Ramona Adams

Roboteam has begun full-rate production and initial delivery of 40 unmanned logistics carriers for the Israeli military and two U.S. government customers, including the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The company said Tuesday its second-generation Probot unmanned vehicle is designed to perform “silent” operations for up to 72 hours and feature an onboard generator that would charge batteries […] More

The U.K.-based subsidiaries of CAE and Elbit Systems have partnered to pursue business opportunities under the British defense ministry’s air training program. CAE UK and Elbit Systems UK will vie for the Defence Operational Training Capability (Air) program’s core system and services project as well as the Typhoon Future Synthetic Training effort, CAE said Tuesday. […] More

Raytheon has been chosen to deliver projectors for digital head-up displays that BAE Systems will install aboard the U.S. Air Force‘s F-22 Raptor aircraft. The Digital Light Engine HUDs will replace traditional analog displays on the fighter aircraft and help pilots gain situational awareness, Raytheon said Tuesday. Lockheed Martin awarded BAE a contract in January to modernize F-22 HUDs for the […] More

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services wants information on industry vendors that can help develop and implement an “employee-centric” employment verification process. USCIS said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday that it aims to partner with industry on the development of identity verification and management tools that will help individuals validate their identity and work authorization status. […] More

A SpaceX-built Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to leave the International Space Station on Sept. 17 to bring approximately 3,800 pounds of cargo back to Earth. NASA said Monday the cargo will include science samples from human, animal, biology, biotechnology and physical science studies as well as education activities. SpaceX launched Dragon from the Kennedy Space Center […] More

Northrop Grumman‘s Amherst Systems business has received a contract to supply radio frequency signal generation technology in support of the U.S. Navy‘s Next-Generation Electronic Warfare Environment Generator program. The NEWEG program aims to incorporate threat laboratory and free space simulation features into the Navy’s generator, Northrop said Monday. Northrop’s RF generation platform is equipped with an advanced pulse generation […] More

Harris has received a contract from MBDA to supply carriage and release technology for the latter’s SPEAR precision strike missiles. Harris said Tuesday it will deliver four internal bay-compatible SCORPION lightweight ejection rack units for each of the weapon bays of two U.K. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. “The MBDA SPEAR weapon, combined with our delivery system, […] More

The U.S. Navy has performed a simultaneous air and ballistic missile defense flight test with a Raytheon-made air and missile defense radar off the coast of Hawaii on Thursday. The AN/SPY-6(V) radar worked to detect and track a short-range ballistic missile target and multiple air-to-surface cruise missile targets during the test, the Navy said Friday. The demonstration […] More

The U.S. Army has kicked off a demonstration of short-range air defense systems that could potentially address the gap in the service branch’s SHORAD capabilities, Military Times reported. The report said the SHORAD demonstration began on Sept. 4 at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico and will run until Sept. 16 to give industry […] More