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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Navy League 2025: L3Harris eyes MVP variant for AMORPHOUS

1 week 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 week 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

2 weeks 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

4 weeks 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.
US Navy, MDA intercept simulated hypersonic threat

4 weeks ago | janes.com | Carlo Munoz

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) launches an SM-6 during a live-fire test of the ship's Aegis weapons system. (US Navy)The US Navy (USN) and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) intercepted a simulated hypersonic target during a joint test and evaluation exercise on 24 March off the coast of Hawaii, according to an MDA statement on 25 March.
Lockheed Martin LM400 testbed launch scrubbed

1 month ago | janes.com | Carlo Munoz

A rendering of Lockheed Martin's LM400 midsize, multimission satellite bus. (Lockheed Martin)Programme officials at Lockheed Martin have temporarily scrubbed the anticipated initial launch of the company's advanced satellite communications (satcom) testbed. The LM400 midsize satellite bus technology demonstrator was set for launch on 15 March, aboard Firefly Aerospace's Alpha FLTA006 rocket, at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, according to a 14 March Lockheed Martin statement.
L3Harris' AMORPHOUS software targets drone swarm C2 capability

1 month ago | janes.com | Carlo Munoz

Drone swarms present a clear and present danger on the battlefield. (US Army)L3Harris is maturing a new command-and-control (C2) software architecture aimed squarely at drone swarm operations, an architecture programme officials anticipate of being capable of handing control of thousands of unmanned systems to a single operator.
USSF, BAE Systems reach deal on second phase of FORGE programme

1 month ago | janes.com | Carlo Munoz

The SBIRS GEO-2 satellite during encapsulation in the Atlas V fairing at Cape Canaveral AFS. (Jim Dowdall)US Space Force (USSF) programme officials developing the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) platform have teamed up with BAE Systems, to continue maturation of the system's command-and-control (C2) architecture.
DoD, Space Force lack details on hybrid satcom development, says GAO

1 month ago | janes.com | Carlo Munoz

US airmen assemble a Satcom Earth Terminal Subsystem (SETSS). (US Air Force)The US Department of Defense (DoD) and the US Space Force (USSF) must provide a more comprehensive accounting of their efforts to develop military and commercial satellite communications (satcom) architectures to ensure the initiative will meet combat requirements for US armed forces, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a recent report.
Comtech weighs troposcatter technology for drone swarm C2

1 month ago | janes.com | Carlo Munoz

Comtech's new, small form factor troposcatter platform dubbed the Multipath Radio (MPR). (Comtech) Satellite communications (satcom) development company Comtech is looking to leverage its latest troposcatter radio platform as a viable method for drone swarm command-and-control (C2), company officials told Janes .