The Defense Department already is heavily involved in investigating how 5G technology will best serve the warfighter. Experimentation is ongoing at five installations across the United States, with seven more to come, as part of the department’s second tranche of test beds for 5G communications capa…

QUANTICO, Va. — Marine Corps Systems Command is updating its tactical satellite system that provides increased communication on the battlefield.

Based on field user evaluations, the upgraded technology is performing beyond expectations.

The Mobile User Objective System is a next-generation, …

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Boeing has delivered the first Super Hornet test aircraft for the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angel flight demonstration squadron. The unpainted aircraft now enters the flight test and evaluation phase at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland. Boeing expects to deliver a total of …

HOLLOMAN AFBASE, N.M. — Air Education and Training Command is integrating modern technology and innovative strategies in an effort to transform how remotely piloted aircraft pilots and sensor operators are developed through the RPA Training Next initiative.

Current RPA training has focused on t…

BEIJING — The 54th and penultimate satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has started operation in the network after completing in-orbit tests and network access evaluations, according to a statement from China’s Satellite Navigation System Management Office.

The satellite, l…

Work has begun on a new purpose-built facility at Henderson in Western Australia which will house the Royal Australian Navy’s Submarine Rescue System.

The capability is a key part of the Liberal National Government’s new sovereign air transportable Submarine Rescue Service, which will support the…