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Executive Watch 2009 P3
Marine Corps looks to Harris to help install PRC-117F radios in Marine combat vehicles
ROCHESTER, N.Y., 30 Oct. 2009. The Harris Corp. RF Communications Division in Rochester, N.Y., won a $90 million five-year radio communications contract from the U.S. Marine Corps Thursday to provide as many as 3,385 kits to install the Harris AN/PRC-117F radio in Marine Corps vehicles.
Navy ponders advanced shipboard radar system for missile, air, and surface defense
WASHINGTON, 28 Oct. 2009. U.S. Navy officials are considering a project to develop an advanced missile- air- and surface-defense radar system that blends S-band radar, X-band radar, and a radar suite controller.
Army mortar-detecting radar system from SRCTec finds the shooters, helps make 'em pay
SYRACUSE, N.Y., 27 Oct. 2009. U.S. Army officials needed radar technology not only able to detect mortar rounds in the air, but also to plot the mortar's firing position such that fighting forces can direct counter-battery fire at the mortar tube before the mortar round even hits its target.
Next generation will see India, China, Russia, and Brazil become world's top military powers
LONDON, 27 Oct. 2009. India, China, Russia, and Brazil will become the world's richest nations over the next 40 years, as their defense procurement and military budgets soar over the period, offering enormous growth opportunities for diverse defense industries, predicts market researcher Frost & Sullivan in London.
Sypris sells test and measurement business to Tektronix
LOUISVILLE, Ky., 27 Oct. 2009. Sypris Solutions Inc. has completed the sale of its Test & Measurement business to Tektronix. The sale of Sypris Test & Measurement Inc. was completed for $39 million in cash on October 26, 2009. The proceeds are to be used by Sypris Solutions to support growth of its Aerospace & Defense segment and the retirement debt, among other uses.
BAE Systems opens new Space Coast office for UAS, NASA support
MELBOURNE, Fla., 26 Oct. 2009. BAE Systems relocated its Space Coast Operations from Satellite Beach, Fla., to Melbourne, Fla., and has already started hiring additional employees to help service U.S. space and military systems.
Collision avoidance for unmanned aerial vehicles is objective of Air Force MUSAA program
WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 25 Oct. 2009. Air Force researchers are looking for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies to enable manned and unmanned aircraft to operate together or in confined airspace without crashing into each other.
Input research foreasts continued growth in federal information security spending
RESTON, Va., 24 Oct. 2009. Input, an authority on government business, has released its latest report: "Defining the Federal Information Security Mission: 2009-2014 Forecast," which indicates that federal spending is on the rise to counter the growing threat of cyber attacks on federal computer networks and the national infrastructure. Input has identified that demand for vendor-furnished information security products and services by the federal government will increase.
DARPA moves ahead with project to develop unmanned aerial vehicle that stays aloft for five years
ARLINGTON, Va., 23 Oct. 2009. Aeronautical scientists at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are taking another step in developing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) able to stay aloft and on station for as long as five years to act as a sensor and communications platform.
Coast Guard to get network centric radio communications and WMD sensor system from EF Johnson
FORT BELVOIR, Va., 22 Oct. 2009. The U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) at Fort Belvoir, Va., is set to award a $3.5 million contract to EF Johnson Technologies in Rockville, Md., to integrate secure radio communications and electronic sensors designed to detect weapons of mass destruction (WMD) into a secure wireless network for U.S. Coast Guard boarding parties inspecting large ships.
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