Tag Archives: command and control

The Air Force has issued a presolicitation notice to seek information on a new aircraft to replace its fleet of legacy E-4B National Airborne Operations Center planes. A notice posted Wednesday on beta SAM website says the proposed Survivable Airborne Operations Center Weapon System aircraft will be a key National Military Command System component in support of the president, defense secretary and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Chris Bogdan, senior vice president of aerospace business at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), told Defense One in an interview published Thursday that the company aims to secure a contract to develop ground data stations for the U.S. Air Force’s new missile warning satellites.

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has won a potential five-year, $160M task order to help the U.S. Army engineer software for radars, mission command platforms and surface-to-surface missile observation systems. The task order, which has one base year plus four option years, will involve post-deployment and production sustainment support to the Army’s Communications-Electronics Command Software Engineering Center, the company said Monday.

Six companies have won potential 10-year, cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts to provide command-and-control platforms and related technology for the U.S. Navy. The Department of Defense said Tuesday the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific received 14 bids for the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts, each containing a two-year base term and four two-year options. The …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 21, 2019 — Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) unveiled plans to apply a four-tiered strategy in support of the company’s effort to build a competitive edge in the hypersonic defense market, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Defense News reported Tuesday that Northrop is moving to pursue opportunities in hypersonic …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 17, 2018 — A Northrop Grumman-built (NYSE: NOC) command-and-control system for the U.S. Army‘s air defense assets has completed testing of its long-range network management capability during a five-week soldier checkout event, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 27, 2018 — Todd Probert, vice president for mission support and modernization at Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) intelligence, information and services business, has said a multidomain command-and-control system will be key to support military decision-making in the future combat environment, ExecutiveBiz reported July 13. Probert wrote in …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 19, 2018 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has partnered with a joint venture between Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Thales to deliver command-and-control technology in support of NATO’s air and ballistic missile defense system, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. ThalesRaytheonSystems will serve as system integrator and work with Lockheed to …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 16, 2018 — An Inmarsat Government L-band satellite communications system has helped General Atomics’ aeronautical systems division control an MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft on its first flight across the Atlantic, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The SwiftBroadband system, which uses the I-4 satellite network to provide worldwide connectivity, was used in …

L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL) has purchased Columbia, Md.-based aerospace engineering and space situational awareness services provider Applied Defense Solutions for approximately $50 million in a move to build up its space mission capabilities. L3 said Monday it will operate the newly acquired firm as L3 ADS to provide space exploration, space systems mission …