RF/Analog

An F-15E hangs from the ceiling of the Benefield Anechoic Facility during testing of the Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS) at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
RF/Analog

Air Force asks Boeing and BAE Systems for electronic warfare (EW) systems for F-15E jet fighter-bomber

Jan. 8, 2025
The F-15 EPAWSS is a next-generation digital EW suite that helps the F-15 operate in modern EW threats with dense radio-frequency backgrounds.
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The GBU-53/B has millimeter wave active radar homing, semi-active laser guidance, infrared homing with an uncooled imaging infrared camera, GPS-coupled inertial guidance, and radio data-links back to the aircraft.
Sensors

Air Force asks RTX Raytheon for StormBreaker smart munitions with multimode seeker and imaging infrared

Jan. 6, 2025
The 208-pound StormBreaker is six to seven inches in diameter; eight of these smart weapons can fit in the F-35’s confined internal weapon bays.
A Navy pilot explains the functions of instruments in the cockpit of a P-8A Posideon aerial surveillance jet.
Communications

Boeing to upgrade seven P-8A aerial surveillance jets with network-ready avionics in $66.1 million deal

Jan. 6, 2025
The Poseidon's increment 3 avionics upgrades focus on a network-ready open-systems electronics architecture and network-enabled weapons.
MGDS-500 series DC-DC power converters are for military avionics, ground vehicles, and naval applications.
Power

DC-DC power converters for military avionics, ground vehicles, and naval applications introduced by Gaia

Jan. 6, 2025
These power supplies offer expanded input ranges of 16-to-80-volts DC, 90-to-210-volts DC for naval applications, in addition to 9-to-40-volts DC.
The guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) launches a Block V Tomahawk, the weapon’s newest variant, during a missile exercise.
Sensors

Navy asks RTX Raytheon for land-attack missiles with terrain-matching guidance in $401.2 million deal

Jan. 3, 2025
Tomahawk is a long-range, all-weather, jet-powered, surface-attack subsonic cruise missile for ship- and submarine-based land-attack operations.