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Germany may not be able to wrap up by the end of 2016 a potential $4.5 billion deal with Lockheed Martin and MBDA for a missile defense system, Reuters reported Sunday. Andrea Shalal writes Ralf Brauksiepe, Germany’s state secretary, wrote in a document released Friday that it is uncertain whether the Medium Extended Air Defense System program […] More
An L-3 Communications division has secured an order from an agency in Finland to supply infrared imaging tools for installation onboard Airbus Group-built H215 helicopters. L-3 WESCAM will integrate its MX-15 electro-optical and infrared imaging systems with Finnish Border Guard’s H215 aircraft designed for use in search-and-rescue and maritime border patrol missions, L-3 Communications said Monday. […] More
Finland-based aerospace company Patria has awarded an Esterline subsidiary a contract to update the cockpit avionics platform onboard the Finnish air force’s fleet of BAE Systems-built Hawk trainer aircraft. Esterline CMC Electronics will integrate its Cockpit 4000 glass-based avionics suite with seven Hawk Mk51 planes under the contract, Esterline said Monday. The Cockpit 4000 avionics platform […] More
Fulcrum has received a subcontract from Science Applications International Corp. to provide technology and operations support services to the U.S. Cyber Command. Fulcrum will work to help SAIC provide cyber strategy planning assistance, digital and non-digital information services related to Internet-of-Things security, cyber operations, and intelligence support to Cybercom under a potential five-year, $460 million multiple-award […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman a potential $7.2 million contract modification to begin work on the second phase of the Supply Chain Hardware Integrity for Electronics Defense program. The modification exercises the initial option to a previously awarded contract with a 21-month base term and brings the total contract value from $12.3 million […] More
Textron has changed the name of its aviation training business in an effort to focus on live tactical airborne training services for U.S. and allied military forces. Textron Advanced Aviation Training rebranded as Textron Airborne Solutions following the parent company’s acquisition of Airborne Tactical Advantage Co., Textron said Friday. Textron Airborne Solutions will integrate ATAC, […] More
The U.S. Navy has awarded five service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses positions on a potential five-year, $30 million contract to perform construction work in Guam. Global Engineering Services, M-80 Systems, Pacific Industrial Coatings, Pearl Construction Environmental Service and Relyant Global will compete for task orders under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Navy said Wednesday. The multiple-award contract […] More
Raytheon will integrate its radar detection platform with the General Atomics-built Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft. The Advanced Radar Detection System designed by Raytheon Deutschland GmbH is designed to perform land- and maritime-based electronic intelligence operations as well as detect radiofrequency emitters, General Atomics said Thursday. “Adding an ELINT role to Predator B by integrating ARDS will help our customers […] More
A team of Northrop Grumman and Global Aerospace Corp. has received a contract from NASA to build a space vehicle that will work to explore Saturn’s Titan moon. GAC and Northrop’s aerospace systems business will collaborate on the development of the concept and prototype of the Titan Winged Aerobot vehicle through the space agency’s Phase I […] More
The State Department has given South Korea the go-ahead to procure SM-2 Block IIIB Standard missiles and related support from the U.S. government under a potential $65 million foreign military sales agreement. Raytheon will serve as principal contractor for the sale that covers 17 SM-2 Block IIIB missiles and 17 missile containers, the Defense Security Cooperation […] More
Lockheed Martin and NEOS have teamed up to develop a sensor designed to detect oil, minerals, gas and other natural resources underneath the earth’s surface. Lockheed has started to build a prototype of the Full Tensor Gradiometry Plus remote sensing platform that works to track natural resources from the air through the use of NEOS’ aircraft […] More
The University of Southern California’s information sciences institute has received a potential $800,000 contract from the Department of Homeland Security to research and develop new platforms that work to detect and report internet outages. The cybersecurity division under DHS’ science and technology directorate awarded the contract as part of the Internet Measurement and Attack Modeling project […] More
