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New Ku-Band four-way Iso-Divider for satellite applications - News
June 16, 2014
Chandler, AZ and West Caldwell, NJ. Crane Aerospace & Electronics Microwave Solution has announced the Ku-Band four-way Iso-Divider intended for use in satellite applications.
Unmanned
RFEL advanced fusion Driver Vision Enhancement for military usage on display at Eurosatory - News
June 11, 2014
Newport, Isle of Wight, UK. RFEL, in collaboration with GuS, KTK Kommunikationstechnik, and Rheinmetall Defence, will be showcasing an advanced fused Driver Vision Enhancement (fDVE) solution at the Eurosatory conference in Paris, France, June 16-20.
Avionics
DARPA miniaturized IMU to be developed by Northrop Grumman - News
June 10, 2014
WOODLAND HILLS, CA. Northrop Grumman engineers will be developing a miniaturized navigation grade inertial system for use by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Chip-Scale Combinatorial Atomic Navigator (C-SCAN) program. It is part of U. S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center contract.
Radar/EW
Modular, open-architecture radar system to be demonstrated by Raytheon for Navy - News
June 09, 2014
TEWKSBURY, MA. Officials at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) tasked Raytheon to further develop an Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR). The company's EASR concept uses existing Radar Modular Assembly (RMA) architecture that has been proven on Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) platforms. EASR will be able to meet the performance needs of various candidate ship classes for ship situational awareness, self-defense, air traffic control, and weather monitoring.
Unmanned
Schiebel UAS helicopter demonstrated for the Brazilian Navy - News
June 06, 2014
VIENNA. Schiebel recently demonstrated the CAMCOPTER S-100 unmanned helicopter’s capabilities to the Brazilian Navy from the Brazilian Amazonas Class Ship APA near San Pedro, Brazil.
Radar/EW
Diamond Microwave announces new compact SSPA for defense, aerospace applications - News
June 05, 2014
TAMPA, FL. Diamond Microwave announced at the IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS) in Tampa, FL the new DM‑SC50‑01, a 2-6 GHz GaN-based Solid-State Power Amplifier (SSPA) that can be operated in either pulsed or Continuous Wave (CW) mode.
Radar/EW
Space Fence Radar system contract won by Lockheed Martin - News
June 04, 2014
MOORESTOWN, NJ. Lockheed Martin won a $914 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for improving the way objects are tracked in space to increase U.S. capabilities for preventing space-based collisions.
Comms
Raytheon wins $298 million FAB-T satellite terminal program contract from Air Force - News
June 03, 2014
MARLBOROUGH, MA. Raytheon won a modification contract worth nearly $300 million for the Family of Advanced Beyond Line of Sight Terminals (FAB-T) Command Post Terminals (CPT) Production program.
Avionics
Flight test milestones met by F-35 - News
June 02, 2014
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA. Last month, in three separate flight tests the F-35 Lightning II aircraft from Lockheed Martin demonstrated an air-to-air combat capability, finished its first flight test with the next level software load and also made a landing at the maximum test speed and drop rate.
Comms
Satellite launch provider Astrotech Space Operations to be acquired by Lockheed Martin - News
May 30, 2014
BETHESDA, MD. Lockheed Martin officials announced they have a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Astrotech Corp's Astrotech Space Operations business unit in Titusville, FL. The organization provides satellite launch preparation services, from final testing and fueling through to encapsulation and day-of launch operations. Once the deal is closed, Astrotech Space Operations will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin under it's Space Systems business area.
Radar/EW
Seventh C4ISR contract to support the U.S. Coast Guard awarded to Lockheed Martin - News
May 29, 2014
MOORESTOWN, NJ. Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has awarded an additional $69 million contract to Lockheed Martin to support the U.S. Coast Guard to address at-sea threats and enforce maritime authority.
Comms
Marine Corps Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) upgrades to be supported by SAIC - News
May 28, 2014
MCLEAN, VA. Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) won a prime contract from The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Program Executive Office – Land Systems (PEO-LS) to engineer, design, and test upgrades of 10 prototype and 52 LRIP vehicles for the Legacy Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) Personnel Carrier Variant Platform program.
Comms
Networked rifles from Colt Canada now enable data exchange with C2 platforms - News
May 27, 2014
OTTAWA, Ontario. General Dynamics Canada engineers are integrating their Variable Message Format (VMF) interface into the Soldier Weapon & Observer Reconnaissance Devices (SWORD) system from Colt Canada. This will extend the data exchange capability down to the dismounted soldier.
Radar/EW
Fourth Boeing P-8I maritime patrol aircraft delivered to India - News
May 23, 2014
SEATTLE. Boeing has fulfilled half of its contract to deliver eight P-8I maritime patrol aircrafts to India. The fourth aircraft departed from Boeing Field in Seattle and arrived at Naval Air Station Rajali, where it joined three other P-8Is.
Avionics
Rockwell Collins showcases new FMC-4000 mission computers at ILA Berlin Air Show - News
May 22, 2014
BERLIN. Rockwell Collins launched its FMC-4000 series of flight and mission computers at the ILA Berlin Air Show, from May 20-25. The series is available for fighter, tanker, trainer, transport, rotary-wing, and unmanned systems aircraft.
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A-29 Super Tucano aircraft delivered to Uruguayan Air Force by Embraer
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C-27J maritime patrol aircraft to be supplied to Saudi Arabia by Leonardo
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From single-band fragility to adaptive spectrum control
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Supersonic unmanned aircraft prototype completes first flight in New Mexico
March 03, 2026
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Loitering munition systems to be supplied to U.S. Army by AeroVironment
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COTS edge AI accelerators – an enabler for military autonomous systems in all domains, including space
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Mission autonomy software from Shield AI to support U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft program
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AI assurance the aim of new DARPA program
February 11, 2026
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Sovereign AI center to be established for naval defense systems in France by Naval Group, Thales
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IT infrastructure award announced by U.S. Air Force
February 12, 2026
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Cybersecurity certification level 2 announced by Spectra Defense Technologies
January 20, 2026
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Network-modernization contract for U.S. Space Force won by CACI International
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Air Force installation to begin M2M comms across systems, infrastructure
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