NEW YORK and TYSONS CORNER, Va. Exiger, company specializing in technology-enabled regulatory, financial crime, risk, and compliance solutions, has won a $9.9 million subcontract award from prime contractor Alion Science & Technology (Alion) to combat the ever-evolving contemporary threat landscape of supply chain vulnerabilities within the national security enterprise.

LONDON. The worldwide market for military electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) systems, valued at $12.3 billion in 2020, will undergo an overall compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.32% to reach $15.5 billion by 2030, according to a new report from GlobalData, "The Global Electro-Optical/Infrared Systems Market 2020-2030."

MELBOURNE, Fla. L3Harris Technologies is on track to begin building the U.S. Air Force’s first Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) after completing the program’s critical design review. L3Harris will integrate the program’s experimental payload with an ESPAStar Platform, planned for launch in 2022. The system is designed to augment space-based position, navigation, and timing capabilities for warfighters.

INTERNATIONAL MICROWAVE SYMPOSIUM 2020. Altum RF -- an Eindhoven, Netherlands-based supplier of RF to millimeter-wave semiconductor solutions -- is introducing several new products at the virtual IMS 2020 conference that are aimed at use in radar, electronic warfare (EW), and test and measurement applications. 

INTERNATIONAL MICROWAVE SYMPOSIUM 2020. Three new wideband diode products -- the MASW-011111-DIE, the MAAV-011014-DIE and the MAAD-011038-DIE -- aimed at use in applications such as defense, aerospace, passive imaging, radiometry, and satellite communications -- were introduced by semiconductor maker MACOM  at the virtual International Microwave Symposium 2020. 

WALTHAM, Mass. Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, and RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., an Israeli-based defense technology company, have signed a joint venture to establish an Iron Dome Weapon System production facility in the United States.

TUCSON, Ariz. A team from Boeing and the U.S. Air Force completed the first QF-16 Full-Scale Aerial Target to undergo conversion from a modification line in Arizona. The aircraft was flown last month to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., where it will be used autonomously in future weapons training operations.

INTERNATIONAL MICROWAVE SYMPOSIUM 2020. Tower Semiconductor (Migdal Haemek, Israel) introduced a new radio frequency (RF) switch technology aimed at the high-performance and 5G RF switch markets at the virtual International Microwave Symposium 2020. 

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Collins Aerospace Systems (a unit of Raytheon Technologies) has revealed that it is developing a software-programmable Open Mission Systems (OMS)-Compliant (SPOC) radio for the U.S. Air Force as part of a previously awarded $18.9 million contract. 

GERMANY. As part of the German Army's qualified air defense drone defense program, sensor specialist HENSOLDT is supplying the latest version of its Spexer 2000 3D radar to system integrator Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace.

FORT WORTH, Texas. Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) II, the newest member of the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System family of products, is being flight tested aboard the Lockheed Martin F-16V aircraft in the United States. This follows the completion of JHMCS II safety qualification testing, including windblast, tower, and sled tests.

FARNBOROUGH, U.K. BAE Systems reports that it has completed its acquisition of the Collins Aerospace Military global positioning aystem (GPS) business from Raytheon Technologies, which was initially announced in January 2020. 

SAN DIEGO, Calif. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., national security solutions provider, announced the release of the latest RF Channel Simulator with wide bandwidth and realistic testing to address the needs of today’s dynamic and data intensive communication systems.

MCLEAN, Va. Engineering firm Alion Science and Technology has won a $75 million task order to support the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's (AFLCMC) Fighters & Advanced Aircraft Directorate and Bombers Directorate (AFLCMC/WA and AFLCMC/WB, respectively), which provide state-of-the-art technical support for every U.S. Air Force (USAF) fighter and bomber weapon system currently in the USAF inventory supporting U.S. joint services and several foreign military partners. 

SWITZERLAND. Armasuisse contracted Lockheed Martin for a fleet of Indago 3 small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), with options for spares, training, and tech support and additional systems for the Swiss Army.