Exelis, Navy Test Jammer Tech for Electronic Warfare Aircraft; Rich Sorelle Comments
ITT Exelis has concluded the technology maturation phase of a jammer to be installed on the U.S. Navy’s EA-18G electronic warfare aircraft. The process involved 33 months of collaboration between the company and naval officials designing, developing and testing the Next Generation Jammer’s subsystems, Exelis said Monday. Work at Exelis facilities in Amityville and Bohemia, [...]
Lockheed Martin has won a $39.1 million contract modification to update the Navy’s receiver and antenna used for its electronic warfare system, Military Aerospace & Electronics reports. John Keller writes the Naval Sea Systems Command awarded the modification for the branch’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 2 system. The company will buy SEWIP Block [...]
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Northrop Marks 8K Intertial Navigation Systems for Customers; Gorik Hossepian Comments
May 24, 2013 No Comment
Northrop Grumman is marking the 8,000th delivery of a GPS system from its Woodland Hills, Calif. facility to customers worldwide for use in manned and unmanned aircraft and ships. More than 70 customers including the U.S. Navy and Air Force use the LN-100 on both tactical and transport aircraft and shipboard platforms, Northrop said Thursday. [...]
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A Boeing subsidiary has received approval from the Department of the Navy to begin low rate initial production of a tactical unmanned aircraft system for the Navy and Marine Corps. Insitu won an engineering manufacturing development contract to build the RQ-21A for the STUAS program in July 2010, the Marine Corps said Tuesday. “The RQ-21A will [...]
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Boeing has delivered the sixth wideband global satellite communications spacecraft to the Defense Department in preparation for its scheduled launch in 2013. The company shipped the WGS-6 satellite from its facility in El Segundo, Calif. to Titusville, Fla. and the spacecraft will be tested, fueled and integrated before its launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Boeing [...]
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DRS Technologies has received a certificate from the Defense Department that allows users of the company’s mobile on-the-move terminal to operate and access the agency’s communication satellites in the Global Information Grid. The company received its X-Band On-the-Move certification from the Army Strategic Command and Department of Defense’ Joint SATCOM Engineering Center, DRS said Wednesday. [...]
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Inmarsat Helps Build Offshore Microwave Comm Service; Gerbrand Schalkwijk Comments
May 13, 2013 No Comment
Inmarsat has partnered with Broadband Antenna Tracking Systems and LLOG Exploration to extend broadband communications coverage over the Gulf of Mexico through a new microwave technology network. The new service is intended for the Gulf’s deep-water structures and is currently used in the Mississippi Canyon Field, Inmarsat announced Thursday. BATS produced the Stabilized Microwave system [...]
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Lockheed Martin has upgraded its automation system and Web portal for pilots with goals to ensure safety in aviation sector. The surveillance-enhanced search and rescue service intends to help pilots monitor aircraft movements, location and emergency signals for search and rescue operations, Lockheed said Thursday. SE-SAR works with SpiderTracks GPS devices on the new Web [...]
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