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Radar/EW
P-8A Poseidon aircraft flies with Advanced Airborne Sensor radar - News
June 11, 2015
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The U.S. Navy’s P-8A Poseidon aircraft completed its first flight with the APS-154 Advanced Airborne Sensor (AAS) radar configuration. The U.S. Navy, Raytheon, and Boeing worked together to achieve this milestone.
Comms
U.S. Navy's CANES program completes design, development, and limited deployment phase - News
June 11, 2015
SAN DIEGO. The design, development, and limited deployment phase of The U.S. Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program has been completed by Northrop Grumman Corp.
Comms
WIN-T Increment 2 communications network moves to full rate production for the U.S. Army - News
June 09, 2015
FAIRFAX, Va. The Warfighter Information Network – Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 2, a General Dynamics design system for the U.S. Army, moves to full rate production. WIN-T Increment 2 gives commanders and soldiers the ability to communicate and share intelligence while on patrol.
Cyber
Websense joint venture announced by Raytheon and Vista Equity Partners - News
June 09, 2015
WALTHAM, Mass. Vista Equity Partners and Raytheon announced the completion of a joint venture transaction that created a new commercial cybersecurity company that will be called in the interim Raytheon|Websense. The company brings together the Vista Equity portfolio and Raytheon Cyber Products, a product line of Raytheon's Intelligence, Information, and Services business.
Radar/EW
Product details of Altera's Stratix 10 FPGAs and SoCs released - News
June 08, 2015
SAN JOSE, Calif. The product and architectural details was released of Altera’s Stratix 10 FPGAs and SoCs, the programmable logic devices that deliver performance, integration, density, and security.
Radar/EW
Development phase of contract completed for LIG Nex1 radar programs - News
June 08, 2015
ASHBURN, Va. The Defense Solutions division at Curtiss-Wright announced the development phase completion of a contract from LIG Nex1 where they supplied to the Korean Army’s Next-Generation Local Air Defense Radar and Korean Air Force’s Long-Range Surveillance Radar programs its rugged COTS-based radar processing module technology.
Unmanned
Alliance Ground Surveillance aircraft expands NATO's global ISR capability - News
June 05, 2015
PALMDALE, Calif. Northrop Grumman Corp. and industry partners together with NATO leaders unveiled NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) aircraft. The purpose of the aircraft is to expand NATO's joint intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capability.
Comms
MUOS-3 satellite passes on-orbit testing and extends network coverage - News
June 05, 2015
SUNNYVALE, Calif., The U.S. Navy accepted a third Lockheed Martin Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite after the completion of on-orbit testing. It is being relocated to its operational slot in preparation for operational acceptance.
Comms
U.S. Army selects CALIBRE for TACOM strategic service solution contract - News
June 04, 2015
ALEXANDRIA, VA. CALIBRE Systems, Inc. has been selected as one of the prime contractors of a five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for the U.S. Army Tank and Automotive Command (TACOM). The strategic service solutions (TS3) contract with knowledge based service-type requirements is estimated at a value of $1.8 billion.
Avionics
U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II aircraft receives software upgrade to mission system computer - News
June 03, 2015
FAIRFAX, Va. The third software release for the mission system computer (MSC) in U.S. Marine Corps’ AV-8B Harrier II aircraft was delivered to the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) by the General Dynamics Mission Systems’ Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) team.
Radar/EW
Radar instrument delivered to Sentinel-1B satellite for Copernicus mission - News
June 01, 2015
FRANCE. The C-band radar instrument, built by Airbus Defence and Space, for the Copernicus Sentinel-1B satellite is en route to the spacecraft at Thales Alenia Space (TAS) in Italy, the prime contractor for the program. The satellite is scheduled to launch in 2016 to join Sentinel-1A after the integration and testing is complete.
Radar/EW
Navy's MQ-4C Triton UAS completes flight test with MFAS radar - News
June 01, 2015
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. Over the Patuxent River air space, the Navy’s MQ-4C Triton UAS completed its inaugural flight with the new search radar.
Comms
Astro Aerospace's reflector helps NASA's SMAP satellite become operational - News
May 26, 2015
CARPINTERIA, Calif. Officials at NASA’S Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced that the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) spacecraft is operational. This marks the beginning a three-year mission of the satellite to provide global measurements of soil moisture.
Radar/EW
Phase noise analyzer and VCO tester announced at IMS 2015 - News
May 20, 2015
PHOENIX. Rhode & Schwarz FSWP’s phase noise analyzer and VCO tester was announced at the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2015 show this week. The R&S FSWP enables ultrasensitive and ultra-fast phase noise measurements. It also has the option of being upgraded to a signal and spectrum analyzer.
Unmanned
Milestone C completed for Small Diameter Bomb II - News
May 19, 2015
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon completed the Milestone C decision briefing for the Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II). This will allow the program to proceed to the low rate initial production phase.
Radar/EW
Radar system extends life-span for F/A-18C/D Hornets - News
May 18, 2015
EL SEGUNDO, California. Raytheon completed a flight test of the APG-79(V)X AESA radar system, which demonstrated the combat relevance of F/A-18C/D Hornet aircraft for the next 15 to 20 years.
Avionics
EASA certifies militarized H145M helicopter - News
May 18, 2015
DONAUWÖRTH, Germany. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified Airbus Helicopters’ H145M. Deliveries to the Bundeswher, the German armed forces, of the twin-engine military rotorcraft begin later this year.
Radar/EW
Agreement signed by Terma and Aselsan to collaborate in radar and EW systems - News
May 14, 2015
ISTANBUL. Aselen and Terma signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the IDEF’15 exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey. The MoU’s purpose is to generate an agreement that defines areas of collaboration including the transfer of ownership and intellectual property rights from Terma to Aselan of Terma’s F-16 Modular Reconnaissance Pod.
Unmanned
ATACMS missiles contract goes to Lockheed Martin for $174 million - News
May 14, 2015
DALLAS. The U.S. Army and the United Arab Emirates entered into contract with Lockheed Martin for the production of their Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), a tactical long-range precision-strike surface-to-surface weapon system. The contract, a Foreign Military Sales, is estimated to be $174 million.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy's Air and Defense Radar on track, meets performance requirements - News
May 12, 2015
TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon and the U.S. Navy completed a critical design review (CDR) on the AN/SPY-6 (V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) for the DDG-51 Flight III ships. The results meet radar performance requirements as well as show they are on schedule, within cost, and on track.
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