Equipment

Qualification trials for the combat systems of the ship are critical to ensuring the warship is capable of defending itself against a variety of threats such as drones and missiles. Thus, what defense systems does the USS Gerald R....

The Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) provides images of objects in rotation concerning the radar. It is based on analysis of the received signal as a function of time and Doppler frequency. The result is a two-dimensional image. Time...

The Aegis ballistic missile defence (BMD) system, carried out by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the U.S. Navy, gives Aegis cruisers and destroyers the capability to conduct BMD operations. Aegis ships can perform BMD operations by incorporating changes...

Network-centric warfare, also called network-centric operations or net-centric warfare, is a military doctrine or war theory that seeks to translate an information advantage, enabled in part by information technology, into a competitive advantage through the robust computer networking of...

The proliferation of ballistic missiles poses an increasing threat to NATO populations, territory, and forces. Moreover, many countries in NATO's proximity have ballistic missiles or are trying to develop or acquire them. NATO BMD aims to provide full coverage...

The United States has been taking the strategic advantage in navigation, command, control, and munitions guidance by introducing NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (GPS) since 1972. However, the U.S. is not the only power to have a GPS today.  China...

Advancements in technology have changed the naval operating environment and requirements. Today, the success of the naval operation depends on establishing the recognized marine picture because of the rapid compilation of the information obtained from various sources of information...

In today's naval battlefield, most of the radars, as in surveillance, reconnaissance, and target tracking radars, have to cope with very capable and advanced threats designed to contribute to the degradation of radar performance. Electronic warfare support (ES) interception...

This year, the U.S. Navy is scheduled to field the first acquisition program to deploy the High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, or HELIOS – a laser weapon system with high-energy fiber lasers intended for permanent fielding...

Saab announced that it upgraded its Sea Giraffe naval radar by introducing a Hypersonic Detection Mode (HDM) to detect and track targets traveling at hypersonic speeds. Saab is not the only one to have the capacity the detecting hypersonic...