Perspecta has teamed up with Abaco Systems through its research arm to market a data bus platform that works to help warfighters safeguard weapons systems from cyber attacks. Perspecta Labs developed the 1553 Bus Defender platform, also called MIL-STD-1553, under a research program of the Defense Department, the company said …
Read More »Harris to Sustain B-52, C-130 Electronic Warfare Tech Under $55M Air Force Contract
Harris has secured a $55 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force sustain an electronic warfare system that works to protect B-52 strategic bombers and C-130 military transport aircraft against radar-guided threats. The company said Monday its team will redesign a line-replaceable unit of the ALQ-172 self-protection system as well as provide software development …
Read More »Phil Alvarez: Raytheon Expects to Complete Development Work on Digital TOW Launcher in 2018
Phil Alvarez, a Raytheon official, has said the company has built a launcher system designed for tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided missiles, Defense News reported Wednesday. Jen Judson writes Alvarez, a senior manager for missile systems at Raytheon, described the TOW Eagle Fire launcher platform at the Special Operations Forces Exhibition …
Read More »Lockheed Unveils New Ground-Based Radar Platform
Lockheed Martin has introduced a ground-based radar platform designed to reduce array power consumption. The gallium nitride-based Digital Array Row Transceiver platform is a line-replaceable unit that consists of a row transmitter and row receiver, Lockheed said Tuesday. DART has been deployed in TPS-77 Multi Role Radar system that works for aerial …
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