Post Tagged with: "electronic"
Counter-IED Effort Spurs $24.6 Billion Electronic Warfare Market
An estimated $24.6 billion will be spent on the development and production of major EW programs over the next 10 years, according to Forecast International’s “The Market for Electronic Warfare Systems” analysis. Some 35,702 electronic countermeasures (ECM), radar warning receivers (RWRs), electronic support measures (ESM), and other EW systems will be produced from 2011-2020. “The [...]
Electro-Optical Systems Development Likely to Benefit from Budget Boost
NEWTOWN, Conn: With the recent recommendation from U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates to increase the budget for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) investment by $2 billion, as part of a sweeping overhaul of the entire DoD budget, one area of defense electronics is likely to benefit strongly; night vision and thermal imaging technology. [...]
C4i Fares Better Than Most Defense Sectors in Tight Economy
NEWTOWN, Conn: The world C4I market is feeling the pressures of a recession and is expected to be in a decline over the next several years, reports Forecast International’s “The Market for C4I.” But although the world C4I market is not immune to economic realities, it is expected to fare better than most of the [...]
Spherical Battlespace is New Theater of Operations
COLORADO SPRINGS, Co.: The world is no longer flat and information is no longer static. Neither can military operations confine focus to one area of a conflict while remaining oblivious to interconnections with the larger picture. It is time the view of the battlefield is turned upside-down. This is the message of the commander of [...]
Faulty Military Satellite Parts; Northrop Pays to Settle Case
LOS ANGELES: TRW Inc.’s efforts to stop a scientist from revealing his research findings about faulty electronic components the company sold to the government for military and intelligence-gathering satellites were the basis for a whistleblower lawsuit that Northrop Grumman Corp., which acquired TRW, settled today for $325 million. Today’s settlement is the largest one ever [...]
Elbit Systems Awarded Repair Contract for F-16 Fire Control Radar
FORT WORTH, Texas: Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd., was awarded a follow-on contract by the US Air Force, Ogden Air Logistics Center, for depot level repair services on the F-16 AN/APG-68 Fire Control Radar Modular Low Power Radio Frequency (MLPRF). The AN/APG-68 is a long-range, Pulse-Doppler radar [...]
Electronic Countermeasures Systems (ECM) for the Halifax Class Ships
Government of Canada awarded a contract to Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH of Schneizlreuth, Germany, to provide 14 Ship’s Offboard Passive Electronic Countermeasures Systems (ECM) for the Halifax Class Ships.


