Industry News

Comms

German defense ministry chooses Rockwell Collins NavHub for military vehicles - News

September 14, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

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

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

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

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

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

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Harris Corporation

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

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leonardo

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

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

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

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

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

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Charles River Analytics

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

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

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

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

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

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems PacStar

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

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

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

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

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

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems KeyW Holding Corporation Sotera Defense Solutions

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

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

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.