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NOAA Receives 2nd Lockheed-Built Lightning Mapper for GOES-S Weather Satellite

Lockheed Martin has handed to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the second Geostationary Lightning MapperÂ for integration with NOAA’s second Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. The GLM sensor will fly onboard the GOES-S spacecraft and will work to monitor lightning from geostationary orbit in order to detect and provide warnings on tornadoes, storms and other severe […] More

by Jane Edwards January 13, 2016, 7:27 am
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Army Deploys Wireless Connection by HPE’s Aruba to Command Posts Worldwide

The U.S. Army has begun to field a wireless connection infrastructure developed by Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company,Â to various command posts worldwide. Command Post Wi-Fi, an 802.11ac wireless infrastructure, isÂ implemented at Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve tactical units as part of the Army’s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 1 communications network, Aruba said […] More

by Jay Clemens January 13, 2016, 5:51 am
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Inmarsatâ€™s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Satellite Operators, DoD to Collaborate on Commercial Integration Cell Program

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president atÂ Inmarsat,Â has said her companyÂ and five other satellite contractors will collaborate with the Defense Department to test the Commercial Integration Cell program within DoDâ€™s Joint Space Operations Center. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in an Inmarsat blog post published Monday that she expects the program to help improve the Pentagonâ€™s space operations and […] More

by Jane Edwards January 12, 2016, 4:09 pm
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DARPA-GlobalFoundries Team Aims to Address Military EM Spectrum Interference With Semiconductor Chip

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has partnered with semiconductor chip producer GlobalFoundries to develop a silicon-on-insulator chip that works to quickly process radio-frequency signals and prevent interference in congested electromagnetic spectrum. DARPA and GlobalFoundries developed the 32-nanometer semiconductor-based chip under the Arrays at Commercial Timescales program, the agency said Monday. The analog-to-digital converterÂ is designed […] More

by Jane Edwards January 12, 2016, 8:51 am
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Lockheed-Built Aegis Combat System Baseline Gets Certification From Navy, MDA; Jim Sheridan Comments

A Lockheed Martin-built baseline for the Aegis Combat System has received certification from the U.S. Navy and theÂ Missile Defense Agency for integration with the Navyâ€™s destroyers. Jim Sheridan, director of Aegis programs at Lockheed Martin, said Monday the Baseline 9.C1 works to help the Aegis combat platform carry out ballistic and air missile defense and […] More

by Jane Edwards January 12, 2016, 8:04 am
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Navy Seeks Info on Small Tactical UAS for Foreign Partner ISR Capacity

The U.S. NavyÂ has issued a request for information to support theÂ Naval Air Systems Command’s market research on small tactical unmanned aircraft systems for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations. In a notice posted Dec. 30 on FedBizOpps, the Navy said the STUAS will also work to bolster foreign partner capacity under guidelines set by the Defense […] More

by Anna Forrester January 12, 2016, 4:08 am
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Army Eyes Final Tests for Open Architecture-Based IR Countermeasure Program in 2019; Col. Jong Lee Comments

The U.S. Army has begun development work on an open architecture-based system that will work to counter man-portable air-defense systems-related threatsÂ and safeguard aircraft from infrared-guided missiles, C4ISR & NetworksÂ reported Thursday. Amber Corrin writes Army officials said the Common Infrared Countermeasure system is scheduled to enter the final testing and deployment phase by fiscal 2019 and […] More

by Jane Edwards January 8, 2016, 10:37 am
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Finmeccanica Subsidiaries Get Estimated $132M Naval Assets Order From Angola

Two Finmeccanica subsidiaries have received orders for naval craft and surveillance systems worth an estimated $132.5 million from the Angolan government, Defense News reported Tuesday. Oscar Nkala writes Angola will acquire coastal radar and repeater communication systems from Selex for use in the National Maritime Security Coordination Center to be set up in Luanda and […] More

by Jay Clemens January 7, 2016, 7:59 am
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Kratos Subsidiary Awarded Additional Stratcom Geolocation, RF Interference Detection Support Work; Greg Caicedo Comments

A subsidiary ofÂ Kratos Defense & Security SolutionsÂ willÂ offer radiofrequency satellite monitoring and interference detection services to one of the components of the U.S. Strategic Command under the expanded contract. SAT Corp. will also provide geolocation and mitigation support for the Joint Functional Component Command for Space, Kratos said Tuesday. Greg Caicedo, a vice president and general […] More

by Jane Edwards January 6, 2016, 9:33 am
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CSRA Subsidiary to Provide Mgmt Support for Air Force Ground Weapon System

SRA, a subsidiary of technology services contractorÂ CSRA, has won a potential three-year, $35 million contract to manage and maintain the weapon system architecture of the processing, exploitation and dissemination facility of the U.S. Air Forceâ€™s Distributed Common Ground System. The service branch awarded the time-and-materials, firm-fixed-price contract through competitive procurement with four bids received, the […] More

by Jane Edwards January 5, 2016, 5:52 am
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Ball Aerospace to Build 2nd Imaging Instrument for NASA’s Landsat 9

Ball Aerospace & TechnologiesÂ will manufacture the secondÂ Operational Land Imager instrument for NASA‘s Landsat 9 Earth observation satellite under a potential six-year, $19.3 million sole-source letter contract. The company said ThursdayÂ it will buildÂ Operational Land Imager-2, which works to generate satellite imagery that will support studies on the impact of natural and man-induced activities on Earth’s surface. […] More

by Anna Forrester January 4, 2016, 9:17 am
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Exelis to Help Sustain Air Force’s Ground Surveillance Radar, Warning Systems

Harris subsidiary Exelis has received a one-year, $14.1 million contract modification to perform systems engineering, sustainment and integration work on multiple ground-based radars and optical sensor platforms forÂ the U.S. Air Force. Exelis will help maintain the Globus II radar infrastructure, Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System,Â Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased Array […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman January 4, 2016, 5:53 am