L-3 Communications has been awarded a $7.1 million contract modification to produce energy storage technologies for the U.S. Navy’s planned electromagnetic railgun, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes L-3 will build four containerized battery energy storage and charging systems for the railgun pulsed power system in San Diego and San Leandro, California […] More

L-3 Communications will provide depot-level upgrade, repair and overhaul services for photonics masts on Virginia-class and Ohio-class submarines under a three-year, $44.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract also covers engineering and technical support and the replacement, inspection and evaluation of the photonics mast and photonics mast variant, which are part of […] More

An L-3 Communications subsidiary has received a subcontract from BAE Systems to supply integrated platform management systems for the U.K. navy’s Type 26 global combat ships, Naval Technology reported Thursday. BAE selected L-3 Marine Systems UK to provide the IPMS through a contract with the U.K. defense ministry to develop the Type 26 vessels as […] More

An L-3 Communications subsidiary has been awarded a contract from Airborne Technologies to produce electro-optical and infrared imaging systems for integration onto the surveillance planes of a British law enforcement agency. Airborne Technologies ordered four MX-10 EO/IR sensors from L-3 unit Wescam and will install the technology on P68 fixed-wing aircraft for the British National Police Air Service, L-3 […] More

An L-3 Communications subsidiary has been awarded a one-year, $160.2 million contract modification to perform support work on 200 T-45 trainer jets at multiple naval air stations in the U.S. The Defense Department said Tuesday that L-3 Communications Vertex Aerospace will provide organizational, intermediate, logistics and depot-level maintenance services for the U.S. Navy‘s aviation training […] More

L-3 Communications has received a $11.9 million contract from Science and Engineering Services to update the communications system for the U.S. Army’s Apache helicopter. The company will apply its MUMT-X technology to the Apache program for crews to transmit and receive wideband video and data, L-3 said Thursday. L-3 plans to complete the task by […] More

An L-3 Communications subsidiary has won a $13.4 million delivery order to provide cryptographic and key loading platforms for the U.S. Air Force to secure information. The Defense Department said Friday that L-3 National Security Solutions will deliver 20 production units of certified common cryptographic core systems and key loaders for military intelligence, garrison and […] More

L-3 Communications has received three James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Awards for security practices being implemented at the company’s facilities. The Defense Security Service selected L-3’s Greenville, Texas-based mission integration division, Middletown, Rhode Island-based Unidyne facility and the Camden, New Jersey-based Systems Company operation as among the 41 recipients of the award, L-3 said […] More

L-3 Communications has been selected to provide digital electro-optical sensor and infrared systems for the U.S. Navy’s maritime patrol planes, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. John Keller writes L-3 will also repair services and technical assistance for the military branch as part of the installation of its MX-20HD EO/IR system on board the Boeing-built P-8A […] More

BAE Systems has selected Drone Aviation Corp. to provide parts and services for the upgrade of two Winch Aerostat Small Platform systems of the U.S. Army‘s Space and Missile Defense Command Battle Lab. DAC said Wednesday it will also work with L-3 Communications subsidiary L-3 Communication Systems-West to integrate the new WASP electro-optical and infrared imaging tactical surveillance system and […] More

Northrop Grumman will collaborate with General Dynamics‘ Gulfstream subsidiary and L-3 Communications in pursuit of the U.S. Air Force‘s Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System recapitalization contract. Tom Vice, corporate vice president and president of Northrop’s aerospace systems, said Friday the companies aim to integrate their technologies to meet the military branch’s JSTARS aircraft requirements. […] More

Raytheon has placed an $81.8 million order for satellite communications terminals from L-3 Communications for the Australian military. L-3’s Global Communications Solutions and Linkabit business units will deliver Hawkeye and Panther VSAT terminals integrated with Linkabit’s modems to the client in 2015, L-3 said Tuesday. The contract also calls for training services and options for […] More