Corrections & Clarifications: This story has been updated with a corrected list of development partners provided after publication. After every major weather disaster, such as the overnight explosion ...

Italian defense group Leonardo-Finmeccanica has launched a new 360 degree airborne radar using fixed panels distributed around the body of aircraft, which it claims is the first of its kind. Norway’s ...

Boeing and Northrop Grumman agreed on a concept in 1996 for packaging a popular aircraft with a powerful new radar. Boeing would modify its best-selling 737 to carry Northrop's multi-role ...

The Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS) is low-level airborne ground surveillance system that uses aerostats (moored balloons) as radar platforms. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine ...

Ericsson Microwave Systems and US radar manufacturer Raytheon are to jointly develop an airborne radar system Ericsson will design and manufacture the radar hardware with Raytheon providing the ...

Russia’s Beriev and personnel from electronics specialist Vega have conducted a first flight of the Ilyushin Il-76MD-90A-based A-100 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system aircraft with its ...

In the future DARPA’s ISIS blimp may be hovering above the horizon near to conflict zones, feeding real time radar data to troops and smart weapons from on high. True to its name, it’s also a little ...

Angie Parker was a member of the United States Air Force’s 965th Squadron, where she served as an airborne radar technician. (Photo courtesy of Angie Parker) Editor’s note: “Tech Vets: Profiles in ...

Radar is a great constant for those of us working in the RF/microwave field. Regardless of the fluctuations of the gadget-driven commercial market, interest in radar never seems to ebb and flow. Many ...

The Bawdsey radar station near Felixstowe was instrumental in the success of the Battle of Britain The world's first airborne radar will be commemorated on the 80th anniversary of the end of the ...

NORAD, the FAA and third-party groups all monitor objects up above. President Joe Biden spoke to the nation on Thursday about the recent shoot-downs of flying objects in U.S. and Canadian airspace. He ...