During a recent conversation on the “From the Crows’ Nest” podcast, host Ken Miller and Dustin Hellwig, founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Chesapeake Technology Institute, delved deep into the complex issue of decoding EMSO and aligning our terminology. Hellwig’s extensive experience in spectrum and EW and environments provided critical insights into the challenges and potential solutions for unifying the EW community.
In this episode of our podcast, I had the privilege of welcoming back Bryan Clark, Senior Fellow and Director for the Center for Defense Concepts and Technology at the Hudson Institute. Bryan, who has recently been featured in the media discussing a range of defense topics from drone technology to acquisition reform, joined us to explore the current state of defense innovation and the barriers that prevent faster advancements within the DOD.
As the House and Senate return to Capitol Hill this month, they will continue working on the FY25 National Defense Authorization Act, which includes several provisions focused on counter-unmanned aerial systems technology, procurement and strategy.
In a recent episode of the “From the Crows’ Nest” podcast, Ken Miller welcomed back a distinguished guest, Jeff Fischer – a retired US Air Force colonel, author, journalist and subject matter expert. Their discussion ranged from the latest developments in Ukraine’s air capabilities to the broader implications of global military strategies.
The UK Ministry of Defence has disclosed first firing trials of a laser directed energy weapon demonstrator from a British Army combat vehicle.
NSWC Crane co-hosted the AOC annual conference on June 25-27. It aimed to address challenges and advance national leadership in EW and EMSO. DOD leadership has expressed the need to get product capabilities to the fleet much faster, and the AOC conference is an opportunity to bring together key stakeholders from academia, industry and government to discuss those challenges.
Phoenix Air Group Inc. has secured a $165.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to deliver airborne electronic warfare (EW) threat simulation services to the US Navy.
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has received a not-to-exceed $520.4 million contract modification to fund production of the L3Harris Technologies AN-254(V)1 Viper Shield integrated electronic warfare (EW) suite for F-16 Block 70/72 Foreign Military Sales customers.
Sierra Nevada Corporation has been selected to supply two RAPCON-X airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft to meet the needs of the Finnish Border Guard’s MVX program.
The US Air Force’s Air Mobility Command has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for “On-Aircraft Counter-Small Unmanned Aerial System (C-sUAS)” solutions that could be used to improve aircrew situational awareness when operating near drones and to defend large aircraft against Group 1 and 2 UAS that could pose threats to the aircraft