NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. The Pentagon is developing new ways to share a crowded electromagnetic spectrum, and 5G represents an "incredible opportunity," a top U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) official said during the keynote at the 2024 Association of Old Crows International Symposium and Convention on Monday.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. Lockheed Martin reports that it fully assembled, powered on, and advanced the U.S. Space Force’s first Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) geosynchronous earth orbit (GEO) Block 0 satellite to system level testing at the Lockheed Martin satellite facility.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. The U.S. Army’s Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS), developed by Northrop Grumman, demonstrated its ability to integrate with the Army’s emerging Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC) system during recent flight tests at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, the company announced in a statement.

LINKÖPING, Sweden. Saab won a contract valued at $48 million (525 MSEK) to provide Giraffe 4A radar systems in support of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe, the company announced in a statement.

61st AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Leonardo is set to highlight its new DRFM [digital radio frequency memory] jammer that is aimed at delivering platform protection and integrated air defense suppression at the Annual AOC [Association of Old Crows] International Symposium & Convention, set to take place December 11-13 in National Harbor, Maryland.

HERNDON, Va. Government IT provider Akima announced that its subsidiary, Akima Systems Engineering (ASE), won a contract with the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) to modernize national-security IT and communications infrastructure. The contract has a total value of as much as $55 million and has a five-year period of performance if all options are exercised.

LITTLETON, Colo. Lockheed Martin’s newest technology demonstrator -- an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) spacecraft with a mission to prove specialized sensing and communications capabilities on orbit -- is is now ready for launch in 2025 aboard a Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket. 

ALEXANDRIA, Va. and WOBURN, Mass. Parry Labs and Concurrent announced a nonexclusive partnership that the two companies say will strive to rapidly deliver scalable Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, aligned technologies that answer the needs of users in the modern battlespace.

61st AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. The theme for this year's Association of Old Crows (AOC) annual symposium is “Electromagnetic Spectrum Warfare – The Great Power Competition.” The 61st Annual AOC International Symposium & Convention is set to take place December 11-13 in National Harbor, Maryland.

61st AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Mercury Systems will showcase technology from its Mercury Processing Platform as it shows the RFS1140 demonstration system -- featuring the first direct RF multi-chip module with AMD Versal -- at the Annual AOC [Association of Old Crows] International Symposium & Convention, set to take place December 11-13 in National Harbor, Maryland.

ROLLING MEADOWS, Illinois. Northrop Grumman won a contract to provide Advanced Tactical Data Links (ATDL) for LITENING electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) targeting pods on U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

MCKINNEY, Texas. Raytheon won a $590 million production contract from the U.S. Navy for the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) system, the company announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Shield AI and Palantir Technologies will expand their partnership to enhance command and control capabilities for autonomous uncrewed systems in environments without GPS or communications, the companies announced in a statement.

BRASÍLIA, Brazil. Embraer won a R$102 million contract from the Brazilian army for the delivery of one SABER M200 Vigilante radar, the company announced in a statement.

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania. Boeing won a $135 million contract from the U.S. Army to deliver three additional CH-47F Block II Chinooks, the company announced in a statement.