Raytheon has delivered to the Air Force the first prototype of an Aircraft Self Protection Security System (ASPSS) intended to provide electronic perimeter security for aircraft. The technology uses near object detection sensor technology—part of a four-sensor, portable package that recently passed tests at Eglin AFB, Fla. The sensors provide overlapping 360-degree coverage of a single aircraft, with more sensors available to be arranged for multiple aircraft. The ASPSS would aid USAF security forces, which would carry an annunciator—a handheld display unit and communicator—to warn them of the proximity of threats—people or vehicles out to 100 meters or more.
Golden Dome Details Begin to Emerge
Dec. 7, 2025
The Golden Dome air and missile defense shield to protect the United States will have some “operational capability” in 2028, the program’s leader said Dec. 6 at the Reagan National Defense Forum.
