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Radar/EW

P-8A Poseidon aircraft flies with Advanced Airborne Sensor radar - News

June 11, 2015
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The U.S. Navy’s P-8A Poseidon aircraft completed its first flight with the APS-154 Advanced Airborne Sensor (AAS) radar configuration. The U.S. Navy, Raytheon, and Boeing worked together to achieve this milestone.
Comms

U.S. Navy's CANES program completes design, development, and limited deployment phase - News

June 11, 2015
SAN DIEGO. The design, development, and limited deployment phase of The U.S. Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program has been completed by Northrop Grumman Corp.
Avionics

NASA awards first commercial human spaceflight mission to Boeing - News

June 11, 2015
HOUSTON. NASA officials issued a task order as part of Boeing’s $4.2 billion Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract to include the company’s first-ever service flight to the International Space Station (ISS) -- making it the first time in that NASA has contracted with a commercial company for a human spaceflight mission.
Comms

Harris finishes Exelis acquisition - News

June 10, 2015
MELBOURNE, Fla. Harris Corp. officials announced that the company completed its previously announced acquisition of Exelis Inc. for about $4.75 billion.
Cyber

Elbit Systems to acquire Cyber and Intelligence division of NICE Systems - News

June 10, 2015
HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems Ltd. officials announced that it the company signed an agreement to acquire NICE Systems Ltd.'s Cyber and Intelligence division for a total amount of as much as $157.9 million, subject to certain customary adjustments.
Comms

Eight supersonic research projects awarded by NASA - News

June 10, 2015
WASHINGTON. NASA officials awarded eight research studies with more than $2.3 million in funding on overcoming the barriers to supersonic travel under NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology Project.
Comms

WIN-T Increment 2 communications network moves to full rate production for the U.S. Army - News

June 09, 2015
FAIRFAX, Va. The Warfighter Information Network – Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 2, a General Dynamics design system for the U.S. Army, moves to full rate production. WIN-T Increment 2 gives commanders and soldiers the ability to communicate and share intelligence while on patrol.
Cyber

Websense joint venture announced by Raytheon and Vista Equity Partners - News

June 09, 2015
WALTHAM, Mass. Vista Equity Partners and Raytheon announced the completion of a joint venture transaction that created a new commercial cybersecurity company that will be called in the interim Raytheon|Websense. The company brings together the Vista Equity portfolio and Raytheon Cyber Products, a product line of Raytheon's Intelligence, Information, and Services business.
Radar/EW

Product details of Altera's Stratix 10 FPGAs and SoCs released - News

June 08, 2015
SAN JOSE, Calif. The product and architectural details was released of Altera’s Stratix 10 FPGAs and SoCs, the programmable logic devices that deliver performance, integration, density, and security.
Radar/EW

Development phase of contract completed for LIG Nex1 radar programs - News

June 08, 2015
ASHBURN, Va. The Defense Solutions division at Curtiss-Wright announced the development phase completion of a contract from LIG Nex1 where they supplied to the Korean Army’s Next-Generation Local Air Defense Radar and Korean Air Force’s Long-Range Surveillance Radar programs its rugged COTS-based radar processing module technology.
Unmanned

Alliance Ground Surveillance aircraft expands NATO's global ISR capability - News

June 05, 2015
PALMDALE, Calif. Northrop Grumman Corp. and industry partners together with NATO leaders unveiled NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) aircraft. The purpose of the aircraft is to expand NATO's joint intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capability.
Comms

MUOS-3 satellite passes on-orbit testing and extends network coverage - News

June 05, 2015
SUNNYVALE, Calif., The U.S. Navy accepted a third Lockheed Martin Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite after the completion of on-orbit testing. It is being relocated to its operational slot in preparation for operational acceptance.
Comms

U.S. Army selects CALIBRE for TACOM strategic service solution contract - News

June 04, 2015
ALEXANDRIA, VA. CALIBRE Systems, Inc. has been selected as one of the prime contractors of a five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for the U.S. Army Tank and Automotive Command (TACOM). The strategic service solutions (TS3) contract with knowledge based service-type requirements is estimated at a value of $1.8 billion.
Cyber

Cybersecurity demonstration and training center opened by Raytheon in Virginia - News

June 03, 2015
DULLES, Va. Raytheon officials opened a new cybersecurity demonstration and research facility in the Washington area this month, calling it the Global Cyber Solutions Center (GCSC), officially located in Sterling, Va. The new center is designed to aid U.S. government agencies, other nations, and companies understand how to best guard their networks and use the latest technologies and approaches, as well as training, to their existing cybersecurity programs.
Avionics

U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II aircraft receives software upgrade to mission system computer - News

June 03, 2015
FAIRFAX, Va. The third software release for the mission system computer (MSC) in U.S. Marine Corps’ AV-8B Harrier II aircraft was delivered to the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) by the General Dynamics Mission Systems’ Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) team.