C4I

The Navy has elected to extend the deployment of the MQ-8B Fire Scout in Afghanistan, manufacturer Northrop Grumman [NOC] said recently, adding the unmanned helicopter has improved the ability of […]

Citing offensive and defensive shortcomings in cyber space, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said recently it was looking to boost spending to develop increased capabilities in the cyber […]

The Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] $46.6 million in contract options to begin upgrades to 29 long range radars designed to provide advanced warning and air traffic control […]

The Air Force has awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $31 million contract to design new devices for encrypting and transmitting voice and data traffic, the company said recently. Raytheon said it […]

The Navy has ordered seven more P-8A Poseidon aircraft under a low-rate initial production (LRIP) contract with Boeing [BA], the Pentagon said recently. The $1.3 billion LRIP 2 order was […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently said it has successfully completed formal qualification testing of the Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A) Mobile Basic software baseline being developed for the Army. DCGS-A Mobile […]

The Army has begun the second of a planned biannual series of Network Integration Evaluations (NIE) examining a series of network and non-network capabilities in realistic scenarios to see how […]

Britain’s Cobham recently said it has completed its purchase of satellite communications technologies for $126 million in cash. The deal, which was first announced in September, has an earn out […]

The day after the formal cancellation of the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Ground Mobile Radio (GMR), the top Defense Department acquisition official approved a new program to deliver a […]