Tactical Communications

Lockheed to fine tune Navy subs’ imaging capabilities

Imaging systems provide mission-critical, all-weather visual and electronic search capabilities for several classes of submarines.

  • By David Hubler

Raytheon modernizes Navy, Marine Corps air-traffic systems

Upgrade will improve a mobile system that provides air-traffic services for the rapid deployment of troops and equipment.

  • By David Hubler

Air Force wants wearable computers

The Air Force is seeking input from businesses on developing a wearable computer system.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Marines go shopping for $880M worth of new computers

The Marine Corps is planning to spend $880 million to buy more than 400,000 desktop and laptop computers as well as a smaller number of commercial and rugged tablet computers through a five-year Marine Corps Common Hardware Suite procurement contract.

  • By David Hubler

DOD begins hunt for new radios

With the cost of the Joint Tactical Radio System rising, the military is looking for less expensive alternatives.

  • By Washington Technology staff

DRC's twin wins prop up Air Force unmanned aircraft program

Dynamics Research Corp. will continue to provide engineering and technology services to the Air Force, having won a pair of two-year delivery orders worth a combined $24.5 million.

  • By David Hubler
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Tech insights into the bin Laden mission

Editor Nick Wakeman offers a roundup of news reports covering the technology that brought bin Laden down.

  • By Nick Wakeman

ISS provides specialized software to Central Command

Intelligent Software Solutions Inc. will provide specialized software to the Defense Department under an Air Force task order worth $49.9 million.

  • By David Hubler

Harris HF radios will warn Army of biological danger

Harris Corp. will assist the Army detect biological warfare agents as the result of a $9 million order for its high-frequency radios. They will be used by the Joint Biological Point Detection System, which detects and identifies biological warfare agents.

  • By David Hubler

General Dynamics wins $2.8B contract for next phase of WIN-T

The Army has awarded the low-rate initial production of its next-generation tactical communications network to General Dynamics Corp. under a contract with a ceiling of $2.8 billion.

  • By William Welsh

Army considers new command and control contract

The Army is collecting information that might lead to a contract to support tactical command and control systems.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Ericsson sells federal unit

Ericsson sells off federal business to create Oceus, an indpendent U.S. company that will meed broadband wireless demand.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Boeing to deliver Army airborne surveillance systems

The Army has selected Boeing Co. to build an airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data collection system to support battlefield missions under a contract worth $88.1 million.

  • By William Welsh
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Tactical radios lead Harris growth

Company tops $5.2 billion in annual revenue and expects 2011 to approach $6 billion as tactical communications offerings experience strong growth.

  • By Nick Wakeman

Beware of that bug: It could be following you

The U.S. Army sees miniature unmanned aerial vehicles the size of insects as a big part of future battlefield operations and intelligence gathering.

  • By Brian Robinson

iPhones, commercial satellites prominent in joint DOD exercise

The Defense Department interoperability exercise stresses flexible networking and new uses for existing technology.

  • By Henry Kenyon

Communications work fuels Harris' growth

Harris braces for a market with fewer large contracts but expects to grow because of the range of its technology expertise.

  • By Lisa Terry

L-3 consolidates IT units

L-3 Communications pulls its information technology businesses together as it moves to grow offerings.

  • By James Schultz

Boeing pilots data-rich path

Boeing focuses its growth on areas that are rich in building and protecting systems that move mission-critical information and data for government customers.

  • By Lisa Terry

Army gives battlefield networks high priority

The leader of the Army's tactical command and control efforts discusses initiatives involving network architecture, technology transmission and the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical program.

  • By Barry Rosenberg