Military equipment

Exelis CorvusEye provides wide area airborne surveillance capable of viewing 10 separate areas in 3-kilometer region

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Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has introduced a wide area airborne surveillance system called CorvusEye 1500 that can capture color video from multiple views over a large area. The persistent surveillance system was developed primarily to support the needs of law enforcement, border patrol, first responders and military, but could also be used in other areas, such … Dowiedz się więcej

Exelis to provide special-purpose radio frequency (RF) technology for fighter aircraft

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Exelis (NYSE: XLS) recently received a follow-on contract valued at $8.4 million from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth, Texas, to supply Continuous Wave Illuminator (CWI) subsystems for F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. The Exelis CWI subsystem is a special-purpose transmitter that works with the F-16’s fire control radar and mission computer to provide guidance for … Dowiedz się więcej

Saab launches five new radars for total air domain awareness

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Defence and security company Saab extends its surface radar portfolio, with the introduction of five all-new complementary Giraffe radars for land and sea. This strengthens the current product offering but also takes the Giraffe firmly into the long-range air surveillance domain and puts an entirely new capability onto the market. Saab’s combat-proven and highly-regarded surface … Dowiedz się więcej

ATK Awarded Contract by the Republic of Korea Army for Aircraft Survivability Equipment

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ATK (NYSE: ATK) has received a contract from the Republic of Korea Army for the purchase, installation and integration of its AAR-47 Missile Warning System with Hostile Fire Indication (HFI and Laser Warning) onto AH-1S helicopters. The upgrade will also include the installation of the AN/ALE-47 countermeasure dispensing system. ATK’s AAR-47 Missile Warning System is … Dowiedz się więcej

Northrop Grumman Delivers Mode S Upgrade for the UK’s Sentry E-3D AWACS Mission System

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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has designed, developed, integrated and fielded a Mode S upgrade to the Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) interrogator for the Sentry E-3D Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet based at Royal Air Force Waddington. The IFF interrogator is a sophisticated airborne defence system that provides a long-range, rapid early … Dowiedz się więcej

Northrop Grumman Awarded U.S. Navy Contract for Next-Generation Mission Computer

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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a low-rate initial production contract from the U.S. Navy to deliver FlightPro™ Gen III mission computers in support of AH-1Z and UH-1Y Marine Corps helicopters. Under the $10.6 million contract, Northrop Grumman will provide mission computers for H-1 helicopter flight tests, system integration laboratories and training. The lightweight … Dowiedz się więcej