Carlo Munoz

Senior Journalist at Janes

Sr Journalist/C4ISR @janesINTEL. Dad. Fmr @Milreporters Board of Directors. Analog military hack in a digital world. All disclaimers apply.

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Pentagon budget 2026: US President Trump to request USD961.6 billion for DoD

2 weeks ago | janes.com | Zach Rosenberg |Michael Fabey |Carlo Munoz |Meredith Roaten

USS Arkansas, a Virginia-class attack submarine, is scheduled to be launched in 2025. The FY 2026 budget request likely contains funding for additional Virginia-class submarines.
Update: Northrop Grumman developing new UAS multinode processor

2 weeks ago | janes.com | Carlo Munoz

NG InSight software-programmable, open systems compliant processor. (Northrop Grumman)Programme officials at Northrop Grumman are in the midst of testing and development of a new, multinode airborne processor for use aboard unmanned aircraft systems (UASs). The new processor is the latest variant under development for the company's NG InSight family of battlefield edge processors, Rosa Salazar, program director of advanced communications at Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, said.
L3Harris leverages Ukraine support into NGC2 development

2 weeks ago | janes.com | Carlo Munoz

Russian forces field the Krasukha-4 electronic warfare system. (Russian MoD)Programme officials at L3Harris are leveraging the company's ongoing support of Ukrainian forces to inform development efforts for the US Army's Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) programme.
US Army seeks real-time modelling for battlefield C2

2 weeks ago | janes.com | Carlo Munoz

Soldiers assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, conduct area reconnaissance using a UAS drone at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. (US Army)The US Army is looking to develop a new suite of modelling tools designed to allow combat commanders the ability to collect, consolidate, and process real-time battlefield data and distil that information into viable courses of action (COAs) quickly.
US Army developing prototype A-PACE software

2 weeks ago | janes.com | Carlo Munoz

A US Army rendering of a prototype adaptive PACE (A-PACE) routing software to interlink disparate tactical radio networks. (US Army)US Army officials are gathering industry input for the development of new software prototypes to ensure tactical radio systems across the service's portfolio are interoperable across disparate waveforms and networks.
US Space Force develops new gateway for commercial, legacy data

3 weeks ago | janes.com | Carlo Munoz

A USSF radome receives data from satellites at Kaena Point Space Force Station, Hawaii, on 14 September 2022. (US Space Force)Programme officials at the US Space Force (USSF) are in the midst of standing up a new data gateway to allow space-based collection platforms to access and transmit legacy data previously inaccessible by current USSF systems.
Navy League 2025: L3Harris eyes MVP variant for AMORPHOUS

1 month ago | janes.com | Carlo Munoz

US sailors retrieve a Mk 18 Mod 2 unmanned underwater vehicle during a transit through the Northern Mariana Islands. (US Navy)L3Harris is looking to mature its new drone swarm command-and-control (C2) technology into a minimum viable product (MVP) by August 2025.
Navy League 2025: US Navy weighs expanded CEC capabilities

1 month ago | janes.com | Carlo Munoz

Ships with the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group and John C Stennis Carrier Strike Group transit the Philippine Sea during dual-carrier operations. (US Navy) US Navy (USN) officials are currently working with industry partners to develop a slate of advanced capabilities to integrate into future variants of the sea service's Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) system over the next five years.
Northrop Grumman developing new UAS multinode processor

1 month ago | janes.com | Carlo Munoz

Northrop Grumman's InSight software-programmable, open systems compliant processor. (Northrop Grumman)Programme officials at Northrop Grumman are in the midst of testing and development of a new, multinode airborne processor for use aboard unmanned aircraft systems (UASs). The new processor is the latest variant under development for the company's InSite family of battlefield edge processors, Rosa Salazar, program director of advanced communications at Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, said.
Lockheed Martin develops new MUOS payload processor

1 month ago | janes.com | Carlo Munoz

Workers prepare MUOS 4 for its launch in August 2015. (ULA)Lockheed Martin has developed a new onboard payload processor for the US Space Force's (USSF) Mobile User Objective System Service Life Extension (MUOS SLE) programme, which can be reprogrammed in real time while on orbit. The MUOS SLE payload processor is a part of Lockheed Martin's phase one proposal for the satellite life extension programme, based on the company's LM2100 satellite bus.