CAES will deliver antenna components and spares to Lockheed Martin to support its work on the U.S. Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 2. Under an approximately $24.6 million contract from Lockheed, CAES is tasked to supply additional antenna array panel assemblies and spares for SEWIP Block 2 to help with the enhancement of […] More

CAES has achieved the Defense Logistics Agency Qualified Manufacturers List Class V rating for its high-speed Low Voltage Differential Signaling technology, a protocol independent quad-channel repeater that uses differential signaling methodology to provide reliable communication. The certification indicates that the device has passed intense evaluations used to ensure that space industry standards are met, the Arlington, Virginia-based […] More

The Aerospace Industries Association has chosen CAES President and CEO Mike Kahn to sit on its Board of Governors Executive Committee. Kahn’s two-year term will involve expanding membership programs and services, and ensuring that AIA stays true to its mission of providing guidance to the government and aerospace and defense industry, CAES announced Monday. AIA’s […] More

SkyWater Technology has received a $12 million investment from the Department of Defense to support the intellectual property expansion of its 90-nanometer radiation-hardened manufacturing process. The investment is part of an initial $27 million DOD funding awarded as an other transactional agreement option, the company said Wednesday. IP ecosystem design and validation for the rad-hard […] More

A CAES-made serial data switch for controlling transmit and receive ports has received a Qualified Manufacturers List Class V rating from the Defense Logistics Agency in recognition of it meeting space industry testing standards. The company said the Crosspoint Switch is designed for signal distribution, space VPX data plane switching applications, primary and redundant switching, […] More

Lockheed Martin has awarded CAES a low rate initial production phase 1 contract to provide phased array antennas for its Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare system. AEOW is designed to provide persistent electronic surveillance and attack capabilities against anti-ship missiles and other potential threats, CAES said Wednesday. Phased array antennas from CAES can support Lockheed’s AOEW […] More

Raytheon Technologies has selected CAES to provide line replaceable units for the U.S. Navy’s AN/SPY-6 radar system. CAES said Tuesday the hardware production and sustainment award from Raytheon’s missiles and defense business came after it completed the low-rate initial production phase as part of the Navy’s Air & Missile Defense Radar program. “The HP&S award […] More

CAES has opened a new additive manufacturing laboratory in Exeter, New Hampshire, where it will produce 3D-printed radio frequency components for aerospace and defense applications. The facility features a laser powder bed fusion machine, process support equipment, metal finishing and plating line, and RF testing capability needed to provide additive manufacturing services, CAES said Tuesday. […] More

Jacobs will offer zero trust security company NetAbstraction‘s anti-ransomware technology to commercial customers under an extended partnership. The partnership brings the platform to clients beyond the federal government sector, starting with those in the global higher education community, NetAbstraction said Tuesday. NetAccess is designed by NetAbstraction to keep web activities in a one-time use, cloud-based […] More

Jacobs and NightDragon, an investment and advisory firm, have formed a strategic alliance to build and commercialize an ecosystem of cyber, intelligence and digital technologies to government and commercial customers worldwide. The companies will deliver cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, intelligence, satellite and other critical technology platforms to help customers address cyber and security needs across land, […] More

CAES and Trident Systems have teamed up to market advanced radio frequency and digital signal processing technologies for space, air, sea and land defense uses. The two companies will use their combined expertise in radiation-hardened microelectronics, computing, and processing and communications subsystems to address customer needs, CAES said Monday. According to Mike Kahn, president and […] More

CAES has partnered with Lattice Semiconductor to qualify and distribute the latter’s field-programmable gate array for use in space systems. The Arlington, Virginia-based electronics manufacturer said Monday Lattice’s radiation-resistant Certus-NX-RT and CertusPro FPGAs will be added to its space product portfolio and offered as reconfigurable processing systems for future satellites. The Lattice-made FPGAs build on […] More