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  • UltiSat to Support Air Force UAV Ku-Band Ground Terminals
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    UltiSat to Support Air Force UAV Ku-Band Ground Terminals

    UltiSat has received a potential $8.1 million task order from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide Ku-band satellite coverage for the U.S. Air Force‘s Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle training and operations. The company said Monday it will also help the Air Combat Command manage Global Hawk Ku-band ground terminals deployed within the 48 contiguous United States. Steve Roth, […] More

  • Engility to Support DoD Technical Data, Network Security Efforts; Lynn Dugle Comments
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    Engility to Support DoD Technical Data, Network Security Efforts; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has won a potential five-year, $28 million contract to help the Defense Department‘s Damage Assessment Management Office and Joint Acquisition Protection and Exploitation Cell prevent foreign exploitation of key acquisition programs, technology networks and controlled technical information. The company said Tuesday it will also help counterintelligence, intelligence and law enforcement departments and agencies examine any data […] More

  • General Atomics to Help Sustain USS Ford Aircraft Launch, Arresting Gear System
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    General Atomics to Help Sustain USS Ford Aircraft Launch, Arresting Gear System

    General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business has received a delivery order for spare parts needed to sustain a U.S. Navy carrier’s Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Arresting Gear system. The company said Monday GA-EMS will support the USS Gerald R. Ford AAG ground-based facility at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey. GA-EMS will also assess and analyze equipment, perform quality […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne to Support DARPA Propulsion System Dev’t & Test Program; Eileen Drake Comments
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne to Support DARPA Propulsion System Dev’t & Test Program; Eileen Drake Comments

    Aerojet Rocketdyne will help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop and test a propulsion system as part of the Advanced Full Range Engine program that aims to realize reusable hydrocarbon propulsion technologies. AFRE looks to develop a propulsion system that could operate at up to hypersonic speed in an effort to deploy responsive hypersonic aircraft for […] More

  • Roboteam Launches ‘Interoperable’ UGV at AUSA 2017; Shahar Abuhazira Comments
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    Roboteam Launches ‘Interoperable’ UGV at AUSA 2017; Shahar Abuhazira Comments

    A Roboteam unmanned ground vehicle was scheduled to launch Monday at the 2017 Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington D.C. The company said Monday the Transportable Interoperable Ground Robot is designed to be modular to allow integration of add-ons, sensors and future technologies and is built as an all-weather system for all-terrain operation. TIGR […] More

  • Triumph Group to Continue Gearbox Supply for MD 530 Attack Helicopters
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    Triumph Group to Continue Gearbox Supply for MD 530 Attack Helicopters

    Triumph Group has signed an agreement to supply main and tail rotor gearboxes for attack helicopters that MD Helicopters will build for the U.S. Army and foreign military sales customers. The Army awarded MD Helicopters an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to produce up to 150 armed MD 530 scout attack helicopters over five years, Triumph said Monday. MD Helicopters also received an initial […] More

  • Report: General Motors to Create New Defense Industry Unit
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    Report: General Motors to Create New Defense Industry Unit

    General Motors aims to create a new defense industry unit as part of the vehicle maker’s efforts to expand business with the U.S. military, Automotive News reported Monday. The report said GM will establish the GM Defense unit within the company’s global product development arm. GM has initiated multiple defense projects and is in talks with the U.S. […] More

  • Cubic Aids Hurricane Relief Efforts in Puerto Rico; Mike Twyman Comments
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    Cubic Aids Hurricane Relief Efforts in Puerto Rico; Mike Twyman Comments

    Cubic‘s mission solutions business unit has deployed satellite antennas and personnel across Puerto Rico to provide connectivity support to hurricane relief operations. The company said Monday its GATR antennas are currently working to deliver cellular and internet service in the island of Vieques to facilitate communications between residents, businesses, local government officials and relief organizations. GATR also supported the […] More

  • AeroVironment Updates Puma, Raven Small UAS Platforms
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    AeroVironment Updates Puma, Raven Small UAS Platforms

    AeroVironment has begun to update its two small unmanned aircraft system offerings in an effort to increase the performance of both platforms in rugged and complex environments. The company said Monday Puma AE and Raven upgrades will include durability enhancements and new digital data link security tools designed for radio electronic warfare and cyber operations. “In […] More

  • AeroVironment to Expand BlackWing UAV Program Under Navy Contract
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    AeroVironment to Expand BlackWing UAV Program Under Navy Contract

    The U.S. Navy has awarded AeroVironment a potential $2.6 million contract to continue the production tube-launched unmanned aerial vehicles and associated equipment. AeroVironment  said Monday it will provide multiple Blackwing UAVs along with sensor payloads and refurbishment kits to the service branch. The company aims to deliver the initial batch of vehicles by May 2018 and complete all deliveries by November next year. […] More

  • L3 Gets Air National Guard Contract for Satcom Terminals, Training Services
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    L3 Gets Air National Guard Contract for Satcom Terminals, Training Services

    L3 Technologies has secured a contract to provide satellite communications terminals and on-site training services to the Joint Incident Site Communications Capability teams of the U.S. Air National Guard. The company said Monday it is scheduled to deliver 46 Hawkeye III Lite very small aperture terminals to JISCC groups in the fourth quarter of 2017. Hawkeye VSATs […] More

  • Boeing Taps Austest Laboratories to Help Assess Equipment for Australia’s Comms System
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    Boeing Taps Austest Laboratories to Help Assess Equipment for Australia’s Comms System

    Boeing has selected Austest Laboratories to help evaluate the strength and durability of equipment used for Australia’s battlespace military communication system, Defence Connect reported Monday. Austest Laboratories will help assess the Project Currawong battlespace communication system designed to offer wideband voice, data and video services across wireless and wired infrastructure for deployed forces and land-based […] More