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Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Sperry Marine business unit has been awarded a contract to supply navigation radar systems for eight new US Navy nuclear attack submarines. The firm, fixed-price contract, valued at $20.9 M, was awarded to Sperry Marine by Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC. The contract calls for...

The US Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin a $1 B contract for continued development and evolution of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System. Under the contract, Lockheed Martin’s Surface-Sea Based Missile Defense line of business, in Moorestown, NJ, will design, develop, integrate,...

Raytheon Co. moves closer to its first international sale of RACR (Raytheon Advanced Combat Radar) following approval for the company to move forward with technical discussions with at least two potential customers. Both countries are looking to upgrade their F-16 fleets within the next two years in order to...

Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, successfully completed the first milestone in a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) program that will process 40 times more data than is possible today, and deliver weather images to more than 10,000 direct users. The Systems Requirements Review of...

Over the next three years scientists from QinetiQ and the University of Exeter, UK, will build on a portfolio of patented technology to develop new anti-counterfeit and RF technologies. The work will be based on groundbreaking physical sciences research in the field of tailored electromagnetic materials—made by studying the...

The site of a ground station for Galileo, Europe’s global navigation satellite system, inside the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), near Kourou in French Guiana, has been inaugurated. The site, which was made available by France’s Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), will play an essential role in the setting up...

EADS Innovation Works, the European aerospace and defence group’s research and development network, is opening a branch in Bangalore, India. Located within the Airbus Engineering Centre India’s premises, EADS Innovation Works India will manage and broker R&T projects for the EADS Business Units and the Corporate R&T Organisation. Some...

Specialist Microwave Solutions Ltd. (SMS) has been awarded a two-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) sponsored by the UK Technology Strategy Board. As a result, SMS will work together with Cranfield University’s Manufacturing Department, within the School of Applied Sciences and with their microwave experts from the Defence and Security...

The Wi-Fi hotspot market is entering a revival period marked by renewed interest from communication providers and increased usage among both business and leisure users, reports In-Stat. In-Stat estimates that hotspot usage will increase in 2009 by 47 percent, bringing total worldwide connects to 1.2 billion. “A market that...

Qualcomm looks set to be the leading patent holder in 4G wireless communications after recording 24 percent of ETSI declarations surrounding LTE, as well as 16 percent of the 26,000 patents that have potential relevance to 4G technologies generally, including WiMAX. Other notable players in the LTE field include...