Northrop Grumman secured a U.S. Army contract to advance the Improved Threat Detections System (ITDS), featuring the ATHENA sensor that enhances 360-degree threat detection and rapid identification of emerging aerial threats to improve aircraft survivability.
The event was notable for the scale and variety of systems brought together for testing across a 2.5 km area. These included more than 215 systems such as radars, acoustic and radio-frequency detectors, electronic warfare tools, and both kinetic and non-kinetic effectors.
“Just as ambulances use lights and sirens to signal vehicles to move out of the way, public safety operators require the ability to share airspace safely,”
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Military planners are now preparing for missions in places like the Indo-Pacific, where air defences are stronger, and survival is a bigger concern. This shift has led to more focus on unmanned and distributed systems.