C4ISR

DigitalGlobe has handed over to PSMA Australia WorldView-4 satellite-based high-resolution imagery in support of the latter’s digital mapping initiative for the Australian continent. PSMA Australia will use DigitalGlobe’s satellite imagery for the Geoscape program that seeks to create a digital representation of the built environment for approximately 20 million buildings …

Iridium Communications has begun to replace old satellites with Iridium NEXT satellites through its Leesburg, Virginia-based facility that works to automate the process of moving the new satellites into their positions, Space News reported Monday. The personnel at the company’s satellite network operations center in Virginia have written new commands …

Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch has said the company expects its Certus multi-service communications platform to enter the commercial market in 2018 before the complete Iridium NEXT satellite network becomes fully operational. Desch told Runway Girl Network in an interview published Thursday that Iridium eyes the maritime sector for Certus 350 with plans to introduce …

A Canada-based subsidiary of L3 Technologies has received a potential $49 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to supply electro-optical and infrared imaging turrets to the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Crane Division. NSWC Crane will incorporate MX-10MS turrets from L3 Wescam into a larger system designed to address a situational awareness requirement under the Military Sealift Command Electro-Optical System program, …

Northrop Grumman has proposed the use of its RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle for the U.S. Air Force to bridge a communications gap between the F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor aircraft platforms, Defense News reported. The report said the service branch’s F-35 and F-22 planes currently are unable to exchange …

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has unveiled a new geolocation platform that works to determine the physical location of very small aperture terminals in an effort to mitigate satellite interference. The satID platform comes with a time division multiple access geolocation module designed to classify, process and filter signals from …

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 …

C4 Planning Solutions has won a potential five-year, $48.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide engineering support for command, control, communications and computer systems at U.S. Marine Corps bases and installations. The Defense Department said Friday work also covers technical support; installation assistance for fielded C4 systems; troubleshooting; network …

A communications satellite that Boeing built for NASA lifted off Friday aboard a United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket. Atlas V sent the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M into orbit after the latter separated from the rocket that took off at 8:29 a.m. Eastern time from Cape Canaveral Air Force …

A Boeing subsidiary has secured a $13.8 million contract to integrate navigation, communications and network connectivity updates to the U.S. Navy‘s future P-8A  multimission maritime aircraft, Defense Systems reported Thursday. The report said Jeppesen Sanderson-built MilPlanner, FliteDeck Pro and on-board performance software tools will be incorporated into the P-8A Poseidon. Jeppesen aims …

Verizon Communications plans to set up and operate a private network for first responders and other public safety personnel. The proposed public safety network will run separately from Verizon’s commercial core, manage call routing, network access and other communication functions as well as provide first responders access to the company’s …

Technical and Project Engineering has joined a team led by Booz Allen Hamilton that won a position on an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support the US Navy’s C4ISR program. The team will provide management and technical support services under the SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific contract, TAPE said Tuesday. Booz Allen is one of three …

Envistacom has secured a five-year, $10 million delivery order to support tactical communications systems at the U.S. Army‘s Enterprise Satellite Communications Gateway Facility in Landstuhl, Germany. The company said Wednesday it will help manage the facility’s systems built to aid training and operational missions of Army and joint forces deployed in …

KeyW has received a five-year, $24 million contract to help the Air Force Research Laboratory extend its knowledge of autonomous multi-domain sensing technology for airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The company said Tuesday it will explore multi-sensor, multi-domain fusion systems such as electro-optical, radio frequency and infrared sensing technologies. KeyW will …

Northrop Grumman has received a contract to update radio terminals aboard the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft. The company said Tuesday it will install the Air Force Tactical Receive System-Ruggedized terminal that works to help JSTARS detect and monitor hostile ballistic missile and air …