Featured in ELINTBYDan ParsonsMay 11, 2022ShareAustralia’s New MC-55 Peregrine Electronic Warfare Jet Breaks Cover (Updated)The MC-55A Peregrine is like no other aircraft and will elevate Australia’s airborne electronic attack and surveillance capabilities to a whole other level. BYDan ParsonsMay 11, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 25, 2021ShareMarine Osprey Flies With New Radar-Scrambling Intrepid Tiger System For The First TimeIntrepid Tiger II, which the Marines already use on various other aircraft, has other jamming and intelligence-gathering capabilities, too. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 25, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareCould the F-35 Become the Biggest Electronic Intelligence Collection System Ever Devised?Go ask ALIS if your enemy’s air defenses are ten feet tall… BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareAre Some Of The UFOs Navy Pilots Are Encountering Actually Airborne Radar Reflectors?Submarine-launched, radar reflector-toting balloons used to stimulate enemy air defenses can be traced back to a Cold War era Skunk Works program. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickAug 15, 2019ShareNavy Ships Look To WWII Era Message-Filled Bean Bags To Communicate Without RadiosHelicopters would rapidly ferry the messages between ships in a reboot of a communications method that dates back to World War II. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 15, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 28, 2019ShareArmy Tried To Get Data On Soviet Lasers With Bond-Like Sensors Hidden In Consumer CamerasThe service needed a way to get the sensors closer to their targets without arousing the suspicions of Soviet commanders in Germany. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 28, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 16, 2019ShareOne of Saudi Arabia’s RE-3A Spy Planes Now Looks Just Like a U.S. Air Force RC-135The unique signals intelligence aircraft now has an elongated nose and other features that appear almost identical to the American Rivet Joint. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 16, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 17, 2018ShareUSAF Frantically Stole Parts From One RC-135 To Get Another Airborne To Spy On A Missile LaunchThe swap meant the missile monitoring mission went ahead as planned, but it forced the service to delay another intelligence-gathering sortie. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 17, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickSep 18, 2018ShareRussia’s Claim That Israeli F-16s Used Their Doomed Il-20 Spy Plane As Cover Doesn’t Add UpIt’s not clear how the Kremlin might respond after the embarrassing incident in which Syrian forces accidentally shot down the Russian aircraft. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 18, 2018ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickSep 18, 2018ShareRussian IL-20 Surveillance Plane Went Down Off Syrian Coast During Israeli Missile Barrage (Updated)The Il-20 disappeared as Syrian air defenses responded to an Israeli strike. Russia has insinuated that a French frigate may have been involved. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickSep 18, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 17, 2018SharePhoto Of Secretive French Spy Plane Supporting Campaign Against ISIS Slips Out OnlineFrance typically gives out few official details and photos regarding the operations of its two C-160G Gabriel signals intelligence aircraft. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 17, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 6, 2018ShareAmerican Destroyer Packed New Electronic Warfare System During Black Sea MissionArguably a U.S. Navy surface combatant’s most important weapon deals in electrons not high-explosives, and it’s more important now than ever. BYTyler RogowayMar 6, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayFeb 16, 2017ShareTrump Cites Russian Intelligence Ship Off East Coast During Intense PresserThe presence of the spy ship has become a very hot (and overblown) topic in the media. BYTyler RogowayFeb 16, 2017Share
BYDan ParsonsMay 11, 2022ShareAustralia’s New MC-55 Peregrine Electronic Warfare Jet Breaks Cover (Updated)The MC-55A Peregrine is like no other aircraft and will elevate Australia’s airborne electronic attack and surveillance capabilities to a whole other level. BYDan ParsonsMay 11, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 25, 2021ShareMarine Osprey Flies With New Radar-Scrambling Intrepid Tiger System For The First TimeIntrepid Tiger II, which the Marines already use on various other aircraft, has other jamming and intelligence-gathering capabilities, too. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 25, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareCould the F-35 Become the Biggest Electronic Intelligence Collection System Ever Devised?Go ask ALIS if your enemy’s air defenses are ten feet tall… BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareAre Some Of The UFOs Navy Pilots Are Encountering Actually Airborne Radar Reflectors?Submarine-launched, radar reflector-toting balloons used to stimulate enemy air defenses can be traced back to a Cold War era Skunk Works program. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickAug 15, 2019ShareNavy Ships Look To WWII Era Message-Filled Bean Bags To Communicate Without RadiosHelicopters would rapidly ferry the messages between ships in a reboot of a communications method that dates back to World War II. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 15, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 28, 2019ShareArmy Tried To Get Data On Soviet Lasers With Bond-Like Sensors Hidden In Consumer CamerasThe service needed a way to get the sensors closer to their targets without arousing the suspicions of Soviet commanders in Germany. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 28, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 16, 2019ShareOne of Saudi Arabia’s RE-3A Spy Planes Now Looks Just Like a U.S. Air Force RC-135The unique signals intelligence aircraft now has an elongated nose and other features that appear almost identical to the American Rivet Joint. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 16, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 17, 2018ShareUSAF Frantically Stole Parts From One RC-135 To Get Another Airborne To Spy On A Missile LaunchThe swap meant the missile monitoring mission went ahead as planned, but it forced the service to delay another intelligence-gathering sortie. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 17, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickSep 18, 2018ShareRussia’s Claim That Israeli F-16s Used Their Doomed Il-20 Spy Plane As Cover Doesn’t Add UpIt’s not clear how the Kremlin might respond after the embarrassing incident in which Syrian forces accidentally shot down the Russian aircraft. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 18, 2018Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickSep 18, 2018ShareRussian IL-20 Surveillance Plane Went Down Off Syrian Coast During Israeli Missile Barrage (Updated)The Il-20 disappeared as Syrian air defenses responded to an Israeli strike. Russia has insinuated that a French frigate may have been involved. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickSep 18, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 17, 2018SharePhoto Of Secretive French Spy Plane Supporting Campaign Against ISIS Slips Out OnlineFrance typically gives out few official details and photos regarding the operations of its two C-160G Gabriel signals intelligence aircraft. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 17, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 6, 2018ShareAmerican Destroyer Packed New Electronic Warfare System During Black Sea MissionArguably a U.S. Navy surface combatant’s most important weapon deals in electrons not high-explosives, and it’s more important now than ever. BYTyler RogowayMar 6, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayFeb 16, 2017ShareTrump Cites Russian Intelligence Ship Off East Coast During Intense PresserThe presence of the spy ship has become a very hot (and overblown) topic in the media. BYTyler RogowayFeb 16, 2017Share
