C4ISR Watch

The Air Force is planning to extend and increase the value of an operations and maintenance contract for a key ground-based radar in order to implement an urgent reliability and performance upgrade.

The Navy's Air and Missile Defense Radar program -- a $6.1 billion program managed by Raytheon which has accomplished key developmental milestones ahead of plan -- is now realigning testing activities due to a schedule slip in construction plans of the lead ship that will host the powerful, next-generation radar system: the new Flight III variant of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.

The Navy has updated its schedule for developing the second increment of the multibillion-dollar Next Generation Jammer, which focuses on the low-band spectrum, and is looking to industry to demonstrate existing technologies.

Air Force researchers may launch technical studies to further understand current and future multidomain command-and-control technologies, according to a recent request for information.

The Air Force's new mechanism to prototype space capabilities may be more popular than anticipated, prompting the service to consider what to do if the program hits its $100 million project ceiling before the end of its initial five-year term.

The Air Force has completed an initial Enterprise Space Battle Management Command and Control experiment aimed at demonstrating a universal command-and-control interface and open mission systems architecture for the space domain.

Army senior leaders are weighing potential new force structure to enhance the electronic warfare capability of operational forces.

The Army's Rapid Capabilities Office is preparing to host a series of "burn-offs" to assess the technological maturity and efficacy of potential solutions to capability gaps facing the service, from electronic warfare to position, navigation and timing.

U.S. special operators are testing out Project Maven's first algorithm for automatically processing, exploiting and disseminating full-motion-video feeds in the Middle East, according to the general in charge of the project.