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TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 28, 2020 — HawkEye 360 and Airbus have partnered to help customers obtain geospatial intelligence datasets from the companies' radar and radio frequency platforms, ExecutiveBiz reported Jan. 21.
Read More »Advance Acquires Minority Stake in RF Data Analytics Firm HawkEye 360
Advance, a family-owned business that invests in technology, communications and media companies, has completed its purchase of Allied Minds’ minority stake in HawkEye 360.
Read More »Parsons to Acquire RF Tech Provider QRC for $215M; Chuck Harrington Quoted
Parsons (NYSE: PSN) has agreed to buy radio frequency products developer QRC Technologies from private equity firm DC Capital Partners for approximately $215M in cash in a push to expand its portfolio of products in the RF and signals intelligence sector.
Read More »Mercury Buys Syntonic Microwave, The Athena Group; Mark Aslett Quoted
Mercury Systems (Nasdaq: MRCY) has purchased Syntonic Microwave and The Athena Group for $46M combined to expand its radio frequency capabilities and further broaden its presence in security and electronic warfare markets. Mark Aslett, president and CEO of Mercury Systems, said in a statement published Thursday the acquisitions will help …
Read More »Space Tech Vet Alex Fox Takes EVP Role at HawkEye 360
Alex Fox, former director of space intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance solutions at Harris (NYSE: HRS), has been named executive vice president of business development, sales and marketing at HawkEye 360. The more than 20-year industry veteran will lead a global sales marketing team that offers radio frequency data analytics platforms, the company …
Read More »TTM Inks $775M Cash Deal for Anaren to Expand Defense & Aerospace Electronics Portfolio
TTM Technologies (Nasdaq: TTMI) has agreed to buy East Syracuse, New York-based microwave microelectronics provider Anaren from private equity firm Veritas Capital for approximately $775 million cash. TTM said Sunday the deal will help expand its products portfolio through the addition of Anaren’s radio frequency subsystems and components for aerospace …
Read More »Dwight Hunsicker: Globecomm to Leverage Commercial Tech to Support Military, Gov’t C4ISR
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 30, 2017 — Dwight Hunsicker, executive vice president and general manager for government solutions at Globecomm Systems, has said the company will work to implement its commercial technology to address the needs of government customers, particularly in the areas of command, control, computers, communications, intelligence, surveillance and …
Read More »Collinear to Commercialize Lockheed Wireless Data Transmission Tech; Rick Ambrose Comments
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 19, 2016 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Collinear Networks have entered into a partnership in efforts to commercialize wireless transmission technology over a period of more than two years, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Collinear has worked to develop a Lockheed-built hybrid point-to-point wireless transmission platform and will have …
Read More »Lockheed Awards Subcontract to Vencore Labs for DARPA RF Mapping Program Support
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 23, 2016 — Vencore‘s research arm will build a radio-frequency mapping software under a $5 million subcontract from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) for support on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Advanced Radio Frequency Mapping program, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Vencore Labs will help Lockheed develop new platforms for …
Read More »BAE Systems to Work on EW Tech for Navy Tracking of RF Emitters
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 2, 2016 — BAE Systems will develop an electronic warfare tool that works to pinpoint radio-frequency sources under an $11 million contract with the Office of Naval Research, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the Full-Spectrum Staring Receiver will utilize ultra wideband sensors to facilitate situational awareness and …
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