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  • Mercury Systems Launches Digital Transceiver for Electronic Warfare Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mercury Systems Launches Digital Transceiver for Electronic Warfare Missions

    Mercury Systems has introduced a digital transceiver that works to help warfighters perform electronic warfare and signal processing operations in hostile environments. The EnsembleSeries DCM6111 6U VPX digital transceiver complies with OpenVPX standards and features a system security engineering capability – BuiltSECURE - that seeks to facilitate the configuration and deployment of personalized security platforms, the company […] More

  • Army Seeks R&D Information on EW Technologies for Multi-Domain Battle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Seeks R&D Information on EW Technologies for Multi-Domain Battle

    The U.S. Army seeks research and development information from industry and academia on electronic warfare technologies to support the Training and Doctrine Command’s multi-domain battle concept. The Army said in a FedBizOpps request for information posted Wednesday the Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center’s Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate wants insight on R&D efforts that may address EW requirements […] More

  • Battelle to Fund 2 Tech Projects Through R&D Challenge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle to Fund 2 Tech Projects Through R&D Challenge

    Battelle has announced plans to select technology research-and-development projects to receive funds through the nonprofit company’s inaugural R&D Challenge. The company said Wednesday it will introduce the competition during the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference that is scheduled to take place at the Tampa Bay Convention Center in Florida from May 22 to 24. Mike Kuhlman, […] More

  • Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed Seeks to Reduce F-35A Cost to $80M Per Aircraft by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed Seeks to Reduce F-35A Cost to $80M Per Aircraft by 2020

    Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has said the company continues to work with industry partners to lower the F-35A aircraft’s price to $80 million per fighter jet by 2020. Hewson said in her speech delivered Monday at Lockheed’s media day event in Arlington, Virginia, that the company delivered 66 F-35s in 2017 and is on schedule to deliver at least 90 […] More

  • Army to Award Contract for Electronic Warfare Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army to Award Contract for Electronic Warfare Technologies

    The U.S. Army has announced plans to award a contract for electronic warfare technologies that will be used for unmanned aircraft systems, C4ISRnet reported Friday. Work under the contract will be done in support of the Multi-Function Electronic Warfare program, an effort aiming to provide EW capacities for the Army’s brigade combat teams. Based on the DoD’s fiscal 2019 […] More

  • Harris Plans to Supply EW Systems to Asia's Air Forces; Andy Dunn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Plans to Supply EW Systems to Asia’s Air Forces; Andy Dunn Comments

    Harris will offer its electronic warfare systems to Asia’s air forces as it sees geopolitical issues as factors that will drive regional interest in EW, FlightGlobal reported Monday. The report said Harris will promote its Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite, which can be integrated with Lockheed Martin’s F-16 aircraft or kept in a pod […] More

  • Curtiss-Wright Introduces Program to Help Foster Implementation of Army C4ISR, EW Open Standards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Curtiss-Wright Introduces Program to Help Foster Implementation of Army C4ISR, EW Open Standards

    Curtiss-Wright‘s defense solutions business has launched a new program which will support a newly established suite of open architecture industry and U.S. Army standards for C4ISR and electronic warfare. The company said Monday it will create reference implementations to help the Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center promote the C4ISR/EW Modular Open Suite of Standards for […] More

  • Saab Establishes Tech Devt Center, Electronic Warfare Unit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Establishes Tech Devt Center, Electronic Warfare Unit

    Saab has opened a technology development center in Tampere, Finland, that includes a unit focused on electronic warfare systems. The center will support Saab’s efforts to produce EW technology for Gripen E/F fighter jets, airborne early warning and control aircraft and land-based electronic support measures/electronic intelligence systems, the company said Wednesday. Hakan Buskhe, president and CEO […] More

  • Comtech Gets Solid-State Amplifier Upgrade Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech Gets Solid-State Amplifier Upgrade Order

    A U.S. government contractor has awarded Comtech Telecommunications‘ New York-based subsidiary a $1.2 million order to update electronic warfare hardware. Comtech PST will upgrade solid-state, high-power amplifiers designed to address a customer’s EW requirements, the company said Monday. Fred Kornberg, president and CEO of Comtech Telecommunications, said that domestic and international original equipment manufacturers use the company’s […] More

  • In The News: Maj.-Gen. Patricia A. Frost, Director of Cyber, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Army G-3/5/7 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    In The News: Maj.-Gen. Patricia A. Frost, Director of Cyber, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Army G-3/5/7

    In the current state of military affairs on and off the cyber battlefield, the heat is on for developing electronic warfare strategies; the demand for specialized cyber teams is high, and the pace of electronic warfare development is slow to build. On the strategic front of fighting code with code, the United States Army expects […] More

  • Northrop Showcases Transceiver, RF Tech Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Showcases Transceiver, RF Tech Platforms

    Northrop Grumman presented its transreceiver and radio frequency technology products designed to support electromagnetic warfare missions during an Association of Old Crows-hosted symposium that took place in Washington, D.C. The Multifunction Transceiver is built to function through multiple channels, operating frequencies and bandwidths, Northrop said Monday. The company intends for MFX to help facilitate the development of integrated platforms […] More

  • Ken Asbury: CACI Eyes Machine Learning, EW Tech Investments for Intell Market Push - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ken Asbury: CACI Eyes Machine Learning, EW Tech Investments for Intell Market Push

    Ken Asbury, president and CEO of CACI International, has said the company plans to build up its products through investments in machine learning, electronic warfare and other technology capabilities that he thinks could help expand CACI’s offerings for the intelligence services market, CRN reported Thursday. Asbury said Thursday at the Arlington, Virginia-based defense information technology […] More