JOHN MCHALE, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

Radar and electronic warfare (EW) stories are always popular on Mil-Embedded.com and 2019 was no different. Our top read stories this year covered radar for Counter-drone applications, radar for detecting hypersonic weapons, open architectures for radar and EW, Gallium Nitride (GaN0 tech for AESA radar, and more. Check them out below.

EMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Raytheon Company announced it will build two additional shipsets of SPY-6 radars under a $250 million contract with the U.S. Navy. The company is now contracted to deliver a total of nine radar shipsets to DDG-51 Flight III destroyers.

EMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Aerojet Rocketdyne is supporting a Lockheed Martin effort to develop a hypersonic conventional missile for the U.S. Air Force under a subcontract valued at $81.5 million.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Northrop Grumman has been granted by the U.S Department of Defense (DoD) a $1 billion “definitized modification” to a previously-awarded contract to install new active electronically scanned array (AESA) fire control radars on up to 372 of the U.S. Air Force’s F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets.

EMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

BAE Systems announced that the U.S. Navy has signed a $2.68 billion indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for the purchase of thousands of additional Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) Laser-Guided Rockets, the company's precision munition. The contract demonstrates continuing demand for precision strike capabilities.

EMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Leidos Holdings, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-owned Dynetics, Inc., applied research and national security solutions company, for $1.65 billion in cash. According to Leidos, the Board of Directors of both companies unanimously approved the transaction.

EMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) selected Elbit Systems of America to develop a prototype of the Next Generation Hand-Held Targeting System (NGHTS). Elbit Systems of America's solution merges multiple capabilities into a single, lightweight device for the forward-deployed, foot-mobile Marine.

EMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Raytheon Company will support and sustain the sensor and processor for the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System (ASARS) 2-A under a $217M U.S. Air Force indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract. Work will be performed through 2024.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

The global naval sonar market -- valued at $2.2 billion in 2019 -- is expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.76% to reach a value of $2.9 billion by 2029, according to a recent report from GlobalData.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

The U.S. Army and Northrop Grumman Corp. report successful simultaneous engagement of two incoming target cruise missiles during a flight test using the Army’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) battle command system (IBCS).

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Swarm technology is rising in popularity in the military drone or unmanned aerial system (UAS) market due to its cost efficiency and high capability for firepower, according to a new market report from The Business Research Company, "Military Drones Global Market Report 2019."

EMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Saab has received an order for components and subsystems in support of full-rate production for the U.S. Marine Corps Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), which has the U.S. designation AN/TPS-80.