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Radar/EW

SIGINT/EW sensor system for U.S. Army vehicles to be provided by General Dynamics - News

February 10, 2023

FAIRFAX, Virginia. General Dynamics Mission Systems has won a $5.5 million contract for the sustainment of Prophet Enhanced sensor systems for the U.S. Army, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Drone capable of CBRN missions to be developed by Teledyne FLIR under U.S. DoD contract - News

February 09, 2023

ELKRIDGE, Maryland. Teledyne FLIR Defense has won a $13.3 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to expand the capabilities of the R80D SkyRaider uncrewed aerial system, which is designed to autonomously perform chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) reconnaissance missions, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Remote weapon station demand rising due to increasing global tensions: report - News

February 09, 2023

DUBLIN, Ireland. An increasing demand for remote weapon stations in close-combat situations and the rise in tensions around the globe has created a lucrative remote weapons station market over the next few years, a new report predicts.

Radar/EW

MOSA modules to support U.S. Navy IFF radar - News

February 08, 2023

ASHBURN, Va. Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division announced that it won a contract with the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division -- a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract worth more than $8.7 million -- to supply its Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA)-based single-board computer (SBC) technology in support of the AN/UPX-24(V) identification friend or foe (IFF) radar system processor sets.

Cyber

Cybersecurity services contract for U.S. Navy won by IronNet - News

February 08, 2023

MCLEAN, Virginia. IronNet will deliver cybersecurity services under a new contract with the U.S. Navy after completing a pilot program that involved providing the IronNet Collective Defense Platform to Naval Sea Systems Command, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Satellite comms terminals for U.S. Navy to be provided by Cobham Satcom - News

February 08, 2023

LYNGBY, Denmark. Cobham Satcom will provide SAILOR XTR user terminals to the U.S. Navy on behalf of prime contractor Inmarsat Government as part of a $578 million contract, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

U.S. Army avionics, signals will get support from Keysight Technologies gear - News

February 07, 2023

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Keysight Technologies finalized a five-year contract with the U.S. Army Contracting Command (Redstone Arsenal, Alabama) -- worth $28.6 million -- under which Keysight will design and build the CM-523/U battery-operated handheld spectrum analyzer.

Comms

Communications network monitoring and analysis for U.S. Air Force to be performed by goTenna - News

February 07, 2023

BROOKLYN, New York. A mobile mesh network platform will provide mission-critical communications network monitoring and analysis for a U.S. Air Force squadron under a new contract, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Tactical SIGINT, radio technology to be tested on satellite under CACI, U.S. Army agreement - News

February 07, 2023

RESTON, Virginia. CACI International has signed a five-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Technical Center to develop and test "advanced capabilities" on a demonstration satellite, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

USAF inks $287 million contract with Curtiss-Wright for flight-test instrumentation - News

February 06, 2023

EDWARDS, Calif. Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) – Air Force Test Center (AFTC) has entered into a 10-year, $287 million firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract with Curtiss-Wright under which Curtiss-Wright will provide its High Speed Data Acquisition System (HSDAS) aerospace instrumentation technology to support AFTC flight test programs.

Unmanned

Satellite comms tested via MQ-9 drone in General Atomics, U.S. military test - News

February 06, 2023

PALMDALE, California. Officials tested an MQ-9A Reaper uncrewed aerial system (UAS) equipped with a low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications command and control system in a joint test conducted by MQ-9 manufacturer General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) along with the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Air Force, and the Air National Guard, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Radars, C-UAS systems to be sent to Ukraine in latest aid package from DoD - News

February 06, 2023

ARLINGTON, Virginia. The Pentagon will send radars, counter-uncrewed air systems (C-UAS) technology, air defense units, and more in its latest aid package to Ukraine, the Defense Department announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

U.S. Army SIGINT and EW systems nab $482 million contract for General Dynamics - News

February 06, 2023

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. General Dynamics Mission Systems has signed a contract worth $481.6 million to help the U.S. Army maintain a signals-intelligence (SIGINT) and electronic-warfare (EW) system for military ground vehicles. 

Unmanned

GA-ASI CEO pleads with U.S. government to let company send drones to Ukraine - News

February 03, 2023

SAN DIEGO, California. The chief executive officer of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI), one of the largest manufacturers of military drones in the world, pleaded with the U.S. government in a recent statement to allow the company to send drones to Ukraine to help fight Russia.

Avionics

Seaplane development contract for DARPA won by General Atomics - News

February 03, 2023

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has won a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop "an aircraft capable of sustained seaborne strategic and tactical lift," the company announced in a statement.