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Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded a contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command to supply navigation radar sets and associated systems engineering for ten US Navy submarines. The company’s Sperry Marine business unit will deliver AN/BPS-16 (V)4 navigation radar sets for six Virginia-class attack submarines and four guided-missile...

The US Navy awarded a $440 M contract to Raytheon Co. to develop and produce the new STANDARD Missile-6 Extended Range Active Missile. The SM-6 is being developed to meet the Navy’s requirement for an extended range anti-warfare missile (ER-AAW). “SM-6 not only ensures that the US Navy anti-air...

Northrop Grumman Corp. has been selected by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for Phase II of the Counter-Man Portable Air Defense Systems (Counter-MANPADS) program, which is designed to protect commercial aircraft from attack by ground-based, shoulder-fired missiles. During the Phase II contract, which is valued at $45...

Communications in a deployed environment will be easier for the Air Force because of a recent contract award by the Electronic Systems Center (ESC). ESC recently awarded a second follow-on indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract worth up to nearly $490 M for a program called Theater Deployable Communications. The contract...

Alcatel has signed a multimillion-dollar agreement with Great River Energy, a generation and transmission cooperative in Minnesota, to supply and install a microwave communications network covering multiple phases. Alcatel will replace and upgrade the company’s existing analogue microwave radios in order to provide better internal communications capability and allow...

In a deal worth €40 M the Ethiopian Telecommunications Corp. (ETC) has selected Nokia to supply and deploy GSM network equipment, including its Connect GSM solution for optimized network coverage. It calls for Nokia, and its main subcontractor LeadCom Integrated Solutions, to supply both GSM core and radio equipment...

Wavecom, a global provider of integrated technology solutions for wireless voice and data applications, has signed a partnership agreement with Plextek, an independent European electronics design company of telemetry products and systems. Under the agreement, Plextek becomes a Wavecom certified design house, offering design, development and integration of the...

The Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar System (TRML-3D) from EADS Defence and Communications Systems has been successfully delivered to the Lithuanian Air Force. The contract promised the delivery of three such systems with the last being received in August. The system is a self-contained mobile 3D radar with an...

In what is one of the largest fixed wireless broadband deployments in the country, Bell Canada has teamed up with Ericsson Canada to expand its Alberta network by deploying more than 300 point-to-multipoint wireless links. The contract includes a complete MINI-LINK™ microwave transmission network including point-to-multipoint systems, network management...

A consortium of companies collaborating under the moniker “WWiSE” announced their intended submission of a complete joint proposal to the IEEE 802.11 Task Group N (TGn), which is chartered with developing a next generation Wi-Fi standard capable of sustaining data throughput in excess of 100 Mbps. The technology foundation...