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    Jordanian Agency Taps Gemalto to Produce Contactless Citizen ID Cards

    Gemalto has been selected by Jordan’s ministry of information, communication and technology to deliver citizen identity cards and automatic fingerprint identification systems to the country’s interior ministry through Amman-based banking and technology company OFFTEC. The digital security company said Tuesday its Sealys polycarbonate contactless e-ID ​cards and AFIS aim to support Jordan’s national security, immigration control and anti-election fraud efforts. […] More

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    Ball Aerospace Secondary Mirror Installed on James Webb Space Telescope

    A Ball Aerospace & Technologies-built secondary mirror has been installed on the James Webb Space Telescope at NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center to complete a nearly four-month process. Ball Aerospace said Wednesday the secondary mirror is called that because it is the second surface that the light from space will hit before it reaches the Webb telescope. A primary […] More

  • in C4ISR News, News

    Lockheed Delivers 5th Navy MUOS Satellite Ahead of May Launch

    Lockheed Martin has delivered the fifth military communications satellite for the U.S. Navy to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on March 3 to prepare it for the scheduled May launch. The company said Wednesday the Mobile User Objective System-5 will be the third MUOS spacecraft to launch in a span of 16 months and the final […] More

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    PARC Lands DARPA Contract to Develop Printer for Macroscopic Objects

    PARC has been awarded a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract to build a nanotechnology-enabled printer that uses micrometer-size particles to produce macroscopic objects. The company said Wednesday the contract was awarded as part of DARPA’s Atoms to Product program, which began research efforts in December 2015. PARC said it will employ the help of Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland in […] More

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    BAE to Provide Missile Warning, ‘Friend or Foe’ Systems for Sikorsky Combat Rescue Helicopter

    BAE Systems has been selected to provide missile warning and friend-or-foe identification systems in support of the U.S Air Force Combat Rescue Helicopter contract that was awarded to Lockheed Martin-owned Sikorsky Aircraft. BAE said Wednesday it will produce its AN/DPX-7 Reduced Size Transponder and Common Missile Warning System for the HH-60W Sikorsky helicopters. The company noted its RST friend-or-foe […] More

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    Rockwell Collins Lands USSOCOM Contract for Engineering, Video Processing Module

    Rockwell Collins has received a $41.3 million contract to provide an engineering and video processing module to the technology applications program office within U.S Special Operations Command. The Defense Department said Tuesday work for the non-competitive indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will be performed on a task order basis through March 7, 2023. The first task order became effective Tuesday with […] More

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    Drone Aviation to Provide 2nd-Gen Aerostat Systems to DoD; Jay Nussbaum Comments

    Drone Aviation has landed a $780,000 contract to provide the second generation of its tactical aerostat systems to the Defense Department. The company said Monday DoD is its first customer for the upgraded Winch Aerostat Small Platform aerostat system. WASP works to capture day/night video and provide an extended wireless communication range. Drone Aviation said the second-generation WASP […] More

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    eGlobalTech Awarded DHS Emergency Communications Support Contract

    eGlobalTech has been awarded a contract to support a Department of Homeland Security office responsible for the management of communication technologies used by emergency response personnel and other government officials. The management consulting and information technology company said Tuesday DHS’ emergency communications office helps coordinate, train and guide government agencies and industry partners. Allan Potter, eGlobalTech senior director for homeland security, […] More

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    Raytheon Demos Standard Missile-6 Surface Target Engagement

    Raytheon has conducted a flight test of Standard Missile-6 wherein the air defense missile engaged the decommissioned USS Reuben James, which served as a surface target for the test. The company said Monday the test aims to demonstrate the U.S. Navy‘s “distributed lethality” using ships placed in dispersed formation in an effort to enhance offensive strategy. During the flight […] More

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    iDirect Launches New Portfolio of Remotes & Defense Line Cards for Govt Customers

    iDirect Government has unveiled its new portfolio of defense remotes and line cards that aims to deliver bandwidth efficiency and reduced footprint to government customers. The company said Monday the 9-Series remotes feature the Evolution 3.4 software and work to double the 8-Series’ capacity through extended frequency ranges. iDirect added the 950mp, 900 and 9350 remotes supports access to Wideband Global Satellites […] More

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    Smiths Detection Gets $54M Army Contract to Support Protective Shelter Production

    Smiths Detection has been awarded a $54 million U.S Army contract to provide technical support for the production of M8E1 chemical and biological protective shelters at Pine Bluff Arsenal. The Defense Department said Monday solicitation was conducted online with one bid received. Smiths Detection will perform work through Dec. 31, 2018, while location and funding are to be […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    Intelsat, L-3 Subsidiaries Test Automatic Beam Switching Tech for Unmanned Aerial Systems

    Subsidiaries of Intelsat and L-3 Communications have tested a new automatic beam switching technology designed to help unmanned aircraft systems with the latter company’s satellite communications packages run on the former’s Epic high-throughput satellite platform. Intelsat General and L-3 CS-West aim to help UAS achieve throughput through Epic and subsequently validate the platform’s compatability with existing aircraft, Intelsat said Monday. The companies carried out the test on Intelsat’s Horizons-1 […] More