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Lockheed Martin Submits Bid For USAF Space Situational Awareness Program Denver CO (SPX) May 14, 2008 
Lockheed Martin has announced that it has submitted its proposal to the U.S. Air Force for the Self-Awareness Space Situational Awareness (SASSA) program. Under a $30-million contract scheduled to be awarded in late 2008, SASSA will consist of a technology demonstration payload that will provide tactical space situational awareness. SASSA is being developed to demonstrate the ability to bu ... read more |
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Battlefield Airborne ComNode Enables Real-Time Distribution Of F-22 Data To Legacy Aircraft
San Diego CA (SPX) May 14, 2008Northrop Grumman successfully accomplished the first-ever real-time download and distribution of sensor information from an F-22 Raptor fighter to F-15 and F-16 aircraft via an airborne network and an F-22-unique datalink. Northrop Grumman demonstrated this in-flight data transfer capability with its Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) during the U.S. Air Force's Joint Expediti ... more Northrop Grumman Begins Installing New Engines On Joint STARS 
Melbourne FL (SPX) May 14, 2008The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman two undefinitized contracts, worth $300 million collectively, to complete non-recurring engineering, flight test/certification and begin production of new engines for the service's E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) fleet. The E-8C is a modified B707-300 series commercial aircraft that detects, locates, classifie ... more GD Awarded Contract For Next-Gen Cryptographic Technologies 
Scottsdale AZ (SPX) May 13, 2008General Dynamics C4 Systems has been awarded a $6.5 million contract option to produce Engineering Design Models of the Advanced Cryptographic Module (ACM) for the U.S. Army's Programmable Objective Encryption Technologies (POET) program, following a recent successful Critical Design Review. This option modifies a contract initially awarded in August 2006 and brings the total contract value to ... more Raytheon To Provide Communications Solutions For Joint Tactical Radio System 
Fort Wayne IN (SPX) May 09, 2008Raytheon will provide a critical communications solution for the Department of Defense's Joint Tactical Radio System. JTRS is the next generation of radios for the U.S. military. Raytheon will be a subcontractor on the $766 million JTRS Airborne, Maritime and Fixed contract, which was awarded to Lockheed Martin in March 2008. The AMF domain will provide network and interoperable communica ... more Elbit Receives Order For Advanced Communications Solutions 
Haifa, Israel (SPX) May 08, 2008Elbit Systems has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tadiran Communications, received a $127 million contract to supply tactical communications radio equipment and systems from a European customer. The systems include high frequency (HF) and very high frequency (VHF) tactical radio equipment designed for use by ground forces for data transfer and voice communications. The pr ... more |
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Atlanta GA (SPX) May 02, 2008EMS Technologies has announced its latest contract, valued at $13 million, from Northrop Grumman for the new extremely high frequency (EHF) satellite communications system for the U.S. Air Force's B-2 stealth bomber. Under a planned upgrade program, the new EHF system will allow the B-2 to send and receive battlefield information up to 100 times faster than its current ultra-high frequency (UHF) ... more General Dynamics And Cisco Systems Advance Battlefield Networking 
Taunton MA (SPX) May 01, 2008General Dynamics C4 Systems and teammate Cisco Systems have successfully integrated Cisco's Unified Communications Manager software into the General Dynamics Itronix GoBook XR-1 computer. This will allow current and future users of the Army's Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) to access communication services such as telephony, email, voice and text messaging via a fully-ruggedized ... more Raytheon Awarded Contract To Upgrade Satellite Communication Terminals 
Marlborough MA (SPX) Apr 30, 2008Raytheon has won an $86.7 million contract to produce and install upgrade kits for the Army's Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical Terminal, or SMART-T. The award, part of an indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract originally awarded in 2007, increases the total contract value to $183.3 million. The upgrades will be installed on joint and international terminals for the ... more BAE To Develop Military Communications Network 
Burlington MA (SPX) Apr 28, 2008BAE Systems will develop an "intrinsically secure" mobile military communications network designed to protect against cyber attacks. The company will develop and test network protocols that support the integrity, availability, reliability, confidentiality, and safety of network communications and data. The $8.5 million contract, awarded through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ... more Lockheed Martin Opens Wireless Cyber Security Lab 
Hanover MD (SPX) Apr 21, 2008Lockheed Martin recently opened a new Wireless Cyber Security Center, one of only a handful of technology labs capable of testing wireless communications systems in a classified environment. The lab allows defense and intelligence agencies to test and evaluate wireless systems like 802.11 Wi-Fi or broadband satellite links on a Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) network. ... more |
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Reston VA (SPX) Apr 10, 2008Raytheon has signed exclusive teaming agreements with Harris and HP as part of an industry-leading team to pursue the $30 million U.S. Air Force Global Broadcast Service Satellite Broadcast Manager transition contract. The GBS is a critical mission support system for the military providing wideband internet protocol broadcasts of video, imagery and other information to support forces on post, in ... more General Dynamics Awarded Army Contract For WIN-T Satellite Communications Terminals 
Newton, NC (SPX) Apr 09, 2008General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies has been awarded $109 million from the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command in Fort Monmouth, N.J., to provide specialized satellite communications earth terminals and support services for Increment One of the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) program. Under the contract, General Dynamics will provide the U.S. Army 299 Satellite Tr ... more Advanced Mobile Satellite Communications Network Being Rolled Out For Florida National Guard 
Killeen TX (SPX) Apr 09, 2008Proactive Communications and Digital Consulting Services (DCS) have announced the completion schedule for the final phase of the Florida National Guard's (FLNG) superior mobile Emergency Response Network. The advanced system will be operational by July for the beginning of the Atlantic hurricane season. By adding four air-liftable vehicles to the system, the enhanced mobility of the Emerge ... more Lockheed Martin Team Awarded AMF JTRS Contract 
Chantilly VA (SPX) Apr 02, 2008Lockheed Martin has announced that it has been selected by the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Joint Program Executive Office to provide the tactical communications and networking solutions for the Air Force, Army, Navy and other users. The Lockheed Martin Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Stations (AMF) JTRS team will design, develop, integrate, test and deliver advanced, reliable, tactical network ... more Lockheed Martin Team Achieves Major Milestone On US Navy's Mobile User Objective System 
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Mar 31, 2008Lockheed Martin has achieved a key milestone in the development of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) with the successful completion of static loads testing of the first satellite in the program constellation. MUOS will provide significantly improved and assured communications for U.S. mobile warfighters. The test, which validated the satellite's strength and ability to sustain its ... more
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