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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.
Harris Corp. will provide its Falcon III AN/PRC-117G multiband networking manpack radios to the U.S. Marine Corps for voice and data connectivity under a $36 million contract. The company said Wednesday the radios are built to be interoperable with legacy narrowband networks and support the tactical communications and situational awareness needs of field commanders and squad leaders. “Marines on […] More
Greg Wenzel, executive vice president and C4ISR/digital solutions lead at Booz Allen Hamilton‘s strategic innovation group, believes that open architecture in the C4ISR industry can help bolster its digital transformation efforts. Wenzel wrote in a guest piece published Tuesday on C4ISR & Networks that an open digital ecosystem supports the integration and reuse of new technologies and […] More
Lockheed Martin has introduced a traffic management platform designed to help operators of unmanned aerial systems share flight information with other pilots. Lockheed is working with NASA and other institutions to develop additional functions for the UTM system under the Space Act data sharing agreement, the company said Monday. “Our objective is an open, standards-based system […] More
TeleCommunication Systems has unveiled its Lynx portfolio of portable routers that works to provide wireless broadband communications to law enforcement, public safety, special operations and other public-sector organizations. The company said Monday the product line includes Lynx Rugged Vehicle Router and Lynx Wearable Router and supports in-vehicle video surveillance, locations services, Vehicle Area Network and other mobile applications. “Public safety […] More
The U.S. Marine Corps has designated a group of 10 Lockheed Martin-built F-35B fighter jets for initial operational capability to become the first military service branch to declare the plane ready for worldwide deployment. “(Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121) has ten aircraft in the Block 2B configuration with the requisite performance envelope and weapons clearances, to include the training, […] More
U.S. Air Force Gen. John Hyten, head of the branch’s Space Command, declared initial operating capability Tuesday for a Lockheed Martin-built joint service satellite communications system. The Air Force said Thursday its 4th Space Operations Squadron operates the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite, which is designed to help warfighters transmit protected data when they perform land, sea and air […] More
TeleCommunication Systems has added 14 U.S. patents and nine foreign patents for public safety, location-based services, GIS/mapping, messaging and wireless data technology during the second quarter of its current fiscal year year. The company said Thursday it purchased two of the new U.S. patents while the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued the other 12 U.S. patents. “This patent portfolio protects […] More
Boeing has presented the first of 12 EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft to the Australian air force as part of a foreign military sales contract between the U.S. Navy and Australia signed in 2014. Australia will incorporate the Growler into its fleet of F/A-18 Super Hornet multirole fighter planes as part of its Plan Jericho program that seeks to create an integrated […] More
Raytheon has completed the installation of the Launch and Checkout System hardware on the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System as part of efforts to modernize GPS capabilities in the U.S. The company said Wednesday it performed hardware installation at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado, which will house the future GPS OCX Master Control Station. Matt Gilligan, vice president of navigation […] More
TeleCommunication Systems will continue its Ku satellite bandwidth, terrestrial and 24-hour support for the Tactical Satellite Communications Network of the U.S. Marine Corps under a $14.2 million task order option in a previously awarded contract. TCS said Tuesday the task order is part of the Future Commercial SatCom Acquisition program of the General Services Administration and […] More
Google will collaborate with NASA and multiple technology companies to develop new tools to monitor commercial unmanned aerial system operations in U.S. airspace, Bloomberg reported Friday. Alan Levin writes Google, Amazon, Harris Corp. and Verizon are among the companies that have agreed to help the agency build a UAS traffic management infrastructure. More than 100 other private […] More
Northrop Grumman has demonstrated several command, control, computers, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms designed to help uniformed personnel counter threats in the battlespace. The company presented its Citadel battle command system, Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar, Enterprise Airborne Gateway Network, Scalable Agile Beam Radar and other C4ISR tools during a media briefing held at its […] More
