Sensors

Sensors inform the mission in places and in ways like no other technology can, whether mounted on spacecraft or a tactical vehicle, providing mission-critical intelligence.

Armed with quantum sensors, France eyes leaps in electronic warfare

Quantum gravimeter technology, used for mapping the seabed, offers the prospect of surreptitiously tracking adversary submarines.

4 weeks ago

U.S. Coast Guard crew members assigned to the cutter Stratton drive a long range interceptor boat towards a Taiwan fishing vessel during illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing operations in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 2, 2022.

NGA wants industry’s help monitoring illegal activity in Indo-Pacific

Interested companies have until May 24 to submit responses, after which some will be selected for review by the Defense Innovation Unit.

3 months ago

Unmanned

AUKUS allies developing undersea capabilities they can field this year

The three AUKUS navies may see advanced undersea technology like small drones and AI-enabled target recognition tools tested and fielded this year.

Gulf nations summon sea drones to curb illicit trafficking

U.S. naval officials envision an international fleet of autonomous craft to keep tabs on ship traffic in the contentious Persian Gulf.

17 months ago

Defense budget includes plans for space-based tracking, Kendall says

"We should be able to move forward with a resilient suite of airborne and space-based sensors," Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said.

17 months ago

Weaponized balloons challenge US air superiority — quite littorally

The littorals are the messy area between sea and land, ground and sky, and air and space. U.S. leaders should prevent adversaries from exploiting them.

17 months ago

Pentagon tech chief wants an ‘all in one’ sensor

It is one of several critical technologies that Heidi Shyu, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, included in remarks at SOFIC.

2 years ago

Marine Corps wants money for ships, missiles, sensors

Money is coming, but not exactly at the level or timing that Marine leaders have wanted.

2 years ago

To win battles of information, the US Army will need deep sensing and data handling

The service wants to use sensors to "see" across the larger distances expected for future battles. And deeper sensing makes more data to process and understand.

3 years ago

Army orders 2 prototype sensor suites for next-generation surveillance plane

The sensors will be part of the Army’s High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES), an undetermined aircraft that will be one piece of the service's family of deep-sensing systems.

3 years ago

With the submarine threat on the rise, the US Navy looks to autonomous water sensor drones

The Navy is upgrading its fleet of underwater sensing drones.

3 years ago

Secrets of Tempest’s ground-breaking radar revealed

Radar engineers on the sixth-generation Tempest fighter program say they will break data-processing records by way of miniaturization and going digital.

4 years ago

Thales launches small AESA radar for small aircraft

The French defense ministry wants the AirMaster C sensor for its future Guépard helicopter, according to the company.

4 years ago