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Link 16 communication terminals to be provided to U.S. Navy by L3Harris - News

November 26, 2024

MELBOURNE, Florida. L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a five-year contract worth up to $999 million to supply the U.S. Navy and coalition forces with resilient communication technology, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

GDIT wins $330 million in U.S. Army training support services task orders - News

November 26, 2024

FALLS CHURCH, Va. General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) announced that it won two training support services task orders totaling $330 million by the Army Contracting Command -- Orlando as part of the $975 million Mission Training Complex Capabilities Support II (MTCCS) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.

Unmanned

Uncrewed maritime capabilities added to BlueHalo portfolio with VideoRay acquisition - News

November 25, 2024

POTTSTOWN, Pennsylvania. BlueHalo announced its acquisition of VideoRay, a manufacturer of unmanned underwater systems, expanding its portfolio to include maritime technologies, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Supply-chain awards from Commerce Dept. aim to expand critical chip production - News

November 25, 2024

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Department of Commerce finalized two separate awards under the CHIPS and Science Act's Incentives Program’s Funding Opportunity for Commercial Fabrication Facilities: The Commerce Dept. awarded BAE Systems Electronic Systems (a business unit of BAE Systems) as much as $35.5 million in direct funding and awarded Rocket Lab (the parent company of space power provider SolAero Technologies Corp.) as much as $23.9 million in direct funding.

Radar/EW

NASAMS, NOMADS air defense systems to be delivered to Netherlands - News

November 22, 2024

KONGSBERG, Norway. Kongsberg signed a NOK 12 billion contract with the Netherlands for the delivery of NASAMS (National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System) and NOMADS (National Manoeuvre Air Defence System) as part of the country's CITADEL air and missile defense program, the company announced in a statement.

A.I.

AI decision company renews USAF operational readiness contract - News

November 22, 2024

PASADENA, Calif. Artificial intelligence (AI) decision intelligence company Virtualitics announced the renewal of its Automated Master Storage Planning (A-MSP) operational deployment contract with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) as part of a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award. 

Radar/EW

U.S. Space Surveillance Network to be modernized by Anduril - News

November 22, 2024

EL SEGUNDO, California. Anduril Industries won a $99.7 million contract and a five-year program of record designation by U.S. Space Systems Command to provide its Lattice platform for modernizing the U.S. Space Surveillance Network (SSN), the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Collaborative autonomy software from Anduril selected for DIU Replicator initiative - News

November 21, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) chose Anduril Industries to deliver mission autonomy software for coordinating uncrewed and autonomous systems under its Autonomous Collaborative Teaming (ACT) contract, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

Airborne surveillance systems to support maritime search and rescue in Europe - News

November 21, 2024

MILAN, Italy. Teledyne FLIR Defense will deliver UltraFORCE 380X-HDc multi-spectral imaging systems to NL EASP AIR for installation on three Dornier DO328-110 aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Networking prototype from Hughes will get tryout at U.S. Army post - News

November 21, 2024

DENVER, Colo. Hughes Network Systems (an EchoStar Corp. subsidiary) won a $6.5 million contract to deploy a 5G open radio access network (ORAN) prototype at U.S. Army post Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas that will feature a RAN intelligent ccontroller (RIC) aimed at enabling the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to test RIC-based software applications for military networks.

Unmanned

Counter-drone system to be developed for Marine Corps by Anduril - News

November 20, 2024

IRVINE, California. Anduril Industries won a $200 million, five-year contract from the U.S. Marine Corps to develop and deliver a Counter Uncrewed Aerial System (CUAS) Engagement System (CES) for the Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS), the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

EW countermeasures to be developed for U.S. Army combat vehicles by BAE Systems - News

November 20, 2024

AUSTIN, Texas. BAE Systems won a follow-on contract from the U.S. Army to further develop its Multi-Class Soft Kill System (MCSKS) countermeasures, which aim to enhance the survivability of ground combat vehicles against guided missiles and nearby threats, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Gray Eagle 25M heavy fuel engine completes final qualification test - News

November 20, 2024

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) completed the final qualification test for its 200-horsepower Heavy Fuel Engine (HFE) 2.0 at the company's El Mirage, California, flight facility, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

First H145M light combat helicopter delivered to German Armed Forces - News

November 19, 2024

DONAUWÖRTH, Germany. Airbus Helicopters delivered the first of up to 82 H145M helicopters to the German Armed Forces less than a year after signing the contract, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Aerosonde drone to support three additional U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ships - News

November 19, 2024

HUNT VALLEY, Maryland. Textron Systems won a task order worth up to $47 million from the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to provide contractor-owned/contractor-operated (COCO) uncrewed aerial system (UAS) services for three additional Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), the company announced in a statement.