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Radar/EW
Radar simulator contract for Navy's pilot training program won by Lockheed Martin - News
June 01, 2016
FAIRFAX, Va. U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center ? Weapons Division (NAWC-WD) officials tasked Lockheed Martin to provide tactical training products including radar simulators for the Navy?s pilot survivability training program. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract will support the Aircrew Electronic Warfare Tactical Training Range (AEWTTR) program in Ridgecrest, California.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy orders third Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier ship - News
May 26, 2016
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. U.S. Navy officials ordered a third Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier ship from Huntington Ingalls Industries. The contract valued at $152 million is for the advance planning and construction of the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CVN 80).
Comms
U.S. Army receives first batch of Manpack radios for evaluation - News
May 26, 2016
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. U.S. Army officials received the first 30 General Dynamics Mission Systems two-channel Manpack networking radios for evaluation under a production contract awarded in March.
Cyber
Data center operations and IT contract won by Jacobs - News
May 25, 2016
PASADENA, Calif. The U.S. Army Program Executive Office Missiles & Space (PEO MS) tasked Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. to provide enterprise IT support services under a contract valued an estimated 32.5 million spanning over the next five years.
Unmanned
Lockheed Martin to equip MK 48 torpedoes with guidance and control systems - News
May 25, 2016
MARION, Mass. U.S. Navy officials selected Lockheed Martin to provide sonar systems for the MK 48 Mod 7 Torpedo. The contract spans over a five-year period to facilitate an inventory increase of the torpedoes for the submarine fleet.
Unmanned
Team to develop solutions for U.S. Army's Common Robotic System - Individual program - News
May 24, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. Roboteam and DRS Technologies officials signed a strategic agreement to collaborate in developing a solution for the U.S. Army's Common Robotic System - Individual (CRS-I) program.
Cyber
IT service contract won by General Dynamics Information Technology - News
May 24, 2016
FAIRFAX, Va. U.S. Navy officials selected General Dynamics Information Technology to provide information technology services and security assistance support to the Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support (NAVSUP WSS) and Navy International Programs Office. The contract spans a 48-month period and its estimated value is $46.7 million.
Radar/EW
USS Zumwalt joins the fleet; homeport to be San Diego - News
May 23, 2016
BATH, Maine. U.S. Navy officials accepted the delivery of the first USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) class ship, the next-generation of multi-mission surface vessels. The ship will be commissioned in Baltimore following delivery and crew certification at General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works on October 15, Navy officials say. Mission System Activation will continue in conjunction with Post Delivery Availability in San Diego, the ship's homeport.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy's Railgun program receives deliveries of pulse power containers - News
May 23, 2016
TEWKSBURY, Mass. The U.S. Navy?s Railgun program has begun receiving deliveries of Raytheon?s pulse power containers, which are comprised of multiple pulsed power modules.
Comms
U.S. Navy orders digital modular radios from General Dynamics - News
May 19, 2016
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. U.S. Navy officials modified an existing contract with General Dynamics Missions Systems tasking them to manufacture and deliver more than 30 AN/USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radios (DMR), including related materials and equipment for the service surface vessels and submarines.
Radar/EW
Navy destroyer detects/tracks medium range ballistic missile - News
May 19, 2016
KAUAI, Hawaii. The U.S. Navy completed the Flight Test Other ? 21 (FTX-21), demonstrating the Aegis Baseline 9.C1 capability to detect and track a Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) target.
Radar/EW
Preliminary design review completed for U.S. Navy's inertial sensor module - News
May 18, 2016
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Engineers at Northrop Grumman completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Inertial Sensor Module, a U.S. Navy?s Navy's Inertial Navigation System Replacement (INS-R) component.
Unmanned
AeroVironment's Blackwing to deploy with U.S. Navy's submarines - News
May 18, 2016
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy plans to deploy its submarines and unmanned underwater vehicles with AeroVironment?s Blackwing, an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that launches from platforms beneath the sea?s surface.
Radar/EW
Precision approach radar contract won by Harris - News
May 17, 2016
MELBOURNE, Fla. U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) officials tasked Harris Corp. to supply precision approach radars to the U.S. Navy, Air Force, and Army. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract ceiling value is estimated at $96 million.
Cyber
Fujitsu and BAE Systems enter into a cybersecurity partnership - News
May 16, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. Fujitsu of Japan and BAE Systems entered into a partnership to implement the Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) sharing system, which demonstrates the utility of internationally sharing cyberthreat information in order to improve an organization?s cyberdefense.
A.I.
Lockheed Martin & MIT enter into future autonomous systems research agreement - News
May 16, 2016
BETHESA, Md. Lockheed Martin and MIT engineers entered into an agreement to collaborate in the autonomous and robotics industry where the focus will be to work on generation-after-next autonomous systems.
Comms
U.S. Army orders Cubic's GATR Technologies satellite antennas - News
May 13, 2016
SAN DIEGO. GATR Technologies ? a Cubic Global Defense business unit ? will provide engineering services and inflatable satellite antenna terminals to support the U.S. Army?s Transportable Tactical Command Communications (T2C2) program.
Radar/EW
Intel selects Mercury Systems to join FPGA tech-based network - News
May 13, 2016
CHELMSFORD, Mass. Intel officials selected Mercury Systems to join the company?s FPGA technology-based Design Solutions Network (DSN) as a platinum-tier provider.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy certifies Aegis Ashore site in Europe - News
May 12, 2016
DEVESLU, Romania. U.S. Navy officials certified the first Aegis Ashore site at Deveslu Air Force Base in Romania for operational use; it is now monitoring southern Europe for ballistic missile threats.
Unmanned
U.S Army completes UAS radar-based sense & avoid system test - News
May 11, 2016
DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah. The U.S Army completed a test on its Ground Based Sense and Avoid (GBSAA); a radar-based system that will allow unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to fly within the National Airspace System and meets Federal requirements.
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