Military equipment

Northrop Grumman Offers Open Architecture Solutions for Enhanced Avionics Capabilities

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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) is applying a modular, open architecture approach throughout its product portfolio, allowing for rapid addition of new avionics capabilities for warfighters. As a founding principal member of The Open Group Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE™) Consortium, Northrop Grumman was an early advocate of establishing open architecture standards to support software portability … Dowiedz się więcej

New Rockwell Collins technology to aid U.S. Army Special Operations helicopter pilots operating in degraded visual

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The U.S. Army has awarded Rockwell Collins the first of three phases in a program to develop the Degraded Visual Environment Pilotage System (DVEPS) for the U.S. Army’s Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) helicopters. The goal of the three-phase program is to develop and qualify a DVE solution that can be fielded by 2018. “This … Dowiedz się więcej

F-35 Joint Program Office and Pratt & Whitney Joint Statement on LRIP 6 F135 Engines Contract

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The U.S. Department of Defense and Pratt & Whitney signed a contract today for the sixth lot of F135 propulsion systems to power the F-35 Lightning II. Today’s $508 million modification to the fully funded contract (N00019-12-C-0090) brings the total LRIP 6 contract value to $1.1 billion. The low rate initial production (LRIP) contract covers … Dowiedz się więcej

Lockheed Martin Receives $33 Million Production Contract For U.S. Marine Corps Targeting System

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Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] received a $33.9 million follow-on production contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division, for the Target Sight System (TSS), the fire control system for the U.S. Marine Corps’ AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter. TSS’ advanced sensors provide pilots with enhanced capabilities to acquire, track and designate targets. TSS Lot … Dowiedz się więcej

Exelis to debut new electronic warfare technology at 50th AOC Symposium

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Exelis (NYSE: XLS) will debut an innovative new electronic warfare (EW) solution at the 50th Annual AOC Symposium and Conference at the Marriott Wardman Park, Washington D.C., Oct. 27-30. The show is organized by the Association of Old Crows and is the leading annual event for EW, information operations and electromagnetic spectrum operations professionals around … Dowiedz się więcej

Raytheon completes initial delivery of IFF transponders for the Republic of Korea’s newest utility military helicopters

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Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has completed the first delivery of APX-119 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders for the Republic of Korea Army’s Surion helicopter, the utility helicopter built by Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. The IFF transponders provide military aircraft with a secure combat identification capability to reduce fratricide and enhance situational awareness, in addition … Dowiedz się więcej