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Navy bulks-up on submarine-hunting sonobuoys for U.S. and Taiwan maritime security forcesPATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 29 Jan. 2012. U.S. Navy anti-submarine warfare experts are buying 50,430 AN/SSQ-53F advanced passive sonobuoys from ERAPSCO Inc. in Columbia City, Ind. under terms of a $38.4 million contract modification announced Friday. In this order, 49,990 sonobuoys are for the Navy and 440 are for the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington, which is the diplomatic representative of Taiwan to the U.S. |
L-3 GS&ES receives contract position to support U.S. Air ForceNEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2012. L-3 Communications' Global Security & Engineering Solutions (L-3 GS&ES) unit was awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract to support the U.S. Air Force under the fourth installment of the Contracted Advisory and Assistance Services (CAAS IV) program. |
Northrop Grumman and U.S. Navy test autonomous aerial refueling for unmanned combat air systemST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Jan. 26, 2012. Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and the U.S. Navy have completed a series of flight tests to demonstrate technology that could help extend the operating range and flight duration of future carrier-based unmanned systems. |
BAE Systems gets QML-V nod for RH1020B rad-hard FPGA for space and military applicationsMANASSAS, Va., 29 Jan. 2012. Officials of rad-hard electronics specialist BAE Systems Electronic Solutions in Manassas, Va., has received QML-V approval and qualification from the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land and Maritime division in Columbus, Ohio, for the BAE Systems RH1020B field programmable gate array (FPGA) for military and space applications such as satellites and strategic weapon systems that require radiation-hardened integrated circuits. The standard microcircuit drawing is SMD 5962R90965. |
Rugged 3U VPX data storage module with anti-tamper and security introduced by PhoenixORANGE, Calif., 27 Jan. 2012. Phoenix International Systems Inc. in Orange, Calif., is introducing the VP1- 250X serial attached SCSI (SAS)/serial ATA (SATA) based solid-state disk VPX data storage plugin blade for aerospace and defense applications that operate in harsh environments. The device has a purge input to destroy the supported media installed on the module for data security and anti-tamper capability. |
Lockheed Martin to upgrade U.S. Air Force C-130 Training DevicesORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 26, 2012. The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $24 million contract to upgrade weapons systems trainers used in the C-130 Aircrew Training System (ATS) II. |
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The U.S. defense budget might be headed downward in general, but not for select technologies determined to be critical for the nation's warfighting efforts. Among these critical tech...
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Lockheed Martin chooses LynxOS from LynuxWorks for United Kingdom AWACS radar aircraftSAN JOSE, Calif., 29 Jan. 2012. Military avionics designers at the Lockheed Martin Corp. Mission Systems and Sensors Division (MS2) segment in Owego, N.Y., needed a real-time operating system and software-engineering tools for the United Kingdom Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) radar surveillance aircraft. They found their solution from LynuxWorks Inc. in San Jose, Calif. |
BAE receives $100 million Swedish all-terrain vehicle contractÖRNSKÖLDSVIK, Sweden, Jan. 28, 2012. BAE Systems has been awarded a contract from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, FMV, to supply 48 of its go-anywhere BvS10 armored all-terrain vehicles and an extensive initial support package. |
ISR, command and control, unmanned vehicles, and EW could be winners in DOD budgetSAN DIEGO, 27 Jan. 2012. Military electronics industry experts are optimistic for the continued health in military electronics spending for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR); command, control, computers, and intelligence (C4I), unmanned vehicles, and electronic warfare (EW) in the upcoming fiscal year 2013 budget request for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), which is scheduled for public release and submission to Congress on 13 Feb. |
Department of Defense awards Raytheon contract to perform work on AIM-120D missile systemsTUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 27, 2012. The Department of Defense awarded Raytheon [NYSE:RTN] a $17 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide test integration of software to enhance the system performance of the AIM 120D missile. |
BAE receives order to continue work on Caiman Multi Theater VehiclesSEALY, Texas, Jan. 26, 2012. BAE Systems has received three delivery orders from the U.S. Marine Corps, totalling more than $148 million, for continued support of Caiman Multi Theater Vehicles (MTV). |
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