The DRDO has launched a Technology Development Fund project to build drone swarms that act as distributed "floating antenna arrays" for electronic-warfare tasks, pairing networked RF payloads, swarm autonomy and coordinated manoeuvres to provide scalable SIGINT collection and jamming effects over contested battlefields.
Breaking Defense
• Michael Marrow
By Breaking Defense: The designs selected for the next group of Collaborative Combat Aircraft represent a “broad spectrum” of concepts, which will be narrowed down at a later date for prototyping, an Air Force spokesperson told Breaking Defense.
Breaking Defense
• Theresa Hitchens
By Breaking Defense: Lockheed Martin, Rocket Lab USA, Northrop Grumman, and L3Harris Technologies each won awards to "deliver and operate 18 space vehicles" for the Space Development Agency's Tranche 3 Tracking Layer.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: Lockheed Martin says it will disclose which aircraft it proposes as replacement for the US Army's UH-72A Lakota trainer in January, as the company gears up to compete for the Flight School Next tender.
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
By FlightGlobal: The US Air Force will install Raytheon's PhantomStrike active electronically scanned array radar on its X-62 VISTA test aircraft, advancing autonomous combat capabilities as the service develops artificial intelligence systems for future uncrewed fighters.
Breaking Defense
• Valerie Insinna
By Breaking Defense: Auditors identified a financial misstatement concerning the F-35 program as part of this past year's audit.
FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
By FlightGlobal: A lack of suitable European-built small turbofan engines for 'loyal wingman' applications that are also free of export restrictions has pushed the EU to consider funding the development of a new powerplant.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Ovzon will provide satcom services to an undisclosed European NATO nation under a new contract announced Dec. 19 worth $25.2 million.
Aviacionline
• Gastón Dubois
