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Lockheed Martin has awarded L3Harris Technologies a contract for developing an advanced electronic warfare system (EWS) meant to protect the internationally used F-16 Viper multirole fighter aircraft against emerging radar and electronic threats. L3Harris announced the contract award on Monday.

Raytheon Technologies has started installing an air and missile defense radar system into an Aegis Flight III guided-missile destroyer in preparation for the future USS Jack H. Lucas' planned delivery to the U.S. Navy in fiscal year 2023.

Leonardo and General Atomics' aeronautical systems business have teamed up to incorporate the former's active electronically scanned array maritime radar into the latter's MQ-9B SeaGuardian remotely piloted aircraft.

Raytheon Technologies has landed a potential five-year, $47.5M contract to build operating modes and detection algorithms for the radar system of the U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke-class Flight III destroyer ships.

The U.S. Air Force has begun testing its “Space Fence“ radar system built by Lockheed Martin on Kwajalein Atoll that works to detect assets, debris, launches, maneuvers and collisions in space.

Raytheon has updated some of its air defense, navigation and landing systems in an effort to address the U.S. military's emerging needs.

A Raytheon-developed counter-drone platform has achieved an initial operational capability status from the U.S. Army that will enable the product to be fielded for combat operations.

Lockheed Martin conducted a series of exercises to demonstrate how its radar platform will meet the U.S. Army's requirements for the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor during the service's “sense-off“ at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Marine Corps have completed an initial operational test and evaluation of an active electronically scanned array radar designed to provide a 360-degree area coverage for warfighters to detect and counter threats.

Saab has secured a new order to supply additional radar systems for the U.S. Navy's two Independence-class littoral combat ships. The company said Monday General Dynamics placed the order for the AN/SPS-77 variant of Sea Giraffe AMB naval radar for installation aboard the Navy's LCS 36 and LCS 38 ships.

Raytheon has won a potential five-year, $49.9M contract to sustain above-deck components as part of the U.S. Navy's Radar Restoration Program.

A Boeing-led industry team and the Missile Defense Agency launched two ground-based interceptors to counter an intercontinental ballistic missile target during a test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system. Boeing said Monday one interceptor zeroed in on the ICBM target in space and the second GBI observed the intercept before homing in on additional debris as part of the “two-shot salvo“ engagement test.

Echodyne will provide its radar platform to two organizations for a demonstration of unmanned aircraft system missions and related technologies in urban areas as part of NASA's UAS Traffic Management initiative.

Raytheon demonstrated the search, detection and tracking functions of its new air and missile defense radar during a recent test at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, the company said Tuesday. Raytheon began developing the radar in January 2014.

The U.S. Marine Corps has selected Raytheon to provide updated radar systems for integration into the service branch's fleet of F/A-18C/D Hornet jets.