A General Atomics-made drone self-protection system demonstrated tracking and situational awareness functions as part of a project with U.S. Special Operations Command. The company said Friday its MQ-9 remotely piloted aircraft used the new Self-Protection Pod to track infrared missile and radio frequency threats during a demonstration on Oct. 28 at Yuma Proving Grounds.
Read More »Sierra Nevada Corp. to Help Air National Guard Adopt Link 16 Comms for EC-130J Aircraft
The Air National Guard has tapped Sierra Nevada Corp. to equip the security force's EC-130J Commando Solo aircraft with new Link 16 communications. The tactical datalink update would allow the military reserve's aircraft to communicate on the Link-16 network that provides situational awareness across the U.S. Air Force fleet and other users, SNC said Monday.
Read More »General Atomics Demos Remotely Piloted Aircraft’s Comms Payload
General Atomics' aeronautical systems business has collaborated with Ultra Electronics and an Air National Guard test unit to conduct an initial operational assessment of an airborne communications payload that was installed on an MQ-9 remotely piloted aircraft.
Read More »Christopher Kubasik, President and COO of L3Harris, Named to 2020 Wash100 for Leadership During L3Harris Merger, Advancing Military Tech Capabilities
Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Christopher Kubasik, president and chief operating officer of L3Harris Technologies, as an inductee into the 2020 Wash100 Award for his leadership during the merger of L3 Technologies and the Harris Corporation in 2019 as well as his efforts to advance military capabilities for the U.S.
Read More »General Atomics to Deliver MQ-9 Reaper Detect and Avoid Systems for Air National Guard; David Alexander Quoted
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has secured a contract of an undisclosed sum from the Air National Guard to provide detect and avoid systems for Block 1 and 9 variants of a remotely piloted aircraft.
Read More »Lockheed-Robins Air Force Base Team Receives Performance-Based Logistics Award
Lockheed Martin and Robins Air Force Base have been honored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense for their efforts in sustaining an electro-optic sensor designed to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.
Read More »Air Force Installs Northrop Radar Tech on Air National Guard F-16s
The U.S. Air Force has equipped Air National Guard F-16 jets with Northrop Grumman-built radars in a move to address a homeland defense requirement. Select F-16s at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland feature the AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar technology that the service branch procured to meet a "joint operational need" identified by U.S. Northern Command, Northrop said Thursday.
Read More »Air National Guard Taps CTC Affiliate for Occupational, Environmental Health Mgmt Support
A Concurrent Technologies Corp. affiliate has been awarded a contract to help the Air National Guard address occupational and environmental health risks. CTC said Wednesday its Enterprise Ventures Corp. subsidiary will work with 1st American Systems & Services, the prime contractor on the effort to assist ANG in controlling and eliminating hazards.
Read More »Air Force Deploys Microsoft-Built Shared Workspace Suite
The U.S. Air Force has partnered with Microsoft to field a workspace tool that will enable the service branch’s members to access cloud-based services.
Read More »Alex Sutherland Named Salesforce Practice Director at Liberty IT
Alex Sutherland, a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard, has joined Liberty IT Solutions as Salesforce practice director.
Read More »L3Harris Selects Collins Aerospace for C-130H Avionics Systems Installation
L3Harris Technologies has tapped Collins Aerospace to install an integrated avionics platform onto the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard’s C-130H Hercules aircraft fleet.
Read More »DoD Taps Leonardo-Built BriteCloud Decoy for Foreign Comparative Tests
A Leonardo-built active expendable decoy has been chosen by the Department of Defense to conduct foreign comparison tests with the U.S. Air National Guard, AIN Online reported Monday.
Read More »Northrop Completes Milestone C for KC-135 Large Aircraft IR Countermeasures Pod
Northrop Grumman has received milestone C approval to enter the production phase for a pod-based missile detection, tracking and jamming system designed for the KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft.
Read More »DoD Eyes $1.2B Funding in FY20 for New Boeing F-15X Jets
The Department of Defense aims to include $1.2B in funding in its fiscal year 2020 budget request to support the acquisition of the newest versions of the F-15 aircraft, Bloomberg reported Friday. DoD officials said the agency hopes to buy 12 of the new Boeing-built F-15X fighter aircraft for the …
Read More »Air Force Orders Rockwell Collins Receiver Tech for F-16s
The U.S. Air Force has chosen Rockwell Collins to equip the F-16 jets with an updated receiver technology designed to counter GPS threats. Rockwell Collins said Friday it will provide Digital GPS Anti-Jam Receivers for the Air Force Reserve’s and Air National Guard’s F-16 crews to navigate and operate in contested, electromagnetic environments. The company noted …
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