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  • Raytheon Adds Gallium Nitride-Based AESA to Patriot Radar - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Adds Gallium Nitride-Based AESA to Patriot Radar

    Raytheon continues work to upgrade the radar component of the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System with a gallium nitride-based active electronically scanned array to provide a 360-degree radar coverage. The company said Tuesday the GaN-based AESA radar works to help the Patriot system protect U.S. and allied forces against attacks that come from multiple directions. “The Raytheon-developed GaN-based AESA […] More

  • Northrop to Develop Long-Range Radar for Army Recon Plane - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Develop Long-Range Radar for Army Recon Plane

    Northrop Grumman will build a synthetic aperture radar/ground moving target indicator system for the Airborne Reconnaissance Low-Enhanced aircraft under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the U.S. Army. The company said Thursday the long-range radar combines Vehicle and Dismount and Exploitation Radar and Active Electronically Scanned Array technology to bolster the ARL-E DHC-8 reconnaissance plane’s capabilities. “The long-range radar is a natural fit into the […] More

  • Raytheon Upgrades Patriot Main Radar with GAN AESA Tech; Ralph Acaba Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Upgrades Patriot Main Radar with GAN AESA Tech; Ralph Acaba Comments

    Raytheon has upgraded the main radar of the Patriot air and missile defense system with a gallium nitride-based active electronically scanned array. The milestone moves the company closer to completing the full system set to be operational in early 2016, Raytheon said Thursday. Ralph Acaba, vice president of integrated air and missile defense at Raytheon’s integrated defense […] More

  • Northrop Launches AESA Radar for US Air Force B-1B Bombers; Paul Kalafos Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Launches AESA Radar for US Air Force B-1B Bombers; Paul Kalafos Comments

    Northrop Grumman has launched an active electronically scanned array radar it built for the B-1B Lancer bomber of the U.S. Air Force under the Radar Modernization Improvement Program. The company said Wednesday it designed the Scalable Agile Beam Radar – Global Strike AESA system to generate digital maps and advanced images to support B-1B bombers’ […] More

  • DRS Teams with Israel's Beth-El, Rada on CBRN Defense, AESA Radar Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DRS Teams with Israel’s Beth-El, Rada on CBRN Defense, AESA Radar Tech

    Finmeccanica-owned DRS Technologies has teamed with Beth-El Industries, and Israeli supplier of environmental threat protection systems, to develop an air filtration product for U.S. military use. Under the terms of the deal, the two companies will create new offerings to utilize Arlington, Virginia-based DRS’ chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense systems and Beth-El filtration technology, DRS said Tuesday. […] More

  • Teri Marconi: Northrop to Add '1st Simultaneous Multi-Mission' Tool for Navy Surface Ships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Teri Marconi: Northrop to Add ‘1st Simultaneous Multi-Mission’ Tool for Navy Surface Ships

    Northrop Grumman will add early detection, threat warning, signal analysis and other functions to its AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare system as part of a $267 million contract it received from the U.S. Navy in February. The company said Thursday the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 3 contract seeks to upgrade the electronic warfare attack system to protect Navy vessels from enemy missiles. “This is […] More

  • Travis Slocumb: Raytheon, Navy Test Airborne Electronic Attack System vs. Threat Radars - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Travis Slocumb: Raytheon, Navy Test Airborne Electronic Attack System vs. Threat Radars

    Raytheon and the U.S. Navy have conducted flight tests on a prototype airborne electronic warfare system at the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California. The Next Generation Jammer, which features an active electronically scanned array radar and digital receiver and techniques generator, was fitted onto a Gulfstream business jet, Raytheon said Wednesday. Travis Slocumb, vice president of electronic warfare systems […] More

  • Northrop Completes Design Review Series on AESA F-16 Radars; Jeff Leavitt Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Completes Design Review Series on AESA F-16 Radars; Jeff Leavitt Comments

    Northrop Grumman has completed a series of engineering and manufacturing development design reviews on its active electronically scanned array radar that will replace legacy radar systems on Lockheed Martin‘s F-16 aircraft. Northrop said Wednesday that Lockheed chose the AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar under separate F-16 upgrade programs to replace the radars used by U.S. and Taiwanese soldiers. Jeff […] More

  • Lockheed Puts New Northrop AESA Radars In F-16V Jet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Puts New Northrop AESA Radars In F-16V Jet

    Lockheed Martin has completed the integration of Northrop Grumman‘s Scalable Agile Beam Radar into the F-16V aircraft as part of a design review stage in the U.S. Air Force‘s F-16 modernization program. Lockheed said Wednesday that the active electronically scanned array radar meets its requirements and those of the Air Force as they aim to launch the F-16V variant in Taiwan. Other updates to Taiwan’s fleet […] More

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