Roy Azevedo, president of Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business, and four other executives and officials were tapped to join the board of directors of Space Foundation. The 2022 Wash100 Award recipient as well as John Hyten, former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Jeff Ashby, former NASA astronaut; Pascale Ehrenfreund, president of […] More

Harris has received a potential $70 million contract from the U.K. ministry of defense for the delivery of robotic systems to support the agency’s explosive ordnance disposal missions worldwide. The company said Wednesday it will supply T7 robotic systems for MoD’s Project STARTER that aims to mitigate explosive threats that include IEDs and other unexploded […] More

Harris has received a contract from MBDA to supply carriage and release technology for the latter’s SPEAR precision strike missiles. Harris said Tuesday it will deliver four internal bay-compatible SCORPION lightweight ejection rack units for each of the weapon bays of two U.K. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. “The MBDA SPEAR weapon, combined with our delivery system, […] More

BAE Systems has awarded Harris a contract to provide electronic warfare transmitter technology for integration into the U.S. Air Force‘s MC-130J Commando II and AC-130J Ghostrider aircraft platforms. Harris said Wednesday its phased array antennas will offer transmit capacity for BAE’s electronic warfare countermeasure systems. In 2016, BAE and Northrop Grumman secured separate contracts worth up […] More

Harris has received multiple contracts to deliver sonobuoy launchers to Boeing for installation on the U.S. Navy‘s P-8A maritime patrol aircraft. The contracts cover the supply of single-shot and rotary launchers for 49 P-8A planes of the U.S., Australia and the U.K., Harris said Wednesday. Ed Zoiss, president of Harris’ electronic systems business, said the company’s sonobuoy launching technology is […] More

Harris has been chosen to provide a next-generation voice over internet protocol communication system for Taiwan’s air defense service. The company said Tuesday its IP-based Voice Communication System for the 21st Century offering will help modernize the air defense system in Taiwan and reduce the country’s reliance on traditional point-to-point communications platforms. Harris will install VCS21 systems across multiple facilities across Taiwan, including an initial 140 controller […] More

Harris has secured a $55 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force sustain an electronic warfare system that works to protect B-52 strategic bombers and C-130 military transport aircraft against radar-guided threats. The company said Monday its team will redesign a line-replaceable unit of the ALQ-172 self-protection system as well as provide software development and testing support under the four-year […] More

Harris Corp. and ViaSat will increase production of the Small Tactical Terminal for U.S. soldiers under a one-year, $10 million follow-on contract, bringing the total deal value to at least $25 million since the original award in 2010. Harris said Monday it co-developed the product with ViaSat to provide soldiers access to tactical communications using a compact and […] More

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