Defense Systems
Airborne ISR supplemented by XTAR’s commercial X-band service
XTAR, a commercial provider of satellite services in the X-band frequency, reports that it has contracted for 100 MHz of bandwidth worth more than $8 million over the past year.
Defense Systems
Army vice chief of staff to be nominated as CENTCOM commander
President Barack Obama plans to nominate GEN Lloyd Austin as the next commander of U.S. Central Command, with overall responsibility for the Afghanistan war.
Defense Systems
Xplore Technologies sells 900 tablets to the military
In its largest-ever order from the military, Xplore Technologies of Austin, TX, has received a “multi-million-dollar” purchase order for more than 900 rugged tablet PCs.
Defense Systems
Department of Navy IT/CIO conference approved for January
The Department of the Navy’s CIO/information technology conference, which is typically held in conjunction with the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s (AFCEA) West conference and exhibition in San Diego, was approved by Navy Assistant for Administration Carla Lucchino.
Defense Systems
Fire Scout breaks endurance records during latest deployment
The Navy’s fourth Fire Scout detachment returned to Mayport, Fla. on Dec. 1 after achieving several milestones during its five-month deployment.
Defense Systems
Textron, Bell and AAI launch collaboration in manned/unmanned teaming
Textron Systems and Bell Helicopter, a subsidiary of Textron Inc., have opened the Textron Systems Integration and Collaboration Lab, as well as the Bell Helicopter/AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems Manned/Unmanned Operations (MUMO) Capability Development Lab.
Defense Systems
Rockwell Collins will produce about half of the two-channel AN/PRC-155 Manpack radios recently ordered by the Army
Rockwell Collins has received a contract from General Dynamics C4 Systems to produce approximately half of the 3,700 Handheld, Manpack, Small Form Fit (HMS) AN/PRC-155 Manpack radios recently ordered for the U.S. Army.
Defense Systems
Raytheon receives first order for GPS anti-jam land product
Raytheon UK, a subsidiary of the Raytheon Company, was awarded what it describes as a “significant” contract by the UK Ministry of Defense for delivery of a new GPS anti-jam antenna system.
Defense Systems
Army intelligence awards $149 million IT contract to SAIC
The U.S. Army awarded Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) a contract potentially worth $149 million to provide information technology design, implementation and operational sustainment support services to the G2 Army Military Intelligence (MI) Enterprise.
Defense Systems
DARPA expanding Insight program for real-time analysis of ISR data
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is moving forward with its Insight program to develop an analytical framework for global, integrated intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) by issuing a Broad Agency Announcement for phase two of the program.
Defense Systems
Air Force to buy full-motion video receivers from L-3 West
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLMC), the new organization managing the service’s networks under the recent reorganization of Air Force Material Command, will buy full-motion video receivers and interim contractor support from L-3 Communications Systems-West in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Defense Systems
Lockheed refines autonomous technology for military vehicles
Lockheed Martin has won an $11 million contract from the Defense Department to develop and test and autonomous system to assist drivers in military supply convoys and even enable autonomous operation of vehicles in convoys.
Defense Systems
General Dynamics Wins $94 Million USMC C4ISR contract
General Dynamics Information Technology won the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command’s Total Integrated Ground Equipment Readiness Contractor Logistics Support contract.
Defense Systems
Military reaps surveillance benefits from advances in sensor technologies
The rapid evolution of electro-optical imagers and infrared cameras is making it possible to employ them for less cost on smaller and lighter systems.
Defense Systems
Next-gen GPS III satellites undergo first readiness test
The contractors that will deliver the Air Force’s next generation GPS III satellites report that they have finished the first launch readiness exercise on the road to achieving launch availability in 2014, Lockheed Martin said in a Sept. 5 news release.
Defense Systems
Afghanistan is the proving ground for UAS capability
Unmanned aircraft address high demand for video feeds to boost situational awareness.
Defense Systems
X-47B to undergo lengthy testing before autonomous carrier landing
The Navy plans to conduct a battery of tests on its X-47B before it attempts the unmanned aircraft's first completely autonomous aircraft carrier landing scheduled for some time in 2013,
Defense Systems