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Avionics
CH-53K King Stallion starts transition to Naval Air Station - News
July 05, 2017
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. Lockheed Martin announced that its CH-53K King Stallion cargo helicopter program has successfully completed its first extended "cross-country" flight from Sikorsky's West Palm Beach, Florida, facility to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, the first of several such flights that will occur during 2017 and 2018 as the CH-53K flight test program transitions to the flight-test facilities at Patuxent River.
Unmanned
Sea Venom/ANL anti-ship missile completes first firing - News
July 05, 2017
ILE DU LEVANT, France. MBDA officials announced that the company's ?s Sea Venom/ANL anti-ship missile completed its first firing at the ?le du Levant test range in France.
Avionics
Lockheed Martin obtains $74 million in Navy contract modifications - News
July 05, 2017
BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin has won two contract modifications worth approximately $73.9 million (combined) from the U.S. Navy to provide materials and services to support the low-rate initial production (LRIP) of F-35 Lightning II combat aircraft.
Radar/EW
BAE Systems wins $4.8 billion contract to build new Type 26 Global Combat Ships for U.K. - News
July 05, 2017
GLASGOW, Scotland. BAE Systems has been awarded a contract by the U.K. defense ministry worth 3.7 billion pounds ($4.8 billion ) to manufacture the first three ships for the Type 26 Global Combat Ship program. Steel is set to be cut on the first ship in Glasgow in the next several weeks.
Avionics
Sikorsky inks five-year contract to build Black Hawks for U.S. Army and FMS - News
July 03, 2017
STRATFORD, Conn. Sikorsky Aircraft has signed a five-year contract with the U.S. government to deliver 257 H-60 Black Hawk helicopters to the U.S. Army and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers.
Radar/EW
Newest naval littoral combat ship to be christened LCS Billings - News
June 30, 2017
MARINETTE, Wis. The U.S. Navy will christen its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), USS Billings (LCS 15), during a July 1 ceremony in Marinette, Wisconsin, the home of shipbuilder Fincantieri Marinette Marine. The future USS Billings, the name of which honors the largest city in Montana, will be the first ship bearing that name in naval service.
Unmanned
United Launch Alliance wins launch of Air Force STP-3 mission - News
June 30, 2017
CENTENNIAL, Colo. The U. S. Air Force announced that it has awarded United Launch Alliance (ULA) the contract to launch the Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) mission; the contract resulted from a competitive award under the Air Force?s Phase 1A procurement strategy.
Unmanned
Elbit demos unmanned antimine, antisub, EW craft in North Sea trials - News
June 30, 2017
HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems recently demonstrated the Seagull, its multimission unmanned surface vehicle (USV) during binational (Belgium/the Netherlands) mine countermeasure (MCM) trials for unmanned maritime systems; the event was organized by the Directorate General of Material Resources (DGMR) of the Belgian ministry of defense.
Comms
DoD FY 2018 Navy ship and submarine modernization & procurement funding - News
June 30, 2017
WASHINGTON. Funding slated for major shipbuilding and maritime systems totals $30.4 billion under the Department of Defense (DoD) Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 acquisition funding request, an increase of $3.4 billion over the FY 2017 request.
Comms
Ground system funding in FY 2018 DoD budget - News
June 30, 2017
WASHINGTON. Funding slated for major ground systems totals $11.2 billion under the Department of Defense (DoD) Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 acquisition funding request, an increase of $1.4 billion over the FY 2017 request.
Comms
Manned & unmanned aircraft procurement & modernization: FY 2018 DoD budget - News
June 30, 2017
WASHINGTON. Funding slated for major aircraft and related systems totals $49.9 billion under the Department of Defense (DoD) Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 acquisition funding request an increase of $4.6 billion from the FY 2017 request.
Radar/EW
Lockheed Martin selects Verotec rack cases to outfit Multi Scout armored vehicles for U.K. - News
June 29, 2017
MANCHESTER, N.H. Verotec has been chosen by Lockheed Martin to provide custom 19-inch, 6U, 600 mm deep rack cases to house part of the intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) system in the next-generation AJAX armored fighting vehicles developed for the British army. The AJAX program is a project headed by General Dynamics UK.
Radar/EW
L3 Technologies business unit wins U.S. Army fuze contract worth as much as $230 million - News
June 29, 2017
NEW YORK. L3 Technologies announced today that its L3 Electronic Business segment has been awarded an initial $89.2 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army to supply M783 point detonating/delay (PD/DLY) mortar fuzes and M734A1 multioption fuze for mortars (MOFM). The multiyear contract has a base award and four option years, which -- if fully exercised -- could potentially exceed $230 million.
Unmanned
U.S. Navy awards $35.5 million target drone contract to Kratos - News
June 29, 2017
SAN DIEGO. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' Unmanned Systems Division (USD) has been awarded an amendment to a previously awarded contract to exercise an option for Low Rate Initial Production Year 1 (LRIP 1) from the U.S. Navy for BQM-177A Subsonic Aerial Target (SSAT) drone systems. The SSAT LRIP 1 order has an initial value of $34.5 million; coincident with the LRIP 1 order, Kratos also won the contract to provide contractor logistics support (CLS), with the initial value of the CLS award at $2.53 million for fiscal 2017.
Radar/EW
Vorago wins two NASA rad-hard innovation grants - News
June 29, 2017
AUSTIN, Texas. NASA has awarded Vorago Technologies two Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grants to develop semiconductor devices that are hardened against the effects of radiation and extreme temperature.
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