Tag Archives: radar

The U.S. Air Force has begun to solicit proposals for production-ready systems to meet the requirement for a 3D expeditionary long-range radar platform. A notice posted on March 2 says the service will execute a middle-tier acquisition approach under the SpeedDealer solicitation and plans to award up to three other transaction agreements to rapidly develop, test and deploy 3DELRR prototypes that can replace its legacy TPS-75 radar system.

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has won a potential seven-year, $494.9M contract from the U.S. Air Force to replace solid-state radar modules designed to support missile defense, space surveillance and satellite warning operations at a military station located in England.

The U.S. Army could pick a vendor in September to produce the Lower-Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor system, Breaking Defense reported Friday.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded BAE Systems a $369M contract modification to continue supporting parts and subsystems used in radar, telemetry and optical instrumentation tracking platforms.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a potential four-year, $86.2M contract to provide support services for a radar system the U.S. Army uses in tactical reconnaissance missions. The company will support the military branch’s Starlite system through Jan. 31, 2023, under the hybrid cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract, the Department of Defense said …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 25, 2018 — A division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has equipped a U.S. Navy Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier with a new integrated radar structure as part of a refueling and complex overhaul program worth $2.8B, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday its Newport News …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 24, 2018 — Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has unveiled a new open-architecture radar technology with multiple panels that work to enable it to integrate with various platforms to support different missions and perform multiple functions, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the Vanguard radar is designed …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 7, 2018 — Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) is collaborating with Duke University and the University of Washington to utilize metamaterials in building configurable military aircraft antennas as part of a Defense Department-funded research project, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering said Tuesday the team, through …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 6, 2018 — Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Nasdaq: KTOS) will provide engineering and technical support for U.S. Navy radar programs under a potential $67.5M contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the Naval Surface Warfare Center – Dahlgren Division’s electromagnetic and sensor systems department selected Kratos …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 29, 2018 — Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has unveiled a new radar development center in Rhode Island that will serve as a hub for collaboration between industry and foreign partners as well as the U.S. Navy, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Portsmouth facility, part of the company’s $8M investment …