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German defense ministry chooses Rockwell Collins NavHub for military vehicles - News
September 14, 2017
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins will install its NavHub navigation system in a variety of military vehicles for the German Ministry of Defense, the partners announced recently.
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.
Unmanned
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Defense Innovation Unit adds Silvus SC4400E radio to Blue UAS Framework
December 12, 2025
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GUEST BLOG: Layered defense is key to the domestic threat posed by unmanned systems
December 12, 2025
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Uncrewed underwater vehicle market to grow 8% annually to 2030, study predicts
December 12, 2025
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BAE Systems signs new $1.7 billion precision-guidance contract with U.S. Navy
December 10, 2025
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GUEST BLOG: AI-powered transformations ahead -- three predictions for 2026
December 12, 2025
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GUEST BLOG: The next innovation in AI for defense -- autonomous purple teaming
December 12, 2025
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DISA chief to industry: 'your system is not interesting' without data sharing
December 11, 2025
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Generative AI, cognitive electronic warfare to anchor technical track at AOC 2025
December 04, 2025
Cyber
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DoD awards Hewlett Packard Enterprise a 10-year contract for cloud computing upgrades
December 01, 2025
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PRODUCT OF THE WEEK: Atek DataKey Mini-Bar Crypto Ignition Key series
November 10, 2025
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Network and cyber support contract signed between Sev1Tech and Navy command
October 15, 2025
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Firefly Aerospace to acquire SciTec, Inc.
October 06, 2025
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Building a layered, aware PNT architecture for the modern battlespace
December 05, 2025
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Beyond GPS: HORDE PNT for contested environments
December 04, 2025
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Beyond GNSS/GPS: magnetic navigation and multisensor resilience in contested skies
December 04, 2025
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Power under pressure: Meeting the military’s surging energy demands
December 04, 2025