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General Dynamics‘ land systems business has received a potential five-year, $59.2 million contract to provide newly improved fire control electronics units to the U.S. Army as well as repair and update existing IFCEUs. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will also supply an improved commanders display unit for the M1-A2 System Enhanced Package Version 2 Field Modification program. The […] More
Leidos has won a potential $47.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to research and develop integrated electro-optical imaging technology prototypes. The Defense Department said Thursday the project aims to evolve and increase the capacity of emerging high-resolution and hyperspectral imaging; infrared search and track; and sense and avoid technologies. The Air Force Research […] More
The Defense Department wants industry to voluntary share information on potential weaknesses in its supply chain as part of a review led by DoD, Defense News reported Thursday. President Donald Trump signed in July an executive order that calls for a cross-government evaluation of U.S. manufacturers’ capacity to support the defense industrial base. John McGinn, […] More
Former U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James has joined the board of trustees at the Falls Church, Virginia-based nonprofit science and technology organization Noblis. Noblis said Thursday James’ public and private sector has spanned more than 30 years and included legislative, international affairs, programmatic and leadership positions. She managed the welfare of active-duty, guard, reserve and civilian airmen […] More
Raytheon has inaugurated a national apprenticeship center in Doncaster, England, to primarily offer training programs for automotive technicians. The company said Friday its professional services subsidiary will use the center to provide learning services to employers and apprentices through classroom discussions, virtual training and site visits. “With a capacity of about 70 students, the new center will deliver […] More
Orbital ATK will showcase a range of defense technology platforms for land, air and sea applications at the annual Association the U.S. Army meeting and exposition, scheduled to take place in Washington from Oct. 9 to 11. The company said Thursday it will display electronic and kinetic attack systems designed to counter drones and 120mm cartridge for Abrams main battle […] More
Vencore‘s research arm has selected electrical supplies and services company Irby as the exclusive distributor of a power grid infrastructure monitoring technology to customers across the U.S. utility sector. Irby agreed to market and sell Vencore Labs-developed SecureSmart platform along with planning, security and operations consulting services under the distribution agreement, Vencore said Wednesday. SecureSmart […] More
Nigel Whitehead, BAE Systems chief technologist, has said he believes that directed energy weapons can be deployed aboard fighter aircraft in the not-too distant future, FlightGlobal reported Wednesday. Whitehead told reporters during his visit to Singapore that directed energy weapons should be able to beam energy precisely on one spot to disrupt targets such as aircraft, munitions […] More
L3 Technologies has transferred the third and last RC-135V/W Rivet Joint signals intelligence aircraft to the U.K. air force. The RJ aircraft is designed to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support for global security missions as part of the U.S.-U.K. Airseeker program, L3 said said Wednesday. U.K. procured three KC-135R tankers for conversion by L3 to RC-135V/W aircraft […] More
Dtex has secured a two-year contract to help the Defense Information Systems Agency implement a behavioral analytics-based platform to automatically identify misuse of DISA credentials and insider threats. Dtex said Wednesday it will integrate the company’s Advanced User Behavior Intelligence Platform within DISA’s Cyber Situation Awareness Analytics Capabilities technology on a big data platform to support endpoint monitoring. The automated system […] More
Jacobs Engineering Group has received a potential five-year, $34.6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue to develop a communication, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management software platform. The company said Thursday the CNS/ATM software will work to support various aircraft of the Air Mobility and Air Combat Command, including the C-5, C-17, KC-10, KC-135, E-3 DRAGON […] More
The European Space Agency has selected Leonardo to study ways to manage the cybersecurity of a European navigation satellite system. Leonardo said Wednesday it will create a benchmark architecture and establish requirements and processes for the information security management of the Galileo satellite program. The company aims to help the ESA build a security monitoring system for […] More
