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    Saab Tapped for Hardware Support Under Raytheon USAF Radar Program; Erik Smith Comments

    Saab‘s defense and security business will provide Raytheon with hardware and software development support for the latter firm’s Three Dimensional Expeditionary Long Range Radar contract with the U.S. Air Force. Erik Smith, vice president and general manager of the Saab Defense and Security sensor systems segment, said Thursday that the company wants the technology supply contract to generate high-tech […] More

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    Chris Marzilli: General Dynamics Demos MUOS-Based Manpack Radio

    General Dynamics demonstrated the capabilities of its Mobile User Objective System-enabled AN/PRC-155 radio to military observers at a four-day exhibition held at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. “The Air Force reached out to General Dynamics asking us to demonstrate how the PRC-155 Manpack radio and the MUOS satcom system would work in an airborne C-17,” […] More

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    Executive Profile: David Rankin, CISO for Raytheon’s IIS Business Unit

    David Rankin serves as the chief information security officer for Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services business unit. In this role, he is responsible for the overall direction of the global IT security strategies and operations for the IIS business. Previously, Rankin was the chief information security officer for Raytheon Technical Services Company. In 2011, he was […] More

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    Dynetics Lands Work on Raytheon USAF Radar Program; David King Comments

    Dynetics will provide hardware development support to Raytheon for the U.S. Air Force‘s Three Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar program, which will replace the current AN/TPS-75 radar system. “We are proud to be one of Raytheon’s partners on this important project that will help protect our warfighters in the field,” Greg Lester – executive vice president for defense, space and intelligence programs at […] More

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    Louie Lombrardo: Lockheed, Northrop Eye 2016 to Finish SBIRS Satellite 4

    The Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman team has delivered to the U.S. Air Force the payload for the next geosynchronous Earth orbit satellite of the Space Based Infrared System. SBIRS’ prime contractor Lockheed said Wednesday that the payload is fitted with a scanning sensor to perform wide-area surveillance of missile launch operations and a staring sensor to focus on smaller areas […] More

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    Report: Air Force Could Award Long-Range Radar Contract Next Week

    The Air Force could unveil the winner of a contract to build the branch’s long-range radar system as soon as next week, Reuters reported Wednesday. Andrea Shalal writes Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall has approved the service’s Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar procurement plan. Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon are all vying for the contract. The […] More

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    Exelis Receives Pentagon Certification for F-16 Electronic Warfare Tech

    The U.S. Defense Department has approved Exelis-made electronic warfare pods for installation aboard Block 15 F-16A/B fighters operated by foreign military sale customers. Exelis said Thursday its Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare System has been validated through the SEEK EAGLE aircraft-stores certification program. The AIDEWS approval could be immediately extended to domestic and international F-16 […] More

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    Chris Chadwick: Boeing Keys on AF Strike Bomber, UCLASS Drone Programs for Defense Growth

    Chris Chadwick, head of Boeing‘s defense, space and security division, has outlined the company’s strategy to compete for major U.S. military programs in an interview with Defense News published Sunday. Chadwick highlighted the U.S. Air Force‘s Long-Range Strike Bomber and T-X trainer programs, as well as the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier-Launched Surveillance and Strike project as key to the company’s defense market growth. Chadwick also discussed […] More

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    Sean Rice: Boeing Team Demos ‘Talon’ Comm System’s Interoperability

    Boeing has wrapped up a design review on a U.S. Air Force communication and information sharing system following the technology’s demonstration on various platforms. Boeing developed the Talon HATE system to consolidate data from fighter networks, national sources and joint command and control infrastructure for data-link transmission to joint aircraft, ship and ground stations, Boeing said Tuesday. “The Boeing team demonstrated communications […] More

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    Rod Meranda: Boeing to Build Air Force Surveillance Aircraft for 30-Year Lifespan

    Boeing seeks to increase the engine power of its 737 aircraft over the coming years as it looks to replace the U.S. Air Force‘s joint surveillance target attack radar system aircraft, Defense News reported Monday. Aaron Mehta writes that Boeing has determined that the 737 airframe requires a 10-member crew, an extra seat and two pilots to fulfill operational demands […] More

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    John O’Brien: Raytheon-Built Small Diameter Bomb Hit Targets During Flight Tests

    Raytheon Co. and the U.S. Air Force have demonstrated the Small Diameter Bomb II tri-mode seeker to target stationary and moving objects during three guided tests. The SDB II worked to identify wheeled and tracked targets using sensor data during the tests, Raytheon said Thursday. “These guided tests were successfully accomplished against separate targets in both moving and […] More

  • in Executive Spotlight

    Executive Profile: Eric Eifert, Mantech SVP of Cyber Defense Solutions Business Unit

    Eric Eifert serves as senior vice president of the cybersecurity solutions division within ManTech International’s mission, cyber and intelligence solutions group. In this role, he leads a highly technical team of more than 250 cybersecurity experts committed to defending our nation’s critical information systems. (Click Here, to read the executive spotlight he conducted with ExecutiveBiz in 2012.) He leads a […] More