENSOLDT UK unveils new X-band ground surveillance radar
25 January 2021
by Carlo Munoz
HENSOLDT UK has unveiled its newest mid-range, X-band ground surveillance radar designed to enable offensive operations such as long-range fire support, while also support defensive missions such as force protection for static installations and mobile ground formations.
The SPEXER 600 is the latest addition to the company’s SPEXER line of Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars, which range from the SPEXER 10 series designed for perimeter force protection at small, austere bases and installations to the 2000 series, which is capable of automatic detection, classification, and tracking of ground, coastal, and low-flying air targets at a maximum range of 400 km.
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has issued its definitive strategy for the implementation of 5G capabilities in the US armed forces' command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) operat.
US Air Force seeks radar solutions for Saudi air defence
by Carlo Munoz
The US Air Force directorate tasked with overseeing Foreign Military Sales (FMS) is soliciting industry solutions for long-range, elevated air defence radar systems, which will be tapped for future foreign sale to Saudi Arabia.
The request for information (RFI) issued on 11 December by the digital directorate of the FMS division of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center will evaluate potential elevated radar capabilities for use by Saudi Arabian armed forces, or other regional allies and partner nations – focusing on platform capability, exportability, cyber-security capabilities, and estimated cost and delivery schedules. In the end, service officials anticipate that information derived from the RFI will lead to an FMS-driven acquisition strategy for delivery and technical support for 13 advanced elevated radar systems.
DARPA s DyNAMO connects incompatible datalinks under electronic attack
18 December 2020
by Carlo Munoz
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), for the first time, successfully demonstrated an advanced counter-electronic warfare programme that enables disparate, incompatible tactical datalinks to receive and transmit data while in the midst of an electronic attack.
DARPA programme engineers developing the Dynamic Network Adaptation for Mission Optimization (DyNAMO) initiative were able to bridge multiple radio networks, transmitting across multiple domains, through several previously discordant datalink types to provide “uninterrupted network connectivity between all the datalinks under varying conditions in a simulated contested environment,” a 16 December agency statement said.
Multi-domain, mesh networking opportunities seen with new satcom terminal
16 December 2020
by Carlo Munoz
Mobile satellite and telecommunications company Kymeta is seeking to make inroads toward solutions for the US armed forces’ multi-domain, mesh networking requirements via its new u8 satellite communications (satcom), senior company officials told Janes.
The u8 flat panel satcom terminal is the newest evolution of the company’s initial satcom terminal variant, whose initial focus was for use by law enforcement agencies and first responders. That said, that first-generation satcom terminal “has already been in the hands of the US military, and we have been getting a lot of feedback … from the 18 year-old kid using it at the point of use, to the purchasing guys and through the entire [acquisition] process, and as that feedback came in we fed that into the design of the u8”, Kymeta Corp Vice-President for Product Management Lilac Mueller said.