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NASAMS air defense systems to be provided to Norway by Kongsberg - News

December 20, 2024

OSLO, Norway. Kongsberg won a NOK 2.7 billion contract from the Norwegian government to acquire additional National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS), the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

F-16 sustainment contract won by Leidos - News

December 20, 2024

RESTON, Virginia. Leidos won a $987 million contract to provide engineering and sustainment services for Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers of the U.S. Air Force’s F-16 Fighting Falcon, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

IT system integration for German Bundeswehr vehicles to be provided by Rheinmetall, blackned - News

December 20, 2024

BERLIN, Germany. Rheinmetall and partner blackned won a €1.2 billion contract for IT system integration within the German Bundeswehr’s "Digitalization of Land-Based Operations" (D-LBO) program, the companies announced in a statement.

Avionics

E-130J nuclear command and control aircraft to replace U.S. Navy’s E-6B Mercury fleet - News

December 19, 2024

MELBOURNE, Florida. The U.S. Navy chose a team led by Northrop Grumman to deliver the E-130J nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) aircraft for the U.S. Navy’s Take Charge And Move Out (TACAMO) mission, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Satellite for MEO mission will launch in February 2026 - News

December 19, 2024

TORRANCE, Calif. K2 Space signed a contract worth as much as $60 million with the U.S. Space Force to launch its first Mega Class satellite on a mission that is codenamed "Gravitas." 

Radar/EW

Sensor system on Patriot missile gets test on "zombie" target - News

December 19, 2024

CHANDLER, Ariz. Northrop Grumman reports that it launched a so-called zombie target vehicle variation, known as “Black Dagger,” from Fort Wingate to White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s (USASMDC) LTZ-3 test mission.

Unmanned

GAO upholds $990 million Switchblade systems contract award - News

December 18, 2024

ARLINGTON, Virginia. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied a protest against the U.S. Army’s sole-source award of a $990 million contract for Aerovironment’s Switchblade systems, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

OneWeb low Earth orbit constellation extension to be built by Airbus - News

December 18, 2024

TOULOUSE, France. Airbus Defence and Space won a contract from Eutelsat to manufacture 100 satellites as part of the extension of the OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Advanced communication systems to be provided to Israel by Elbit Systems - News

December 17, 2024

TEL AVIV, Israel. Elbit Systems won a $130 million contract from the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) Directorate of Defense Research & Development (DDR&D) to supply advanced communication systems to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the IMOD announced in a statement.

Comms

GPS satellite launches as part of modernization of constellation - News

December 17, 2024

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. The seventh Lockheed Martin-designed and -built GPS III space vehicle, GPS III SV07, launched from Cape Canaveral on Monday, December 16, into orbit 12,550 miles above Earth. 

Unmanned

Uncrewed R&D, technology development contract signed by KBR and NAVAIR - News

December 17, 2024

HOUSTON, Tex. Technology and engineering company KBR announced that it won a task order worth an estimated $88 million from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to promote rapid prototyping of new technologies into uncrewed aviation platforms and systems. 

Radar/EW

Sea Giraffe 1X radar systems to be provided to Swedish Navy by Saab - News

December 16, 2024

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Saab won a SEK 340 million order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for the delivery of Sea Giraffe 1X radar systems for the Swedish Navy, the company announced in a statement.

A.I.

Lufthansa Technik, Microsoft to partner on AI in aircraft maintenance - News

December 16, 2024

HAMBURG, Germany. Lufthansa Technik will collaborate with Microsoft to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into its aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) processes, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Intercom and Dismounted Soldier systems ordered by European customer from Invisio - News

December 16, 2024

COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Invisio won a SEK 115 million order from an existing European customer for its Intercom and Dismounted Soldier communication systems, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Spectrum and EW experts from NSRI on hand at AOC 2024 - News

December 13, 2024

61st AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Experts from the National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI) at the University of Nebraska were on hand to talk about R&D in the field of electromagnetic spectrum use in the national security field at this week's annual AOC [Association of Old Crows] International Symposium & Convention.