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.
Airbus
• News Release
By Airbus: Spain is placing orders for 100 Airbus helicopters through the Directorate General for Armament and Material (DGAM) of the Ministry of Defence.
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
• Craig Hoyle
By FlightGlobal: Europe's Taurus Systems joint venture has been awarded a contract by the German BAAINBw defence procurement body to produce Taurus air-launched cruise missiles in an enhanced Neo-version standard.
AeroTime
• Clement Charpentreau
By AeroTime: Leonardo will develop and deliver four next-generation radars for Italy’s long-range ballistic missile defense, including fixed and mobile AESA GaN systems.
