FAIRFAX, Va., 4 Jan. 2013. Boeing [NYSE: BA] subsidiary Argon ST will continue to supply U.S. Navy surface ships with countermeasures that lure torpedoes away by mimicking a vessel's propulsion system.

ORLANDO, Fla., 3 Jan. 2013. U.S. Marine Corps power electronics researchers will brief industry 31 Jan. on a project to develop a non-grid-tied hybrid power system intended to augment traditional generators on the battlefield.

WASHINGTON, 31 Dec. 2012. Harris Corp. (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, won the fifth option year of its Network and Space Operations and Maintenance (NSOM) contract to operate, maintain, and logistically support the U.S. Air Force Space Command's 50th Space Wing mission.

PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 30 Dec. 2012. U.S. Navy officials have issued an urgent order to equip the service's MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter with the Telephonics Corp. RDR-1700 maritime-surveillance radar system.

CHELMSFORD, Mass., 28 Dec. 2012. Mercury Systems Inc. in Chelmsford, Mass., is introducing a thermal-management approach for air- and conduction-cooled embedded computing mezzanine cards that places a cold plate on the carrier module to achieve new levels of electronics cooling.

MCLEAN, Va., 27 Dec. 2012. Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) has been selected by the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research and Development Engineering Center (NSRDEC) to provide concept design, development, and fabrication services in support of the Self-Sustaining Living Module (SLiM) project.

TEWKSBURY, Mass., 25 Dec. 2012. Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $159 million contract for the sale of 48 MH-60R full rate production airborne low frequency sonar (ALFS) systems, including program management support.

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., 21 Dec. 2012. The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) have completed a series of deck handling trials for the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75).

TUCSON, Ariz., 19 Dec. 2012. Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $108 million contract from the U.S. Navy for continued production of Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) all-up rounds, most of which will be sold to U.S. allies through foreign military sales.

TUCSON, Ariz., 17 Dec. 2012. Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) won a $1.5 million contract under Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA’s) Space Enabled Effects for Military Engagements (SeeMe) program, designed to provide useful on-demand imagery to the warfighter in the field from a low-cost satellite constellation.

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah, 16 Dec. 2012. Radar experts at the Lockheed Martin Corp. Mission Systems & Sensors segment in Syracuse, N.Y., will upgrade U.S. Air Force AN/FPS-117 long-range radars in Alaska and Canada under terms of a $16.4 million contract modification announced Friday.

NASHUA, N.H., 15 Dec. 2012. Several members of the semiconductor industry spoke about the Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA) DNA marking mandate for certain electronic components on a recent Military & Aerospace Electronics webcast. The mandate states that DNA marking must be used by companies that would like to take part in bidding for DLA contracts.

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla., 14 Dec. 2012. BAE Systems won a U.S. Navy contract, valued at approximately $400 million over five years, to maintain and service T-34, T-44, and T-6 trainer aircraft.

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., 13 Dec. 2012. An unmanned U.S. Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) has returned to orbit, a success for the reusable unmanned orbital vehicle.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., 12 Dec. 2012. Version 2.0 of the U.S. Army's Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) software has been released.

NASHUA, N.H., 11 Dec. 2012. The government's DNA-marking mandate for electronic parts has been called expensive, confusing, and questionably effective, yet is the law of the land. A panel of industry experts will give on how to follow the mandate's guidelines, and chart a course for what suppliers can expect in the future during a Webcast at 1 p.m. this Friday, 14 Dec., sponsored by Military & Aerospace Electronics.

NASHUA, N.H., 11 Dec. 2012. Skyler Frink speaks with David Kelly, CEO of Bluefin Robotics, about autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).

ORLANDO, Fla., 10 Dec. 2012. Thales unveiled the Reality H helicopter simulator with its all-electric Hexaline high-fidelity, six-axis linear motion system.

WASHINGTON, 08 Dec. 2012. The Danish government has signed an official letter of offer and acceptance formalizing its intent to buy nine MH-60R Seahawk helicopters and logistics support for its Maritime Helicopter Replacement Program.