Raytheon has won two modification contracts of total $5 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to support the Arrays at Commercial Timescales (ACT) program, the company announced in its press release on Tuesday. ACT is focused on developing technology that enables rapidly upgradable and widely deployable radar array architectures
Aeros NADATS division announced today that integrated functionality testing has been successfully completed on Elevated Early Warning System (EEWS) integrated multi-role aerial surveillance system for situational awareness. NADATS EEWS integrates a 27 sensor package including radar with ground-moving target indication capability, electro-optic and infrared HD imaging system, and moving map software for empowerment and simplified use by operators
General Dynamics has won $13 million contract to upgrade the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) waveform used in the US Army's AN/PRC-155 two-channel MUOS-Manpack radios. The waveform is the digital 'dial-tone' needed to connect with the U
Telenor Connexion has appointed Jimmy Johansson as Information Security and Privacy Officer to drive information security and privacy agenda. The Swedish firm announced on Tuesday that Johansson has assumed his position on March 1 and will report to the CTO
Airbus Defence and Space will equip German Armed Forces' vehicles with electronic system for the protection against improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the company said in a statement. The German procurement authority BAAINBw has awarded the company a contract worth several million euros to supply 36 jammers of the type VPJ-R6 (Vehicle Protection Jammer)
China will raise its defense budget by about 10 percent this year, compared to last year's 12.2 percent, Xinhua reported Wednesday
Sagem (Safran) announced today that it has signed a contract with MBDA to integrate SIGMA 30 navigation and pointing systems on several VL MICA surface-to-air weapon systems. Sagem designed SIGMA 30 pointing system will provide air defense systems independent deployment and firing capability in the absence of GPS
BAE Systems has delivered the first series-produced 144 CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) to the Norwegian Defense Logistics Organization. BAE Systems is under contract to upgrade 103 existing Norwegian CV90s and build an additional 41 for a total fleet of 144 under a program understood to be worth $500 million, various media reported
Cubic Corporation today announced that it has won a $65 million contract for two Combat Training Centers (CTCs) from a Middle East Army customer. The contract includes US Army versions of I-MILES Tactical Vehicle System (I-MILES TVS), Instrumented-Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System Individual Weapon Systems (I-MILES IWS) and the TVS adapter kit to enable simulation of combat vehicles
Rockwell Collins will provide the Australian Army with the latest generation Joint Fires Observer (JFO)/Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) simulator that is designed to meet services training requirements. This system, part of the RealFires family of JFO and JTAC simulators, will be located at the School of Artillery and is fully integrated with the Rockwell Collins FireStorm Integrated Targeting System