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  • S2, MSU Lab to Support EW Tech Devt for Navy as BAE Subcontractors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    S2, MSU Lab to Support EW Tech Devt for Navy as BAE Subcontractors

    S2 Corp. and Montana State University’s Spectrum Lab have been awarded a $4.5 million subcontract from BAE Systems to provide a radio frequency sensor system to the Office of Naval Research. MSU said Wednesday it will deliver a wideband radio frequency sensor Extreme Bandwidth Analyzer and Correlator alongside S2 to support BAE’s Full-Spectrum Staring Receiver electronic warfare technology initiative. EBAC and FSSR will work to […] More

  • Raytheon to Continue Dev't of EW Systems for Boeing Missiles Under AF Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Continue Dev’t of EW Systems for Boeing Missiles Under AF Contract

    Raytheon has secured a $4.8 million U.S. Air Force contract to continue the development of an electronic warfare payload for Boeing-built cruise missiles. The contract requires refurbishment of the Counter-Electronics High Power Microwave Advanced Missile and a pair of Conventional Air-Launched Cruise Missile systems for delivery to the Air Force Research Laboratory, Raytheon said Wednesday. The CHAMP payload, which was created by a team […] More

  • Lockheed, DARPA Experiment With New Microchip Cooling System; John Ditri Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, DARPA Experiment With New Microchip Cooling System; John Ditri Comments

    Lockheed Martin has developed technology for the thermal management of high-powered microchips as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Inter/Intra Chip Enhanced Cooling Applications initiative. The company said Tuesday its microfluidic cooling system aims to increase the performance of monolithic microwave integrated circuit-based power amplifiers and embedded systems. A team of DARPA and Lockheed researchers found during a study that […] More

  • BAE Systems to Develop New Navy Electronic Warfare Tech; Steve Hedges Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems to Develop New Navy Electronic Warfare Tech; Steve Hedges Comments

    BAE Systems has received an $11 million contract from the Office of Naval Research to develop a new electronic warfare technology intended to help detect and determine radio frequency sources. The Full-Spectrum Staring Receiver will work to monitor the battlefield, track emitters, issue threat warning and cue countermeasure methods, BAE Systems said Monday. Steve Hedges, […] More

  • Elbit Systems Rolls Out Unmanned Surface Vehicle Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit Systems Rolls Out Unmanned Surface Vehicle Platform

    Elbit Systems has introduced an unmanned surface vehicle platform the company designed for anti-submarine warfare and mine countermeasure missions. The 12-meter Seagull USV works to operate maritime vehicles to detect and neutralize underwater mines, the company said Monday. Seagull has a mission control system, replaceable mission modules, Autonomous Navigation System and command, control, communications, computers and […] More

  • AFRL Calls for New High-Power Electromagnetic Tech Ideas - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AFRL Calls for New High-Power Electromagnetic Tech Ideas

    The Air Force Research Laboratory is seeking ideas from vendors on how to integrate high-powered microwave technology into cyber and electronic warfare operations, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Wednesday. John Keller writes the U.S. Air Force plans to award up to $10 million in task order contracts for research, development, analysis and demonstration of High Power Electromagnetics […] More

  • Navy Taps Textron Subsidiary to Update EW Systems Integration Testbed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Textron Subsidiary to Update EW Systems Integration Testbed

    A subsidiary of Textron (NYSE: TXT) has received a potential five-year, $49.8 million contract to modernize a technology platform that the U.S. Navy uses to conduct electronic warfare systems integration tests. AAI Corp. will perform EW systems integration test environment upgrades for the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division’s electronic combat simulation and evaluation laboratory, the Defense Department said […] More

  • Harris to Refresh Air Force Electronic Self-Protection Units; Rich Sorelle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Refresh Air Force Electronic Self-Protection Units; Rich Sorelle Comments

    Harris Corp. has been selected to overhaul the fixed-wing electronic self-protection units installed in the U.S. Air Force’s B-52 bomber and C-130 aircraft in an effort to defend against radio-frequency threats. The Air Force will continue to maintain the use of AN/ALQ-172 electronic warfare system on the B-52 aircraft for RF self-protection through the late 2040s, […] More

  • DARPA to Host Proposers Day for Atomic Clock Development Program; Robert Lutwak Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Host Proposers Day for Atomic Clock Development Program; Robert Lutwak Comments

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will hold a Proposers Day on Feb. 1 to inform potential contractors on the Atomic Clock with Enhanced Stability program. DARPA said in a notice posted Dec. 23 ACES is a potential $50 million program that seeks to develop battery-powered atomic clocks that work to provide warfighters with synchronization and precision timing […] More

  • General Dynamics to Upgrade Navy EW Systems Under SEWIP Block 1B3 Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Upgrade Navy EW Systems Under SEWIP Block 1B3 Contract

    A General Dynamics business unit will provide electronic warfare system upgrades under a five-year production contract for the U.S. Navy‘s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 1B3. The company said Monday General Dynamics Mission Systems will perform work in Massachusetts and install the upgrades on Navy combat ships to help facilitate increased situational awareness. General Dynamics has worked on the SEWIP […] More

  • Harris Orders RF Microelectronics from Cobham; Andy Graven Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Orders RF Microelectronics from Cobham; Andy Graven Comments

    Harris Corp. has ordered $35 million in radio frequency microelectronic products from Cobham in support of Harris’ electronic warfare program. Cobham will produce the RF microelectronics at its San Jose and San Diego facilities, Cobham said Monday. “By leveraging our deep expertise in radio frequency technologies, we are able to provide our customers with high levels […] More

  • CACI Gets Extension on Army EW Tech Support Contract; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Gets Extension on Army EW Tech Support Contract; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International has secured a multimillion task order to continue its support for the U.S. Army‘s efforts to develop tools against electronic warfare threats. The company said Monday it will also collaborate with the Army’s intelligence and information warfare directorate to engineer software and hardware that work to secure air- and ground-based military platforms from EW attacks. Ken Asbury, CACI president […] More