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Radar/EW
Navy's 20-year old ATC analog radar system gets digital facelift - News
April 24, 2012
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. U.S. Navy officials procured two more Raytheon radar systems to replace obsolete analog air traffic control (ATC) systems with digital technology. Military bases at New River, N.C., and Quantico, Va., will get the new radar systems. This procurement is part of an ongoing effort to upgrade the Navy?s analog ATC radars.
Radar/EW
MEADS X-Band radar starts system-level integration testing - News
April 23, 2012
ROME, ITALY. The first Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) Multifunction Fire Control Radar (MFCR) started testing at Pratica di Mare Air Force Base, which is just outside of Rome, Italy. The system-level tests help the system prepare for an intercept flight test later this year. The advanced 360-degree rotating X-band radar finished initial performance tests at a near-field facility at SELEX Sistemi Integrati SpA in Rome. At Pratica di Mare, program engineers will start system-level integration tests using a MEADS battle manager and launcher.
Radar/EW
Radar/EW
Northrop Grumman air-flow-through cooling technique licensed by Curtiss-Wright for VPX systems - News
April 20, 2012
ASHBURN, VA. Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions (CWCDS) engineers are using Air-flow-through (AFT) cooling techniques from Northrop Grumman for use in rugged, military embedded systems. In compliance with the ANSI/VITA 48.5-2010 standard, CWCDS will use the AFT cooling on its VPX systems ? VITA 46/28/65 -- in C4ISR applications such as signals intelligence and radar signal processing.
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Unmanned
Predator UAV gets endurance enhancements - News
April 19, 2012
WASHINGTON. Officials at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI) unveiled extended endurance enhancements for its Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) fleet.
Unmanned
More Laser JDAM sensors from Boeing ordered by NAVAIR - News
April 18, 2012
ST. LOUIS. The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Boeing a contract for more Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (Laser JDAM) sensors. The $12.5 million contract is the second this year for Laser JDAM units. The first procured 700 sensors and this one is for 1,116 sensors.
Unmanned
Minehunting UUV unveiled by Navy, General Dynamics - News
April 17, 2012
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. ? A small model of the Knifefish Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) was unveiled by General Dynamics and U. S. Navy officials at the 2012 Sea-Air-Space Exposition. The Knifefish Surface Mine Countermeasure UUV is a heavyweight-class, minehunting, unmanned undersea vehicle planned for deployment by forward operating forces, and will be a key part of the Littoral Combat Ship Mine Countermeasures Mission Package.
Comms
GPS integration benchmark completed by Raytheon, Lockheed Martin - News
April 16, 2012
AURORA, Colo. Officials at Lockheed Martin and Raytheon announced that the two companies finished the first integration benchmark between the Raytheon Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) and GPS III satellite system from Lockheed Martin.
Avionics
Radar/EW
DARPA, Raytheon look to triple Gallium Nitride power handling ability - News
April 13, 2012
TEWKSBURY, Mass. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials tasked Raytheon engineers with developing next-generation Gallium Nitride devices bonded to diamond substrates ? or Thermally Enhanced Gallium Nitride (TEGaN). Under the the 18-month, $1.8 million contract Raytheon engineers will look to increase GaN device power handling capability of GaN devices by at least a factor of three.
Avionics
B-1 Lancer navigation system gets facelift - News
April 11, 2012
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. The Air Force awarded Boeing a $55.3 million contract to upgrade the B-1 Lancer aircraft?s navigation system a new ring laser gyro system.
Avionics
More than $1 Billion in avionics and sensors for Navy helicopters to be provided by Lockheed Martin - News
April 09, 2012
WASHINGTON. Lockheed Martin won a billion dollar Navy contract to deliver more than 200 digital avionics cockpits as well as sensors and integrated mission systems for the MH-60S Sierra and MH-60R Romeo helicopters ? both of which are manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft, in Stratford, Conn.
Avionics
Army Special Operations helicopters to continue upgrading avionics with Rockwell Collins parts - News
April 05, 2012
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins engineers will continue providing replacement avionics parts for Army Special Operations helicopter cockpits under a $17.2 million contract renewal.
Unmanned
Modernized Patriot missile defense system fires first PAC-3 Missiles during test flight - News
April 04, 2012
TEWKSBURY, Mass. The upgraded Patriot Patriot Air and Missile Defense System from Raytheon fired two PAC-3 missiles at a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) during a test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The test marked the first launch of PAC-3 missiles from the modernized Patriot system.
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