Northrop Grumman has teamed with Israeli Aerospace Industries to build and launch operational all weather, day/night surveillance satellites in “ responsive production cycle,” states a company release. The plan is to provide low-cost, rapid response—about 28 months—system that “complements both existing and US military and intelligence community capabilities being developed.”
Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, nominee to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Defense Department needs to upgrade its electronic warfare capability and its EW training ranges; just as his predecessor said at his own confirmation hearing.