POCASSET, Mass., 19 July 2012. Researchers at the University of Maryland's Horn Point Laboratory in Cambridge, Md., needed an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to help oceanographers advance the study of coastal ocean environments. They found their solution from unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) specialist Hydroid Inc. in Pocasset, Mass.

MARIETTA, Ga., 19 July 2012. Avionics designers at the Lockheed Martin Corp. Aeronautics segment in Marietta, Ga., needed satellite communications (SATCOM) equipment for the block 8.1 upgrade of the U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules military utility and transport aircraft. They found their solution from Thrane & Thrane A/S, a Cobham plc company in Lyngby, Denmark.

MC KINNEY, Texas, 18 July 2012. The Raytheon Co. (NYSE: RTN) Network Centric Systems business in McKinney, Texas, won a $3.1 million U.S. Army contract to develop cyber maneuver technology to help safeguard Army tactical networks from information warfare attacks.

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 18 July 2012. U.S. Air Force researchers are surveying industry for companies able to develop sensor-fusion technology that enables unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to sense and avoid other aircraft while flying in controlled U.S. airspace.

ARLINGTON, Va., 17 July 2012. Electronic warfare (EW) experts at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., want industry to find ways to detect and counter digitally programmable radar systems that have unknown behaviors and agile waveform characteristics.

QUINCY, Mass., 16 July 2012. Bluefin Robotics, a unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) specialist in Quincy, Mass., is moving on the next phase of development of the Knifefish surface mine countermeasure unmanned underwater vehicle (SMCM UUV) for the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship.

BENE BERAQ, Israel, 16 July 2012. The Elbit Systems Ltd. EW and SIGINT - Elisra segment in Bene Beraq, Israel, is joining forces with Danish defense company Terma A/S in Lystrup, Denmark, to develop airborne electronic warfare (EW) and aircraft survivability equipment.

NEW YORK, N.Y., 13 July 2012. L-3 GCS, a subsidiary of L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL), will provide the U.S. Special operations Command with very small aperture terminal satellite (VSAT) systems.

CHELMSFORD, Mass., 11 July 2012. Hittite Microwave Corp. in Chelmsford, Mass., is introducing the HMC897 band pass tunable filter chip for pre-selection in advanced communications systems, military radar, electronic warfare (EW), satellite communications (SATCOM), space, industrial, and medical systems.

FARNBOROUGH, England, 11 July 2012. Officials of the Boeing Co. in Seattle claim they are ready to offer the future medium-sized Maritime Surveillance Aircraft (MSA) for international oceanic intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.

FARNBOROUGH, England, 9 July 2012. Two Russian Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker jet fighter aircraft operated by the Russian Knights aerobatic flight-demonstration team will appear this week at the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, England. One of the jet fighters will be on static display, and the other will be take part in flight demonstrations daily at Farnborough, which runs today through 15 July.

NEWTON, Pa. 07 July 2012. The VINASAT-2 telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE:  LMT] for the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) of Vietnam, is now ready for service following successful on-orbit deployment and checkout of all spacecraft systems.

CHINA LAKE NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION, Calif., 5 July 2012. U.S. Navy researchers are asking military sensors experts at the Boeing Co. Defense, Space & Security segment in Huntington Beach, Calif., to develop the Passive Millimeter Wave Imaging System (PMMWIS) to monitor the movements of people and vehicles at military facilities.

ARLINGTON, Va., 4 July 2012. Electronic warfare experts at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are asking industry for help in finding ways to detect and counter digitally programmable radar systems that have unknown behaviors and agile waveform characteristics.

LA FOX, Ill., 4 July 2012. Richardson RFPD Inc. in LaFox, Ill., is introducing two laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) transistors from Freescale Semiconductor Inc. for applications involving harsh conditions, including HF-UHF transmitters and transceivers, television transmitters, white space data transceivers, aerospace and defense systems, test equipment, and radar systems.

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., 3 July 2012. U.S. Army leaders are debating the design of a next-generation helicopter avionics control display unit (CDU) that could integrate control of most, if not all, voice and data tactical radios into one control and display device, and meet guidelines of the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) version 1.5 standard. A CDU typically consolidates control of communications, as well of navigation, weapons, and defensive aids.

SAN DIEGO, 1 July 2012. Military avionics experts from the Northrop Grumman Corp. Information Systems segment in San Diego will integrate high-speed, secure communications and networking systems on a U.S. Navy E-6B Mercury aircraft under terms of a $44.3 million Navy contract announced last week.

LIVERMORE, Calif., 1 July 2012. Radiation-detection experts at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif., are asking for industry's help to license and sell the Livermore-developed Handheld, Fast-cooling Germanium Radiation Detector for identifying hidden illegal radioactive materials.

SAINT-PREX, Switzerland, 27 June 2012. Fischer Connectors SA in Saint-Prex, Switzerland, is introducing the MiniMax rugged push-pull connector for small portable devices like communications equipment in hazardous environments for industrial and medical applications.