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Astrotech Space Operations wins NASA's commercial payload processing contract - News
April 14, 2017
TITUSVILLE, Fla. Officials at NASA selected Astrotech Space Operations, LLC, located at Titusville, Florida, to provide commercial payload processing services for agency missions launching from NASA?s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Radar/EW
Moog wins follow-ons with Northrop Grumman, Marine Corps - News
April 14, 2017
EAST AURORA, N.Y. Moog Space and Defense Group has garnered contracts with both Northrop Grumman and Saab Defense to support the U.S. Marine Corps AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) program. G/ATOR is the first ground-based active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar to be developed by the U.S. Department of Defense.
Avionics
Navy and Coast Guard partner to extend life of Naval Academy's training craft - News
April 13, 2017
WASHINGTON. U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) officials are partnering to implement a Service Life Extension Plan (SLEP) on up to five of the Yard Patrol (YP) 676 Class Training Craft.
Radar/EW
Curtiss-Wright delivers data acquisition flight units for NASA's Orion spacecraft - News
April 13, 2017
COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions officials delivered eight data acquisition flight units for integration into NASA?s Orion spacecraft that is planned for use in the Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), Orion?s second test flight in space. Curtiss-Wright expects to deliver the ninth and final MnACQ-2000 by the end of June 2017.
Radar/EW
BAE Systems wins position in $3 billion contract to develop next-gen space & missile defense - News
April 13, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. U.S. Army officials selected BAE Systems for a position in a $3 billion indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to continue supporting the U.S. Army?s Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (SMDC/ARSTRAT).
Unmanned
Kongsberg contracts with Australia to upgrade Joint Strike Missile - News
April 12, 2017
KONGSBERG, Norway. International technology contractor Kongsberg Gruppen has signed a contract with the Australian Department of Defense to install new radio frequency (RF) sensors on the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) carried aboard the F-35 fighter aircraft.
Radar/EW
Mercury Systems acquires Delta Microwave - News
April 12, 2017
ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems, Inc. announced that it has acquired Delta Microwave of Oxnard, California. Delta designs and manufactures high-value radio frequency (RF), microwave, and millimeter wave subassemblies and components for the military and space markets.
Comms
Raytheon completes upgrades to processing system for JPSS satellite - News
April 12, 2017
AURORA, Colo. Engineers at Raytheon completed the upgrades and final testing of data transport and processing system for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPPS) Common Ground System (CGS), which provides weather and environmental data used by NASA, NOAA, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the agencies' international partners.
Avionics
U.S. Air Force extends F-16 service life - News
April 12, 2017
FORT WORTH, Texas. U.S. Air Force officials are extending the service life of the Lockheed Martin's F-16 from 8,000 to 12,000 equivalent flight hours.
Comms
B-Temia & Lockheed Martin enter agreement to license bionic augmentation technology - News
April 11, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin and B-Temia, Inc. officials entered into an agreement to license B-Temia's bionic augmentation technology called Dermoskeleton. Lockheed plans to use the licensed technology for its FORTIS exoskeleton program.
Avionics
Rockwell Collins continues to modernize military test ranges in second production lot contract - News
April 11, 2017
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins will support the second production lot of the Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS) for upgrading Air Force, Navy and Army test ranges under a Department of Defense (DoD) contract worth an estimated $21 million.
Radar/EW
UTC Aerospace Systems begins work on acoustic arrays for Navy submarines - News
April 11, 2017
CHARLOTTE, N.C. UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., has announced the start of manufacturing on the first Large Vertical Array (LVA) acoustic structures for Virginia-class submarines.
Unmanned
General Atomics tests new radar warning receiver against air-defense systems - News
April 11, 2017
SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA?ASI) announced a successful demonstration of a radar warning receiver (RWR) on a GA-ASI Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Block 5 remotely piloted aircraft (RPA). The GA-ASI-owned Predator B operated from the company's Gray Butte Flight Operations Facility near Palmdale, California, performing against various ground-based radars.
Avionics
Northrop Grumman and Terma will continue to team for F-35 parts - News
April 11, 2017
COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Northrop Grumman and Danish aircraft-component contractor Terma have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), under which Terma will continue to collaborate with Northrop Grumman beyond their current contracted agreements for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter.
Unmanned
Air Force agreement aims to reduce UAS noise pollution - News
April 10, 2017
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The Air Force Research Laboratory 711th Human Performance Wing/Airman Systems Directorate/Battlespace Acoustics Branch and composite-systems company Owens Corning have entered into a cooperative research and development agreement to develop and understand best practices for measuring and labeling the sound produced by small unmanned aerial systems (UASs).
Unmanned
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