Elbit Systems‘ U.S. business arm will create a maritime target tracking prototype under a Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific contract in support of the Information Warfare Research Project of the U.S. Navy. Under the prime award, Elbit Systems of America said Monday it will also demonstrate its artificial intelligence-powered autonomy prototype’s ability to automatically recognize […] More

The U.S. Navy has qualified an Elbit Systems of America subsidiary to compete for sonobuoy delivery orders under a multiple-award contract. Sparton said Thursday it received vendor designation that allows the maritime electronic systems supplier to pursue work through the branch’s sonobuoy procurement vehicle. Naval Air Systems Command first announced the contract in July and […] More

A joint venture between Ultra Electronics and Sparton has landed a two-year, $71.3 million contract modification to manufacture and deliver up to 20,000 anti-submarine warfare acoustic sensors to the U.S. Navy.

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ERAPSCO, a joint venture between Ultra Electronics and Sparton, has received a $204.6M delivery order to manufacture sonobuoys for the U.S. Navy.

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A Sparton–Ultra Electronics joint venture has received $70.3 million in subcontracts to produce sonobuoys for the U.S. Navy. The subcontracts are part of ERAPSCO‘s five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and covers sonobuoy requirements for the government’s 2018 fiscal year, Sparton said Tuesday. ERAPSCO plans to distribute the production funds to Ultra Electronics USSI and Sparton De Leon Springs businesses. Work […] More

Kongsberg Gruppen‘s Hydroid subsidiary has demonstrated the capacity of an unmanned underwater vehicle to collect signals intelligence and launch an unmanned aerial vehicle during an in-water exercise. REMUS 600 UUV conducted a threat mission scenario at the U.S. Navy‘s Advanced Naval Technology Exercise that took place in Newport, Rhode Island last month, Hydroid said Tuesday. The platform was equipped with […] More

The U.S. Navy has demonstrated the communication, control and command functions of a small AeroVironment-built unmanned aircraft vehicle at the service branch’s Annual Naval Technology Exercise. AeroVironment said Wednesday its Blackwing UAV worked to connect with a swarm of unmanned undersea vehicles and communicated with a manned submarine’s combat control system during the ANTX event. The drone used a government-owned digital data link to transfer […] More