DoD Approves Northrop Hawkeye Aircraft for Production; Bart LaGrone Comments
February 12, 2013 No Comment
Northrop Grumman has been given permission by the Office of the Secretary of Defense for full-rate production of its E-2D advanced hawkeye aircraft, according to a company statement. “With the Navy’s E-2D program of record at 75 aircraft, this decision by OSD enables the production of the remaining 55 aircraft over the next 10 years and provides the [...]
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Lockheed Develops Air Traffic Platform For Civil, Military Aviation; Sandy Samuel Comments
February 11, 2013 No Comment
Lockheed Martin has launched a new air traffic management platform intended for both the military and civil aviation sectors. The company worked with Australia-based Adacel Technologies Ltd. to develop SkyLine Enterprise, which is intended to search for situations in an airplane’s flight path that could potentially cause a delay or pose danger, Lockheed said Monday. [...]
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Northrop Builds New UAS Mission Hardware, Software; Doug Valenzuela Comments
February 8, 2013 No Comment
Northrop Grumman has developed a new mission management hardware and software suite for unmanned aerial vehicles with commercial-off-the-shelf equipment. In December, the company flew a Global Hawk drone using the Mission Management Control System product for an Air Force demonstration, Northrop said Thursday. During the demonstration, a Global Hawk took off under operator control at [...]
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Lockheed-Raytheon JV Developing, Testing Anti-Tank Missile; Duane Gooden Comments
February 7, 2013 No CommentA Lockheed Martin-Raytheon joint venture is developing a portable anti-tank missile for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps as well as for the foreign military sales program. The Javelin missile is intended for dismounted gunnery personnel and contains both guided munitions and surveillance systems, Lockheed and Raytheon said Wednesday. During recent Army tests, the companies [...]
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A Lockheed Martin-led team has developed flight software for a U.S. Air Force GPS satellite program scheduled for launch availability in 2014. ATK, General Dynamics, Honeywell, Infinity Systems Engineering and ITT Exelis are among Lockheed’s subcontractors for the Global Position System III program, Lockheed said Wednesday. Lockheed is contracted to build four GPS III satellites [...]
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SAIC Inc. has won a $2.9 million contract to develop a prototype sensor-fusion system for land, sea and airborne applications to enable low cost navigation for military users on any platform and in any environment, according to a Military & Aerospace Electronics article. The first-phase of the all source positioning and navigation program focused on developing navigation algorithms and a [...]
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DigitalGlobe Builds Third WorldView-3 Satellite for 2014 Launch; Jeffrey Tarr Comments
February 5, 2013 No Comment
DigitalGlobe Inc. is on track to complete its third worldview-class satellite for a scheduled launch in mid-2014, according to a company statement. WorldView-3 is included in the company’s enhanced view contract with the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and is meant to offer spectral diversity and multiple short-wave infrared bands for clear imaging through air-born particulates. It [...]
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General Dynamics C4 Systems has won a $9.4 million firm-fixed-price contract to support the U.S. Air Force’s remote rekey modernization program, according to a Motley Fool article. The RRK program was set up in May 2009 under the cryptologic programs systems group to “enable authorized Air Force personnel at centralized facilities to remotely manage cryptographic keys [...]
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