Tag Archives: command and control

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 …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 19, 2018 — The U.S. Air Force has awarded Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory two indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts worth $57.1 million combined to support research and development of computer software platforms, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Johns Hopkins APL aims to develop a tool that can assist the Air Force …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 30, 2018 — Engility (NYSE: EGL) has earned a potential $41 million task order to carry out on-site, logistics and training services supporting the U.S. Marine Corps’ command-and-control programs, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Thursday it will provide an immersive training environment to help Marines learn to leverage …

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a potential $81 million contract to design and build a prototype designed to replace the U.S. Air Force’s aerial launch control system aboard the E-6B Mercury airborne command post aircraft. The service awarded the technology maturation and risk reduction contract through the Airborne Launch Control …