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Radar/EW
BAE Systems and Leonardo team to develop IR warning system for Army aircraft - News
April 24, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense contractors BAE Systems and Leonardo DRS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to offer enhanced threat-detection capabilities for use on U.S. Army fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft; the companies will collaborate to develop an advanced infrared (IR)-based threat warning system to meet the evolving operational requirements for Army aircraft survivability.
Radar/EW
VSE Corp. garners $91.1 million under FMS contracts - News
April 21, 2017
ALEXANDRIA, Va. Logistics provider VSE Corporation has been awarded several delivery orders during the first quarter of 2017, totaling approximately $91.1 million, issued under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) support contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) International Fleet Support Program Office.
Radar/EW
Six firms win right to compete in $197 million Naval Air Warfare Center contract - News
April 21, 2017
NAWS CHINA LAKE, Calif. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) has agreed to allow six companies to compete for task orders to research, develop, sustain, and update the Navy?s Combat Environment Instrumentation Systems (CEIS) under a potential five-year, $197.9 million contract.
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Avionics
Reusable rocket engine passes qual test for next-era spaceflight - News
April 21, 2017
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Aerojet Rocketdyne has announced the completion of hot-fire qualification tests of an engine that demonstrates the ability to meet reusability requirements for Boeing's Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Starliner crew module propulsion system.
Comms
GPS modernization program moves to Air Force user site - News
April 21, 2017
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. The Launch and Checkout System (LCS) for the Global Positioning System Next-Generation Operational Control System -- known as GPS OCX -- scored a pass rate of 97.7 percent during testing and is now being transitioned from Raytheon's Aurora, Colorado, site to Schriever Air Force Base. The U.S. Air Force-led GPS Modernization Program will enable enhanced positioning, navigation, and timing capabilities for U.S. military and civilian GPS users across the globe.
Radar/EW
The future USS Gerald R. Ford completes builder's sea trials - News
April 20, 2017
NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. The future USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier precommissioning unit (CVN 78) has returned from Builder's Sea Trials to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, after seven days of testing at sea.
Comms
UltiSat awarded task order to provide satellite bandwidth - News
April 20, 2017
GAITHERSBURG, Md. Ultisat -- a provider of satellite network services for mission-critical applications -- has been awarded a COMSATCOM Transponded Capacity (CTC) task order to provide C-band and Ku-band bandwidth capacity to the United States Air Force (USAF) by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO). The Ultisat work will support satellite communications training and signal testing.
Avionics
Quantum3D, L3 partner for AWACS flight crew training system - News
April 20, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. ? Quantum3D Government Systems has been awarded a contract from the Link Simulation & Training division of L3 Technologies to supply portions of the flight crew training system for the U.S. Air Force?s new Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) for Diminishing Manufacturing Sources Replacement of Avionics for Global Operations and Navigation (DRAGON).
Radar/EW
Moog wins follow-ons with Northrop Grumman, Marine Corps - News
April 14, 2017
EAST AURORA, N.Y. Moog Space and Defense Group has garnered contracts with both Northrop Grumman and Saab Defense to support the U.S. Marine Corps AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) program. G/ATOR is the first ground-based active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar to be developed by the U.S. Department of Defense.
Unmanned
Kongsberg contracts with Australia to upgrade Joint Strike Missile - News
April 12, 2017
KONGSBERG, Norway. International technology contractor Kongsberg Gruppen has signed a contract with the Australian Department of Defense to install new radio frequency (RF) sensors on the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) carried aboard the F-35 fighter aircraft.
Radar/EW
Mercury Systems acquires Delta Microwave - News
April 12, 2017
ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems, Inc. announced that it has acquired Delta Microwave of Oxnard, California. Delta designs and manufactures high-value radio frequency (RF), microwave, and millimeter wave subassemblies and components for the military and space markets.
Radar/EW
UTC Aerospace Systems begins work on acoustic arrays for Navy submarines - News
April 11, 2017
CHARLOTTE, N.C. UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., has announced the start of manufacturing on the first Large Vertical Array (LVA) acoustic structures for Virginia-class submarines.
Unmanned
General Atomics tests new radar warning receiver against air-defense systems - News
April 11, 2017
SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA?ASI) announced a successful demonstration of a radar warning receiver (RWR) on a GA-ASI Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Block 5 remotely piloted aircraft (RPA). The GA-ASI-owned Predator B operated from the company's Gray Butte Flight Operations Facility near Palmdale, California, performing against various ground-based radars.
Avionics
Northrop Grumman and Terma will continue to team for F-35 parts - News
April 11, 2017
COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Northrop Grumman and Danish aircraft-component contractor Terma have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), under which Terma will continue to collaborate with Northrop Grumman beyond their current contracted agreements for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter.
Unmanned
Air Force agreement aims to reduce UAS noise pollution - News
April 10, 2017
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The Air Force Research Laboratory 711th Human Performance Wing/Airman Systems Directorate/Battlespace Acoustics Branch and composite-systems company Owens Corning have entered into a cooperative research and development agreement to develop and understand best practices for measuring and labeling the sound produced by small unmanned aerial systems (UASs).
Avionics
Navy signs $142 million contract for tactical combat-training system - News
April 10, 2017
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy has signed a contract worth $142 million with Leonardo DRS and Rockwell Collins to develop its Tactical Combat Training System Increment II (TCTS Inc. II).
Unmanned
Air Force, Lockheed Martin demo manned/unmanned aircraft teaming - News
April 10, 2017
PALMDALE, Calif. The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, and technology contractor Calspan Corp. recently successfully demonstrated manned/unmanned teaming of aircraft aimed at improving efficiency in combat and operational effectiveness for the warfighter.
Comms
U.S. Army taps BAE Systems for M88 support, sustainment - News
April 07, 2017
DETROIT ARSENAL, Michigan. The U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command -- which generates and sustains mobility, technology, and logistics solutions for U.S. armed forces -- has awarded BAE Systems a contract worth up to $112 million to perform technical support and sustainment of M88 recovery vehicles over the next four years.
Avionics
CH-53K helicopter approved for low-rate initial production funding - News
April 07, 2017
STRATFORD, Conn. Lockheed Martin announced that its Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter has successfully passed its Defense Acquisition Board (DAB) review and achieved a Milestone C decision, a determination that enables the craft to enter low-rate initial production funding.
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