Harris To Make Radios For Northrop Grumman Battle Command System

February 24, 2010 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Events, Harris Corporation, IT, Northrop Grumman Corp., Services, U.S. Army, missile defense 

Northrop Grumman awarded Harris Corporation a contract to provide radios for the Integrated Air and Missile Battle Command System (IBCS). The IBCS is being made for the U.S. Army by Northrop. As its name implies it will provide command and control for air and missile defense missions. Harris’ contract is for five years and is worth $25 million.

The Army has invested heavily over the last thirty years in systems such as the PATRIOT and THAAD to provide extended air and missile defense. They also procured Avenger systems that use AIM-120 air-to-air missile from vehicle mounts. These and their sensors need to be netted in such a way that a complete air and missile picture can be developed to best assign resources. Key to all of this is of course secure and redundant communications requiring advanced radios such as Harris is making for the IBCS.

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U.A.E. PATRIOT Contract Spillover

February 12, 2010 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Companies, Contract Awards, Countries, Raytheon, UAE, missile defense, production program 

It has been reported that as part of Raytheon’s contract to build PATRIOT air and missile defense systems for the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) a contract was awarded to Beckwood Services of New Hampshire. The manufacturer of sub-components for electrical mechanical systems will have to grow its work force to support this contract.

U.A.E. signed last year a big deal for PATRIOT and THAAD systems to provide defense of itself. The presumed threat is Iran which has been investing in short ranged ballistic missiles. U.A.E. has been investing billions on its military

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UAE to Buy AMRAAM from Raytheon

February 23, 2009 by Matthew Potter · 1 Comment
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Countries, Events, Military Aviation, Raytheon, UAE, production program 

Raytheon announced that they had signed a contract with the UAE to provide advanced AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles for the nation’s F-16 fleet. Reuters reports that the contract is for over two hundred of the missiles. No contract value was given but it is substantial as the AMRAAM is a fairly expensive system. Deliveries are expected to begin in the 2011 time frame. Over the last five years the UAE has invested heavily in upgrading the capabilities of their armed forces. Most recently they have invested over three billion dollars into missile and air defense capability with the purchase of PATRIOT and THAAD systems from the U.S.

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THAAD Video

September 12, 2008 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Lockheed Martin, MDA, Raytheon, development program, missile defense 

As a follow-up to the post about UAE buying THAAD, here is a video from defensenet showing a recent test firing.

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Lockheed Martin brags about missile defense successes in 2007

January 8, 2008 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Lockheed Martin, MDA, development program, production program 

Lockheed Martin put out a press release, here, to brag about all the success they had last year in the missile defense arena. They were awarded several key contracts with Army programs’ THAAD and Patriot PAC-3. They also provide the AEGIS radar used by the US Navy for their missile defense system. They also build C3 systems and radars. If the US continues to fund the various programs at their current levels, Lockheed Martin is in line to have several more good years.

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