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Radar/EW
Learn about military radar programs and technology - News
May 25, 2018
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona. Designers of next-generation military radar systems look to deliver enhanced capability to track and counter increasingly sophisticated threats, all at the lowest cost possible, while also factoring in ease of installation and upgrades. Funding for new radar systems and for upgrading legacy systems is increasing. These new systems that meet these requirements leverage size, weight, and power (SWaP) features, multi-functionality, and leveraging commercial electronics solutions. This webcast featuring lead speaker Brad Curran, Industry Principal for Aerospace & Defense at Frost & Sullivan, will discuss technology and program trends in the military radar world on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 11 am Est. in a webcast titled "Next-Generation Military Radar Tech Outlook."
Unmanned
Romania $395.8 FMS contract calls for the production of the Patriot system - News
May 25, 2018
TEWKSBURY, Mass. U.S Army officials selected Raytheon for a foreign military sales (FMS) valued at $395.8 million for the production of Romania's Patriot Air and Missile Defense System.
Avionics
AFRL announce the Express Technology Licensing effort - News
May 25, 2018
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) officials unveiled the Express Technology Licensing, an effort to move AFRL laboratory technologies into the commercial sector. Through Express Licensing, innovators and entrepreneurs can visit a website and discover AFRL-developed technologies that are available for license, learn more about them, and quickly and easily determine if a licensing opportunity fits their capabilities.
Comms
Market outlook: Global tactical communications market valued at around $15.4 billion by 2028 - News
May 25, 2018
LONDON. The global tactical communications market, with an expected value of around $13 billion in 2018, will grow at a combined annual growth rate of approximately 1.7 percent per year to a total value of about $15.4 billion by 2028, according to a new market study from Strategic Defence Intelligence titled "The Global Tactical Communications Market 2018-2028."
Unmanned
U.S. Army awards unmanned aerial target drone contract, potential for $93.3 million - News
May 25, 2018
SAN DIEGO. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced that its Kratos Defense & Rocket Support Services (DRSS) Division has been awarded a prime contract for the U.S. Army's Aerial Target Systems 2 (ATS-2) contract. The combined firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract has a ceiling of $93.3 million over a potential five-year period of performance.
Comms
Marine Corps Global Command and Control System task order won by Engility - News
May 24, 2018
CHANTILLY, Va. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic officials selected Engility Holdings, Inc. for a $41 million Global Command and Control System Tactical Combat Operations/Joint Tactical Common Operational Picture Workstation Sustainment Support task order.
Avionics
U.S. Navy looks to leverage augmented, virtual reality training tech for the T-45 aircraft - News
May 24, 2018
STUTTGART, Germany. U.S. Navy officials selected Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) to deliver air crew training technology that leverages emerging augmented and virtual reality technologies.
Unmanned
Polaris and partners win spot in U.S. Army robotic trial program - News
May 24, 2018
MEDINA, Minn. Polaris Government and Defense -- along with its teammates Applied Research Associates and Neya Systems, known collectively as Team Polaris -- has won a contract from the U.S. Army to supply its optionally manned MRZR X multimode vehicle platform as one of the robotic systems used by infantry brigade combat teams for the next year of trials as part of the Army's Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport (SMET) program.
Unmanned
U.S. military branches order $111 million in AeroVironment mini-UAS hardware, support - News
May 24, 2018
TAMPA, Fla. Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) provider AeroVironment -- which supplies UASs to both military and commercial users -- won contract awards from the U.S. Army during April 2018 for procurement of the company?s Switchblade Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile System (LMAMS) and Contractor Logistics Support. This most recent announcement brings the total value of Switchblade awards to $111 million since August 2017.
Radar/EW
Saab receives FMS sale for its Sea Giraffe AMB naval radar system - News
May 23, 2018
STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Under a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) deal between the U.S. and the Philippines, Saab will supply its Sea Giraffe AMB naval radar system to the U.S. Navy for installation in the Philippine navy.
Unmanned
Raytheon to integrate Persistent's Wave Relay MANET tech into specific platforms - News
May 23, 2018
NEW YORK. Persistent Systems and Raytheon officials entered into a five-year agreement, in which Raytheon will incorporate Persistent?s Wave Relay MANET technology into Raytheon?s family of manned and unmanned systems and sensors.
Radar/EW
ARFL, MIT laboratories are testing advanced waveforms in high frequencies - News
May 23, 2018
ROME LABORATORY, New York. Officials at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory (MIT-LL) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (ARFL) Information Directorate signed a commercial test agreement (CTA) to work together to test advanced waveforms that can work at high frequencies (i.e. HF-band).
Unmanned
"Game of Drones" demo to investigate, showcase new UAS capabilities - News
May 23, 2018
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada. Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) and its partners, Ascent Vision and RADA Technologies, will participate in the SOFWERX ThunderDrone Rapid Prototyping Event (RPE) III demonstration, to be held at Nellis Air Force Base in June 2018. SOFWERX is a Partnership Intermediary Agreement between Doolittle Institute and the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), created to investigate new technology for U.S. warfighters.
Cyber
Parsons agrees to acquire Polaris Alpha - News
May 23, 2018
PASADENA, Calif. Security and defense contractor Parsons has agreed to acquire defense/intelligence firm Polaris Alpha.
Radar/EW
JTAGS gets enhanced early missile warning capabilities in Japan - News
May 23, 2018
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan. The U.S. Army and Northrop Grumman Corp. report that they have deployed enhanced Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) capabilities in Japan in order to advance battlespace awareness and missile defense.
Avionics
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Unmanned
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Defense Innovation Unit adds Silvus SC4400E radio to Blue UAS Framework
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Uncrewed underwater vehicle market to grow 8% annually to 2030, study predicts
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BAE Systems signs new $1.7 billion precision-guidance contract with U.S. Navy
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GUEST BLOG: MOSA is the conduit for commercial insertion … but there is a floor to commoditization
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RF and microwave, radar and electronic warfare products garner awards
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New EW signal generator partnership aims to close realism gap in lab testing
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Company's open-systems hub aims to simplify VPX sourcing for defense designers
December 11, 2025
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GUEST BLOG: AI-powered transformations ahead -- three predictions for 2026
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DISA chief to industry: 'your system is not interesting' without data sharing
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