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DoD, industry partners plan to lower the cost of 5th gen F-35s by 2019 - News
July 10, 2014
WASHINGTON. The Department of Defense (DoD) has announced an agreement to reduce the price of the F-35 Lightning II 5th generation fighter to the equivalent of the 4th generation fighters by 2019.
Radar/EW
Aegis Combat System successfully completes three NIF-CA exercises - News
July 09, 2014
USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53). The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin have teamed up to test the Baseline 9 Aegis Combat System. The exercises included the longest-range engagement ever tested with a Standard Missile-6 (SM-6).
Comms
Rockwell Collins engineers to develop new antenna technology for DARPA - News
July 08, 2014
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) tasked Rockwell Collins engineers to develop new electronically scanned array (ESA) antenna technology as part of DARPA's Arrays at Commercial Timescales (ACT) program.
Radar/EW
Naval SIGINT application to use RF and IF devices from Mercury Systems - News
July 08, 2014
CHELMSFORD, Mass. – July 7, 2014 – Mercury Systems, Inc., won $4.4 million in orders from an unnamed defense prime contractor for their advanced radio frequency (RF) microwave tuner and intermediate frequency (IF) devices for a naval signals intelligence (SIGINT) application.
Unmanned
Persistent Surveillance Center of Excellence created by TCOM for lighter-than-air vehicle payloads - News
July 07, 2014
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. Officials at TCOM announced the creation of a Persistent Surveillance Solutions Center of Excellence (CoE) at its Manufacturing and Flight Testing Facility in Elizabeth City, N.C. The new CoE will include integration testing of platforms, payloads, sensors, and PED technologies in partnership with manufacturers from around the globe to further the development of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems.
Radar/EW
Boeing delivers 14th P-8A Poseidon to Navy - News
July 07, 2014
SEATTLE. Boeing delivered the 14th P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the U.S. Navy where it becomes part of a squadron based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla. Boeing officials say seven more of the maritime patrol aircraft will be delivered later this year.
Avionics
NASA awards Boeing $2.8 billion contract to develop Space Launch System core stage, avionics - News
July 03, 2014
HUNTSVILLE, AL. Prime contractor Boeing has finalized a $2.8 billion contract with NASA to develop the core stage and avionics of the powerful rocket Space Launch System (SLS) intended to launch humans farther into space.
Comms
C4ISR collection and dissemination for the Navy to be enhanced by Lockheed Martin - News
July 02, 2014
DENVER. Navy officials tasked Lockheed Martin to enhance how the Navy exchanges its Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) data throughout the space, air, surface, subsurface, and unmanned sensor domains through a contract with the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) Pacific.
Radar/EW
Navy awards Northrop Grumman $3.6 billion contract for 25 more E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft - News
July 01, 2014
FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman won a $3.6 billion Navy contract to produce and deliver 25 new E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft, which would bring the total number of contracted aircraft to 50. The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is a carrier-based airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system with upgraded intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities and flight systems.
Unmanned
Blimp-borne JLENS radar preparation completed for Army contingent operations - News
June 30, 2014
TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon engineers completed preparation of a blimp-borne radar system -- Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) as a rapidly deployable strategic asset. JLENS was previously used for testing only.
Avionics
Sikorsky to develop Combat Rescue Helicopters for U.S. Air Force - News
June 27, 2014
STRATFORD, CT. The U.S. Air Force has awarded Sikorsky Aircraft with a 1.28 billion Engineering & Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract to develop new combat search and rescue (SAR) helicopters.
Unmanned
Rockwell Collins, NASA to initiate tests to safely integrate UASs into national airspace - News
June 26, 2014
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA. Rockwell Collins has teamed up with NASA to perform risk reduction tests with the end goal to enable unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to safely operate in the national airspace.
Radar/EW
Next two missile defense SBIRS satellites to be built by Lockheed Martin - News
June 25, 2014
SUNNYVALE, CA. Lockheed Martin won a U.S. Air Force contract worth about $1.86 billion to finish production of the fifth and sixth Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellites, also known as GEO-5 and GEO-6, for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS).
Unmanned
Unmanned helicopter to use Ethernet router from Curtiss-Wright - News
June 23, 2014
Salt Lake City. Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions won a contract to supply its COTS-based rugged Ethernet Router technology for use on an unmanned helicopter. Under the agreement, Curtiss-Wright will deploy its Parvus DuraMAR 5915 router product, which will enable IP data routing onboard the rotorcraft.
Radar/EW
$1.5 million U.S. Navy order given to Mercury Systems for DRFM jammers - News
June 19, 2014
CHELMSFORD, MA. The U.S. Navy gives Mercury Defense Systems a $1.5 million order for advanced Digital RF Memory (DRFM) jammers to fulfill both U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force requirements.
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