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General Atomics, Northrop Demo UAV Electronic Warfare Tech at Marine Corps Exercise

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems demonstrated its Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper drone equipped with a Northrop Grumman-built electronic warfare system at a biannual flight training exercise hosted by the U.S. Marine Corps. GA-ASI’s Reaper worked to operate across an electromagnetic spectrum during the USMC Weapons and Tactics Instructor event held Oct. 20 in Yuma, Ariz., GA-ASI said […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 23, 2014, 7:38 am
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Cubic Inks Japan Air Combat Training Equipment Contracts

Cubic Defense Systems has been awarded more than $12 million in contractsÂ to supply equipment for training fighter pilots toÂ Japan’s military. Japan ordered additional Cubic-made rangeless air combat training systems for the Asian nation’s airmen to practice tactical air-to-air and air-to-ground maneuvers, Cubic said Tuesday. The Cubic ACTS is built with GPS technology that works to […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 22, 2014, 5:08 am
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Lockheed Runs Anti-Ship Missile Vertical Launcher Software Tests; Glenn Kuller Comments

Lockheed Martin has conducted a simulation test to validate the configured software of a vertical launching systemÂ for the U.S. Navy‘s long range anti-ship missile. The new interface worked to prepare and launch Lockheed-built LRASM weapon from the MK 41 vertical launcher during the demonstration, Lockheed said Wednesday. “This recent test demonstrates the low-risk and […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 16, 2014, 6:06 pm
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Philippine Army to Procure BAE-Made Personnel Carriers as Part of $2B Modernization Program

The Philippines intends to purchase 14 BAE Systems-built M113 armored personnel carriers by 2015 as part of a $1.9 billion defense modernization program, United Press International reported Thursday. UPI reports Philippine Army spokesman Capt. Anthony Bacus said the Asian nation’s M113 armored fleet will be designed with fire control systems, thermal imaging equipment and 76-millimeter […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 16, 2014, 6:03 pm
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General Dynamics Picks Data Cable for Armored Vehicle Wiring; David Gillies Comments

General Dynamics has awarded Ontario-based Data Cable a $1.89 million contract to supply cables and wiring harnesses for Canada’s fleet of light armored vehicles, Ottawa Citizen reported Wednesday. According to David Pugliese’s article, Data Cable wires will be linked to personnel carriers’ turrets and chassis that are used to power vehicle subsystems. General Dynamics’ land […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 16, 2014, 6:00 pm
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BAE Team to Help DARPA Build Intell Sensor Processing Tech; David Logan Comments

An industry team led by BAE Systems has won a $79 million contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency design technology for converting large volumes of sensor data into threat intelligence. DARPA seeks to build a device that can help defense organizations process information from multiple sensors and predict threat behaviors by using […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 15, 2014, 1:29 pm
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Bill Staib: BAE Builds Army Missile Warning System as ‘All-in-One’ Box

BAE Systems has been awarded a $39 million contract to provide 300 units missile warning systems to the U.S. Army for finding and protecting against infrared threats. The third-generation CMWS units will be integrated with the Army’s Gen3 system, which is designed to help detect and evade adversarial small arms fire, BAE said Tuesday. “Our […] More

by Admin January 15, 2014, 9:34 am
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Joseph Ottaviano: Lockheed Finishes Navy Electronic Warfare System ‘Milestone C’ Test

Lockheed Martin has concluded Milestone C testing of an electronic warfare system the company built to defend U.S. Navy combat vessels from anti-ship missile attacks. Lockheed is updating threat detection technology on the Navy’s cruisers, destroyers and aircraft carriers under a contract awarded in 2009 through the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program, Lockheed said Tuesday. […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 15, 2014, 8:57 am
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Cubic to Build Lockheed F-35 Combat Training System; Dave Schmitz Comments

A Cubic Corp. subsidiary has won an $18.3 million contract to design and manufacture combat training systems for Lockheed Martin‘s F-35 fighter jet. Lockheed picked Cubic Defense Systems to supply debriefing software, airborne instrumentation and ground station planning technologies in the program’s system development phase, Cubic said Tuesday. “The F-35 training subsystem will be embedded […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 14, 2014, 12:40 pm
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Iris Bombelyn: Lockheed Finishes 5th MUOS Satellite ‘20% Ahead of Schedule’

Lockheed Martin has completed assembly and integration work on a communications satellite of the U.S. NavyÂ ahead of initial system testing. The fifth Mobile User Objective Systems satellite sits on a Lockheed-built A2100 bus and a system module developed by General Dynamics, Lockheed said Monday. “Compared to our last build, we are approximately 20 percent ahead […] More

by Admin January 14, 2014, 8:15 am
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GE Neural Computing Platform to Help Air Force Manage ISR Data; Mark Barnell Comments

General Electric‘s intelligent platforms business has won a contract to provide the U.S. Air Force an embedded neuromorphic computing platform for use in wide-area surveillance applications, Military Aerospace & Electronics reported Thursday. The publication reports the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate in Rome, N.Y. selected a GE infrastructure that mimics human’s neuro-biological actions in […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 13, 2014, 9:20 am
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Air Force Begins Operation of Ball Aerospace’s Space Test Satellite; Dave Kaufman Comments

The U.S. Air Force has accepted operational responsibility for a satellite Ball Aerospace & Technologies built to support space-based technology demonstrations by the Defense Department. Space Test Program Satellite-3 was sent into orbit along with 28 CubeSats aboard a single Minotaur I rocket Nov. 19 at the Wallops Flight Center in Virginia, Ball Aerospace said […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 13, 2014, 8:53 am