UNITED KINGDOM AND NATO
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16 Sep 21. Babcock has been awarded a £110m contract to deliver the new Defence Strategic Radio Service (DSRS) to critical military operations. DSRS uses the Earth’s ionosphere, part of the upper atmosphere, to allow radio signals to be sent and received across thousands of kilometers. This allows communications to be rapidly delivered across a variety of domains to service personnel, regardless of whether they are on land, in the air or at sea. The new communications service removes the traditional requirement for direct-line-of-sight between the transmitter and user. Members of the Armed Forces will be able to communicate more effectively and quickly in notoriously challenging terrain, such as built-up cities, mountains and jungles. Awarded to Babcock International Group, the nine-year contract will support around 150 jobs across England, Scotland and three of the UK’s Overseas Bases.
16 Sep 21. Calian Awarded Military Training Contract with the NATO Security Force Assistance Centre of Excellence. Calian® Group Ltd. (TSX: CGY), provider of trusted solutions across Advanced Technologies, Health, Learning and IT & Cyber Solutions segments, announces a contract win with the NATO Security Force Assistance Centre of Excellence (NATO SFA COE), a multinational entity with Italy, Albania and Slovenia as sponsoring Nations. As part of the contract, Calian will support training on site, bringing military expertise and a deep understanding of management and leadership principles to the NATO SFA COE. The COE is committed to knowledge-sharing among the Alliance, NATO nations and NATO partners in the field of SFA, building the skills of its personnel. It aims to improve the effectiveness of the Alliance in promoting stability and reconstruction efforts for conflict and post-conflict scenarios.
15 Sep 21. Chess Dynamics, the leading British surveillance, tracking and gunfire control specialist today announced that it is part of the successful Thales-led team that has been selected to deliver an advanced directed energy system for an MoD Naval Capability Demonstrator Programme (CDP). One of three related CDPs, the programme will see Chess Dynamics build and demonstrate a specialised ultra-high accuracy positioner (UHAP) that will accurately steer and point a high energy laser system. The DE system featuring the Chess UHAP will be the first of its kind to be demonstrated for and by the Royal Navy (RN) and will be installed on a RN frigate for an extended period of testing and evaluation. Chess Dynamics will build on its 28-year pedigree in precision pointing and tracking solutions to custom design and build a positioner that will meet the demanding requirements for accuracy, precision and reliability that will be critical to a successful CDP.
17 Sep 21. NP Aerospace Awarded Contract Under the UK MoD’s Vehicle Support Capital Spares Framework Agreement. NP Aerospace confirms it has been awarded a contract under the UK MoD Vehicle Support Capital Spares Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement (VSCAPS). Further details will be announced to the market over the coming weeks. The multi-year contract covers the full range of British Army vehicles and cements NP Aerospace’s position as a tier one supplier.
14 Sep 21. £72.5m investment for laser and radio frequency weapons. Three contracts awarded to produce new Directed Energy Weapons advanced demonstrators for British Army vehicles and Royal Navy frigate and Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. The MOD has awarded three contracts worth around £72.5m to UK industry to produce advanced laser and radio frequency demonstrators as part of the Novel Weapons Programme (NWP). Known collectively as Directed Energy Weapons (DEW), these next-generation technologies could revolutionise the battlefield and reduce the risk of collateral damage. The systems are powered by electricity and operate without ammunition, significantly reducing operating costs, increasing platform endurance and providing unprecedented offensive and defensive flexibility to personnel on the frontline. Awarded to consortia headed by Thales and Raytheon UK, the four-year contracts will create at least 49 new jobs and sustain 249 jobs. The first laser will undergo user testing onboard a Royal Navy Type 23 frigate by detecting, tracking, engaging and countering Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), whilst the British Army’s Wolfhound armoured vehicle will host a laser demonstrator that will investigate capability against UAV and other air threats. The radio frequency demonstrator will also be used by the British Army, hosted on a MAN SV truck to detect and track a variety of air, land and sea targets. This will create around 30 new jobs at Thales in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Source: https://www.gov.uk/)
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17 Sep 21. £170m investment for the next generation of Royal Navy submarines. BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce will undertake concept and design work for the Royal Navy submarines. Design work for the next-generation of Royal Navy submarines is underway following the award of two contracts to UK industry, the Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has today announced. Two contracts worth £85m each had been awarded to BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce to deliver design and concept work for a future Class of Royal Navy submarine. Over the next three years and supporting 350 jobs in the process, the contracts will deliver design work to inform a future decision which will help define the replacement approach for the Astute Class submarines – the nuclear powered fleet of submarines (SSNs) currently in service with the Royal Navy. (Source: https://www.gov.uk/)
15 Sep 21. BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc., Rockville, Maryland, is awarded a $17,058,653 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification (P00028) to a previously awarded and announced contract (N00030-19-C-0007) to provide logistics, engineering, and integration support of the U.S. Ohio-class and U.K. Vanguard-class Strategic Weapon System platforms, including support of future concepts. Work will be performed in Saint Mary’s, Georgia (39%); Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (26%); Rockville, Maryland (21%); Silverdale, Washington (3%); Portsmouth, Virginia (1%); Cleveland, South Carolina (1%); New Market, Maryland (1%); Carlisle, Pennsylvania (1%); Mooresboro, North Carolina (1%); Forsyth, Georgia (1%); Mesa, Arizona (1%); Saint Simons Island, Georgia (1%); Perkins, Georgia (1%); Savannah, Georgia (1%); and St. Peters, Missouri (1%), with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2022. Subject to the availability of funding, fiscal 2022 operations and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $17,058,653 will be obligated. No funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was a sole source acquisition pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00030-19-C-0007) BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc., Rockville, Maryland, is awarded a $17,058,653 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification (P00028) to a previously awarded and announced contract (N00030-19-C-0007) to provide logistics, engineering, and integration support of the U.S. Ohio-class and U.K. Vanguard-class Strategic Weapon System platforms, including support of future concepts. Work will be performed in Saint Mary’s, Georgia (39%); Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (26%); Rockville, Maryland (21%); Silverdale, Washington (3%); Portsmouth, Virginia (1%); Cleveland, South Carolina (1%); New Market, Maryland (1%); Carlisle, Pennsylvania (1%); Mooresboro, North Carolina (1%); Forsyth, Georgia (1%); Mesa, Arizona (1%); Saint Simons Island, Georgia (1%); Perkins, Georgia (1%); Savannah, Georgia (1%); and St. Peters, Missouri (1%), with an expected completion date of Sept. 30, 2022. Subject to the availability of funding, fiscal 2022 operations and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $17,058,653 will be obligated. No funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was a sole source acquisition pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00030-19-C-0007).
16 Sep 21. Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems, Braintree, Massachusetts, is awarded a $23,151,045 fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost only modification to previously awarded contract N00024-18-C-6405 to exercise options for the production of MK54 MOD 0 lightweight torpedo (LWT) array kits, associated production support material, spares, and engineering and hardware support services. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. government (12%): and the governments of the Netherlands, Belgium, New Zealand, Spain, and Brazil (88%) under the foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. This modification is in support of the MK54 MOD 0 LWT program. Work will be performed in Braintree, Massachusetts (70%); and Lititz, Pennsylvania (30%), and is expected to be completed by April 2025. Fiscal 2019 weapons procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,999,019 (9%); fiscal 2021 weapons procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $800,009 (3%); and Foreign Military Sales (governments of the Netherlands, Belgium, New Zealand, Spain, and Brazil) funds in the amount of $20,352,017 (88%) will be obligated at time of award, of which $1,999,019 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
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13 Sep 21. Investment in synthetic training capability for Typhoon pilots. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded BAE Systems contracts valued at more than £220m to deliver advanced synthetic training for pilots training to fly Typhoon, one of the world’s leading combat aircraft. Under the Typhoon Future Synthetic Training (TFST) contracts, BAE Systems is leading work to deliver ten high fidelity, immersive simulators, together with highly-secure state of the art training facilities at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire and RAF Lossiemouth in Moray. The new training environments will be linked together providing an integrated environment for pilots to train and carry out complex combined training exercises using real world mission software and tactics.
12 Sep 21. £400m investment for the Royal Air Force. The UK’s Chinook helicopters will be enhanced with state-of-the-art defensive systems, while the RAF’s C-17 Globemaster fleet will receive a software and hardware upgrade. The RAF will be boosted by an investment of almost £400 m to enhance the capabilities of two of its vital assets – the C-17 Globemaster aircraft and the CH-47 Chinook helicopter. UK’s C-17 fleet – which recently played a key role in the UK’s evacuation from Afghanistan – will receive a £324m investment. This will upgrade software and hardware to improve airlift capability as part of a contract with the US Air Force. The UK’s fleet of Mk5 and Mk6 Chinook helicopters will be enhanced with state-of-the-art defensive systems, as part of a £64 m contract with Boeing Defence UK (BDUK) which will make them harder for adversaries to detect. (Source: https://www.gov.uk/)
14 Sep 21. Flare Bright wins UK MOD Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) follow-up contract. Following a successful initial DASA contract to prove the concept of true autonomy in drones, Flare Bright have been awarded a larger follow-up contract to provide the same autonomy in powered drones to give increase persistence and endurance. This project will deliver a fixed wing drone that can fly without GPS or any remote-control, when other drones are unflyable due to jamming and denial. Flare Bright’s latest £425,391 contract lasts for 13 months and recently commenced, and follows on from the completion of an initial £226,500 contract that successfully concluded in April 2021. It will be announced at DSEI, to coincide with Flare Bright being selected to showcase its success at DASA’s stand (H2-110) and representatives will be talking through the innovative technology throughout the show.
EUROPE
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13 Sep 21. Savox Provides Over 200 Information Systems to Latvia as a Part of Patria Armoured Vehicles’ Supply Contract. A significant supply contract for Savox Communications Ltd: Savox provides over 200 digital integrated information systems to Latvian National Armed Forces as a part of The Patria 6×6 armoured vehicles’ supply contract. According to Patria’s agreed schedule, the deliveries will take place between 2021 and 2029. The acquisition enables the digitalization of Latvian Armed Forces in the long-term future.
11 Sep 21. TEK Military Seating has been awarded the contract by RBSL to supply operator seating for the FUCHS (CBRN) platform as part of the UK MODs £16m upgrade programme. The ProTEK® T4H was chosen as it offers the latest innovations in occupant safety, ergonomics and functionality, whilst offering good levels of comfort over prolonged usage. The ProTEK® T4H seat offers unrivalled modularity, like other ProTEK® ranges of military seating solutions which are available with tried, tested and certified modules such as blast protection, integrated harness seat belts, vehicle-seat interface and many more, enabling us to create a seating solution which matches the customers’ requirements.
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14 Sep 21. ECA GROUP selects CTM and PATRIA to supply electromagnetic and acoustic modules for the minesweeping solution it will deliver to the Belgian and Royal Netherlands navies. ECA GROUP has contracted CTM and PATRIA to supply two minesweeping subsystems that will be towed with its INSPECTOR 125-S Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV). The fully integrated solution will provide enhanced multi-influence minesweeping capabilities within the Mine Counter Measures replacement (rMCM) programme awarded by Belgium and the Netherlands to the Belgium Naval & Robotics consortium, composed of Naval Group and ECA GROUP.
23 Jul 21. Engie Axima Germany has been selected to provide a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system as well as the CBRN protection and the cooling systems for the German Navy’s F126 class frigates. Engie Axima Germany has signed a contract with Damen Naval. Following the contract signing, work on the project is set to begin, according to the company. The first frigate is expected to be equipped with the NOSKE-KAESER systems in 2024. Together with its partners Blohm + Voss and Thales, Damen is building a total of four ships of the class F126 frigates on behalf of the German Navy, after the partners were able to prevail with their offer in a multi-year European tender in 2020.
14 Sep 21. Patria has been awarded a contract for the delivery of Patria Sonac ACS Acoustic Minesweeping Systems to the Belgian and Royal Netherlands navies by Belgium Naval & Robotics, the consortium made up of ECA GROUP and Naval Group. The systems will be part of a fully integrated hardware and software minesweeping system developed by ECA GROUP. Following earlier successes, this contract reinforces Patria’s strategic efforts to become one of the leading providers of Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and Maritime Mine Countermeasures (MMCM) solutions and services. The new delivery contract further improves the company’s competitiveness and position in the global MMCM market and represents an important step in Patria’s new growth strategy. Patria Sonac ACS fully supports Mine Setting, Target Simulation, as well as Mine Jamming modes of operation. The sweep is capable of accurately reproducing true pre-recorded or synthesized underwater or surface target acoustic signatures, which is critical against modern intelligent sea mines. Patria Sonac ACS supports standalone operation but can also be integrated as part of any multi-influence minesweeping system.
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14 Sep 21. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) was awarded a USD 30.5m contract to upgrade Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force, AMI) MQ-9A Predator B medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Block 5 standard, the US Department of Defense (DoD) has announced. The MQ-9 mid-life modernisation (MLM) contract, awarded under the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme on 8 September, includes all five Lot 1 MQ-9A UAVs and Block 30 mobile ground control stations currently in service with the AMI. The contract will run through to 31 January 2023. (Source: UAS VISION)
USA
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16 Sep 21. The U.S. Army has awarded L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) a $100m order for the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle – Binocular (ENVG-B) system that will enhance soldier situational awareness, mobility, survivability and lethality. The ENVG-B delivers imagery and data from the battlefield directly to the soldier’s eye. The complete system will interface with the Army’s family of weapon sights, while enhancing interoperability and data sharing. This marks the second delivery order L3Harris has received from the U.S. Army for the ENVG-B Program of Record (POR), which has a total value of $442m. Since 2018, L3Harris has delivered more than 6,000 ENVG-B systems to the Army as part of both the POR and Directed Requirements contracts. (Source: BUSINESS WIRE)
13 Sep 21. Raytheon UK, received a 10 year Indefinite-Delivery / Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract, estimated value of $250m, with Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) on behalf of the United States Department of Defense (US DOD) to provide US Air Force and Navy advanced Assured Positioning Navigation and Timing (APNT) products. The contract includes the Advanced Digital Antenna Product (ADAP) and GPS Anti-Jam System (GAS-1) systems for multiple fixed and rotary wing aircraft and naval platforms for U.S. and allied customers. The ADAP and GAS-1 systems protect GPS-based navigation against complex deliberate jamming and spoofing, as well as accidental interference scenarios. This follows on from a previous long-term supply agreement with the US DOD whereby Raytheon UK has achieved a Contractor Performance Assessment Report (CPAR) rating of “Exceptional” in eight of the past ten years.
17 Sep 21. Rolls-Royce Solutions America Inc., Novi, Michigan, was awarded a $193,999,241 firm-fixed-price contract for the acquisition of Namer Armored Personnel Carrier Power Packs Less Transmissions. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Novi, Michigan, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2021. Fiscal 2020 Foreign Military Sales (Israel) funds in the amount of $193,999,241 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity (W56HZV-21-C-0087).
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15 Sep 21. Collins Aerospace, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is awarded a $294,139,940 modification (P00020) to a previously awarded, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N0042118D0004). This modification exercises an option for the procurement of 8,085 AN/ARC-210(v) radios for installation in over 400 strategic and tactical airborne, seaborne and land based (mobile and fixed) platforms for the Navy, Marine Corps, Army, Coast Guard, other government agencies, and Foreign Military Sales customers. Work will be performed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and is expected to be completed in September 2024. No funds are being obligated at time of award; funds will be obligated on individual delivery orders as they are issued. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
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14 Sep 21. Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems Inc., Northridge, California, is awarded a $41,231,833 firm-fixed-price contract. This contract procures low rate initial production Lot One of the AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER). This contract provides for the production and delivery of 16 AGM-88G AARGM-ER All Up Rounds, six AGM-88G AARGM-ER Captive Air Training Missiles, four Common Munitions BIT Reprogramming Equipment Plus interface devices, initial spares, and required supplies and support. Work will be performed in Northridge, California (61%); Rocket Center, West Virginia (21%); China Lake, California (11%); and Ridgecrest, California (7%), and is expected to be completed in March 2024. Fiscal 2021 weapons procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $41,231,833 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N0001921C0044).
17 Sep 21. BlueHalo Performs Successful Demonstration for Defense Innovation Unit. BlueHalo’s small unmanned aerial systems team successfully completed a capabilities demonstration of BlueHalo’s, American-made Group 1 sUAS for Defense Innovation Unit at a DoD facility in California. BlueHalo was recently awarded a contract to participate in DIU’s Blue 2.0 Prototype OTA effort, designed to streamline government acquisition of approved NDAA compliant UAS platforms. This collaborative effort is being funded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center. (Source: UAS VISION)
17 Sep 21. The Boeing Co., Newark, Ohio, has been awarded a $1,620,707,490 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for missile guidance repair. This contract will repair the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) missile guidance set. Work will be performed in Newark, Ohio, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 27, 2039. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $32,486,160 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity (FA821421D0003).
16 Sep 21. The Boeing Corp., St. Louis, Missouri, has been awarded a $70,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators. This contract provides for the procurement via delivery order of GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator carriage and release equipment. The location of performance is Saint Charles, Missouri, and work is expected to be completed by April 30, 2026. This award is the result of a sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2019 3011 (production) funds in the amount of $18,025,770 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity (FA8681-19-D-0008).
13 Sep 21. Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced today that it has received a contract to design, manufacture and deliver Unmanned Threat Emitter (UMTE) Threat Kit 12 (TK-12) Remote Emitter systems providing advanced surface-to-air missile threat simulation to increase realistic training capabilities for aircrews using U.S. Air Force premier training ranges. The contract, from Georgia Tech Research Institute, will provide U.S. military and partner nation aircrews with advanced threat training platforms to enhance aircrew competency in survivability and tactics, techniques and procedures. The UMTE TK-12 design is based on Leonardo DRS’ AN/TPT-T1(V) UMTE system that is currently fielded by the U.S. Air Force.
13 Sep 21. Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $2,014,074,283 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price-incentive-fee contract definitization. This contract provides logistics support, to include ground maintenance activities, action request resolution, depot activities, automatic logistics information system operations and maintenance, reliability and maintainability, supply chain management, pilot training, maintainer training, and training system sustainment in support of delivered F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter air systems for the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers and non-U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) participants. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (57%); Orlando, Florida (26%); Greeneville, South Carolina (11%); Samlesbury, United Kingdom (4%); and El Segundo, California (2%), and is expected to be completed in December 2021. Fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance (Air Force) funds in the amount of $822,014,213; fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $382,221,083; fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $176,725,435; fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $2,292,773; fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,210,802; FMS funds in the amount of $217,257,071; and non-U.S. DOD participant funds in the amount of $412,352,906 will be obligated at time of award, $1,380,960,731 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N0001921C0020).
13 Sep 21. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a not-to-exceed $411,810,561 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity undefinitized contract. This contract procures initial spares to include global spares packages, base spares packages, deployment spares packages, and afloat spares packages in support of F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter air vehicle delivery schedules for the Navy Marine Corps, Air Force, non-U.S. Department of Defense participants, and Foreign Military Sales customers. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in September 2026. No funds will be obligated at the time of award; funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N0001921D0001).
11 May 21. NASA Awards IceMOS Technology an SBIR Project to Develop Radiation-Tolerant High-Voltage MOSFET Transistors Critical to Moon to Mars CampaignIceMOS Technology Corporation today announced the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) awarded it a project to begin work on developing a novel radiation-hard high voltage power transistor. Improvements in power semiconductor devices are critical to power supply applications required in long-term NASA space programs such as “Moon to Mars” which aims to send humans to the surface of the Moon by 2024 and establish sustainable exploration by the end of the decade.
REST OF THE WORLD
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10 Sep 21. AL TAIF, the UAE’s leading provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for military equipment, today signed a contract with L3 Harris Technologies (L3Harris), the US-based specialist in surveillance solutions, microwave weaponry and electronic warfare. Valued at AED47m, the agreement mandates AL TAIF to deliver programme management and engineering services for Phase 3 of L3Harris’s systems integration project conducted on the vehicle fleet of the UAE Armed Forces. The work scope comprises fabrication, bracket design support and installation in compliance with ISO 9001:2015, OHSAS 18001:2007 and other regulatory standards. The three-phase project has been ongoing since 2014.
10 Sep 21. Saab Signs Deployable Health Capability Contract with Strategic Partner Marshall. Saab Australia (Saab) has moved a step closer to delivery of Australia’s deployable health capability (JP2060 Phase 3) with the signing of an AUD 8.28m contract with key technology supplier and capability partner, Marshall. Under the contract, applied-engineering firm Marshall will deliver three of its award-winning Marshall Military CT scanners for use as part of the deployable medical modules being delivered by Saab to the Australian Defence Force under the JP2060 Phase 3 project. Once operational and deployed, the scanners will enable field medical staff to create detailed diagnostic images of patients – enabling immediate and accurate treatment in the field.
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13 Sep 21. Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ:ESLT and TASE: ESLT) (“Elbit Systems” or “the Company”) announced today that it was awarded contracts, in an aggregate amount of approximately $56m, to supply Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) capabilities to the Navy of a country in Asia-Pacific. The contracts will be performed over a 12-month period. Under the contracts, Elbit Systems will provide the Seagull™ USVs (Unmanned Surface Vessels) configured to perform ASW missions and the Towed Reelable Active Passive Sonar (TRAPS) systems. The Seagull USVs will integrate Helicopter/Ship Long-Range Active Sonars (HELRAS) and will be equipped with the Company’s autonomous suite, Combat Management System and Satellite Communication capability. The TRAPS systems, which will be installed onboard the customer’s corvettes, are low frequency variable-depth-sonars intended for detection, tracking and classification of submarines, midget submarines, surface vessels and torpedoes.
14 May 21. Rohde & Schwarz has secured a five-year contract from the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) to deliver high frequency (HF) radios. The contract will see the company replace the existing HF receivers at multiple sites throughout Canada. The company’s R&S M3SR Series4100 HF receivers will be provided for use by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), the Canadian Army, and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF).
The new receivers are advanced radio systems designed to support future capabilities of HF communications, such as HF wideband. They are part of Rohde & Schwarz’s SOVERON radio family. According to the company, the R&S M3SR Series4100 family radio platform is a future-ready, safe and reliable system. (Source: naval-technology.com)
14 Sep 21. SEA, the UK’s defence and security electronic system specialist, has been awarded a contract by New Zealand’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the first phase of upgrading the communications systems on two Royal New Zealand Navy ANZAC frigates. SEA will update the systems with its open architecture external communication capability under the Frigate Sustainment – Communications Project. The contract, which covers the design of the communication system upgrade, is valued at £4.6 m and is scheduled to commence in September 2021. This contract is for the first of two planned project phases which will deliver new capability from 2024. SEA’s system is intended to reduce through life costs and associated maintenance. The flexible, modular system will enable the Navy to integrate equipment, including cryptos and radios, regardless of the manufacturer or supplier. The open architecture of the system will also meet interoperability requirements and allow the Royal New Zealand Navy to communicate with partner navies, which will support missions with friendly countries such as neighbouring Australia. As part of the contract, SEA will work in partnership with NZ-based subcontractors to develop the new system and deliver on-the-ground training, which will include conducting a gap analysis of current knowledge and skills, followed by training tailored to the needs of the Royal New Zealand Navy. This is designed to enable an effective knowledge transfer and ensure personnel can operate SEA’s intuitive and user-friendly communications system.
14 Sep 21. Sonardyne’s Sentinel to help protect Middle Eastern Navy and critical national infrastructure. Underwater intruder detection technology from maritime security specialist Sonardyne has been chosen to protect a string of naval facilities and critical national infrastructure in the Middle East. Sonardyne’s Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonar (IDS) will be deployed across a number of fixed and floating assets to provide perimeter and mobile protection from threats, including unauthorised divers and unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). More than ten Sentinel sonar systems will be used across the naval sites as part of a 360 degree NiDAR surface and sub-surface waterline surveillance system, developed and supplied by Sonardyne’s long-term maritime security partner, MARSS Group. Integrated into the NiDAR C2, the Sentinel arrays, create some of the largest ever fully integrated underwater security shields around marine infrastructure, delivering a security layer covering in excess of 8sq km.
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13 Sep 21. Fokker Elmo SASMOS Interconnection Systems Limited (FE-SIL), the Joint Venture (JV) between GKN Aerospace and SASMOS HET Technologies Limited, has been awarded a contract from Saab to manufacture Electrical Interconnection Systems (EWIS) for the Boeing-Saab T-7A trainer aircraft aft section.)Under the multi-year contract, FE-SIL, located in Bangalore, India, will deliver the required wiring systems for the aft fuselage of the advanced jet that will train the next generation of fighter and bomber pilots. This contract will strengthen FE-SIL’s relationship with Saab and Boeing, supporting them with affordable, global solutions. The first EWIS ship-set is scheduled for delivery in 2022 from FE-SIL’s Centre of Excellence for Aircraft Harnesses in Bangalore. (Source: ASD Network
TECHNOLOGY
07 Sep 21. $1.34m to boost Australian CBRN threat detection. The Victorian Defence Science Institute (DSI) and DST Group (DSTG) have awarded $1.34m in grants to four consortia under the “DSI-Hazardous Agent Challenge (HAC)”. The projects funded under this Challenge will stimulate new ground-breaking sensor research and the formation of Defence-oriented multidisciplinary teams.
The four projects to be funded under the HAC are:
- Gram-scale infra-red spectrometer concept for multi-analyte airborne chemical threat detection. University of Melbourne & Flame Security International.
- Wireless platform for stand-off detection of chemical hazards. Monash University, University of Melbourne
- Sensing platform for defence-relevant airborne chemical threats. University of Melbourne, Monash University, Ideation Product Solutions Pty Ltd.
- Porous photonic micro cavities – enhanced in-field toxic chemical sensor. Monash University, CSIRO.
The successful teams from academia, industry and a publicly funded research agency span a range of disciplines across the physical, life, data and engineering sciences and will deliver prototypes for assessment by Defence within the next 18 months. (Source: Rumour Control)