A new AESA radar antenna is being offered for the Patriot air defence system that could improve its capabilities.
Using Gallium Nitride (GaN) the full demonstration prototype AESA radar was displayed at the AUSA Global symposium in March.
Raytheon, which builds Patriot, promised last year at the AUSA Global symposium in 2015 that it intended to offer a new radar solution for the system.
Douglass Burgess, director of Patriot AESA at Raytheon described the GaN-based AESA design as ‘a new technology in radars’ and although Patriot isn’t the only system using it the timing is right for this technology insertion
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The huge amount of open source data available may not carry the weight of secret sources but it does carry substantial value, according to speakers at Defence IQ C4ISR Global conference in London.
The deal with Jacobs will run until November 2027 and will see the company deliver a range of digital and IT specialist professional services to Defence Digital.
The communications company has upgraded two of its Beyond Line-of-Sight Multi-Purpose Terminals (MBTs) by introducing advancements in satellite communication technology and AI-driven maintenance capabilities.
Norway's Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace has announced that its subsidiary Kongsberg NanoAvionics will produce three satellites and launch them in 2025.
In 2015, South Korea named a consortium of Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and Hanwha Systems, along with Thales Alenia Space providing the SAR payload derived from its HE-R1000 product, as preferred bidder to develop new Korea 425 Project reconnaissance satellites.
The German defence minister claimed the reforms would mean the 2025 military budget would require an additional €6.5 billion (US$7 billion).
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