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Jeffrey Smith: Lockheed Moves Forward on GEO-4 Infrared Satellite Program

Lockheed Martin has finished constructing the propulsion structure of a U.S. Air Force satellite that the company has designed to provide government, intelligence and military agencies with early missile warnings. The fourth Space-Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit spacecraft is set to enter the assembly, integration and testing phases, Lockheed said Tuesday. SBIRS propulsion modules […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman May 6, 2014, 12:13 pm
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George Vardoulakis: Northrop Reused 95% of Fire Scout ‘B’ Variant for ‘C’ Model

The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman will conduct tests to assess how a Northrop-built unmanned helicopter operates in an electromagnetic environment at sea. Northrop designed the MQ-8C Fire Scout aircraft with a Faraday shield that aims to protect avionics systems against radio frequency interference, Northrop said Monday. “Almost 95 percent of what makes up the […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman May 6, 2014, 11:18 am
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Matthew Shaw: Battelle Built New Bio-Chem Weapon Sensor to ID Agents Within 24 Hours

Matthew Shaw, vice president and general manager of Battelleâ€™s CBRNE defense business unit, says the nonprofit organization’s new sensor system works to identify chemical and biological agents after collecting an electronic signatures, Homeland Security Today reported Saturday. Anthony Kimery writes that Battelle will provide the Resource Effective BioIdentification System offering to the departments ofÂ DefenseÂ andÂ Homeland Security, […] More

by Jay Clemens May 5, 2014, 1:57 pm
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David Thompson: The Future ‘Orbital ATK’ to Target Agility, Innovation

Orbital SciencesÂ Chairman, President and CEO David Thompson said the company plans to remain true to its mission of lowering costs to access outer space after completing its estimatedÂ $5 billion merger withÂ ATK, the Washington Post reported Monday. â€œFrom a strategic standpoint, this merger will create a much larger and more capable but still highly innovative, agile […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh May 5, 2014, 12:48 pm
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John Fratamico: Leidos to Help Build Special Ops Craft

Leidos has been awarded an $87 million subcontract to produce, integrate and test combatant craft systems for the U.S. Special Operations Command. The award falls under a potential $400 million Combatant Craft Medium Mk-1 program, for which Oregon Iron Works is the prime contractor, Leidos said Wednesday. John Fratamico, Leidos group president, said the company […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman May 1, 2014, 12:02 pm
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Ron Silbermann: Exelis Builds Navy Jammer Tech for Contested Environments

Exelis has been awarded a $91 million contract to perform full-rate production work on the company’s jamming systems for the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of Hornet and Super Hornet aircraft. That contract is for batch 11 of ALQ-214(V)4/5 electronic jammers that work to protect F/A-18 fighters and pilots against radio frequency threats, Exelis said Wednesday. The […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 30, 2014, 2:10 pm
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Raytheon to Design Net-Linked Sensors, Radar Tech for Naval Research Lab

Raytheon will help the U.S. Navy design network-linked sensors for the branch’s communication, electronic warfare and surveillance activities under an $8.5 million contract. The Office of Naval Research picked Raytheon to build a flexible distributed array radar technology to detect targets and produce firm-track ranges, Raytheon said Tuesday. ONR wants the FlexDAR system to have […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 29, 2014, 12:29 pm
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Telemar SpA to Resell Inmarsat’s Global Xpress Service; Bruno Musella Comments

Telemar SpAÂ will act as a value added reseller ofÂ Inmarsat‘s mobile broadband satellite network to government customers in Europe. Inmarsat appointed Telemar as a Global Xpress value added reseller for the maritime sector in 2012 and the companies have worked together for more than 30 years,Â TelemarÂ said Tuesday. Bruno Musella, Telemar CEO, said his company also will […] More

by Admin April 29, 2014, 9:37 am
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Steve Bruce: Lockheed, Raytheon Could Learn Air Force ‘Space Fence’ Contract Winner by May

The U.S. Air ForceÂ could award a contract by the end of May to either Lockheed MartinÂ orÂ RaytheonÂ for a radar to track debris in low-Earth orbit, a Lockheed vice president told Defense News in a storyÂ published Sunday. â€œThe (operational) date would be in 2018 for site 1,” Steve Bruce, VP for advanced systems in Lockheed’s mission systems […] More

by Admin April 28, 2014, 11:34 am
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George Helm: Harris to Release MUOS Radio Software Update Next Year

Harris Corp.Â has completed a series of interoperability tests on Falcon III manpack radios that host a waveform the company has developed for a U.S. military satellite communications system. “This milestone puts us on schedule to release the MUOS waveform through a software upgrade to the combat-provenÂ AN/PRC-117GÂ terminal next year,â€ George Helm, president of Harris RF Communications‘ […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh April 25, 2014, 9:12 am
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Dave Mazur: Northrop Refreshes Air Force B-2 Weapons Mgmt Software

Northrop Grumman has updated software used by the U.S. Air Force to manage weapons onboard the B-2 bomber in an effort to give the branch a single program for managing the plane’s missions, saidÂ Dave Mazur, a Northrop vice president and B-2 program manager. The company went through aÂ preliminary design review of the software, which is […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh April 25, 2014, 6:39 am
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Adm. Robert Day: UN Org to Review Iridium’s Mobile SATCOM Provider Application

The International Maritime Organization is studying Iridium Communicationsâ€™ application to be a mobile satellite communications provider for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System. “We see Iridium’s inclusion as a GMDSS service provider as being very important to maritime safety and security on a global basis,” U.S. Coast GuardÂ Adm. Robert Day said Friday. “Our preliminary […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh April 24, 2014, 10:51 am