Products & Service

Saab has secured an order to produce and supply a man-portable, recoilless rifle platform to the U.S. Special Operations Command. USSOCOM placed the order for the Carl-Gustaf weapon system through a framework contract it awarded to Saab in August 2014, Saab said Monday. Saab expects to deliver the rifle system this year through 2016. The rifle platform […] More

FireEye has partnered with Visa to offer a cybersecurity service intended to help payment card issuers and users to access threat information through a web portal. The companies rolled out the FireEye-powered Visa Threat Intelligence service to alert customers about malicious actors targeting payment systems as well as recommend methods to identify and address data […] More

Orbital ATK has been selected to produce spectrally matched aircraft countermeasure units for the U.S. Air Force. The company will integrate a new aircraft survivability feature into the MJU-73/B aircraft countermeasure system for use in USAF Special Operations aircraft, Orbital ATK said Tuesday. “These sophisticated pyrotechnic devices protect the warfighter by mimicking the ‘heat’ signature of […] More

Raytheon has upgraded the company’s integrated electro/optic system offering with new features such as dual-band thermal imager and a high-definition color camera. The third-generation Commander’s Primary Sight also incorporates laser range finder, laser designator, visible and infrared laser pointers and line-of-sight director, Raytheon said Tuesday. Duane Gooden, vice president of Raytheon’s land warfare systems product line, […] More

ICF International has received a $21.5 million contract to design and administer surveys in support of the Internal Revenue Service’s effort to gauge the service satisfaction of customers. ICF professionals will work to analyze survey data and yield reports as part of IRS’ preparation for its annual customer satisfaction report to Congress, ICF said Tuesday. […] More

The U.S. Army has placed an order for an initial supply of BAE Systems-built laser-guided rockets for deployment onboard its AH-64 Apache helicopters. The company said Tuesday the service branch will use the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System rockets to support its military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. The APKWS is a mid-body guidance system […] More

A patch management offering from Shavlik is now available to public sector agencies through Carahsoft’s General Services Administration schedule. As a master government aggregator, Carahsoft will provide marketing and sales support to Shavlik in order to draw public sector demand for Shavlik’s products, Carahsoft said Monday. Will Jones, vice president of virtualization solutions at Carahsoft, said […] More

Boeing has awarded Ducommun a two-year subcontract to manufacture position sensors for integration with the Trident Navigation System onboard the U.S. Navy’s Ohio-class and U.K.’s Vanguard-class ballistic missile nuclear submarines. “This work builds upon our relationship with both Boeing and the U.S. Navy,” Anthony Reardon, chairman and CEO of Ducommun, said Tuesday. “We designed and […] More

Rockwell Collins has given the U.S. Army a platform the company built to help helicopter pilots access and view drone-derived videos on their cockpits. The Secure Real Time Video system will work to support the service branch’s manned-unmanned teaming activities, Rockwell Collins said Monday. “Giving Army pilots access to real-time video streams in their cockpits will directly improve […] More

Raytheon has completed the first fire tests for two Pike 40-millimeter precision-guided munitions at Mile High Resources in Texas. The munitions were launched from a standard tube grenade launcher and flew more than 2,300 yards before landing within the targeted area, Raytheon said Monday. “Pike uses a digital, semi-active laser seeker to engage both fixed and […] More

Lockheed Martin has unveiled at the Association of the United States Army annual meeting a new software system that works to detect and intercept threats from commercially available unmanned aircraft systems. Lockheed said Monday Icarus operates defensively and combines electronic warfare, cybersecurity, sensor and nonkinetic technology or techniques. According to Deon Viergutz, vice president of cyber solutions at Lockheed Martin, […] More

Aerojet Rocketdyne has completed the critical design review on the Orion spacecraft’s jettison motor and crew module reaction control system. Aerojet Rocketdyne will kick off the production of hardware for installation into the Orion spacecraft in preparation for the Exploration Mission-1, the company said Friday. “Astronaut safety is paramount and the jettison motor and the […] More