Jane Edwards

Spain has awarded General Dynamics’ Spain-based branch company Santa Barbara Sistemas a $99 million contract for research-and-development work on an 8×8 armored vehicle prototype, Defense News reported Saturday. Esteban Villarejo writes Spain seeks a replacement for the 6×6 BMR armored vehicle and U.S.-made M-113 armored personnel carrier. General Dynamics has proposed its Piranha Class 5 platform for Spain’s armored vehicle […] More

Arotech’s North American Power System Division has received a one-year, $6.7 million task order to produce 12 platform integration kits for incorporation into the Space and Naval Warfare Center Atlantic’s Communication Emitter Sensing and Attacking System II. The U.S. Marine Corps’ CESAS is a land-based mobile electronic attack tool designed to detect and disrupt an adversary’s […] More

Lockheed Martin has awarded Cobham a subcontract to produce antenna array panel assemblies for integration with the U.S. Navy’s shipboard electronic warfare platforms. Cobham said Thursday the order for AAPAs is part of the service branch’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block II configuration initiative. The SEWIP Block II program seeks to introduce new combat-based system […] More

Materion Beryllium & Composites has handed over an initial batch of aluminum-beryllium casting products to Lockheed Martin after the Materion Corp. subsidiary secured first-article inspection approval. Lockheed will integrate the Materion-made AlBeCast aluminum-beryllium components with its Electro-Optical Targeting System onboard F-35 fighter jets, Materion said Tuesday. Lockheed’s EOTS has infrared sensors designed to help F-35 pilots carry out reconnaissance operations […] More

CorMatrix Cardiovascular has secured a contract to supply medical devices and related supplies to the Department of Veterans Affairs and other federal agencies through the company’s distribution partnership with Lovell Government Services. CorMatrix said Tuesday it will offer its CorMatrix CanGaroo extracellular matrix platform and medical supplies to the Veterans Health Administration and other military health […] More