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IEC Electronics has acquired a $10 million contract from a Tier 2 Defense Department supplier to develop a digital networking and voice communications product that can be used for ground vehicles, surface warships and aircrafts. Production for the three-year contract is slated to begin in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, IEC said Thursday. Jeffrey Schlarbaum, IEC […] More

Boeing has completed a new milestone for the CH-47 Chinook helicopter trainer following integration of Boeing’s cockpit training simulator with Bluedrop‘s fuselage. Bluedrop and Boeing also tested the CH-47 Chinook helicopter Rear Crew Trainer to achieve a complete wireless virtual reality training system, Bluedrop said Wednesday. The fuselage is a component of a mock-up of […] More

Raytheon, NATS, SSE and Vattenfall have implemented a new system designed to help mitigate the impact of wind turbines on radar performance at the Great Dun Fell and Lowther Hill radar sites. Air Traffic Management reported Thursday the R&D coalition developed Project RM to address interference caused by turbines that appear as “clutter” on radar screens and will work to help […] More

Curtiss-Wright has unveiled a small form factor SWaP-optimized data storage technology for unmanned aerial and underwater vehicles and ISR aircraft, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Friday. Mil & Aero staff write the Data Transport System 1-Slot network attached storage delivers up to two terabytes of storage and supports encryption to help protect data at rest. The report added DTS1 […] More

A Middle East nation has placed a $15 million order to Harris Corporation to deliver management systems, training and field support service and tactical radio products as part of the nation’s modernization efforts. The company said Friday that it will deliver Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System radios, as well as SpearNet tactical radios. Chris Young, […] More

The National Photonics Initiative High Power Lasers Task Force has released its recommendations to face what it forecasts as a decline in the U.S. HPL market ahead of the Directed Energy Summit in Washington Thursday. The recommendations look to establish a directed energy program office that will work to organize the manufacturing of high power lasers within the U.S., NPI said Thursday. NPI […] More