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Combat trainer on display from Northrop Grumman at AOC 2024 - News

December 11, 2024

61st AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Northrop Grumman is showing its Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) -- a training environment that simulates advanced battlespace simulations – at this week's 61st Annual AOC [Association of Old Crows] International Symposium & Convention. 

Radar/EW

AI/ML-enabled EW system development garners Pacific Defense follow-on contract - News

December 11, 2024

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Pacific Defense and affiliate company Perceptronics announced the award of a follow-on contract from the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) for the development of advanced electronic warfare (EW) mission systems; this latest follow-on agreement expands on previous Pacific Defense AFLCMC EW development efforts and includes further implementation and flight test of U.S. government EW software frameworks.

Radar/EW

Open standards, network connectivity the focus for Elma at AOC 2024 - News

December 11, 2024

61st AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Elma is showcasing its offerings in network connectivity and open standard computing solutions based on open standards like SOSA [Sensor Open Systems Architecture] that support the modular open systems approach (MOSA) at this week's 61st Annual AOC [Association of Old Crows] International Symposium & Convention. 

Radar/EW

USSTRATCOM plans dynamic spectrum sharing, eyes 5G growth: Maj. Gen. Anthony says - News

December 11, 2024

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.

Comms

Next-Gen OPIR missile-warning satellite for U.S. Space Force advances toward launch - News

December 11, 2024

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.

Unmanned

U.S. Army tests Integrated Battle Command System with new missile defense capability - News

December 10, 2024

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.

Radar/EW

Giraffe 4A radar systems to be delivered to U.S. Air Forces in Europe by Saab - News

December 10, 2024

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.

Radar/EW

Digital RF jammer from Leonardo to be shown at AOC 2024 - News

December 10, 2024

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.

Cyber

IT services contract with Akima signed by U.S. Indo-Pacific command - News

December 10, 2024

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.

Unmanned

ISR demonstrator from Lockheed Martin ready to launch in 2025 - News

December 09, 2024

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. 

Radar/EW

Parry Labs and Concurrent team to deliver modular SOSA aligned battlespace solutions - News

December 09, 2024

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.

Radar/EW

AOC 2024 theme and keynote announced - News

December 09, 2024

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.

Radar/EW

Mercury to show its direct RF multi-chip module at AOC 2024 - News

December 09, 2024

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.

Avionics

LITENING targeting pod data links upgraded by Northrop Grumman for U.S. Marine Corps - News

December 06, 2024

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.

Radar/EW

Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band contract from U.S. Navy won by Raytheon - News

December 06, 2024

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.