Engility will provide logistics training services to support the State Department’s Africa Peacekeeping Program under a $12.2M task order awarded through the AFRICAP III contract vehicle. The task order covers operations, maintenance, quartermaster and technical training efforts in the Central African Republic, Engility said Monday. AFRICAP III, which the company secured a spot on last year, has …
Read More »Engility Books Government Training, Logistics Support Contracts; Scott Whatmough Quoted
Engility has secured $27M in contracts to provide global training services and logistics management support to federal customers. The company said Tuesday it will also provide individual skills and collective training, procurement and advisory and assistance services through the contracts. Scott Whatmough, senior vice president of Engility’s defense and security …
Read More »Engility Selected to Provide Navy Support Services; Scott Whatmough Quoted
Engility has secured $25M in contracts to provide support services to U.S. Navy customers throughout the U.S. The company said Monday it will deliver systems engineering, cybersecurity, and research and development support to the Navy’s shore, afloat and expeditionary platforms. Other services include software engineering and testing, supply chain management, …
Read More »Engility Wins 2 Army Software Support Task Orders; Scott Whatmough Quoted
Engility has won a pair of task orders under a potential five-year, $45M contract for support services to the U.S. Army’s Armament Software Engineering Center. The company said Friday it seeks to help the center develop and sustain software as well as provide process assurance support for military weapons, training and combat support …
Read More »Engility to Support DoD’s CBRNE Defense Efforts Under $8.3B Contract Vehicle
Engility will assist in the Defense Department‘s research and development activities on defense systems against chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives through the company’s position on a potential $8.3 billion contract vehicle. The company said Wednesday it landed a spot on the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense’s …
Read More »Engility Opens New Office in Augusta, Georgia
Engility has established a new facility in Augusta, Georgia, as the company seeks to access the area’s cyber talent pool and expand support to customers at Fort Gordon. Chantilly, Virginia-based Engility said Monday its new office will also house program management personnel who coordinate the activities of approximately 100 company employees across …
Read More »Raytheon to Update Air Force Hercules Aircraft Comms Systems; Scott Whatmough Comments
Raytheon has been awarded a $29.6 million contract to update the communications systems of the U.S. Air Force’s 178 C-130H Hercules aircraft in an effort to meet European air traffic management requirements. The company will install MXF-626K VHF systems on Hercules to provide 8.33 kilohertz channel spacing in the 118 to …
Read More »Raytheon Receives Clearance for FAB-T Low-Rate Initial Production; Scott Whatmough Comments
Raytheon will kick off the low-rate initial production of communications terminals under the U.S. Air Force’s Family of Advanced Beyond Line of Sight Terminal program after obtaining clearance from the service branch. The company will manufacture airborne and ground terminal variants and spares, and perform training, installation and logistics support, Raytheon said …
Read More »Scott Whatmough: Raytheon to Complete FAB-T Qualification Tests by Year’s End
Raytheon executive Scott Whatmough expects the company to complete qualification testing on the Family of Advanced Beyond Line of Sight Terminals for the U.S. Air Force by the end of this year, Defense News reported Friday. Whatmough, president and general manager for integrated communication systems at Raytheon, said the company’s workforce has worked on the FAB-T program …
Read More »Raytheon to Add Software-Defined Radio on Army Helicopters; Scott Whatmough Comments
Raytheon will update radio systems on U.S. Army helicopters with the RT-1987, a software-defined radio that is part of the company’s SkyFire product line and features both cryptography tools and Mobile User Objective System support. Raytheon said Sunday that it demonstrated the features of what the company says would be the first major upgrade of a radio system in …
Read More »Scott Whatmough: Raytheon to Produce Satcom Terminals for Air Force
Raytheon will manufacture 84 command post terminals for the U.S. Air Force to use advanced-extremely high-frequency satellite communications, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday. Stew Magnuson writes that Raytheon will build the service’s Family of Advanced Beyond Line of Sight Terminals under a $298 million contract. The A-EHF satcom constellation is built to avoid jamming …
Read More »Raytheon Demos Military SATCOM Waveform; Scott Whatmough Comments
Raytheon used an unclassified waveform to transmit sensitive data through military communications satellite terminals during a recent demonstration for the U.S. Air Force. The company demonstrated the approach for the Air Force’s Design for Affordability and Risk Reduction program, Raytheon said Tuesday. Scott Whatmough, vice president of integrated communication systems …
Read More »Boeing, Raytheon in Potential $4.7B Military Satellite Terminal Competition
Boeing and Raytheon are competing for an estimated $4.67 billion project to help the U.S. Air Force develop satellite terminals that work to relay communications between the president and military leaders, Military.com reported Thursday. Brendan McGarry writes the two companies are scheduled to receive manufacturing readiness contracts this summer and …
Read More »Raytheon Battlefield Radios to be Installed in Combat Vehicles; Scott Whatmough Comments
Raytheon Co. has tested its mobile radio system intended to send data to combat vehicles in a move to ensure it fulfills the U.S. Army’s requirements for a wireless Internet connection. The battlefield radio EXF1915 is designed to help soldiers communicate through email and chat messages as well as gain …
Read More »Raytheon's Secure Satellite Comm Link Production Reviewed by Navy; Scott Whatmough Comments
Raytheon Company‘s Navy multiband terminal which provides secure communication links to satellites, has finished full rate production review by the Navy. According to a Raytheon statement, the company has already delivered 75 of the 350 terminals to be installed on Navy ships, subs and shore stations over the life of the 15-year program. “Our Navy terminals …
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