Lockheed Martin Awarded AN/BLQ-10 EW System Contract For US Navy Submarines
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract to design and support the AN/BLQ-10 electronic warfare (EW) system for the US Navy submarines under terms of a $20 million order announced Friday. “Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Syracuse, New York, is awarded a $20,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-incentive-fee and firm-fixed-price contract for engineering...
Lockheed Martin To Develop Cyber/Electronic Warfare Podded System For US Army
Lockheed Martin has been awarded $18 million to design, develop and test a cyber/electronic warfare podded system for the “Air Large” component of the U.S
Thales to Develop Rafale F4 Standard Onboard Sensors, Communication Systems
Thales, alongside Dassault Aviation and Safran, has been awarded a contract by the French defence procurement agency (DGA) to develop the future onboard sensors and communication systems that will equip the F4 standard of the Rafale omni-role combat aircraft. In particular, Thales will prepare for the introduction of the CONTACT radio;...
Hughes Demonstrates Modem Interface Tech for US SATCOM Systems
Hughes Network Systems LLC announced the demonstration of advanced hardware technology that facilitates interoperability between different SATCOM systems and services. The terminal solution features a software agent with an autonomous selection of modem, satellite and service provider
Raytheon Wins $600 million US Contract from National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
Raytheon has been awarded two contracts worth US$600 million from the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency to develop data automation, analytics and artificial intelligence capabilities for the NGA Janus program. The contracts go toward the Elevation Content and Precise Imagery programs, which are part of NGA's Janus initiative to give greater interchangeability...
US Army Fields New Electronic Warfare Vehicle
The US Army fielded a new electronic warfare tactical vehicle recently giving it the ability to sense and jam enemy communications and networks from an operationally relevant range at the brigade combat team level. “This effort will allow the ability for EW soldiers to influence future vehicle improvements and grow their knowledge,” Army Lt
India, US Likely to Sign Military Communications Pact during ‘2+2’ Meeting
India and the United States are likely to sign a military communications pact during the ‘2+2 meeting in New Delhi in the first week of September. The government has made up its mind to sign the Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA)
Leonardo, Ultra Css, L3 Technologies To Co-develop Next-Gen Acoustic Sensor System For...
Leonardo has entered partnerships with L3 Technologies and Ultra Electronics Command & Sonar Systems (Ultra) to offer a complete Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) acoustic system based on Leonardos new lightweight ULISSES (Ultra-LIght SonicS Enhanced System) processor. Leonardo will offer an integrated system comprising ULISSES and either a dipping sonar provided by L3 or sonobuoys provided by Ultra, or a combination of both
Lockheed-Raytheon-Thales Team To Co-develop Battlespace Intelligence System For NATO Alliance
Lockheed Martin has teamed up with Raytheon and Thales to provide the NATO Alliance with a territorial Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) command and control capability. The Teaming Agreement, signed with ThalesRaytheonSystems establishes a transatlantic team that combines the depth and breadth of decades of expertise from Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, with the European air command and control capabilities of Thales
DARPA, Lockheed Martin Demo Connected Warfighter Network Approach
Lockheed Martin and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently performed a series of flight tests demonstrating how a system of systems (SoS) approach enables seamless – and rapid – integration across air, space, land, sea and cyber in contested environments. The demonstrations held at the Naval Air Warfare Center in China Lake, California, were part of a five year DARPA program called System of Systems Integration Technology and Experimentation (SoSITE)
Elbit Demonstrates Real-time Cellular Intelligence System at Eurosatory
Elbit Systems demonstrated SigmaCell, a real-time active cellular intelligence system that neutralizes cellular communications of terrorists and criminals at the on-going Eurosatory 2018. Based on Elbit Systems Signal Intelligence, SigmaCell was designed to detect, identify, intercept and expose details of target cellular devices and their precise location
Unexploded Tomahawk Missiles to Help Russia Build New Electronic Warfare System
Russia will build a new electronic warfare system to counter cruise missiles after gathering data from two un-exploded US-made Tomahawk missiles which it obtained in Syria. The US-led coalition had launched a missile attack against suspected Syrian chemical weapons sites earlier this year
U.S. Approves $700M Arms Sale to Netherlands for Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles...
Poland Cleared to Buy Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles for $1.3B
France's Third Barracuda Submarine Begins Nuclear Reactor Startup
U.S. Enacts Supplemental Bill Providing $95B in Aid for Ukraine, Israel, and...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...
Grounding of U.S. Military’s V-22 Osprey Fleet Enters Third Month
The grounding of around 400-strong fleet of Osprey V-22 Tilt-rotor aircraft is in its third month with no update on...