US Army Bases In Asia And Middle East To Get Communication Equipment...
The US Department of Defense has awarded over $212 million contract to Vectrus for support of communications equipment and information systems at the US Army's bases in seven countires across Asia and the Middle East. The contract includes maintaining communications equipment and information systems for the US Army in Kuwait, Qatar,...
Northrop Grumman To Integrate Infrared Countermeasures On US, UK and Australian Naval...
Northrop Grumman won $13.9 million contract for hardware to integrate US, UK and Australian Navys large aircraft infrared countermeasures on combat aircraft
US Navy’s Third Ford-class Nuclear Powered Supercarrier To Get Advanced Arresting Gear...
General Atomics will manufacture and install an advanced arresting gear for the third next-generation Gerald Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN 80) under a $195 million contract. The advanced arresting gear is the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS)
F-15, F-22 Fighter Jets Networked Using Boeing Secure Communication Pods
The US Air Force has tested Talon HATE airborne networking system that is used for communication between fighter aircraft and ground stations. Boeing and the US Air Force demonstrated in the US state of Nevada that multiple fighter aircraft and ground stations can securely communicate using Talon HATE airborne networking system...
German Air Force Orders Saab’s Airborne Self-Protection Systems
Saab has received an order for the electronic warfare self-protection and countermeasures system BOZ-101 EC from the NATO Eurofighter 2000 and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) on behalf of the German Air Force. The BOZ self-protection and countermeasures system has been in use on Tornado for many years
General Dynamics To Develop UK Army’s Morpheus battlefield communications network
General Dynamics has won £330 million (U.S
Lockheed Martin Awarded $98M Worth US Navy Shipboard EW Development Contract
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $98 million contract by the US Navy to produce Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) shipboard EW systems. “Lockheed Martin Corp
Raytheon To Develop Cross Domain Communication, Engagement Network For US Navy
Raytheon has won an $11.8 million contract from US Office of Naval Research to develop networking technologies enabling greater sensor interconnectivity and enhancing integrated fires capabilities for naval operations
Northrop Grumman Wins $91M Contract For EA-18G Aircraft Airborne Electronic Attack System...
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract worth $91 million to develop airborne electronic attack systems for Boeing EA-18G Growler aircraft for the Navy and the government of Australia. “Northrop Grumman Systems Corp
Aireon, Thales Begin Space-Based ADS-B Data Validation
Thales has started testing and validation of the Aireon space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) data. The data validation started initially after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in June of 2015
Finnish Army Demos High Data Rate Waveform For Joint Operations In Battlefield...
Finnish Defence Forces have demonstrated the High Data Rate Waveform (HDRWF) developed in the European ESSOR programme (European Secure Software defined Radio) in battlefield conditions and with a 15 radio node configuration. The activity was carried out using three different radio platforms from the three participating ESSOR Companies – Bittium, Leonardo and Thales, to demonstrate how the land forces of different European countries can communicate seamlessly with each other in joint operations, linking up via a common waveform regardless of the radio platforms they use
Rockwell Collins To Deliver SATCOM System to New Zealand
Rockwell Collins has won a second contract for a Deployable Ku-Band Earth Terminal (DKET) SATCOM system from the New Zealand Defence Force as part of the Strategic Bearer Network Phase 1 program. This contract follows an initial award in June 2013 for one DKET dual-antenna, deployable ground station, the company announced Tuesday
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...
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...
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...