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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.
Northrop Grumman has installed a virtual instance of a common imagery processor in the company’s Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle at Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota. The company said Thursday the U.S. Air Force issued a requirement for Global Hawk sensor operators to process and display real-time visual data that is relayed to […] More
Raytheon’s Space and Airborne Systems division has joined the Satellite Industry Association, a commercial satellite trade group, Satnews reported Tuesday. SIA is the voice of the U.S. satellite industry and attempts to affect policy, regulatory, and legislative issues. Patricia Cooper, president of SIA, noted the company’s commercial and government solutions in environmental sensing and space situational […] More
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has unveiled a command and control system that is intended for use in small satellite operations. The quantumCMD off-the-shelf technology is built to help users develop dashboards and a common operational picture across satellites, Kratos said Tuesday. QuantumCMD is also designed with telemetry, tracking and command tools, as well as HTML5 web server […] More
Iris Bombelyn, a group vice president at Lockheed Martin, says the company is working to attract allied investors for a tactical communications satellite program, Space News reported Monday. Mike Gruss writes Lockheed wants to bring in international partners to fund the construction of a sixth satellite in the U.S. Navy‘s Mobile User Objective System constellation. […] More
Leidos has been awarded a one-year, $11 million option under a contract with the U.S. Army to develop live virtual and constructive training environments. The company said Monday it will continue supporting the Army’s SE Core Common Virtual Environment Management program with terrain databases, as well as cultural and moving models for operational training. SE Core CVEM works […] More
Thales Raytheon Systems has sold a set of GroundMaster 200 radars to Singapore, adding to that country’s land-based air defense systems highlighted at the Singapore Air zdhow, AINonline reported Friday. Chris Pocock writes the Raytheon-Thales Group joint venture designed the 3D digital radar system to transmit signals in the S-band for target detection at any altitude. […] More
Motorola Solutions will work with Brunei’s national police agency to deploy a Terrestrial Trunked Radio network in the country as part of the agency’s 10-year strategic planning program that is scheduled to complete in 2016. The national digital communication system is intended to streamline public safety and security services with centralized information, the company said Wednesday. Under a […] More
The U.S. Navy has completed its test flight of a second modernized Fire Scout unmanned helicopter that Northrop Grumman built for the service. Northrop and the Navy remotely flew a MQ-8C variant Wednesday at Naval Base Ventura County in Point Mogu, Calif., the company said Thursday. “The addition of the second MQ-8C means we can […] More
Northrop Grumman seeks to offer its drones to Singapore’s government as the company aims to further increase its international sales reach, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Jeffrey Ng writes Northrop believes its unmanned aircraft platforms could help Singapore monitor aerial and maritime activities along the Strait of Malacca, where more than 70,000 vessels sail […] More
The U.S. Army has selected Lockheed Martin for a $22 million contract to provide the Apache helicopters of the Royal Saudi Land Forces Aviation Command with targeting and night vision sensors. For the three-year contract, Lockheed Martin will provide the command with Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensors tools and test equipment for maintenance […] More
Exelis will unveil its latest innovations in Singapore this week, seeking to present advances in electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology that Chris Tucker, vice president of international business development, hopes will entice new partners in the region. “We are excited to strengthen existing relationships and develop new ones during the Singapore Airshow,†[…] More
Lockheed Martin and AeroVironment have signed a global partnership agreement to jointly explore technologies such as atmospheric satellite systems for drones. The companies aim to integrate Lockheed’s mission and ground aircraft platforms with AeroVironment’s unmanned aerial system Global Observer, AeroVironment said Thursday. “We look forward to partnering with AeroVironment to potentially develop integrated solutions for the […] More
