A program to provide a new deployable air traffic control system is moving forward again after budgetary challenges. The Deployable Radar Approach Control, or D-RAPCON developed by the Air Force's Electronic Systems Center (ECS) is designed to provide worldwide expeditionary approach and en route surveillance for joint, coalition and civil aircraft to direct and monitor air missions through sequencing, separation of aircraft, navigation assistance and airspace control services.
Navy Requests Weaponized MQ-8B, First For The Service
The U.S. Navy for the first time has reqested that one of its unmanned aircraft be configured to carry weapons. The Navy plans to arm the MQ-8B Fire Scout with a laser-guided rocket, the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS), in just 18 months.
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