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Radar/EW
Global EW market to grow to $17.5 billion by 2027, say analysts - News
January 02, 2018
LONDON. The global electronic warfare (EW) market -- valued at more than $13 billion in 2017 -- will grow at a combined annual growth rate of more than 2.6 percent to be worth $17.7 billion by 2027, according to a forecast by analysts at Strategic Defence Intelligence.
Comms
Report: Tactical comms market to experience 17 percent CAGR through 2023 - News
December 29, 2017
MUMBAI. The global tactical communication market -- defined as equipment used in the transmission of military information through electric means -- is expected to grow at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 17 percent during the period 2016-2023, according to a new forecast by market research firm Occams Business Research and Consulting.
Unmanned
USAF awards $110 million contract for networked cruise missile - News
December 27, 2017
DALLAS. The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has granted Lockheed Martin a $110 million, five-year/Phase 1 contract to develop and demonstrate a lower-cost, networked cruise missile that will be called Gray Wolf.
Unmanned
U.S. Army contracts for full-rate production on M109A7 weapon vehicle - News
December 27, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a contract that paves the way for full-rate production of the company?s M109A7 Self-Propelled Howitzer and M992A3 ammunition carrier vehicles. The contract includes an initial $413.7 million portion to complete the third and final option for low-rate initial production on the program; the contract includes additional options that would begin the full-rate production phase, which -- if exercised -- would bring the cumulative value of the award to approximately $1.7 billion.
Comms
NATO signs accord for maritime command and control system - News
December 22, 2017
RICHMOND, British Columbia. Space/satelllite/radar company MDA has signed a contract valued at approximately CA$15 million ($11.8 million) with NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI) that calls for MDA to build a new system to modernize and support NATO?s maritime command and control operations under Project TRITON.
Comms
DoD signs agreements for spectrum-monitoring systems - News
December 22, 2017
CHANTILLY, Va. Engineering and IT firm Vencore Inc. announced that its research arm, Vencore Labs, has garnered agreements from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to design and field the Comprehensive Spectrum Monitoring System (COSMOS) and Spectrum Usage Measurement System (SUMS) programs.
Radar/EW
Mercury Systems agrees to acquire Themis Computer - News
December 21, 2017
ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems -- developer and builder of processing subsystems used in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR); radar; electronic warfare (EW); storage; and guidance defense applications -- has agreed to acquire Themis Computer, based in Fremont, California. Themis designs, manufactures, and integrates commercial size/weight/power-optimized rugged servers, computers, and storage systems for U.S. and international defense programs.
Unmanned
Office of Naval Research signs deal to design, develop large UUV motors - News
December 21, 2017
SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has won a contract from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to design and deliver an advanced permanent-magnet propulsion motor intended for use in large-displacement unmanned undersea vehicles (LDUUVs).
Radar/EW
USAF signs $961 million contract to upgrade, sustain Sniper targeting pods - News
December 21, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to provide sustainment and upgrades for its fleet of 683 Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP). The five-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract -- which is valued at up to $961 million -- enables the Air Force to place orders for logistics, spares, software, and sensor enhancements to the pods.
Radar/EW
NATO orders additional countermeasure systems for transport fleet - News
December 20, 2017
HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems Ltd. has won a follow-on $46 million contract to supply additional J-Music Direct Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) self-protection systems to NATO for its Airbus A330 Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet (MMF) Program. NATO will also install Elbit's Infra-Red-based Passive Airborne Warning Systems (PAWS IR). Work on the contract will be performed over a four-year period.
Unmanned
Army Research Lab working with Marines on 3-D printed drones - News
December 20, 2017
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. Army researchers are working with a group of Marines to develop small 3-D printed unmanned aerial systems (UASs) for use on the battlefield and on different missions.
Unmanned
Techaya Ethernet switch on board chosen for UUV program - News
December 19, 2017
LOS ANGELES. MilSource recently announced that the Techaya MILTECH 309 Ethernet Switch on Board (ESoB) was chosen by a leading underwater, remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) manufacturer to provide Ethernet switching between on-board imaging sonar, positioning software and hardware, and other sensors.
Avionics
Dutch ministry of defense will upgrade six of its Chinook helicopters - News
December 19, 2017
RIDLEY PARK, Pa. Boeing and the Netherlands ministry of defense have signed an agreement that will upgrade six Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) Chinook helicopters to the latest F-model configuration, which the defense ministry believes will ensure commonality of systems for its entire fleet of 20 F-model Chinooks.
Unmanned
U.S. Air Force signs $64 million Bomber Armament Tester agreement - News
December 19, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Air Force has signed a contract worth upwards of $64 million with BAE Systems to design, develop, manufacture, and sustain the Bomber Armament Tester (BAT) system for the Air Force's bomber fleet.
Unmanned
Saab, Singapore university to collaborate on UUV, air-traffic research - News
December 18, 2017
STOCKHOLM and SINGAPORE. Defense and security company Saab and research-focused institution Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU Singapore) have signed a five-year master research collaboration agreement.
A.I.
AI pact aims to enhance satellite and spacecraft operations - News
December 18, 2017
BETHESDA, Md. and TOKYO, Japan. Aerospace and security company Lockheed Martin and IT/networking company NEC Corp. announced that Lockheed Martin will use NEC?s System Invariant Analysis Technology (SIAT) in the space domain.
Unmanned
USAF awards $22.8 million contract for laser-guided bomb kits - News
December 15, 2017
BETHESDA, Md. The U.S. Air Force -- acting on behalf of the U.S. Navy -- has signed a $22.8 million contract with Lockheed Martin to produce and deliver Paveway II Plus laser guided bomb (LGB) kits.
Radar/EW
Army, Navy air crews to receive critical situational-awareness technology - News
December 15, 2017
FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corp. has received a $124.7 million award from the U.S. government for production of AN/APR-39D(V)2 digital radar warning receiver and electronic warfare (EW) management systems for use by the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy.
Unmanned
NASA tests 3-D printed component on RS-25 engine for SLS - News
December 15, 2017
NASA/JOHN C. STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne (a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.) completed hot-fire testing of an RS-25 rocket engine containing its largest additively manufactured component to date. Additive manufacturing is commonly referred to as 3-D printing.
Avionics
U.S. and EU expand cooperation in air-traffic safety, air-traffic control management - News
December 14, 2017
BRUSSELS. Officials from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and ambassadors to the European Union (EU) plus EU transport ministers recently signed amendments to two U.S.-EU agreements that will expand joint efforts on aviation safety and air-traffic management harmonization.
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