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  • L3 Micreo Unveils Wideband Radio Frequency Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L3 Micreo Unveils Wideband Radio Frequency Tech

    L3 Micreo, a subsidiary of L3 Technologies, has developed a new wideband radio frequency technology designed to support military communications. The modular optical link is built to operate in frequencies ranging from 10 megahertz to 40 gigahertz and transmit converted broadband RF signals through a fibre-optic link, L3 Micreo said Tuesday. Sarah Eary, general manager at L3 Micreo, said the […] More

  • Executive Spotlight: Interview with Dwight Hunsicker, SVP/GM, GlobeComm - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Spotlight: Interview with Dwight Hunsicker, SVP/GM, GlobeComm

    “I am a firm believer that capitalism is the most efficient means of expanding technology and leveraging its capabilities to solve problems.” EM: Can you tell our readers about your background and how your experiences prepared you for your current role as Executive Vice President/General Manager? In short, I have spent my adult years solving […] More

  • Persistent Systems Unveils RF Module for Military, Government, Public Safety Radio Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Persistent Systems Unveils RF Module for Military, Government, Public Safety Radio Operations

    Persistent Systems has begun to offer a Lower C-Band radio frequency module for its MPU5 smart radio that will operate in the frequency band used by NATO forces, federal government agencies and public safety organizations. The company said Tuesday the new radio module is designed to support communications in the 4400 to 5000 megahertz frequency as well as provide […] More

  • NuRAN Subsidiary to Supply NAVAIR With Software-Base Radio Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NuRAN Subsidiary to Supply NAVAIR With Software-Base Radio Tech

    A NuRAN Wireless subsidiary has received a contract to provide a software-defined radio technology to a Naval Air Systems Command division that maintains a weapons development center of excellence for the U.S. Navy. Nutaq Innovations will deliver the PicoSDR 8×8 radio system to NAVAIR’s Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in Point Mugu, California, NuRAN said Thursday. […] More

  • DARPA Taps BAE to Develop Multifunctional RF Payload for Drones - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Taps BAE to Develop Multifunctional RF Payload for Drones

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded BAE Systems a pair of contracts to begin development work on a radio frequency technology platform that seeks to help unmanned aircraft systems carry out multiple missions and adapt to changing combat scenarios. DARPA awarded the contracts worth $5.4 million combined as part of the agency’s CONverged Collaborative […] More

  • Kratos, HawkEye 360 Sign MoU to Integrate Geolocation, RF Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos, HawkEye 360 Sign MoU to Integrate Geolocation, RF Services

    HawkEye 360 and Kratos Defense and Security Solutions have inked a memorandum of understanding to integrate the latter’s carrier monitoring, interference detection and geolocation offerings with the former’s planned space-based radio frequency detection and geolocation services. The alliance will look to augment Kratos’ sensor network technologies with HawkEye 360’s RF detection and geolocation offerings to boost the speed and […] More

  • MacB to Help Air Force Researchers Engineer, Demo EW Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MacB to Help Air Force Researchers Engineer, Demo EW Systems

    MacAulay-Brown has received a three-year, $8.5 million task order to support engineering and demonstration of electronic warfare systems at the Air Force Research Laboratory. MacB said Monday the order falls under the Spectrum Warfare Evaluation and Assessment Technology Engineering Research contract and the company will perform work at AFRL’s headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The SWEATER […] More

  • DARPA to Hold Proposers Day on RF Transistor, Semiconductor Material Devt Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Hold Proposers Day on RF Transistor, Semiconductor Material Devt Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a Proposers Day on March 29 in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss a program that seeks to develop new radiofrequency and millimeter-wave transistors and semiconductor materials designed to meet electromagnetic spectrum-related requirements. Dan Green, a program manager at DARPA’s microsystems technology office, said in a statement released Thursday the Dynamic […] More

  • Lockheed to Install Electronic Warfare Pods on Navy MH-60 Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Install Electronic Warfare Pods on Navy MH-60 Helicopters

    Lockheed Martin has secured a contract to equip the U.S Navy‘s fleet of MH-60 helicopters with electronic warfare pods designed to help the military service detect and respond to anti-ship missile threats. The company said Thursday its Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare Active Mission Payload AN/ALQ-248 system works to deter incoming ASM threats with the use of radio frequency countermeasure techniques. The […] More

  • US Combat Support Agency Orders Norsat-Built Portable Satellite Terminals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    US Combat Support Agency Orders Norsat-Built Portable Satellite Terminals

    A U.S. combat support agency has awarded Norsat International a $3.3 million order for the company’s GLOBETrekker 2.0 portable satellite terminals. GLOBETrekker is designed with a one-touch interface and LinkControl control interface software that works to facilitate automatic satellite acquisition and X-band and Ku-band connectivity worldwide, Norsat said Monday. The company added its terminal offering allows for […] More

  • Cobham to Supply Waveguide Components for Lockheed Maritime Radar System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cobham to Supply Waveguide Components for Lockheed Maritime Radar System

    Cobham has secured a contract worth more than $10 million to provide multiple waveguide assemblies and components to support Lockheed Martin‘s production of three-dimensional fixed-phase array radars for the U.S. Navy. Cobham said Monday its electronic integrated solutions business will manufacture AN/SPY-1D waveguide systems at a facility in New Hampshire. The AN/SPY-1D is designed to function as the primary air search radar on […] More

  • Air Force Taps TEGAM for Updated RF Power Standards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Taps TEGAM for Updated RF Power Standards

    TEGAM has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide radio-frequency power measurement technology to update RF power sensor calibators that the service branch’s precision metrology and electronics laboratories currently use. TEGAM said Wednesday it will provide 48 Model 2505A RF power standards for the 6 kilohertz to 18 gigahertz frequency that will each replace two legacy RF power […] More