Monthly Shaarli
May, 2022

The United States' intelligence agencies face an uphill battle in regaining public trust and moving past their intense politicization since the 2016 election campaigns.

Northrop Grumman's pioneering vision, technology and people defining possible. Our teams explore burgeoning research areas and inventing revolutionary technology that will not only accomplish the mission at hand but also influence our world.
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Directed energy weapons (DEWs) are a type of electromagnetic or particle technology which use energy, as opposed to a physical projectile, to strike a target. DEWs have been under development for many decades. Despite initial enthusiasm and research around this technology, progress on DEWs has faced a range of technical and operational challenges. Yet, in recent years, the technology has matured and there has been an increase in funding of these capabilities.

The Science Breakthrough Radar presents 216 breakthrough predictions at 5, 10 and 25 years’ time horizons. They represent the views of the consulted expert community on what may happen in the short-, mid-, and longer-term for 18 emerging topics over four broad science areas.

I argue for increased emphasis on techniques that can greatly toughen GNSS receivers to both jamming and spoofing, some of which are denied to civil users.

To meet the threat to U.S. space systems, DoD needs to broaden its approach to resilience to fully embrace reconstitution.