Northrop Grumman has selected CAES to provide the aerospace and defense company with antennas designed to protect GPS-guided precision weapons from jamming and interference threats. CAES said Monday it secured a contract worth over $24 million to deliver 80,000 M-Code GPS antennas to Northrop in support of the Precision Guidance Kit production over a three-year […] More

Lockheed Martin has awarded CAES a low-rate initial production phase 2 contract to continue the supply of phased array antennas for the former’s Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare system. CAES said Wednesday its phased array antennas are designed to support the AOEW system’s ability to function autonomously or with a ship’s onboard electronic surveillance sensor. AOEW […] More

CAES will deliver antenna components and spares to Lockheed Martin to support its work on the U.S. Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 2. Under an approximately $24.6 million contract from Lockheed, CAES is tasked to supply additional antenna array panel assemblies and spares for SEWIP Block 2 to help with the enhancement of […] More

The Aerospace Industries Association has chosen CAES President and CEO Mike Kahn to sit on its Board of Governors Executive Committee. Kahn’s two-year term will involve expanding membership programs and services, and ensuring that AIA stays true to its mission of providing guidance to the government and aerospace and defense industry, CAES announced Monday. AIA’s […] More

SkyWater Technology has received a $12 million investment from the Department of Defense to support the intellectual property expansion of its 90-nanometer radiation-hardened manufacturing process. The investment is part of an initial $27 million DOD funding awarded as an other transactional agreement option, the company said Wednesday. IP ecosystem design and validation for the rad-hard […] More

Lockheed Martin has awarded CAES a low rate initial production phase 1 contract to provide phased array antennas for its Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare system. AEOW is designed to provide persistent electronic surveillance and attack capabilities against anti-ship missiles and other potential threats, CAES said Wednesday. Phased array antennas from CAES can support Lockheed’s AOEW […] More

Raytheon Technologies has selected CAES to provide line replaceable units for the U.S. Navy’s AN/SPY-6 radar system. CAES said Tuesday the hardware production and sustainment award from Raytheon’s missiles and defense business came after it completed the low-rate initial production phase as part of the Navy’s Air & Missile Defense Radar program. “The HP&S award […] More

CAES has opened a new additive manufacturing laboratory in Exeter, New Hampshire, where it will produce 3D-printed radio frequency components for aerospace and defense applications. The facility features a laser powder bed fusion machine, process support equipment, metal finishing and plating line, and RF testing capability needed to provide additive manufacturing services, CAES said Tuesday. […] More

CAES and Trident Systems have teamed up to market advanced radio frequency and digital signal processing technologies for space, air, sea and land defense uses. The two companies will use their combined expertise in radiation-hardened microelectronics, computing, and processing and communications subsystems to address customer needs, CAES said Monday. According to Mike Kahn, president and […] More

L3Harris Technologies has tapped CAES to develop radio frequency assemblies for the Viper Shield all-digital electronic warfare suite that the former designed to serve as a virtual electronic shield for the F-16 Block 70/72 multirole aircraft. CAES said Tuesday it will leverage its expertise in high volume manufacturing and advanced design strategies to deploy frequency […] More

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 10, 2021 — CAES will support an advanced U.S. missile defense program by providing radio frequency and microwave rotary joints and waveguide products and integrating them into the missile seeker of the defense system, ExecutiveGov reported July 27. The company will deliver the rotary joints and waveguides under multiple contracts. Mike […] More

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 9, 2021 — CAES has named Mike Elias, who worked at Honeywell International for over three decades, as senior vice president and general manager of space systems division, responsible for overseeing the company’s portfolio of space products and its division operations in Colorado, New York and Sweden, GovCon Wire reported July […] More