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Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
ExecutiveBiz provides the latest news regarding Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) from the industry’s top players. This section is dedicated to providing news about technologies that are crucial to warfighters.
Unmanned aircraft systems made by General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business demonstrated collaborative sensing with a Lockheed Martin-built sensor within a two-hour flight. General Atomics said Monday it deployed two Avenger UAS that used Lockheed’s Legion Pod to passively gather data on long-range air threats then transmitted the input to a ground-based command center. The Legion […] More
Red Cat Holdings‘ Teal Drones subsidiary has landed a spot on a five-year, $90 million blanket purchase agreement to provide the U.S. Customs and Border Protection with unmanned aircraft systems. Drones delivered under the multiple-award BPA will support reconnaissance and surveillance activities for field agents and commanders with no immediate access to traditional surveillance systems, […] More
The government-focused subsidiary of SES offers a new web-based platform designed to help agencies and military organizations monitor operational networks. The company said Monday the Hydra common operational picture platform of SES Government Solutions provides situational awareness by gathering and organizing data from multiple sources then delivering the resulting information to an integrated dashboard. The […] More
The Air National Guard has demonstrated the performance of a Northrop Grumman-made active electronically scanned array radar pod using an F-16 aircraft. The AN/ASQ-236 Dragon’s Eye radar pod is designed to help pilots detect, track and engage multiple targets regardless of the weather, Northrop said Thursday. Dragon’s Eye uses a Ku-band radar to provide situational […] More
Canada has ordered over 1,000 units of a compact radio and corresponding kits from L3Harris Technologies to augment battlefield communications. L3Harris said Monday its RF-9820S Compact Team Radio is a ruggedized device made to establish communications between troops at the edge and commanders. The order makes Canada the first international customer to purchase the radio […] More
Collins Aerospace has showcased to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency a company system that uses 5G technology to support high-throughput communications. The system, developed through DARPA’s Pheme project, worked to facilitate video and data transfer between airborne and ground radios with minimal detection during a recent demonstration, the Raytheon Technologies unit said Tuesday. Collins […] More
General Dynamics‘ mission systems business has concluded testing needed to qualify a Ku-band satellite communications antenna for use with unmanned aircraft systems made by General Atomics. The Ku-band Model 17-27A antenna is designed to provide Satcom-on-the-move for the SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian UAS, General Dynamics said Wednesday. The company produced and tested the antennas in Scottsdale, […] More
Sierra Nevada Corp. has updated two Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System aircraft for the U.S. Army using the company’s modernization kit. The Army took delivery of the eight and ninth EMARSS with the King Air 350 Mission Enhancement Kit designed to increase reduce the weight and sound signature of the vehicle, SNC said […] More
Axon and drone maker Fotokite will jointly offer livestreaming-capable unmanned aerial systems in U.S. and Canadian public safety markets. Axon said Tuesday its Respond operations platform will provide real-time wireless livestreaming to operators of the Fotokite Sigma UAS. Fotokite Sigma will also integrate with Axon’s Evidence platform, which allows users to securely store and manage […] More
The U.S. Space Force has partnered with Norway’s government on a payload hosting initiative aimed at augmenting satellite communications for U.S. military forces operating in polar regions. Space Systems Command said Friday its Enhanced Polar Systems-Recapitalization program seeks to use a Norwegian spacecraft to deploy a military satcom system designed to extend legacy EPS services […] More
L3Harris Technologies will deliver intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance products to a Middle East customer under a recent $23 million foreign military sales order. The company said Monday it will provide the Integrated Tactical Area Communications Systems, ROVER transceivers, Falcon tactical radios and Hawkeye III very-small-aperture terminals, which will all be integrated into the customer’s deployed […] More
L3Harris Technologies has launched a packet-based, anti-jam network connection platform designed to support warfighters on the battlefield. Transport Aggregation Gateway is a patented technology that can automatically link soldiers across multiple communications networks and can lock in resilient anti-jam connections for primary, alternate, contingency and emergency communication data transfers in support of Department of Defense […] More
