Emma Helfrich, Associate Editor
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RAVEN Countermeasure system introduced by BAE Systems
AUSTIN, Texas. BAE Systems unveiled its RAVEN Countermeasure system for combat vehicles as part of its integrated vehicle protection system (VPS) suite of products. RAVEN is a directable infrared countermeasure intended to defeat anti-tank guided missiles, protect ground vehicles and their crews, and improve mission effectiveness without the use of kinetic countermeasures.
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Airborne and ground radios perform interoperability tests
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., completed voice checks over the live Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite communication (SATCOM) network, sending the communications from the company’s sixth-generation ARC-210 software-defined airborne radio to its PRC-162 tactical ground radio.
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Hypersonic glide body prototypes to be manufactured by General Atomics
SAN DIEGO, Calif. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that it won a contract from Dynetics Technical Solutions (DTS) for the manufacture and production of subassemblies for the Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB).
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AH-64E Apache helicopter to be equipped with modernized turrets
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Army recently awarded Lockheed Martin a $40.6 million contract to produce Modernized Turrets (M-TUR) for the AH-64E Apache helicopter, an upgrade to the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight and Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) system with enhanced operational and performance capabilities.
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Raytheon's missile defense sensor selected by U.S. Army
ANDOVER, Mass. Raytheon Company has been selected to provide the U.S. Army with the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS). Raytheon will receive more than $384 million to deliver six production representative units of the advanced LTAMDS radar under an Other Transactional Authority U.S. Army agreement.
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Open-source data capabilities to be delivered to U.S. Army
WASHINGTON. BAE Systems will provide intelligence support to the U.S. Army in a $437 million task order, the company announced. BAE Systems will deliver open source capabilities to the Army from publicly available sources, and will provide the Army's Intelligence and Security Command with training, policy and governance recommendations, assessments, and implementation of emerging capabilities.
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Hypersonic missile deployment slated for 2023
WASHINGTON. Deployment of a long-range hypersonic weapon system by the U.S. Army is expected by 2023, the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) was told at its annual convention. Robert Strider, deputy director of Army hypersonic programs told attendees of the convention that an experimental prototype, "with residual combat capability," will be fielded by 2023, as announced by the Army last month.
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RQ-21A Blackjack UAS work to be done by ImSAR
SPRINGVILLE, Utah. ImSAR LLC was awarded a $7.2 million contract for work on payload systems and communications packages of the RQ-21 Blackjack unmanned aerial system (UAS). The cost-plus-fixed fee delivery order against a previous ordering agreement calls for work to be executed by October 2020, the Defense Department announced.
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Bradley Fighting Vehicle upgrades extended for BAE Systems
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a contract modification worth up to $269 million for continued production of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV). The award for an additional 168 upgraded Bradley A4 Infantry Fighting Vehicles is part of the Army’s combat vehicle modernization strategy and helps ensure force readiness of the Armored Brigade Combat Teams (ABCT).
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C5ISR contract awarded to Kratos for large combat system
SAN DIEGO, Calif. Kratos, security solutions provider, announced that its C5ISR Modular Systems Division has received an initial $2 million contract award from a national security-related customer in support of a large combat system program. The program is expected to grow and become one of the largest in Kratos’ Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Combat, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) business unit.
Emma Helfrich, Associate Editor
Emma Helfrich, Associate Editor
Emma Helfrich, Associate Editor
Emma Helfrich, Associate Editor
Emma Helfrich, Associate Editor