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RRS - Royal Norwegian Navy selects RRS radar

The Royal Norwegian Navy recently announced the selection of a South African radar to supplement radar surveillance capabilities aboard their new warships.

29 January 2008: RRS

 

navAero - New investment in equity capital

navAero , a provider of Electronic Flight Bag computer and display systems and other situational awareness technology solutions for commercial airlines, has announced that it has received a significant investment in equity capital through a private placement of stock with the Saab Group, one of the world’s leading aviation technology companies.

23 January 2008: navAero

 

ETL Group - New Meteorological Measurement Systems

The ETL group have launched a new range of that provide high accuracy data from barometric pressure, temperature and relative humidity sensors.

19 January 2008: ETL Group

 

Northrop Grumman - RCIED Electronic Warfare Systems.

The U.S. Navy has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation for the design, development and delivery of dismounted and mounted development models for Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (CREW) systems.

17 January 2008: Northrop Grumman

 

Harris Corporation - $150m Falcon(R) Radio Orders

Harris Corporation has announced Falcon(R) Radio orders exceeding $150 million. This includes orders under JTRS program CISCHR contract.

17 January 2008: Harris Corporation

 

Northrop Grumman - Next-Generation Air Data Inertial Reference Units for SilkAir

SilkAir, the Singapore Airlines-owned regional carrier, has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation's latest air data inertial reference unit, known as the LTN-101E, for its new Airbus A320 aircraft.

16 January 2008: Northrop Grumman

 

Boeing - Joint Tactical Radio System Ground Mobile Radios

Boeing has begun initial production of Engineering Design Models (EDMs) of its software-defined Joint Tactical Radio System Ground Mobile Radios (JTRS GMR), meeting an important milestone in the plan approved by the program's Joint Program Executive Office (JPEO).

11 January 2008: Boeing

 

Harris Corporation Receives National Security Agency Certification for Falcon(R) III Multiband Manpack Radio

Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received certification from the National Security Agency (NSA) for its Falcon(R) III multiband, multimission manpack radio.

07 January 2008: Harris Corporation

 

Ultra Electronics - AN/GRC-245A HCLO radio successfully tested

A new enhanced power mode for the AN/GRC-245A HCLO radio has been successfully tested by the United States Military

21 December 2007: Ultra Electronics

 

Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye News

The second E-2D Advanced Hawkeye development aircraft, known as Delta Two, built for the U.S. Navy by prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation, completed its first flight in just over two hours from the company's Florida manufacturing and flight test center Nov. 29 followed by a second flight Dec. 4.

19 December 2007: Northrop Grumman

 

Inertial Aerosystems - New GPS Aided DR Navigation Module

Inertial Aerosystems announce the availability of a new affordable miniature electronic board module for personnel on foot that provides the user’s position relative to a preselected point. Manufactured by US based Honeywell, the Dead Reckoning Module (DRM) 4000 gives an accurate position derived from dead reckoning data and external GPS NMEA data disciplined by an internal Kalman filter.

06 December 2007: Inertial Aerosystems UK

 

Inertial Aerosystems - New MEMS IMU with integrated GPS

The MTi-G is a MEMS IMU with integrated GPS. It contains an internal ultra low-power Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS) processor and a real-time Kalman filter.

06 November 2007: Inertial Aerosystems UK

 

GE Fanuc - COTS Software Designed Radio

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms and PrismTech Demonstrate Compact COTS Software Defined Radio

06 November 2007: GE Fanuc Embedded Systems

 

General Dynamics - Contract for Abrams Tank Technical Support

The U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, an $11.2 million contract modification for Abrams Tank System Technical Support (STS). The award will fund engineering studies on Abrams tanks to identify improvements and replace obsolete parts to maintain the tanks at high operational readiness rates. The work will be performed by existing General Dynamics Land Systems employees in Sterling Heights, Michigan. It is expected to be completed by December 31, 2011.

06 November 2007: General Dynamics

 

C4i - New Radio Interface Unit

C4i, has announced the availability of the full featured Radio Interface Unit (RIU).

02 November 2007: C4i

 

Boeing - Missile Countermeasures for USAF C-40B

The Boeing Company has began modifying the first of three U.S Air Force C-40B transport aircraft with a laser-based countermeasures system that defeats incoming infrared-seeking missiles.

01 November 2007: Boeing

 

Thales - Danish SMART-S Mk2 Sea Acceptance Test

The first SMART-S Mk2 surveillance radar, installed on the HDMS Absalon of the Royal Danish Navy, passed the Sea Acceptance Test (SAT) with flying colours. Overall conclusion: SMART-S Mk2 easily exceeded all requirements. In particular the requirement for low elevation tracking accuracy was typically exceeded by a factor 7. During the tests , SMART-S Mk2 was controlled through Absalon's third-party supplied CFlex Command and Control system.

01 November 2007: Thales

 

Inertial Aerosystems - Low Cost Dual Axis Tilt Sensors

Inertial Aerosystems announce the availability of a new range of low cost, dual axis digital tilt sensors. Designated the DAS-XX-MA-232 range it comprises 9 models all of which are microprocessor based and use solid state, micromachined technology to produce temperature compensated angular values over the range of +/-10º, +/-15˚ +/-30˚ full scale with resolution as good as +/-.01º.

24 October 2007: Inertial Aerosystems UK

 

Boeing - Team with Northrop Grumman for B-52H Jammer

The Boeing Company is teaming with Northrop Grumman Corporation to develop a new airborne electronic attack capability for U.S. Air Force B-52H aircraft.

24 October 2007: Boeing

 

General Dynamics - New Telephone System for NAS Jacksonville

General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a task order to modernize the telephone switch systems for Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla.; Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga.; and Naval Station Mayport, Fla. The award, from the U.S. Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), is valued at $10 million. Work is expected to be completed in early 2009.

22 October 2007: General Dynamics

 

Harris RF - Solution to Bowman and JTRS Compatibility

Harris Corporation Demonstrates New Capability to Help U.S. and UK Military Forces to Communicate Securely on the Battlefield

10 October 2007: Harris Corporation

 

Harris RF - $42 Million Contract from U.S. Army for Falcon(R) II

Harris Corporation Wins $42 Million Contract from U.S. Army for Falcon(R) II AN/PRC-117F(C) Multiband Manpack Radios

10 October 2007: Harris Corporation

 

Inertial Aerosystems - Inertial-Optical Motion Tracking System

Accurate position finding without GPS is available via the IS1 TrackerVis.

10 October 2007: Inertial Aerosystems UK

 

TSS - Meridian Gyrocompasses for US Navy

TSS (International) Ltd., (Watford, England) is pleased to announce the sale of 10 Meridian Standard Gyrocompasses to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Norfolk VA USA. The Meridians will be installed as part of a navigation upgrade on the Landing Craft Units (LCU) at the Naval Amphibious Base.

10 October 2007: Teledyne TSS (International) Ltd.

 

Boeing Awarded $70 Million Contract for Enhanced F-15C Radar

Boeing Awarded $70 Million Contract for Enhanced F-15C Radar

09 October 2007: Boeing

 
 
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