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The U.K. Secretary of State for Defence, Ben Wallace MP has confirmed plans for Britain to lead the development of a new flying combat air demonstrator, which will play a critical role in proving the technology and design principles needed to deliver the U.K.’s Future Combat Air System.

Airbus has launched a connectivity services business through the creation of a dedicated High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) Services Business based around Zephyr, Airbus’ leading HAPS technology platform.

Raytheon Missiles & Defense, in partnership with Northrop Grumman, successfully completed its second flight test of the scramjet-powered Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Air Force.

L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a contract to build the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 Tracking Layer satellite program to serve as “eyes in the sky” detecting, identifying and tracking advanced missile threats.

Boeing and the U.S. Navy have completed a series of manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) flight tests in which a Block III F/A-18 Super Hornet successfully demonstrated command and control of three UAVs.

Jerome Patoux, Director of Marketing, Aerospace and Defense at Analog Devices, talks with Pat Hindle, Media Director at Microwave Journal, about the evolution of AESA radar, tradeoffs in architectures and impact of GaN technology

Mission Microwave Technologies, LLC confirmed an eight million dollar order for the continuation of a major upgrade program for a customer supporting a U.S. government requirement.

BAE Systems has delivered advanced M-Code GPS receivers for ground-based missions to Germany via the Foreign Military Sales process.

Pixus Technologies has announced a new compact implementation of its ruggedized enclosure line utilizing NI’s Ettus Research™ brand software-defined radio (SDR).