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This spring, Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works, the Missile Defense Agency, and the USAF announced that a U-2, five F-35s, and an F-22 were able to demonstrate fifth-generation to fifth-gen communications abilities across domains as the aircraft provided real
NASHUA, N.H. - The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is utilizing technological advances to keep legacy aircraft viable in the 21st century as the military rolls out fifth-generation fighters and takes steps to break ground on the sixth gen.
This March, the United States Air Force officially accepted the first F-15EX at Elgin Air Force Base in Florida. The USAF plans to acquire 144 of the aircraft from Boeing to replace its F-15C/D models, which have an average age of 37 years.
“This is a big moment for the Air Force,” said Col. Sean Dorey, F-15EX program manager with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Fighters and Advanced Aircraft Directorate, responsible for the acquisition, modernization and sustainment of the aircraft. “With its large weapons capacity, digital backbone, and open architecture, the F-15EX will be a key element of our tactical fighter fleet and complement 5th-generation assets. In addition, it’s capable of carrying hypersonic weapons, giving it a niche role in future near-peer conflicts.”
Lockheed Martin's fifth-gen F-35 Lightning II was given new warfighting capabilities as part of a collaboration between Lockheed, Northrop Grumman, and BAE Systems.
Northrop Grumman's ICNI system provides F-35 pilots with more than 27 fully-integrated operational functions. Using its industry-leading software-defined radio technology, Northrop Grumman's design allows the simultaneous operation of multiple critical functions while greatly reducing size, weight and power demands on the advanced F-35 fighter. These functions include Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), automatic acquisition of fly-to points, and various voice and data communications such as the Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL).
The BAE Systems' AN/ASQ-239 system is an advanced, proven electronic warfare suite that provides fully integrated radar warning, targeting support, and self-protection to detect and defeat threats and enable the F-35 to reach well-defended targets.
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NASHUA, N.H. - The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is utilizing technological advances to keep legacy aircraft viable in the 21st century as the military rolls out fifth-generation fighters and takes steps to break ground on the sixth gen.
This March, the United States Air Force officially accepted the first F-15EX at Elgin Air Force Base in Florida. The USAF plans to acquire 144 of the aircraft from Boeing to replace its F-15C/D models, which have an average age of 37 years.
“This is a big moment for the Air Force,” said Col. Sean Dorey, F-15EX program manager with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Fighters and Advanced Aircraft Directorate, responsible for the acquisition, modernization and sustainment of the aircraft. “With its large weapons capacity, digital backbone, and open architecture, the F-15EX will be a key element of our tactical fighter fleet and complement 5th-generation assets. In addition, it’s capable of carrying hypersonic weapons, giving it a niche role in future near-peer conflicts.”
Lockheed Martin's fifth-gen F-35 Lightning II was given new warfighting capabilities as part of a collaboration between Lockheed, Northrop Grumman, and BAE Systems.
Northrop Grumman's ICNI system provides F-35 pilots with more than 27 fully-integrated operational functions. Using its industry-leading software-defined radio technology, Northrop Grumman's design allows the simultaneous operation of multiple critical functions while greatly reducing size, weight and power demands on the advanced F-35 fighter. These functions include Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), automatic acquisition of fly-to points, and various voice and data communications such as the Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL).
The BAE Systems' AN/ASQ-239 system is an advanced, proven electronic warfare suite that provides fully integrated radar warning, targeting support, and self-protection to detect and defeat threats and enable the F-35 to reach well-defended targets.
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