ISR

The technology that drives intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance powers minute-by-minute decision-making, from the Pentagon to the tactical edge.


  • Air Combat Command head: JSTARS recap may not be best option
    Air Combat Command head: JSTARS recap may not be best option

    The Air Force’s decision on whether to cancel the JSTARS recap program will be driven, in part, on whether the service can provide a similar capability by networking together its existing platforms and sensors, the head of Air Combat Command said Monday.

  • Air Force transitioning key intelligence system to open architecture
    Air Force transitioning key intelligence system to open architecture

    By the end of 2018, the Air Force’s distributed common ground system will have tested a new open architecture backbone, paving the way for it to use algorithms and machine learning to exploit data, a service official told Defense News on Sept. 5.

  • Pentagon reportedly wasted $64M on aircraft modification program
    Pentagon reportedly wasted $64M on aircraft modification program

    An office within the Pentagon wasted at least $64.8 million on a program to modify a Drug Enforcement Agency to perform advanced surveillance operations in Afghanistan.

  • Trump wants Congress to reauthorize surveillance tool
    Trump wants Congress to reauthorize surveillance tool

    Attorney General Jeff Sessions and National Intelligence Director Dan Coats wrote a letter Monday to top Republicans and Democrats in Congress, asking them to not only reauthorize it as it’s written, but make it a permanent fixture in the law books.

  • Orbital ATK wins Afghan ISR aircraft contract
    Orbital ATK wins Afghan ISR aircraft contract

    The Department of Defense announcement only described the award as an “undefinitized contractual action” for the Afghanistan Air Force’s AC-208 armed ISR aircraft requirement.

  • Army reevaluating Gray Eagle drone operations, employment
    Army reevaluating Gray Eagle drone operations, employment

    The Army is looking at the possibility of operating MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones remotely from the U.S. as opposed to in theater as the system is currently employed.

  • L-3 wins sealift sensor contract
    L-3 wins sealift sensor contract

    Under the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division contract, L-3 will provide its MX-10MS electro-optical/infrared imaging turrets to help Military Sealift Command ships at sea.

  • General Atomics sheds light on the future of unmanned tech
    General Atomics sheds light on the future of unmanned tech

    Swarming, automation and an improved version of the MQ-9 Reaper are just some of the technologies where General Atomics is making investments.

  • Northrop Grumman wins JSTARS upgrade
    Northrop Grumman wins JSTARS upgrade

    Under the contract, Northrop Grumman will replace existing terminals with Air Force Tactical Receive System-Ruggedized (AFTRS-R) terminals.

  • Leidos wins ARL-E contract
    Leidos wins ARL-E contract

    Under the task order, Leidos will integrate, test and demonstrate three complete support Airborne Reconnaissance Low-Enhanced aircraft systems.