A new layer of high-altitude platforms carrying optical tracking sensors could be added to the U.S. missile defense architecture in the future. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) solicited on Sept. 15 ...
How does a fighter jet get to strike a target nearly twice as high as a commercial airliner can fly? In 2023, the F-22 Raptor gave that answer with a performance that combined stealth design, sensor ...
An Air Launched Effects system is deployed from a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter in a September 2020 experiment. (Photo by Spc. Javion Siders/U.S. Army) The Army is scouring industry for unmanned ...
When most people hear about high-altitude platforms (HAPs), they think of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. And for good reason: defense investment and headlines have long revolved ...
A NASA 747 utilized to transport the Space Shuttle was used for a study of trailing wake vortices. Six smoke generators were installed under the wings of the 747 to provide a visual image of the ...
Researchers in China have developed a radar that sits on the seabed and can detect and track aircraft flying high above China's intelligence gathering network has achieved a significant technological ...