Tag Archives: electronic warfare

The U.S. Navy has awarded Strategic Airborne Operations joint venture a potential four-year, $146.8M contract to provide aircraft intended for air support training in an electronic combat environment.

Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) has finalized its acquisition of DHPC Technologies for an undisclosed sum. Perspecta said Friday the transaction will allow it to combine its expertise in cybersecurity, secure communications and advanced analytics with DHPC’s electronic warfare platforms and address the emerging cyber/EW convergence area.

A Wisconsin-based subsidiary of Fincantieri has won a potential 15-year, $5.6B contract from the U.S. Navy to design and build up to 10 FFG(X) guided-missile frigates. Naval Sea Systems Command received four offers for the fixed-price incentive contract, which has a base value of $795.1M and covers engineering and class services, post-delivery availability support, training equipment, crew familiarization and provisioned item orders, the Department of Defense said Thursday.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) received a $74.8M contract from Consortium Management Group to begin the second phase of development for the U.S. Army’s Multi-Function Electronic Warfare Air Large program. The company said Wednesday it will develop the “air large” component of the MFEW-AL system, which is designed to deliver combined cyber and electromagnetic spectrum capabilities to warfighters and battlefield commanders.

The U.S. Navy has named the winners of four prize challenges for mission payload design concepts as part of a program to develop a ship-based unmanned aerial system for Marine Air Group Task Forces.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) other transaction agreements to develop and demonstrate electronic warfare system prototypes for the service branch’s F-16 fighter jets.

BAE Systems has been selected to develop a radar jamming technology for the U.S. Army's unmanned and rotary-wing aircraft platforms. The company said Tuesday its FAST Labs research and development arm will work to integrate adaptive radio frequency sensing and jamming features into a single platform.

The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology has secured a potential seven-year, $93M contract to help the  Air Force Research Laboratory develop cyber electronic warfare approaches for potential use in Department of Defense missions.

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a $74.1M U.S. Navy contract modification for pre-operational support work on the Next Generation Jammer-Mid Band, an electronic attack technology designed to jam signals and track multiple targets simultaneously.

The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) a one-year, $101.1M contract modification to continue to provide logistics support for government-owned, fixed-wing aircraft.