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Radar/EW

Mid-band jammer prototype delivered for EA-18G fighter - News

August 06, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

WALTHAM, Mass. Raytheon announced the first delivery of its newest mid-band jammer to the U.S. Navy on Monday.

Radar/EW

Military display systems for armored vehicles gets $10.2 million order - News

August 06, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Palomar Display Products

CARLSBAD, Calif. Palomar Display Products has won three firm-fixed price contracts from three customers totaling $10.2 million to deliver military display systems for the M1A Abrams tank and Bradley M2/M3 Fighting Vehicle.

Radar/EW

8th Freedom-variant LCS commissioned for U.S. Navy - News

August 05, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Navy

KEY WEST, Fla. The U.S. Navy commissioned the USS Billings (LCS 15), its eighth Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), during a ceremony in Key West, Florida on August 3, 2019. The commissioning places the ship, built by a team led by Lockheed Martin, into active service.

A.I.

Virtual software factory for military developed by Raytheon - News

August 05, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

DULLES, Va. To help military and government agencies keep pace with rapidly evolving threats, Raytheon has developed a virtual software factory ? a mix of physical coding spaces, cloud-based tools, and software experts ? to deliver new capabilities to the military.

Radar/EW

Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band pod developed for U.S. Navy - News

August 05, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Raytheon delivered the first Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) Engineering and Manufacturing Development pod to the U.S. Navy to begin ground and aircraft integration testing. Raytheon will deliver 15 EMD pods for mission systems testing and qualification as well as 14 aeromechanical pods for airworthiness certification.

Comms

Commercial satellite tracking service unveiled by LeoLabs - News

August 05, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems LeoLabs

LOGAN, Utah. LeoLabs, Inc., commercial provider of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) mapping and Space Situational Awareness (SSA) services, announced LeoTrack, a commercial satellite tracking service for the needs of smallsat and cubesat operators.

Unmanned

Laser weapon systems to be developed by Raytheon for USAF - News

August 05, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

MCKINNEY, Texas. Raytheon Company will deploy two prototype high energy laser weapon systems (HELWS) to troops overseas under a U.S. Air Force contract. The Air Force experimentation includes 12 months of in-field operation against unmanned aerial systems and operator training.

Avionics

Afghanistan Air Force training contract awarded to Raytheon - News

August 02, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

WALTHAM, Mass. The U.S. Army Contracting Command has selected Raytheon to train the Afghanistan Air Force in aircraft maintenance. Raytheon will develop a new training program for the U.S. Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation under the $108 million contract, called Afghanistan Air Force Aircraft Maintenance Training (AMT).

Radar/EW

Israeli Arrow Weapon System flight test completed with MDA - News

August 02, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Missile Defense Agency

KODIAK, Alaska. The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) of the Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D) and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) completed a flight test campaign with the Arrow-3 Interceptor missile.

Comms

Shipboard C4I services IDIQ contract awarded to Serco - News

August 02, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Serco, Inc.

HERNDON, Va. Serco Inc., a provider of professional, technology, and management services, announced that the U.S. Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWARSYSCOM) has awarded Serco one of three contracts on a C4I Testing, Integration, and Installation (CTII) indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award effort. The contract has a five-year base ordering period plus one three-year optional ordering period, with a ceiling value of $608 million.

Unmanned

Counter UAS contract awarded to Ascent Vision Technologies - News

August 01, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Ascent Vision Technologies

BOZEMAN, Mont. Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) was recently awarded a contract to deliver a full suite of counter drone vehicles to the U.S. Air Force. The total contract value exceeds $23 million and deliveries will begin later this year.

Comms

Howitzer modernization contract awarded to BAE Systems - News

August 01, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

YORK, Penn. BAE Systems Land and Armaments division has been awarded an $88 million contract for long lead material for the Army's new howitzer program, the U.S. Defense Department (DoD) announced.

Radar/EW

Naval radar to be supplied to German corvettes by HENSOLDT - News

August 01, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems HENSOLDT

GERMANY. The sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT is equipping the second batch of the German Navy?s K130 corvettes with its TRS-4D Rotator naval radar and its MSSR 2000 ID friend-or-foe identification system (IFF). Only six months after the order was placed, the company has now passed the factory acceptance test by the German procurement authority BAAINBw for the second system.

Comms

Airborne SDR demo shows DoD adaptable, flexible battlefield comms - News

August 01, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Collins Aerospace

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Collins Aerospace Systems recently demonstrated to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) its new TruNet AR-2000 two-channel, software-defined networking airborne radio.

A.I.

Deep learning algorithm to aid in Army intelligence gathering - News

July 31, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Army

ADELPHI, Md. Scientists at the U.S. Army's corporate research laboratory are developing a new algorithm that could improve image and audio identification for intelligence gathering on the battlefield.