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Avionics
Armed scout-aircraft bid from Karem gets lift from additions to team - News
July 03, 2019
LAKE FOREST, Calif. Aerospace development firm Karem reports that its efforts in the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) competition has been amplified with its newly announced teaming with Northrop Grumman and Raytheon. Karem was one of five companies awarded an Army prototyping development contract in April.
Radar/EW
Combat system from Lockheed Martin to be integrated, tested on U.S. Navy ships - News
July 03, 2019
BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin has won a $7.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy for Combat System Ship Integration and Test on new-construction guided missile frigate (FFG(X)) ships.
Radar/EW
Quantum-radar, other quantum-tech projects pursued by BGU and U.S. and Israeli defense agencies - News
July 02, 2019
BE?ER SHEVA, Israel. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) has announced joint research and development programs in the area of quantum technology with the Israel Ministry of Defense, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy.
Radar/EW
Radar R&D firm acquired by SRC - News
July 01, 2019
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Defense R & D corporation SRC has acquired radar R & D company SAZE (Silver Springs, Maryland).
Unmanned
UAS contract for U.S. military and allies signed for $390.4 million - News
July 01, 2019
BINGEN, Washington. Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) company Insitu has won a $390.4 million contract to supply Blackjack unmanned vehicles for the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy, as well as Blackjacks and smaller ScanEagle UASs for several foreign allies.
Unmanned
Tactical missile sale worth $122.8 million to Germany approved by U.S. State Department - News
July 01, 2019
WASHINGTON. The U.S. State Department has approved a Foreign Military Sale of tactical missiles worth more than $122 million to Germany, according to a U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) press release.
Comms
NASA restores historic Mission Control in time for Apollo 11 50th anniversary - News
June 28, 2019
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER -- HOUSTON. NASA's Mission Control room at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center has been restored to the way it looked 50 years ago when U.S. astronauts landed on the moon.
Radar/EW
Electronic warfare will fuel growing military embedded systems market, study says - News
June 27, 2019
LONDON. Increasing investment in modern warfare technologies and increasing use of electronic warfare (EW) is expected to fuel the growth of the military embedded systems market over the next 10 years, according to a recent report from Visiongain, "Military Embedded Systems Market Forecast, 2019-2029."
Radar/EW
Military airborne radar market will reach $4.2 billion by 2029, study says - News
June 26, 2019
LONDON. The global military airborne radar market, valued at $2.9 billion in 2019, will increase at a combined annual growth rate of 3.84%, to $4.2 billion by 2029, according to a market study by Global Data, "The Global Military Airborne Radar Market 2019-2029."
Unmanned
Collision-avoidance radar for UAVs gets radome upgrade - News
June 26, 2019
INTERNATIONAL RADAR SYMPOSIUM--ULM, Germany. Radar and sensor maker Hensoldt announced an upgrade to its collision-avoidance radar system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs): The company says that its enhanced radome technology protects the radar from mechanical environmental influences -- such as bird strikes or lightning -- while minimally affecting the radar?s functionality.
Radar/EW
Antitank weapons system launched from JLTV tested by Oshkosh Defense and partners - News
June 25, 2019
OSHKOSh, Wis. Oshkosh Defense and several industry partners report a successful test of the Javelin antitank guided munition and surveillance weapon system, launched from a Kongsberg remote weapon station mounted on an Oshkosh Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV). The test was performed at the U.S. Army post at the Redstone Test Center in northern Alabama.
Radar/EW
Digital RF jammer contract signed between Mercury Systems and U.S. Navy - News
June 24, 2019
ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems has received $16 million in follow-on orders -- against its previously announced $152 million, five-year sole-source basic ordering agreement (BOA) -- to deliver advanced Digital RF Memory (DRFM) jammers to the U.S. Navy.
Radar/EW
Precision-guided munitions market projected to grow from $30 billion in 2019 to $47.5 billion by 2025 - News
June 24, 2019
NORTHBROOK, Ill. The global market for precision-guided munitions is projected to grow from $30 billion in 2019 to $47.5 billion by 2025, a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8% from 2019 to 2025, according to a study from MarketsandMarkets, "Precision Guided Munition Market -- Global Forecast to 2025."
Unmanned
Design for additive manufacturing contract for space parts awarded to Siemens and Sonaca by ESA - News
June 21, 2019
LI?GE, Belgium. The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Siemens Digital Industries Software and project partner Sonaca Group to develop aerospace design applications for metal additive manufacturing (also known as 3-D printing) for parts to be used in space applications.
Comms
Small-sat design from Lockheed Martin chosen for NASA asteroid-imaging mission - News
June 20, 2019
DENVER. Lockheed Martin has been chosen to design dual small deep-space spacecraft to visit near-earth asteroids for the "Janus" mission, which is led by the University of Colorado Boulder.
Unmanned
Autonomous flight technology demonstrated by Collins Aerospace and Sikorsky at Paris Air Show - News
June 19, 2019
PARIS AIR SHOW. Collins Aerospace Systems (a unit of United Technologies) and Sikorsky (a Lockheed Martin company) demonstrated fly-by-wire technology that enables autonomous flight for rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft.
Avionics
Saab selects power and controls systems from Collins Aerospace for Boeing T-X trainer - News
June 19, 2019
PARIS AIR SHOW. Saab has chosen Collins Aerospace Systems (a unit of United Technologies) to supply mission-critical power and controls systems for the Boeing T-X trainer, including the aircraft?s Power Take Off (PTO) shaft, Auxiliary Power Engine Control Unit (APECU), engine start system, and Main Electric Power Generation System (MEPGS).
Radar/EW
Investments in C4ISR, network-centric warfare, and missile defense to drive global defense spending, study says - News
June 19, 2019
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. Ongoing geopolitical tensions plus economic and industrial disruptions will drive a global arms race as military powers across the world recalibrate diplomacy, embrace new technology, and adjust their industrial policies, according to a study from Frost & Sullivan, "Global Defense Outlook, 2019."
Unmanned
Ansys and Airbus to collaborate on autonomous flight to support Europe's Future Combat Air System - News
June 18, 2019
CANONSBURG, Pa. and OTTOBRUNN, Germany. Engineering-simulation company Ansys and aviation giant Airbus Defense and Space have announced that the pair will use an Ansys embedded-software solution to develop an advanced unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in support of Europe's Future Combat Air System (FCAS).
Comms
U.S. Army orders additional HMS Manpack radios from Harris - News
June 17, 2019
MELBOURNE, Fla. Harris Corp. has obtained a second low-rate initial production (LRIP) order from the U.S. Army under the HMS (Handheld, Manpack & Small Form-Fit) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to deliver additional AN/PRC-158 multi-channel radios to the battlefield.
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