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Cyber
Guardtime Federal, Lockheed Martin to focus on aircraft cyber resiliency - News
July 10, 2018
FORT WORTH, Texas. Guardtime Federal and Lockheed Martin officials are expanding their partnership to integrate a variety of integrity and cyber-related capabilities into Lockheed Martin aircraft products and processes.
Comms
Viasat installs tactical terminal in USMC AV-8B Harrier II aircraft - News
July 10, 2018
CARLSBAD, Calif. Officials at Viasat Inc. announced the 1,000th KOR-24A Small Tactical Terminal (STT) production unit shipped with the latest one installed in the U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft. In addition to shipping the 1,000th production unit, Viasat is steadily increasing production deliveries to 50 per month in response to growing market demand.
Cyber
DLT to provide Oracle software and services to USN, USMC users - News
July 10, 2018
HERNDON, Va. Department of the Navy (DoN) officials selected DLT Solutions for a five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with an Unlimited License Agreement (ULA) and Catalog to provide Oracle software and services to the U.S. Navy (USN) and U.S. Marine Corps (USMC). The contract is worth up to $379 million.
Cyber
Immersive training contract signed for $128 million between U.S. Army, Northrop Grumman - News
July 10, 2018
HERNDON, Va. Northrop Grumman has won a contract worth $128 million from the U.S. Army to continue providing support for the Army's Mission Command Training Center (MCTC) as it embarks on a new program, called Mission Training Complex Contractor Support (MTCCS - III Corps), which will provide mission command training for a range of unified land operations in a contemporary operating environment.
Cyber
Logistics contract worth $48 million to manage weapons and ordnance for U.S. Navy awarded to CACI Int'l. - News
July 10, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. National-security IT provider CACI International has won a $48 million task order to provide engineering and technical related services (ETRS) to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division.
Unmanned
Combat-decoy contract signed for approximately $42 million - News
July 10, 2018
CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. Chemring Countermeasures USA (CCM USA) -- a subsidiary of global defense technology company Chemring Group -- has won two contracts totaling approximately $42 million to deliver weapons decoys and countermeasures for the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force.
Unmanned
AeroVironment selected to bid in $248 million small UAS sustainment contract - News
July 09, 2018
MONROVIA, Calif. U.S. Army officials selected AeroVironment, Inc. and six other suppliers for small small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) sustainment under a five-year indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract.
Radar/EW
Electronic warfare market will grow at healthy clip through 2023, says study - News
July 09, 2018
NEW YORK and PUNE, India. The electronic warfare (EW) market is expected to grow at approximately 4.5 percent combined annual growth rate (CAGR) during the period 2017 to 2023, according to a new report from Market Research Future, "Electronic Warfare Market Research Report Information, by Category (Electronic Support, Electronic Attack, and Electronic Protection), by Platform (Airborne, Naval, Land, and Unmanned) and by Region ? Global Forecast till 2023."
Avionics
Cross deck initiative to transfer Compass Call EW system to modern jet begins - News
July 09, 2018
NASHUA, N.H. Engineers at BAE Systems began work on the Cross Deck initiative to transition the Compass Call electronic warfare (EW) system from the legacy EC-130H aircraft to the EC-37B aircraft platform, a special-mission Gulfstream G550 that meets Air Force requirements.
Radar/EW
RADA radar included in bid for U.S. Army equipment package for Stryker tank - News
July 06, 2018
SILVER SPRING, Md. RADA Electronic Industries announced that its Multi-Mission Hemispheric Radar (MHR) will be integrated into the Leonardo DRS mission equipment package (MEP) solution for the U.S. Army?s Initial Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (IM-SHORAD) capability.
Comms
L3 sells its Vertex Aerospace business units - News
July 06, 2018
NEW YORK. L3 Technologies officials completed the previously announced sale of its Vertex Aerospace businesses to American Industrial Partners for $540 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments.
Unmanned
NATO ESSM Block 2 intercepts aerial target in flight test - News
July 06, 2018
POINT MUGU, Calif. U.S. Navy officials announced the NATO Seasparrow Project Office recently completed a flight test of the Evolved Seasparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2, intercepting a BQM-74E aerial target.
Radar/EW
Lincad selected to supply batteries to U.K. Ministry of Defense - News
July 05, 2018
ASH VALE, Surrey. Team Leidos officials placed an order with U.K. supplier of power management systems Lincad for a range of primary cells and batteries for the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD).
Comms
Northrop Grumman to extend support for Air Force EPS CAPS program - News
July 05, 2018
MCLEAN, Va. U.S. Air Force officials signed the DD-250 last fall formally accepting the the Enhanced Polar System (EPS) Control and Planning Segment (CAPS) program from Northrop Grumman, officials announced. This milestone marks the completion of a five-year effort to design, develop, test, and deliver the EPS CAPS for the Military Satellite Communications Systems Directorate (MILSATCOM) and the beginning of a new effort, valued at $23 million, to extend the company?s support role through December 2018.
Cyber
Army intelligence training systems subcontract support won by KeyW - News
July 05, 2018
HANOVER, Md. KeyW Holding Corp. officials received a subcontract task order from Lockheed Martin to provide global support for U.S. Army Intelligence Training Systems. The multimillion task order spans over the next six years with the Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO-STRI) as the primary customer for this new work.
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