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Unmanned

UAS detect-and-defeat capability added to T7 robot, L3Harris reports - News

January 16, 2025

MELBOURNE, Fla. L3Harris Technologies reports that it successfully demonstrated a new uncrewed aerial system (UAS) detect-and-defeat capability for its T7 robot system during the U.S. Army's Vanguard 24 capstone experiment. 

A.I.

AI-enabled GPS tech firm wins Space Force contract - News

January 16, 2025

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Slingshot Aerospace won a contract worth $1.9 million from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) to further develop its already operational GPS-jamming detection technology by incorporating enhanced geolocation and artificial intelligence (AI) to detect threats around the globe in near-real-time and help anticipate future threats to international security.

Radar/EW

USAF authorizes full-rate production on EW for EPAWSS - News

January 13, 2025

ST. LOUIS, Mo. BAE Systems reports that the U.S. Air Force (USAF) cleared its new F-15 electronic warfare (EW) system for full-rate production as part of the $615.8 million (USAF) contract with Boeing to install the Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS).  

Radar/EW

Coast Guard will get imaging updates from Teledyne FLIR Defense - News

January 13, 2025

BOSTON, Mass. Teledyne FLIR Defense announced that it won a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract worth as much as $74.2 million to provide modernized imaging surveillance systems to the U/S. Coast Guard (USCG).

Radar/EW

SM-6 Block IA production contract awarded to Raytheon - News

January 13, 2025

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon (an RTX business) won a contract from the U.S. Navy worth $333 million contract to produce Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Block IA missiles.

Unmanned

Counter-UAS sensors, C2 platform demonstrated at U.S. military exercise by BlueHalo - News

January 10, 2025

ARLINGTON, Virginia. BlueHalo demonstrated its VigilantHalo command-and-control (C2) platform and a suite of counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) sensors during Desert Guardian 1.0, an exercise hosted by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) at Fort Drum, New York, the company announced in a statement.

Cyber

Large GSA OASIS+ IT and engineering contract taps Saalex Corp. - News

January 10, 2025

WASHINGTON. Engineering and IT company Saalex announced that it won a spot on the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Plus (OASIS+) contract in the technical and engineering (T&E) domain; the OASIS+ contract is a multiple-award vehicle with a ceiling value of approximately $1 trillion.

Radar/EW

Anduril acquires radar and commmand-and-control businesses from Numerica - News

January 10, 2025

IRVINE, California. Anduril Industries acquired the radar and command-and-control businesses of Numerica Corporation, a move aimed at enhancing its air and missile defense solutions, Anduril announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Geolocation support services to be provided to U.S. Space Force by Kratos - News

January 09, 2025

SAN DIEGO, California. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions won a $48 million Geolocation Global Support Services (GGSS) contract to provide electromagnetic interference (EMI) resolution support for the U.S. Space Force, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Uncrewed aerial target support for U.S. Navy training to be provided by QinetiQ - News

January 09, 2025

MEDICINE HAT, Canada. QinetiQ Target Systems (QTS) Canada won a five-year, $13.3 million contract to provide uncrewed aerial target (UAV-T) support services to the U.S. Navy, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

5G cellular and Wi-Fi 6e connectivity devices unveiled by Persistent Systems - News

January 09, 2025

NEW YORK, New York. Persistent Systems released a dual-function device designed to integrate with the company's MPU5 handheld mobile ad hoc network (MANET) device, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Resilient GPS satellite concepts to be designed by L3Harris for U.S. Space Force - News

January 08, 2025

MELBOURNE, Florida. L3Harris Technologies won a contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to develop design concepts for Phase 0 of the Resilient Global Positioning System (R-GPS) program, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Northrop Grumman to lead $3.5 billion TACAMO systems integration effort - News

January 08, 2025

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The U.S. Navy announced that Northrop Grumman has secured a contract worth $3.5 billion to conduct the mission-systems integration for the E-130J, which will be the successor to the E-6B Mercury aircraft for the Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) mission.

Unmanned

Uncrewed MOSA-based EW sensor system contract won by BlueHalo - News

January 08, 2025

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense technology firm BlueHalo reports that it won a five-year contract valued at $49.9 million issued by the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific. 

Comms

Cellular network set for upcoming IM-2 Moon mission - News

January 07, 2025

MURRAY HILL, N.J. Communications-technology provider Nokia announced the final integration of Nokia’s Lunar Surface Communication System (LSCS) into the lander of the upcoming IM-2 mission, during which Nokia and collaboration partner Intuitive machines intend to deploy the first cellular network on the moon.