Technology

Northrop Grumman Gets Funding for Hundreds of F-16 Radars

Dec. 20, 2019 | By Rachel S. Cohen
Northrop Grumman will build hundreds of active electronically scanned array radars for the F-16 fighter jet under a Dec. 19 contract worth more than $1 billion. The contract covers work on up to 372 radars through May 2027. It modifies an earlier award to finalize ...

USAF Issues Weapon Swarm Research Contract

Dec. 20, 2019 | By Rachel S. Cohen
Atlanta-based Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp. on Dec. 19 received an $85 million contract for the Air Force's "Golden Horde" project that aims to show weapons can work together in self-directed swarms. The demonstration is one of AFRL's initial "vanguard" programs that will pull resources ...

Sensors Could Help USAF Understand, Avoid Pilot Hypoxia

Dec. 19, 2019 | By Rachel S. Cohen
The Air Force is digging into new technologies that could help airmen recognize when they’re losing oxygen or having other physical problems in flight. From Dec. 17 to 19, the Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, and Air Force Physiological Episodes ...

AFRL Successfully Tests Next-Generation, Long Endurance RPA

Dec. 16, 2019 | By Brian W. Everstine
The Air Force Research Laboratory recently conducted a successful test of a next-generation, customizable remotely piloted aircraft, flying the drone for about two and a half days earlier this month. The Ultra Long Endurance Aircraft Platform, known as Ultra LEAP, is a commercial airframe converted ...

Lawmakers Suggest Sensor Fusion, AI for ABMS

Dec. 12, 2019 | By Rachel S. Cohen
Lawmakers have slowly gotten on board with the Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System concept, which is intended to replace the E-8C Joint STARS aircraft, but they still want more information. ABMS will piece together airborne and ground sensors with space systems to better understand ...