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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems selects rugged computing modules from Mercury Computer for Predator UAS upgrade
CHELMSFORD, Mass., 14 July 2009. Mercury Computer Systems Inc., a provider of embedded computing systems and software for image, sensor, and signal processing applications, has received a $2.7 million production order from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) to provide RACE++ Series rugged computing modules for the Predator unmanned aircraft system (UAS) Lynx Block 20 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology upgrade.
Lockheed Martin DAGR rockets successfully fired from Airborne AH-6 Little Bird
ORLANDO, Fla., 13 July 2009. Lockheed Martin launched DAGRs -- Direct Attack Guided Rockets -- from an airborne AH-6 Little Bird helicopter and successfully hit the target in two separate trials. This is the second platform DAGR has fired from in the past few months—Lockheed Martin also fired DAGR rockets from the AH-64D Apache helicopter in March.
Raytheon moves ahead with bunker busting cruise missile upgrades to Tomahawk
PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 12 July 2009. Cruise missile designers at Raytheon Co. in Tucson, Ariz., are moving ahead with a plan to improve the Tomahawk cruise missile for bunker busting and large area target capability under terms of $12.8 million contract awarded Friday from U.S. Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md.
U.S. Army awards Javelin Joint Venture $298.6 million support contract
TUCSON, Ariz., 11 July 2009. The U.S. Army selected the Raytheon Company-Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture to provide lifecycle contract support for the Javelin anti-tank missile and command launch unit. The five-year $298.6 million contract, with a funded value of $34.9 million in fiscal year 2009, requires the Javelin Joint Venture to provide the U.S. Army with depot spares, repair support, training, and data.
American Science and Engineering gains $8.6 million order for Z Portal screening systems from Abu Dhabi Customs
BILLERICA, Mass., 10 July 2009. American Science and Engineering Inc. (AS&E) won an $8.6 million follow-on order from Abu Dhabi Customs Administration for multiple Z Portal X-ray screening systems. The systems will be used to scan vehicles at a strategic border checkpoint in Abu Dhabi, the largest emirate of the United Arab Emirates. The systems will be configured with three Z Backscatter imaging modules for left, right, and top-down imaging of the vehicle, says a representative.
Lockheed Martin contracted to continue training for U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard F-16 pilots
ORLANDO, Fla., 10 July 2009. Lockheed Martin won the Weapons System Support Contract (WSSC) from the U.S. Air Force's Air Education Training Command (AETC), as well as the Weapons Systems Simulator Training & Support Contract by the Air National Guard Bureau to provide pilot training for the F-16. The contracts for $13 million and $20 million, respectively, provide support services for multiple versions of the F-16.
Lockheed Martin wins $60 million worldwide LANTIRN depot award
ORLANDO, Fla., 9 July 2009. Lockheed Martin won from the U.S. Air Force a five-year, $60 million contract to continue depot maintenance support for LANTIRN navigation and targeting pods at the Lockheed Martin Warner Robins Worldwide Depot. The depot supports repairs on LANTIRN pods for U.S. Air Force and foreign military customers.
NASA selects Orbital to build space science satellite
DULLES, Va., 9 July 2009. Orbital Sciences Corp. has been selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to design, manufacture, integrate, and test a new low-Earth orbit (LEO) space science satellite that will study X-ray polarization in space. Under the $40 million contract, Orbital will provide the spacecraft bus and conduct mission operations for the Goddard Space Flight Center's (GSFC) Gravity and Extreme Magnetism (GEMS) mission.
U.S. Army receives first Lockheed Martin EQ-36 Counterfire Target Acquisition Radar System
SYRACUSE, N.Y., 8 July 2009. Lockheed Martin has delivered the first Non-Recurring Engineering Enhanced AN/TPQ-36 Counterfire Target Acquisition (EQ-36) Radar System to the U.S. Army. The radar's delivery on July 2 followed live-fire performance testing against indirect fire from mortars, artillery, and rockets from a simulated enemy. The series of tests, held this spring at the Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, included engineering, contractor, and government acceptance testing.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency adopts Cadence Virtuoso and Spectre Simulator for complex analog, mixed-signal designs
SAN JOSE, Calif., 8 July 2009. he Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has adopted the Cadence Virtuoso IC 6.1 custom design platform and the Cadence Virtuoso Spectre Circuit Simulator from Cadence Design Systems Inc. Building circuits to be used in space exploration under extreme conditions without malfunctions requires the accurate modeling of multiple factors of disturbance, and then the use of those models to test the chip designs.
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