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Cyber
Northrop Grumman expands San Antonio footprint to support USAF cyber operations - News
September 14, 2017
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Northrop Grumman announced that it has signed a five-year lease with Port San Antonio to occupy 7,700 square feet in a facility near its major customer, the U.S. Air Force at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.
Radar/EW
Skunk Works' Project Hunter exercise highlights battlespace awareness - News
September 14, 2017
PALMDALE, Calif. The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works recently participated in the Northern Edge military exercise as a demonstration of open systems architecture and its usefulness in enhancing battlespace awareness to reduce warfighters' data-to-decision time line.
Unmanned
Harris to deliver its T7 robotic systems to support U.K. EOD missions - News
September 13, 2017
LONDON. The United Kingdom?s Ministry of Defence (MOD) awarded Harris Corp. a contract worth up to $70 million (?55 million) to provide T7 robotic systems to support U.K. explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) missions around the world. The announcement was made during DSEI 2017 being held September 12-15 at the ExCeL in London.
Radar/EW
Leonardo to deliver its AESA surveillance radars to Bangladesh navy - News
September 13, 2017
ROME, Italy. RUAG Aviation officials selected Leonardo to deliver its Seaspray 5000E Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars for the two new production model Dornier 228 multirole aircraft, recently ordered by the Bangladesh navy.
Comms
GPS M-Code early use ground system upgrade contract won by Lockheed Martin - News
September 13, 2017
DENVER. U.S Air Force officials selected Lockheed Martin to provide its Military Code (M-Code) Early Use (MCEU) capability to the Global Positioning System (GPS). The contract is worth an estimated $45.5 million.
Radar/EW
Raytheon to upgrade Tomahawk missiles to hit moving seaborne targets - News
September 13, 2017
TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon has won a $119 million contract to begin integrating a new multimode seeker into the Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile, which will enable the weapon to engage moving maritime targets.
Cyber
U.S. Navy signs Charles River Analytics to detect informational warfare - News
September 13, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Intelligent-systems developer Charles River Analytics (CRA) and the Office for Naval Research (ONR) have announced that CRA has won a contract focusing on social media analysis and pattern detection.
Radar/EW
Northrop Grumman on tap to provide RF signal tech for Navy EW simulations - News
September 13, 2017
BUFFALO, N.Y. Northrop Grumman has been chosen to provide advanced radio frequency (RF) signal generation technology to the U.S. Navy as part of the Navy's Next-Generation Electronic Warfare Environment Generator (NEWEG) program.
Radar/EW
Full-rate JCREW production contract won by Northrop Grumman - News
September 12, 2017
SAN DIEGO. U.S Navy officials selected Northrop Grumman Corp. for full-rate production of the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (JCREW) Increment One Build One Systems. The contract is worth an estimated $57.7 million.
Comms
USMC selects PacStar for its Networking On-The-Move program - News
September 12, 2017
PORTLAND, Ore. U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) officials selected PacStar to provide the PacStar 400-Series networking and communications products to the U.S. Marine Corps Networking On-The-Move (NOTM) program. The contract is worth an estimated $10 million.
Unmanned
Raytheon, Ducummun partner for missile fire-control systems - News
September 12, 2017
TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon Missile Systems will team with aerospace and defense contractor Ducommun to build fire-control systems for the Raytheon Naval Strike Missile (NSM), the company's offering for the U.S. Navy?s over-the-horizon requirement for its littoral combat ships and future frigates.
Avionics
F-16V foreign military sale totaling $3.86 billion approved to Bahrain - News
September 12, 2017
WASHINGTON. The U.S. State Department has approved a request from Bahrain to procure 22 new Lockheed Martin F-16V Fighting Falcons and to upgrade its existing fleet of 20 similar aircraft, in two separate deals valued at a combined $3.86 billion.
Cyber
KeyW company wins $18 million contract to handle DoD software-engineering support - News
September 11, 2017
HANOVER, Md. Sotera Defense Solutions -- a subsidiary of the KeyW Holding Corporation -- has been awarded a three-year, $18 million task order to provide business- systems software engineering and sustainment services to the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) Software Engineering Center (SEC). This is the fifth task order awarded to the combined company under the $7 billion Software and Systems Engineering Services Next Generation (SSES NexGen) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract.
Cyber
Virtual training hub at Mayport supports east coast LCS crews - News
September 11, 2017
NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. The U.S. Navy has installed several new virtual trainers to help instruct sailors in their homeport location while a formal training center is constructed on base as it works to support the growing group of littoral combat ship (LCS) crews being stationed on the U.S. east coast.
Radar/EW
Digital Fusion Solutions to participate in high-energy laser demo - News
September 11, 2017
SAN DIEGO. Digital Fusion Solutions -- a subsidiary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions -- has been named as a member of the national-security joint venture QWK Integrated Solutions, LLC and will participate in a base period task order under QWK's U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (USASMDC/ARSTRAT) Design, Development, Demonstration and Integration Contract (D3I) Prime Contract to assist SMDC with the design of a high energy laser tactical vehicle demonstrator (HEL TVD) system.
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Link 16 communication terminals to be provided to U.S. Navy by L3Harris
November 26, 2024
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GDIT wins $330 million in U.S. Army training support services task orders
November 26, 2024
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Airborne surveillance systems to support maritime search and rescue in Europe
November 21, 2024
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First H145M light combat helicopter delivered to German Armed Forces
November 19, 2024
Unmanned
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Uncrewed maritime capabilities added to BlueHalo portfolio with VideoRay acquisition
November 25, 2024
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Optimizing MEMS IMU data coherence and timing in navigation systems
November 25, 2024
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Collaborative autonomy software from Anduril selected for DIU Replicator initiative
November 21, 2024
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Counter-drone system to be developed for Marine Corps by Anduril
November 20, 2024
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Cyber hardening program from DARPA gets RTX BBN Technologies on board
November 07, 2024
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GUEST BLOG: Addressing supply-chain risk and obsolescence in defense
October 10, 2024
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Pentagon's network infrastructure to be supported by GDIT
September 20, 2024
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7 Tenets of Layered Security in Embedded Design
September 17, 2024
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The real-time battlefield: The revolutionary tech connecting the front line
November 26, 2024
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Beyond GPS: How the defense industry is building smarter navigation
November 25, 2024
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GUEST BLOG: The U.S. Marine Corps’ new approach to asset management and data precision
November 25, 2024
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Supply-chain awards from Commerce Dept. aim to expand critical chip production
November 25, 2024