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Radar/EW
SEAFAC signs $42 million contract to boost signature silencing program - News
January 04, 2018
RESTON, Va. Information technology and engineering company Leidos was recently awarded a prime contract by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) to support the Southeast Alaska Measurement Facility (SEAFAC) signature silencing program. The single-award, cost-plus fixed-fee, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract has a five-year performance period and a total value of approximately $42 million.
Unmanned
Bomber Armament Tester contract awarded to BAE Systems, Marvin Test Solutions team - News
January 03, 2018
IRVINE, Calif. Marvin Test Solutions, Inc. -- which manufactures globally-deployed test solutions for military, aerospace, and manufacturing organizations -- announced that it is a member of the BAE Systems-led team that won the U.S. Air Force Bomber Armament Tester (BAT) program competition in late 2017. The contract value of more than $64 million provides for the design, development, manufacturing, and sustainment of the BAT system.
Unmanned
NAVAIR signs $255 million contract for additional MQ-4C UAVs - News
January 03, 2018
PATUXENT RIVER NAVAL AIR STATION, Md. Officials at the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) announced a $255.3 million contract agreement with Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (San Diego) for three additional MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Comms
NATO to meet integrated waveform baseline of its UHF SATCOM control stations - News
January 03, 2018
CARLSBAD, Calif. NATO officials tapped Viasat Inc. to upgrade its UHF satellite communications (SATCOM) control stations to comply with the Integrated Waveform (IW) baseline.
Radar/EW
USAF signs $333.4 million contract for follow-on radar surveillance - News
January 02, 2018
WALTHAM, Mass. Raytheon has signed a contract worth a potential $333.4 million (100 percent foreign military sales) with the U.S. Air Force to continue to provide operations and maintenance support services for a surveillance radar program.
Radar/EW
Global EW market to grow to $17.5 billion by 2027, say analysts - News
January 02, 2018
LONDON. The global electronic warfare (EW) market -- valued at more than $13 billion in 2017 -- will grow at a combined annual growth rate of more than 2.6 percent to be worth $17.7 billion by 2027, according to a forecast by analysts at Strategic Defence Intelligence.
Comms
Report: Tactical comms market to experience 17 percent CAGR through 2023 - News
December 29, 2017
MUMBAI. The global tactical communication market -- defined as equipment used in the transmission of military information through electric means -- is expected to grow at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 17 percent during the period 2016-2023, according to a new forecast by market research firm Occams Business Research and Consulting.
Radar/EW
South Korean AESA radar development program contract won by Saab - News
December 29, 2017
SEOUL, South Korea. Saab experts will support algorithm development and evaluation for airborne active electronically scanned array (AESA) fighter radar. for the South Korean Defence Development (ADD) agency. Under the contract Saab engineers will work with ADD and its contractual partner LIG Nex1.
Unmanned
USAF awards $110 million contract for networked cruise missile - News
December 27, 2017
DALLAS. The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has granted Lockheed Martin a $110 million, five-year/Phase 1 contract to develop and demonstrate a lower-cost, networked cruise missile that will be called Gray Wolf.
Unmanned
U.S. Army contracts for full-rate production on M109A7 weapon vehicle - News
December 27, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a contract that paves the way for full-rate production of the company?s M109A7 Self-Propelled Howitzer and M992A3 ammunition carrier vehicles. The contract includes an initial $413.7 million portion to complete the third and final option for low-rate initial production on the program; the contract includes additional options that would begin the full-rate production phase, which -- if exercised -- would bring the cumulative value of the award to approximately $1.7 billion.
A.I.
Most read military electronics stories of 2017 - News
December 22, 2017
The most read stories on Mil-Embedded.com throughout 2017 covered subjects such as cognitive electronic warfare, synthetic vision, GaN technology, counterfeit mitigation, and more. Check them out below.
Radar/EW
Flexible silicon-on-polymer chip created by ARL, American Semiconductor - News
December 22, 2017
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. American Semiconductor and the Air Force Research Laboratory (ARL) teamed up to create a new smart, flexible silicon-on-polymer chip.
Avionics
FAA grants amended certification to Boeing's KC-46 Tanker - News
December 22, 2017
EVERETT, Wash. Officials at the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted Boeing?s KC-46 tanker program an Amended Type Certificate (ATC) for its core 767-2C aircraft configuration, verifying that the fundamental design of the KC-46 tanker is safe and reliable.
Comms
NATO signs accord for maritime command and control system - News
December 22, 2017
RICHMOND, British Columbia. Space/satelllite/radar company MDA has signed a contract valued at approximately CA$15 million ($11.8 million) with NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI) that calls for MDA to build a new system to modernize and support NATO?s maritime command and control operations under Project TRITON.
Comms
DoD signs agreements for spectrum-monitoring systems - News
December 22, 2017
CHANTILLY, Va. Engineering and IT firm Vencore Inc. announced that its research arm, Vencore Labs, has garnered agreements from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to design and field the Comprehensive Spectrum Monitoring System (COSMOS) and Spectrum Usage Measurement System (SUMS) programs.
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