AUSA 2014: Raytheon Showcasing the Destructive Nature of Cyber Warfare

Cybersecurity experts are hacking and crashing a remote-controlled drone helicopter as part of Raytheon's showcase at the show, along with wearable computers for the battlefield and products such as missile defence radars and precision weapons.

The helicopter demo shows how Electronic Armor, a Raytheon-built anti-hacking system, can detect even slight tampering with the controls of an unmanned aircraft (in the demo, one helicopter has the system and fly safely; the other does not, trying to illustrate the destructive nature of what can happen in an operational environment).

Other products Raytheon exhibits include:

• Distributed Common Ground System-A Lite: A wearable computer that provides soldiers with a wrist-worn display of battlefield information – including the location of enemy and allied forces.
• 3-D Audio: A sound system for pilots that uses a full 360° stereo field to warn soldiers of the exact direction of incoming threats. The system also makes radio channels sound as if they're coming from different directions.
• A joint announcement with the US Army to discuss the Army's new electronic warfare battle management programme.
• The anticipated December 2014 deployment of JLENS, the Army's missile-defence radar blimp, at Aberdeen Proving Ground in northern Maryland. JLENS is being launched to defend the Washington, DC region against cruise missiles, drones and aircraft.
• Incorporation of a laser spot tracker into the guidance system of the EXCALIBUR artillery shell.
• Full-rate production of the TALON laser-guided rocket, a precision weapon co-developed with the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
• A milestone for AN/TPY-2, a mobile ballistic missile defence radar.
• The creation of a Raytheon PATRIOT scholarship for US Army soldiers
• Pending delivery of 42 Precision Extended Range Munition (PERM) Rounds to the USMC for testing.