Lockheed Martin Wins $72 Million Contract to Support US Coast Guard C4ISR...
Lockheed Martin has won a $72 million contract to support the US Coast Guard's efforts to enforce maritime sovereignty and address at-sea threats through the National Security Cutter (NSC) program. Through this contract received from Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Lockheed Martin will provide the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and...
DARPA Selects Exelis, Leidos For Second Phase Of Radar Counter Measures Program
Exelis and Leidos have been selected to continue to evolve advanced technology development for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Adaptive Radar Countermeasures (ARC) program, Exelis said in a statement Today. The five-year subcontract from Leidos could be worth up to $15
Exelis, L-3 To Develop EW Solutions For USAF Special Operations Aircraft
Exelis announced Tuesday that it will jointly develop electronic self-protection capabilities with L-3 Platform Integration for the US Air Force Special Operations Command's (AFSOC) AC/MC-130J Commando II aircraft. The team's combined experience in electronic warfare (EW) and platform integration will allow rapid development of an advanced yet low-risk solution to protect...
Lockheed Martin To Provide Enhanced Airborne EW To Turkey
Lockheed Martin will provide the Turkish Air Force with electronic warfare modernization on board its fleet of F-16s under the terms of the US FMS contract announced in March. The contract, valued at $13
Northrop Wins $83 Million US Marines’ Helicopter Mission Computer Contract
Northrop Grumman has won $83 million contract for research and development efforts of system configuration sets for the AH-1Z and UH-1Y mission computers in support of the US Marine Corps. Efforts include designing, developing, and implementing upgrades to existing mission computer software and ancillary hardware and/or improved functionality and...
Lockheed Chooses Splunk Software To Monitor F-35’s ALIS
Splunk today announced it has won a contract to support Lockheed Martins F-35 Lightning II Program. Splunk has provided Lockheed Martin with Splunk Enterprise to monitor and analyze IT systems and network behavior for the Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS), which supports the F-35 Lightning II, a 5th generation fighter jet
Rockwell Collins Wins $505 Million Contracts For Helicopter Avionics
Rockwell Collins has been awarded two US DoD contracts worth $503 million to provide software and system development and integration onto the CH-47, MH-47, MH-6, MH/UH/HH/VH-60, VH-3, MH-65 helicopter and all their variants. The contracts also include Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) Software Maintenance for the CH-47F platform for $8 million
CACI Wins $38.5 Million Contract To Provide Rapid Prototyping And Technology Insertion
CACI International has won a $38.5 million contract for providing Rapid Prototyping and Technology Insertion (RPTI) support to the Command, Power & Integration Directorates Prototyping, Integration and Testing Division (PI&TD)
Exelis To Display Solutions For US Army At Quad-A Expo
Exelis will showcase a wide range of technologies to support the US Armys critical missions at Army Aviation Association of America (Quad-A) Annual Convention, held from March 29-April 1. At Quad-A, Exelis will emphasize Disruptor SRx, the newly debuted adaptive, multifunctional EW capability with appropriate size, weight and power characteristics for mission success in a constantly changing electronic environment
CGI To Support UK’s Fire Control Battlefield Information System Application
CGI has won a contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to provide ongoing support services for the Fire Control Battlefield Information System Application (FC BISA) and the Fire Control Application (FCA) system. FC BISA is a distributed command and control application that helps the British Artillery and Infantry provide accurate and effective indirect fire support to the British Army during operations, the company announced in its press release on Thursday
F-35 Software Flaws Testing Extended
The US Department of Defense has extended testing to debug software flaws that must be fixed before the first F-35 is fully integrated into service. The Marine Corps expects its version of the F-35, the costliest U
China Introduces Automatic Flight Assessment System For PLA Aviation Troops
The Air Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLAAF) has introduced automatic flight quality assessment system to improve the flight training efficiency of its aviation troops. Jointly developed by the PLAAF Armament Research Institute and related universities, the new technology for flight training quality and safety monitoring and assessment was recently applied in the annual flight data interpretation and analysis in an aviation regiment under
French DGA Orders 70 New Generation Fuel Tank Trucks
U.S. Army Awards Lockheed Martin $756M for Hypersonic Weapon System Enhancements
Singapore’s F-16 Crash Caused by Gyroscope Malfunction
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
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...