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U.S. Navy pilots have tested a Northrop Grumman-built targeting system while operating an F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft. The initial flight demonstration of the multisensor Litening pod showcased the system’s surveillance and autonomous target tracking functions, Northrop said Wednesday. Super Hornet aircrew used the pod training laser mode and completed various tasks such as identifying ground […] More
BAE Systems has begun production of a secure data link designed to enable the U.S. Navy to exchange intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data from sources across land, sea and air. The company said Tuesday it secured a $42.6 million contract to produce seven Network Tactical Common Data Link systems to be installed on the service […] More
Collins Aerospace demonstrated flight readiness and system performance of its multispectral sensor technology for an unnamed international client during a recent test that involved an F-16 jet. The event marked the initial flight trial of MS-110 reconnaissance pod, which is designed to collect imagery and facilitate target detection, Collins Aerospace said Monday. The Raytheon Technologies business […] More
L3Harris Technologies is part of a Leidos-led team that will develop a medium unmanned undersea vehicle for the U.S. Navy under a potential $358 million contract awarded in July. Leidos said Monday the MUUV platform will be designed to help the service branch perform oceanographic sensing, data collection and mine countermeasures operations. Rosemary Chapdelaine, president […] More
Booz Allen Hamilton has begun a collaboration with autonomous software creator AEye to help expand the latter’s technology footprint in the aerospace and defense markets. Through the partnership, Booz Allen and AEye plan to offer defense customers the 4Sight linar system, which is intended to help warfighters identify, define and respond to a potential threat quickly […] More
Boeing has started to install a BAE Systems-built digital avionics technology onto two U.S. Air Force F-15E jets as part of the branch’s electronic warfare system modernization efforts. The two companies will help the service equip a total of 43 aircraft units with the Eagle Passive Active Warning and Survivability System, which replaces the current […] More
CACI International has secured a $557.8 million task order from the U.S. Navy to assist Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane and the service branch’s Digital Integration Support Cell in their digital modernization efforts. The single-award task order under the Department of Defense Information Analysis Multiple Award Contract vehicle requires CACI’s team to perform technological support […] More
A General Atomics affiliate has tested communication and electronic intelligence systems on an MQ-9B unmanned aircraft system to prepare for the U.S. Navy-led Rim of the Pacific Exercise. The company said Thursday its aeronautical systems unit equipped the SeaGuardian UAS payloads from L3Harris Technologies and Sierra Nevada Corp. for the flight test series that took […] More
A Raytheon Technologies business tested an approach for direct communications between machines as part of a risk reduction effort before taking part in the U.S. military’s capability experimentation across multidomain training scenarios. Raytheon Intelligence & Space conducted its machine-to-machine communications demonstration ahead of the unit’s scheduled participation in the biennial Valiant Shield exercise, the company […] More
A Textron subsidiary will continue to help the U.S. Navy operate unmanned aircraft systems for an expeditionary sea base under a potential four-year 18.3 million contract. The company said Thursday its systems group works with service personnel assigned to ESB-4, formally known as USS Hershel “Woody” Williams, in the deployment and management of the small […] More
The U.S. Marine Corps has asked BAE Systems to look into the possibility of equipping the Amphibious Combat Vehicle with a reconnaissance payload technology intended for data collection and over-the-horizon target detection functions. BAE said Thursday it will study a potential command, control, communication, computers and unmanned aerial systems variant of the military vehicle developed […] More
Senior officials at Iridium Communications said the U.S. Space Force is interested in adopting the company’s satellite broadband communications services as the military branch advances the Joint All Domain Command and Control concept, Breaking Defense reported Friday. Scott Scheimreif, executive vice president for government programs at Iridium, said the company intends to provide the Space […] More
