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Battelle to supply battery for Navy anti-IED robot
Battelle has won a Navy contract to build battery boxes to assist explosive ordnance disposal technicians in carrying out their missions.
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L-3 wins contract to supply VideoScout to Navy, Marines
L-3 Communications has won a contract potentially worth $85 million over four years to furnish the Marine Corps and the Navy with technology and support for its VideoScout intelligence data processing system.
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10 small businesses to vie for Navy C5ISR tasks
The Navy has awarded indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts to 10 small businesses to compete for task orders to furnish C5ISR electronics and communications services.
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Harris wins $397M contract for handheld military radios
Harris has won a two-year, $397 million contract from the Defense Department to furnish its Falcon III handheld tactical radio system.
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Navy, Alion team on training systems upgrade
Alion Science and Technology has won a $63 million contract award from the Navy Warfare Development Command to enhance the service's training systems.
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Navy taps Accenture for systems engineering support
The Navy has awarded Accenture Federal Services a contract to furnish C4I systems engineering support.
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Lockheed gives mobile ISR testbed broader capabilities
Lockheed Martin has finished upgrading the mobile testbed that the Defense Department uses to evaluate new intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance technologies into an operational environment.
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QinetiQ wins Navy contract for Talon robots
QinetiQ North America has won a contract from the Navy to furnish Talon Generation IV robot vehicles.
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Navy taps five for $750M C4ISR work
The Navy has selected five contractors to vie for upwards of $750 million in task orders over a five-year period, the Defense Department announced Oct. 10.
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Navy, Lockheed partner on autonomous controls for VTOL drones
The Office of Naval Research has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin for assistance developing autonomous technologies for unmanned vertical take-off and landing aircraft.
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SPAWAR putting in place building blocks of a unified IT network
As the Navy migrates to a future net-centric enterprise, the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) has been charged with putting in place the building blocks for a unified, global network that converge some large-scale IT integration and development efforts that the command has underway.
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Raytheon to build sensor netting system for Navy
A Raytheon unit has received a Navy contract to produce a sensor netting system designed to boost the air defense capability of U.S. fleets.
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General Dynamics to advance Marine Corps C2 system
General Dynamics C4 Systems has won a contract from the Navy to support the second phase of the Marine Corps' Common Aviation Command Control System.
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Radar functions increase as developers shift to software and digital modules
A changeover to more digital components is enabling new, sophisticated techniques for radar.
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Northrop to upgrade software for Navy's Fire Scout UAV
The Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a one-year, $28 million contract to provide software development support for the Navy's MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle.
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Mine-seeking drone sub tested in Persian Gulf exercise
The U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet based in Bahrain has tested a prototype of an unmanned underwater vehicle designed to detect mines in the course of a multinational naval exercise in the Persian Gulf.
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Logos nabs Navy persistent ground surveillance contract
The Navy has awarded Logos Technologies a contract for Kestrel persistent ground surveillance systems.
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Navy buys common data links for MH-60R helos
The Navy has awarded L-3 Communications a $27.9 million contract to build and deliver a common data link system that enables broadband connectivity between MH-60R helicopters and their host ships.
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Navy, Marines train on tactical UAS with its own launcher
The Navy successfully completed a launch of its newest small tactical unmanned aircraft system (STUAS) on Sept. 10 at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake without using a runway.
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