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Avionics

Testing of 3 MH-60R helicopters for Greece completed by Sikorsky - News

February 08, 2024

OWEGO, New York. Sikorsky completed testing of integrated mission systems and sensors on three MH-60R Seahawk helicopters intended for the Hellenic Navy, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Drone defense to protect South Asia infrastructure to be provided by WhiteFox - News

February 07, 2024

SAN LUIS OBISPO, California. WhiteFox Defense Technologies won a $1 million multi-phase contract to deploy advanced drone defense technology in South Asia to safeguard critical infrastructure in the region, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Drone facility in UAE to be expanded by Schiebel after South Korea contract - News

February 07, 2024

VIENNA, Austria. Schiebel announced a major expansion of its facilities in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for the development and production of its Camcopter S-300 uncrewed aerial system (UAS) following a "substantial" order by the South Korean Navy for S-300s equipped with advanced sensor suites, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Autonomous software demo for U.S. Army linked satellites, UAS, says Scientific Systems - News

February 07, 2024

WOBURN, Mass. Autonomous-system company Scientific Systems reports a successful demonstration for the U.S. Army of an autonomous, peer-to-peer collaboration and orchestration of commercial satellites and uncrewed aerial systems (UASs) that included closed-loop control of all associated multidomain sensors and exploitation services. 

Radar/EW

Missile-warning systems contract for U.S. Army, allies won by BAE Systems - News

February 06, 2024

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. BAE Systems won $114 million in Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contracts from the U.S. Army to supply AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS), a combat-proven aircraft survivability system for rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft that integrates missile warning, hostile fire indication, and countermeasure controls.

 

CMWS is a combat-proven aircraft survivability system for rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft that integrates missile warning, hostile fire indication, and countermeasure controls.

Unmanned

C-UAS tech to be offered in Saudi Arabia by new partnership - News

February 06, 2024

PLEASANT GROVE, Utah. Fortem Technologies, a company specializing in airspace intelligence, security, and defense for drone detection and neutralization, will partner with Saudi Arabian firm INTRA Defense Technology to offer counter-uncrewed aerial systems (C-UAS) solutions in Saudi Arabia, the companies announced in a joint statement.

Unmanned

High-density circular MT connectors conform to VITA 87, SOSA standards - News

February 06, 2024

HARRISBURG, Pa. Connectivity and sensor company TE Connectivity launched a new line of connectors: a family of VITA 87/SOSA [Sensor Open Systems Architecture] conformant high-density circular MT connectors, aimed at enabling higher density for next-generation embedded systems in a variety of areas.

Radar/EW

OWT Global and Echodyne to collaborate on situational-awareness solution for military - News

February 06, 2024

TAMPA, Fla and KIRKLAND, Wash. Services provider OWT Global and radar-platform company Echodyne announced a strategic relationship under which they will develop and bring to market next-generation situational awareness solutions across OWT Global’s portfolio. 

 

Unmanned

MQ-20 drone releases a smaller drone in new test - News

February 02, 2024

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) demonstrated the inflight release of its Advanced Air-Launched Effects (A2LE) platform from the MQ-20 Avenger Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) in a test at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah last November, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Air defense systems to be provided to Norway by Kongsberg - News

February 02, 2024

OSLO, Norway. Kongsberg won a deal worth NOK 1.4 billion ($132 million) from the Norwegian government for NASAMS air defense systems, with deliveries expected in 2026-2027, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Signal processing subsystems for LTAMDS to be provided by Mercury - News

February 02, 2024

ANDOVER, Massachusetts. Mercury Systems won a contract worth up to $96 million to provide RTX with high-performance signal processing subsystems for the U.S. Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS), the company announced in a statement.

Cyber

Enhanced cyber defenses for U.S. Army to be developed by CACI - News

February 01, 2024

RESTON, Virginia. CACI International won a five-year task order with a potential value of $198 million to bolster cyber defenses for the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), specifically for its Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Research (C5ISR) Center, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Keysight Technologies extends test cases for Skylo Technologies nonterrestrial network certification - News

February 01, 2024

SANTA ROSA, Calif. Keysight Technologies reports that it extended to 21 the number of its test cases available for the Skylo Technologies nonterrestrial network (NTN) certification program. 

Comms

Advanced military GPS receiver achieves milestone for U.S. Space Force - News

January 31, 2024

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. BAE Systems' Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) Increment 2 Miniature Serial Interface (MSI) program completed critical design review (CDR), a major milestone for the program under its $247 million contract with the U.S. Space Force, the company announced in a statement.

A.I.

IT support for DIA’s National Media Exploitation Center to be provided by CACI - News

January 31, 2024

RESTON, Virginia. CACI International won an $81 million contract to provide a range of information technology (IT) services to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) National Media Exploitation Center (NMEC), the company announced in a statement.