BALTIMORE, Sept. 7, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) AN/AAQ-37 Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (DAS) for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter ...

NXP has invested in a high-resolution distributed aperture radar software start-up, and will use its software in ICs for vehicle radar. “Distributed aperture radar offers a path to enhance the ...

SENSOR TESTING: Northrop Grumman has begun initial flight-testing of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System sensors, which are to warn pilots of incoming aircraft ...

Key Points and Summary - The F-35 Lightning II's most remarkable attribute is not its stealth but its revolutionary suite of integrated sensors. -The jet functions as a powerful "informational node," ...

Imagine cruise missile threats streaming through the air toward multiple vulnerable targets. As that happens, radar nodes light up across a wide-spanning territory as an airborne F-35 senses the ...

Raytheon will furnish additional prototypes of sensors for a high-tech system designed to give Army helicopter pilots 360-degree situational awareness under a new $13 million contract. Under the ...

Tracking ballistic missiles in space, finding incoming anti-ship missiles and offering forward video-datalink images of enemies from safe stand-off distances are all missions perhaps not typically ...

US defence giant RTX feels that advanced electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensors are now well positioned for detecting unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), missiles, and aircraft at extreme ranges. In the ...

“Maneuverability is irrelevant.” That quote from a Northrop Grumman video underlines the fact that an often neglected attribute of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)—use of the AAQ-37 ...

NXP Semiconductors N.V. has announced that it is investing in Zendar Inc., a software start-up focused on autonomous vehicle systems with high-resolution radar. The investment includes a collaboration ...