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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.
Radar/EW
Digital Fusion Solutions to participate in high-energy laser demo - News
September 11, 2017
SAN DIEGO. Digital Fusion Solutions -- a subsidiary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions -- has been named as a member of the national-security joint venture QWK Integrated Solutions, LLC and will participate in a base period task order under QWK's U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (USASMDC/ARSTRAT) Design, Development, Demonstration and Integration Contract (D3I) Prime Contract to assist SMDC with the design of a high energy laser tactical vehicle demonstrator (HEL TVD) system.
Radar/EW
Point Mugu Sea Range adds system to aid in weapons test, development - News
September 11, 2017
NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER WEAPONS DIVISION, POINT MUGU, Calif. The U.S. Navy's Point Mugu Sea Range has adopted a new directed energy test atmospherics-based system that may turn out to revolutionize the Navy's ability to measure and predict weather conditions on the range, which is a critical factor in supporting the test and development of weapons systems.
Cyber
Army re-signs with IBM for $135 million cloud computing contract - News
September 11, 2017
ARMONK, N.Y. The U.S. Army's Logistics Support Activity (LOGSA) has awarded IBM a contract to continue to provide it with cloud services, software development, and cognitive computing, as it supports the technical infrastructure for one of the U.S. federal government's biggest logistics systems.
Radar/EW
Non-explosive water-based lithium-ion batteries developed by ARL, University of Maryland - News
September 08, 2017
ADELPHI, Md. University of Maryland and U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) researchers developed a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery that uses a water-salt solution as its electrolyte and reaches the 4.0 volt mark desired for household electronics, such as laptop computers, without the fire and explosive risks associated with some commercially available non-aqueous lithium-ion batteries.
Avionics
Air Force, Orbital ATK enter long-term sustainment support agreement for military aircraft - News
September 08, 2017
DULLES, Va. The U.S. Air Force Sustainment Center entered into a partnership agreement with Orbital ATK to help support military aircraft.
Cyber
U.S. Air Force cyber mission platform contract won by Northrop Grumman - News
September 08, 2017
SAN ANTONIO. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Cryptologic and Cyber Systems Division tasked Northrop Grumman to continue developing and to deploy the Air Force?s Cyber Mission Platform (CMP). The one-year base period contract is worth $9.4 million and is part of a three-year task order potentially worth $37 million.
Comms
U.S. Navy taps BAE Systems to support communications and electronics development - News
September 07, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. U.S. Navy officials selected BAE Systems to help develop vital communications and electronics. The contract spans over a 22-month period is worth an estimated $76 million.
Radar/EW
Cubic receives $25 million contract for its mobile combat training centers - News
September 07, 2017
SAN DIEGO. Officials at Cubic Global Defense, a business division of Cubic Corporation, received a contract award worth more than $25 million from a customer in the Asia-Pacific region for the delivery of three mobile combat training centers (CTC).
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