US Naval Vessels Get New Tech Boost for Real-Time Threat Awareness

US naval vessels are poised to gain a new layer of situational awareness as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) taps RTX’s Raytheon to build a next-gen sensing and targeting system.

The system will integrate electro-optical/infrared sensors, detection software, and command-and-control tools to track potential threats in real time.

A tethered drone, deployed from a semi-autonomous unmanned platform towed by commercial or naval logistics vessels, carries the sensors and streams target data to remote operators for rapid, informed engagement decisions.

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