The US Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $47.2 million contract for the purchase and integration of two more Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) payloads on two existing Block 20 Global Hawk aircraft. Continue reading
Category Archives: Data Links & Communications
Pentek Launches New Family of Virtex-7 FPGA SDR Modules for Demanding UAV Applications
Pentek, Inc., introduced the first member of its high-performance Onyx family – the Model 71760. The 4-channel, 200 MHz A/D XMC module is based on the Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA family. Continue reading
AAI and ViaSat Enter Strategic Alliance for Beyond-Line-of-Sight Communications and Network Security
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems and ViaSat Inc. announced that the organisations have entered into a strategic alliance to align AAI’s advanced unmanned aircraft and command and control technologies with ViaSat integrated airborne and terrestrial satellite communications, as well as its Internet Protocol-based networking and security technology. Continue reading
US Air Force Launches Military Satellite to Improve Communications with Unmanned Aircraft
The US Air Force has sent into space a satellite that is expected to improve communications with unmanned military aircraft in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Continue reading
Longbow Gets $181M US Army Contract for High-Bandwidth Data Link for Apache Block III
The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Corporation received a $181 million contract from the U.S. Army for AH-64D Apache Block III LONGBOW systems. Continue reading
Sechan Gets $78M Contracts from US Navy
U.S. Navy leaders needed an electronics contract manufacturing specialist to build signal data processor-Sierra (SDP-S) systems for the Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) programme, which blends radar information from several different Navy systems to create one common air defense tactical display, or “air picture,” which is based on all sensor data available. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Gets $91M Contract for Hunter Tactical Common Data Link
The US Army’s MQ-5B Hunter unmanned ISR aircraft will be reset by Northrop Grumman from C-Band communications to a tactical common data link. Continue reading
Rockwell Collins teams with NASA on UAS Data Link for UAS National Airspace Integration
Rockwell Collins is collaborating with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) control and non-payload communications (CNPC) data link that will eventually enable unmanned aircraft to safely operate in the national airspace. Continue reading