Source: Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has received a contract from the Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD) to lead the Apache Video from Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Interoperability Teaming - Level 2 (VUIT-2) program through September 2009. (more…)
Source: Northrop Grumman
The Portuguese Air Force today announced the selection of Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE:NOC) third-generation LITENING Advanced Targeting (AT) system for their F-16 Advanced Targeting Pod upgrade program. (more…)
Source: Thales
Thales Communications, Inc., announces it will provide communications design expertise for the upgrade of the Tactical Automated Security System (TASS). This contract has been awarded by the 642d Electronic Systems Squadron of the U.S. Air Force. As the subcontractor to L-3 Global Security and Engineering Solutions, Thales will design advanced communications modules (CMs) and advanced handheld monitors (HHMs), updating and extending the capabilities of the existing CMs and HHMs, which are also produced by Thales. This will enable Thales’ battle-proven AN/PRC-148 Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Multiband Inter/Intra Team Radio (MBITR) - or JEM - to be utilized as the advanced HHM with a simple software upgrade. (more…)
Source: General Dynamics
General Dynamics C4 Systems has been awarded a $23 million contract for AN/USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radios (DMRs), the Navy’s standard communications system for newly constructed ships and submarines. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in mid-2009 and continue though 2010. General Dynamics C4 Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD). (more…)
Source: Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] completed production of two of the four SPY-1D(V) radar arrays for Australia’s first Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyer. (more…)
Source: Boeing
Boeing [NYSE: BA] began final assembly of the second P-8A Poseidon for the U.S. Navy on July 24 in Renton, Wash. The aircraft, S1, is the program’s static test vehicle and will be used to test the airframe’s structural strength. (more…)
Source: VMETRO
VMETRO has shipped data recording solutions to the Radar Systems Division of Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Griffon Corporation (NYSE:GFF), for the US Navy MH-60R Multi-Mode Automatic Radar Periscope Detection and Discriminator (ARPDD) program. (more…)
Source: ITT
ITT Corporation announced today that Defence & Security (DS) division of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) selected ITT Communications Systems to provide its SpearNet radio system for the Full-Scale Engineering Development (FSED) phase of Spain’s Combatiente del Futuro (COMFUT), a comprehensive military modernization program. The SpearNet radio will provide the backbone for voice, data and video communications for the Spanish Army. (more…)
Source: Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman Corporation has won a $74.6 million contract to provide 21 ALQ-135M electronic combat systems for the Republic of Korea Air Force F-15K.
“The selection of the ALQ-135M affirms Northrop Grumman’s position as the supplier of electronic warfare solutions for the worldwide F-15 fleet,” said Mark Kula, vice president of Northrop Grumman’s Radio Frequency Combat and Information Systems business unit. “The ALQ-135M is key to maintaining the F-15’s unparalleled air dominance record.” (more…)
Source: Lockheed Martin
The U.S. Air Force recently awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] an $80 million follow-on contract for the Gunship Multispectral Sensor System (GMS2)the electro-optical/infrared fire control system for the AC-130U Gunship. Four initial production units are in process and scheduled for delivery later this year. (more…)
