The Bath Iron Works subsidiary of defense company General Dynamics held an event on Nov. 8 marking the beginning of fabrication of USS John E. Kilmer. The future Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the 45th of its class to be built at the Bath Iron Works facility, is named after a U.S. Navy hospitalman who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Korean War, GDBIW said.

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The U.S. Air Force has received the first EC-37B Compass Call electronic warfare aircraft from BAE Systems and L3Harris Technologies as part of efforts to enhance EW capabilities of air, surface and special operations forces. BAE said Tuesday the service branch will start combined developmental and operational testing of the next-generation aircraft designed to launch […] More

The U.S. Air Force has received the first EC-37B Compass Call electronic warfare aircraft from BAE Systems and L3Harris Technologies as part of efforts to enhance EW capabilities of air, surface and special operations forces. The service branch will start combined developmental and operational testing of the next-generation aircraft designed to launch jamming attacks against adversarial communications, radars and navigation systems. More

Kelly Ferrell is the Senior Vice President of the Intelligence and Homeland Security division of General Dynamics IT, a Virginia-based business unit. GDIT helps civilian, defense, homeland security, and intelligence agencies solve the most complex projects. It provides IT support services and expertise to help them understand, advance critical missions, and change how customers invest […] More

BAE Systems has completed the design, testing and delivery of key components of the inaugural EC-37B Compass Call electronic warfare system of the U.S. Air Force. Following the final hardware delivery, the aircraft is now ready for Baseline 3 configuration testing to check its additional warfare capabilities. The testing is scheduled to commence by January […] More

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A Gulfstream G550 jet being modified by L3Harris Technologies to become the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation airborne electronic warfare system has marked its first flight. The future EC-37B Compass Call aircraft is envisioned to provide increased speed, endurance and stand-off range than legacy Air Force electronic warfare planes, the defense contractor said Wednesday. The modified […] More

Raytheon has handed over to the U.S. Navy an airborne electronic attack weapon system that is slated for ground tests and integration onto the EA-18G Growler aircraft.

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FlightSafety International has won a five-year, $46.3M contract to provide training services for U.S. Air Force pilots and flight engineers working on the Gulfstream series aircraft.

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The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a three-year, $73.2 million contract modification to an L3 Technologies business unit to procure aircraft that can accommodate an updated High Altitude Observatory system. L3 Aeromet will help MDA buy and equip three used planes with the HALO platform under the modification, which increases the contract’s total potential value from $564.1 million […] More

BAE Systems will transition its Compass Call electronic warfare system from the EC-130H to the EC-37B aircraft platform as part of the U.S. Air Force Cross Deck initiative. Working with L3 Technologies, BAE completed the initial design review for the EW system in 2017 and intends to conduct the final review by fall, BAE said Monday. Pamela Potter, […] More

Rolls-Royce seeks to pitch the company’s BR725 engine technology offering to the U.S. Air Force as a potential replacement for current B-52 bomber engines, FlightGlobal reported Thursday. Tom Hartmann, senior vice president of customer business at Rolls Royce’s North American arm, told FlightGlobal the company will prepare for a potential bomber engine modernization program as the service branch […] More