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Radar/EW

NATO missile defense base in Poland now operational - News

July 11, 2024

REDZIKOWO, Poland. A new U.S. ballistic missile defense site in Redzikowo, Poland, is now operational, and the new site is intended to enhance NATO’s missile shield capabilities, NATO announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Hybrid electric UAS built for DARPA by Northrop Grumman - News

July 11, 2024

REDONDO BEACH, California. Northrop Grumman Corporation has designed and built the XRQ-73 SHEPARD, a Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration (SHEPARD) vehicle designed and constructed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Software-defined radio from BAE Systems gets $111 million contract from ROK - News

July 10, 2024

FORT WAYNE, Ind. BAE Systems won several contracts -- totaling $111 million -- to provide the SATURN [Second-generation, Anti-jam, Tactical, Ultra-high Frequency Radio for NATO] waveform to the Republic of Korea (ROK).

Radar/EW

Battlefield simulation and analysis tool from Raytheon to get U.S. Army tryout - News

July 10, 2024

ARLINGTON, Va. Raytheon won a contract from the U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC) Futures and Concepts Center (FCC) to trial the use of its RCADE [Rapid Campaign Analysis and Demonstration Environment] tool, which aims to conduct sophisticated, timely theater-level concept experimentation and mission analysis for the connected battlefield.

Avionics

Data-link assemblies for Raytheon missile program to be supplied by CAES - News

July 09, 2024

ARLINGTON, Virginia. CAES won a $172.7 million contract from Raytheon Technologies (RTX) for the follow-on production of missile data-link assemblies in support of a major international missile program, CAES announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Supersonic strike missile to be developed for Norway by Kongsberg - News

July 09, 2024

KONGSBERG, Norway. Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace signed a contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) for the initial development phase of the Supersonic Strike Missile (3SM), which is set to be deployed on future vessels from 2035, the company announced in a statement.

A.I.

AI tools to be developed for DARPA by Lockheed Martin - News

July 09, 2024

LITTLETON, Colorado. Lockheed Martin will develop artificial intelligence (AI) tools for dynamic airborne missions under a $4.6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Air defense radars to be supplied to Latvia, Slovenia by Hensoldt - News

July 08, 2024

TAUFKIRCHEN, Germany. Hensoldt will supply Latvia and Slovenia with its TRML-4D radars, which will be delivered as part of the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI) in collaboration with Diehl Defence, Hensoldt announced in a statement.

Comms

Rad-hard FPGA contract for DoD enters third phase - News

July 08, 2024

SAN JOSE, Calif. Embedded FPGA [field-programmable gate array] developer QuickLogic Corp. won a contract worth $5.26 million to continue the development and demonstration of a strategic radiation-hardened (rad-hard), high reliability FPGA technology intended to support current and future U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) strategic and space system requirements.

Unmanned

Switchblade 300 loitering munition systems to be provided to Taiwan - News

July 03, 2024

ARLINGTON, Virginia. The U.S. Department of State approved a possible foreign military sale of AeroVironment's (AV) Switchblade 300 loitering munition systems to Taiwan, estimated at $60.2 million, AeroVironment announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Drone demonstrates new launch method in take-off and flight operations - News

July 03, 2024

SAN DIEGO, California. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions demonstrated the second of three launch methods for the Valkyrie uncrewed aerial system (UAS): the Kratos Trolley Launch System (KTLS), the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Electronic warfare system prototype plans approved for F/A-18 by US Navy - News

July 03, 2024

MELBOURNE, Florida. The U.S. Navy has approved the preliminary design plans for a next-generation electronic warfare (EW) system to be installed on F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet aircraft, developed by L3Harris, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

V-BAT drone to provide surveillance for U.S. Coast Guard - News

July 02, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. Shield AI won a contract to provide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) services to the U.S. Coast Guard using the V-BAT uncrewed aircraft system (UAS), the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

EW platform for dismounted use nabs $100 million U.S. Army contract - News

July 02, 2024

ROCHESTER, N.Y. Mastodon Design, a CACI International company, won a contract worth approximately $100 million to produce a manpack version of the U.S. Army’s Terrestrial Layer System-Brigade Combat Team (TLS-BCT) electronic warfare (EW) platform.

Comms

Satellite cluster now operational, enabling data collection to meet mounting global demand - News

July 02, 2024

HERNDON, Va. Space-based RF data and analytics firm HawkEye 360 reported that its Cluster 8 satellites have entered initial operating status and are now providing enhanced revisit rates and expanded data coverage over the world’s most populous regions.