ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy will commission its newest guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116), during a ceremony at Flynn Cruiseport in Boston Dec. 1. The future USS Thomas Hudner honors naval aviator and Medal of Honor…
Northrop Grumman Announces Next Generation Jammer-Low Band Team
BALTIMORE — Northrop Grumman Corporation has teamed with Harris Corp. and Comtech PST for the U.S. Navy’s Next Generation Jammer–Low Band (NJG-LB) Demonstration of Existing Technologies (DET). Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Northrop Grumman a $35 million, 20-month contract…
Coast Guard Repatriates 74 Dominican Migrants After Four At-Sea Interdictions
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard returned 74 Dominican migrants to law enforcement authorities in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Nov. 27 following the at-sea interdictions of four migrant vessels off Puerto Rico, the 7th Coast Guard District said…
BAE Systems Wins DARPA Contract to Apply Machine Learning to the RF Spectrum
BURLINGTON, Mass. — The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems a contract valued at $9.2 million for its Radio Frequency Machine Learning System (RFMLS) program. As part of the program, the company aims to develop…
Coast Guard Repatriates 27 Migrants to Cuba
MIAMI — The Coast Guard Cutter Charles David Jr. crew repatriated 27 Cuban migrants Nov. 22 to Cuba, the 7th Coast Guard District said in a release. A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane crew located a…
EdgeTech 2205 AUV-based Sonar Aids in Discovery of Missing Argentine Submarine
WEST WAREHAM, Mass. — EdgeTech, the leader in high-resolution sonar imaging systems and underwater technology, is honored to learn that its industry-leading side scan sonar technology was used to help find the missing Argentine submarine, ARA San Juan, the company…
State Department Approves Standard Missile-3 for Japan
WASHINGTON — The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan of eight Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1B Missiles and 13 SM-3 Block 2A Missiles for an estimated cost of $561 million, the Defense…
Mercury Systems Receives Integrated Subsystems Order for Naval EW Application
ANDOVER, Mass. — Mercury Systems Inc. has received a $6.7 million follow-on order from a leading defense prime contractor for custom-engineered, high-performance subsystems with integrated radio frequency (RF) and digital microelectronics for a naval electronic warfare (EW) application, the company…
Rite-Solutions Awarded NUWC Division Newport IT Services Contract
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. — Rite-Solutions recently was awarded a $49.6 million contract to support the Naval Undersea Warfare Center’s (NUWC’s) Activity Chief Information Officer (ACIO)/Information Technology (IT) division, which is responsible for strategic planning, operations, maintenance, and compliance of the center’s…
Teledyne Microwave Solutions Awarded Contract from NAVSUP
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — Teledyne Microwave Solutions (TMS), a business unit of the Teledyne Defense Electronics Group and its parent company, Teledyne Technologies, has been awarded a $7.5 million sole-source contract from the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Weapon Systems…
