Jan. 1, 2012. U.S. Navy and Marine Corps manned and unmanned aircraft benefit from increasingly robust, flexible, and advanced electronics. U.S. Navy and Marine Corps officials share a singular goal: to infuse new and existing aircraft with advanced avionics technology. Today’s avionics advancements, being employed in manned and unmanned aircraft, provide a competitive advantage and increased potential for mission success and warfighter safety.

AVX Corp. in Fountain Inn, S.C., is introducing the AntennaGuard MLV ultra-low capacitance 0603 device.

WASHINGTON, 21 Dec. 2011. U.S. Navy leaders needed an electronics contract manufacturing specialist to build signal data processor-Sierra (SDP-S) systems for the Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) program, which blends radar information from several different Navy systems to create one common air defense tactical display, or "air picture," which is based on all sensor data available. They found their solution from Sechan Electronics Inc., Lititz, Pa. Officials of U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington awarded Sechan a $64.2 million contract Monday to manufacture (SDP-S) production units and engineering support services for the CEC program.

ORLANDO, Fla., 21 Dec. 2011. API Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:ATNY), a provider of electronic systems, subsystems, RF, and secure solutions for the defense, aerospace, and commercial industries, has received a $1.4 million order for precision position sensors to be used in air-to-surface missiles. API's RF Solutions division won the order from a Fortune 100 defense contractor.

DENVER, Dec. 7, 2011. An airborne signals intelligence system configured specifically for the newest C-130J aircraft has been delivered to the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT].  The system, which is part of the Senior Scout program that enables C-130 aircraft to be used for tactical signals intelligence and reconnaissance, will undergo acceptance testing in December.

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., Dec. 7, 2011. Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a four-year extension by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) to the existing support contract for the LITENING AT system, used as the RAAF's Target Designation System for F/A-18 Hornet aircraft (HTDS).

PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md. 6 Nov. 2011. The U.S. Navy ordered seven P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine warfare (ASW) maritime patrol jets from the Boeing Co. in Seattle Thursday as Navy leaders continue their efforts to upgrade the service's long-rang ASW and maritime patrol capability by replacing the venerable P-3 Orion turboprop with P-8A -- a Navy version of the Boeing 737 passenger jetliner. Officials of the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., awarded a $1.38 billion contract to Boeing to procure seven P-8A multi-mission maritime aircraft (MMA) under terms of an advanced acquisition low-rate initial production II contract.

BANNOCKBURN, Ill., 28 Oct. 2011. The global market for electronics manufacturing returned to growth in 2010 after economic setbacks in 2009, and should grow this year by 14.8 percent throughout the world, and 10.2 percent in North America, according to a study by the IPC -- Association Connecting Electronics Industries -- in Bannockburn, Ill. The study, entitled 2010-2011 Analysis and Forecast for the EMS Industry, includes forecasts through 2015 from New Venture Research Corp. (NVR) in Nevada City, Calif.

ROCHESTER, NY, Oct 14, 2011. Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has received a $66.3 million order from the U.S. Army via the GSA, FAS Assisted Acquisition Services to provide Falcon III® AN/PRC-117G multiband manpack radios in support of the modernization of Brigade Combat Team tactical communications.

ORLANDO/MUNICH/ROME, Oct 12, 2011. MEADS International (MI) has begun integration testing on the first completed Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) battle manager at the MEADS Verification Facility in Orlando, FL.

MELBOURNE, Fla., 10 Oct. 2011. Harris Corp. (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, won a $16 million order from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for additional Falcon III AN/PRC-117G multiband manpack radio systems. The radios will supply DOD forces with networked line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight tactical communications.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA, 6 Oct. 2011.Boeing recently demonstrated high-data-rate transmissions between a Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) system and a test terminal for the Advanced Extremely High Frequence (AEHF) satellite. This was one in a series of tests on the emerging technology.

KINGSTON UPON THAMES, England, 30 Sept. 2011. The Vitec Group plc in Kingston upon Thames, England, is boosting the company's expertise in antenna technology with its acquisition of Haigh-Farr Inc. in Bedford, N.H., for $36 million in cash. Vitec specializes in microwave transmitters and receivers for aerospace and defense applications that send video signals wirelessly for distances as far as 30 miles. Haigh-Farr designs antennas for weapons test and evaluation; launch telemetry, tracking, flight termination; and communications for military, space, and commercial applications.

BATH, Maine, 16 Sept. 2011. General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), won from the U. S. Navy a $1.8 billion contract to construct the next two ships in the Zumwalt-class program: the DDG 1001 and DDG 1002. DDG 1001 is more than 50 percent complete and scheduled to be delivered in December 2015, whereas the DDG 1002 is scheduled to be delivered in February 2018.