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Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy concluded a series of operational assessments on a company-built MQ-8C Fire Scout autonomous helicopter last month. The company said Tuesday its MQ-8C recorded 83.4 flight hours and collected about 72 data points in real time during OA flight test performed by the Navy’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX-1) over a three-week period. Navy and Northrop […] More
Orbital ATK Inc. and the U.S. Navy have jointly demonstrated an anti-radiation guided missile at China Lake Naval Air Warfare Center to assess how the missile targets an advanced air defense radar threat. The AGM-88E advanced anti-radiation guided missile block 1 software upgrade detected and identified an air defense radar system before the missile hit […] More
Airbus’ defense and space business has concluded a series of factory assessment tests on a radar system for integration with the U.S. Navy’s Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship-17. TRS-4D is a rotating active electronically scanned array radar that works to detect surface and aerial threats and perform target acquisition and surveillance operations, Airbus said Monday. The radar […] More
The U.S. Navy has selected Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, VMware, Citrix and Tellabs to provide information technology systems and services for integration with the Navy Marine Corps Intranet as part of the Innovation Cell program, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Jared Serbu writes the Navy launched the Innovation Cell initiative in March in an effort to acquire IT platforms […] More
Camber Corp. has received nine task orders worth $19 million to design courseware for the Naval Education and Training Command’s learning centers. Camber said Tuesday it will work to integrate instructor-led classroom materials and interactive multimedia instruction into the courseware development process and apply the courseware to the NETC learning management system. Jim Brabston, Camber president […] More
Lockheed Martin has received a potential $11.6 million contract modification to continue to provide performance-based logistics support services for the U.S. Navy’s Consolidated Automated Support System. The company will perform contract work in Florida through March 2016, the Defense Department said Friday. The Navy’s CASS is a family of standard automatic testing tools that work […] More
Northrop Grumman has agreed to renew its lease on an unmanned aerial vehicle plant at Moss Point in Jackson County, Mississippi, Sun Herald reported Wednesday. Karen Nelson writes Northrop Grumman will continue to produce drone parts at the Moss Point Unmanned Systems Center for another eight years under the agreement. The company manufactures components for the […] More
A Mercury Systems subsidiary has been awarded a potential five-year, $41.8 million contract to build 200 miniaturized digital radio frequency memory modulators for the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Thursday Mercury Defense Systems will also provide repair and evaluation services for the mini I/J band DRFMs. Miniaturized DRFMs work to help users produce high-fidelity threat simulation tools […] More
A Raytheon–Thales alliance has received a $65.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command for the production of AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar systems, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. John Keller writes the team will supply 20 AN/AQS-22s to the U.S. Navy and another two systems to the Saudi Arabian military. The system consists of […] More
Lockheed Martin has received a potential one-year, $36.7 million contract modification to provide engineering support and upgrade the Aegis Ballistis Missile Defense system aboard the U.S. Navy’s DDG-51-class guided missile destroyers and CG57-class cruisers. The company will perform work in New Jersey, Massachusetts and Virginia through September 2016 under the service branch’s Aegis Modernization Advanced Capability […] More
A Griffon subsidiary has won a potential $21 million contract to produce and install AN/UPX-40Â Identification Friend or Foe interrogation systems onboard the Boeing-built P-8A Poseidon aircraft of the U.S. Navy and Australian air force. Telephonics received the multi-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the AN/UPX-40 IFF system from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, the company said […] More
Raytheon will move to design work on a new airborne electronic attack system after the company and U.S. Navy completed the jammer program’s design review phase. The Navy intends for the jammer system to replace the ALQ-99 jamming pods on board the EA-18G Growler from 2021 onward, Raytheon said Friday. Daniel Theisen, director of airborne electronic attack programs […] More
