by Fred Donovan | Oct 28, 2015 | BAE, Contracts - Awards, Forces - Marines, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, Pre-RFP, R&D - Contracted, Radars, Raytheon, RFPs, T&C - CSC, Testing & Evaluation, USA
AN/TPS-75(click to view full) The US Air Force’s AN/TPS-75 radar has been in service since 1968. Threats have evolved, and they want to replace it as their main long-range, ground-based radar for detecting, identifying and tracking aircraft and missiles, then...
by Fred Donovan | Sep 30, 2015 | Americas - Other, Australia & S. Pacific, Canada, Contracts - Awards, European Union (EU), FOCUS Articles, France, Germany, Issues - Environmental, Issues - International, Issues - Political, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Equipment - Land, Outer Space, Policy - Procurement, R&D - Contracted, Radars, Raytheon, Satellites & Sensors, Support & Maintenance, USA
Space Fence concept(click to view full) Space is big. Objects in space are very dangerous to each other. Countries that intend to launch objects into space need to know what’s out there, in order to avoid disasters like the 2009 collision of 2 orbital...
by Fred Donovan | Sep 16, 2015 | Airbus, Alliances, Britain/U.K., C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Europe - Other, France, Outer Space, Procurement Innovations, Satellites & Sensors, Signals Radio & Wireless, Soldier's Gear
Skynet 5 satellite model(click to view full) When militaries around the world have wanted to expand their satellite communication (SATCOM) capacity, they traditionally have had 2 choices – either pay a satellite manufacturer billions of dollars to build a...
by Fred Donovan | Aug 21, 2015 | C4ISR, Delivery & Task Orders, Intelligence & PsyOps, IT - General, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other
CACI International received a $75 million task order to support the US Army’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD) under the Technical Engineering Support...
by Fred Donovan | Jan 21, 2015 | Avionics, Boeing, C4ISR, Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, ECM, Electronics - General, Equipment - Other, Lockheed Martin, New Systems Tech, Northrop-Grumman, Other Corporation, Other Equipment - Land, Radars, Support & Maintenance, Support Functions - Other, Testing & Evaluation, USA
Latest update: Critical Design Review, milestone schedule. Looking a little dated(click to view full) In March 2010 the Navy awarded an $83 million contract for e-CASS development, production and testing. The AN/USM-636(V) Consolidated Automated Support System (CASS)...
