Concern about ”RIPPLE EFFECT”
“There could be a ripple effect in the current financial climate with budgets being cut,” one alliance source said.
The NATO sources said the system had broad possible uses, including in countering attacks by improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan and in counter piracy operations off Somalia.
“The value of the project is such that [...]
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Danish pullout hits NATO AGS
Proposal to Supply NATO’s Ground Surveillance System Delivered
Towards supplying NATO’s premier and long-standing contract for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system, Northrop Grumman has submitted a formal proposal. The award is expected sometime in October 2010. Northrop already supplies NATO AGS at its facility in Melbourne, Florida. EADS, General Dynamics Canada, Kongsberg and Selex Galileo are part of an industrial team [...]
Integrated Ground Based Air Defense Systems
Terma’s Ground Based Air Defense System is designed to meet the air threats of today and tomorrow. It offers an open and flexible system architecture that allows for modular integration of new and legacy sensor and effector systems, changing stand-alone effector systems, and individual assets into one integral and coherent system.
With delivery of the ACCIS-Flex [...]
Interoperability is the Key to Success in Missile Defense
Terma and Lockheed Martin have jointly developed a Ballistic Missile Defense C4I system called BMD-Flex. The system is based on Terma’s T-Core C4I framework, fielded in several European Army, Navy, and Air Force systems. Lockheed Martin provides modular Command and Control (C2) products for decision support and battle management as well as system-of-systems expertise to [...]
IT MOD launch Army Digitalization
Funding for Forza NEC (Network Enabled Capability), the Italian Army’s digitization programme, has recently been confirmed by Undersecretary for Defence, Guido Crosetto: Forza NEC is a spiral project, envisaging the realisation of three digitalised medium-sized brigades by 2015, which will be consistent with the plan to deliver and integrate Land Forces by 2025.
The aim of [...]
NATO AGS – Northrop Grumman Submits Proposal
Transatlantic cooperation is NATO’s top acquisition program of record
Northrop Grumman Corporation formally submitted to NAGSMA its proposal or the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system – NATO’s top and long-running acquisition program. A contract award is anticipated in October 2010.
“This program has been a model of the value of transatlantic cooperation to meet the security [...]
Information on the new Saab Contract with Swedish Civil Security are not disclosed.
Defence and security company SAAB has signed a contract within the civil security area, worth MSEK 120.
The contract is scheduled for the time period of 2010 – 2012 and includes several security solutions and installations. The contract is of strategic importance to Saab and is a significant breakthrough for security solutions in the central European [...]
Aptima’s Software to Support U.S. Navy’s Distributed, Multi-simulator Training
As net centric warfare changes the nature of air and combat operations, the U.S. Navy is modernizing its aviation training, combining its various simulators into a unified platform to better replicate these complex missions. To improve the training value of these networked exercises, Aptima, the R&D firm specializing in human-centered engineering, is providing the Navy [...]
SAIC: 84M$ to Support Naval Air Systems Command
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has been awarded a contract by the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) to support the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Corporate Operations and Comptroller Offices with a full range of organizational and business services. The multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a one-year base period of performance, four one-year options [...]
DRS Technical Services: 77 M$ for C2 Technical Assistance to United States Forces-Iraq
DRS Technical Services, Inc., Finmeccanica Group, announced that its Tactical Services & Network Solutions business unit was awarded a contract for approximately $77 million to provide technical assistance to the United States Army and allies as they withdraw from the country of Iraq.
Under terms of the award, DRS will continue to support the transition of [...]
‘dominator(tm)’- the System That Enables Soldiers to Dominate the Battlefeild
Elbit Systems will be presenting the “Dominator ™” – an Integrated Infantry Combat System at the upcoming Australian Air Show.
Geared for the unit level and individual soldier, the “Dominator ™” enables forces to dominate the field by empowering infantry units with full situational awareness through networking into integrated information systems. Outfitted with the “Dominator ™” [...]
New Command, Control and Comms System
Greg Combet, Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, today announced that a contract has been signed with Elbit Systems Limited (Elbit) to provide the next generation of command, control and communications capability to elements of the Army, Special Operations Command and the Air Force’s Combat Support Group.
“The introduction of this new capability which will [...]
CACI: 219 M$ in C4ISR and IT Services
Award by Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic Continues Company’s Role as Provider of Critically Important Services
CACI International Inc announced today that it has been awarded a $219 million prime contract to provide command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (C4ISR) and business IT software and maintenance services to the Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) [...]
NGC Team Awarded CANES Development Contract
The U.S. Navy has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation for the development phase of the U.S. Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program. CANES will streamline and update shipboard network systems to improve interoperability and affordability across the fleet.
A team led by Northrop Grumman received a $17.4 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract, [...]
Naval Surface Warfare Center: 37 M$ to SAIC
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) today announced it has been awarded a task order by the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) – Crane Division to provide technical and training support to the U.S. Navy Surface Warfare’s Special Operating Forces (SOF), and other DoD Agencies. The follow-on task order has a two year base period of performance, [...]
NATO Contract to SELEX Sistemi Integrati
SELEX Sistemi Integrati has received a Contract of 15 M€ for the integration of about 230 Sensors on new implemented Air Command and Control (ACCS) Sites, hosted by eleven NATO Nations: Netherlands, Spain, Turkey, Hungary, Norway, Portugal, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece and France.
The Contract has been awarded to SELEX Sistemi Integrati, through the ACCS Main [...]
NATO will operate from Poggio Renatico the control of NATO air forces in Europe.
By March 2010, NATO will rely on the radar base at Poggio Renatico (Ferrara) control of the airspace between the Atlantic Ocean and the Danube delta. The decision to strengthen and expand geographically functioning of the Italian military was announced at the conclusion of the annual conference of the commanders of NATO’s Southern Region, held [...]
Project Vigilare Command and Control System Passes Factory Acceptance Testing
Boeing Defence Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, this week announced that Project Vigilare, a Network Centric Command and Control System (NC3S) solution for the Royal Australian Air Force, has passed factory acceptance testing. The system, already installed at the Northern Regional Operational Centre (NROC), will undergo on-site acceptance testing in March [...]
US Navy Awards 92.5 M$ in Net-Centric Ops Support
The US Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) awarded $92.5 million in contracts to support net-centric operations, information management, and decision support operations of the US military services. The contracts focus on the command and control (C2) interfaces between the services and civil agencies and nongovernmental organizations.
The contractors will provide C2 [...]
Canadian Integrated Soldier System Project (ISSP) competition
Canada’s Department of National Defence expects to issue a request for proposal (RfP) for its emerging Integrated Soldier System Project (ISSP) competition. ISSP gear is similar to the US Army’s currently fielded Land Warrior in that it endeavours to push data to individual soldiers so they can achieve greater situational awareness. However, unlike Land Warrior, [...]
NATO ACCS approved for rollout in Czech Republic, Denmark and Greece
ThalesRaytheonSystems, operating through Air Command Systems International, has received an award for three additional NATO Air Command and Control (ACCS) replication sites in the Czech Republic, Denmark and Greece.
This contract includes the delivery of an ACCS Level of Operation Capability One (LOC1) Air Control Center, Recognised Air Picture Production Center and Sensor Fusion Post (ARS) for [...]
LM Launches Smart Grid Command and Control Software Suite
Lockheed Martin today launched its Smart Energy Enterprise Suite, or SEEsuite(tm), of advanced grid management applications to give utilities, system operators and defense customers unprecedented insight into their enterprise operations and command and control of their smart grid assets.
SEEsuite combines Lockheed Martin’s expertise in systems-of-systems integration, service oriented architectures, cyber security and mission-critical systems development [...]
LM Launches Smart Grid Command and Control Software Suite
Lockheed Martin launched its Smart Energy Enterprise Suite, or SEEsuite(tm), of advanced grid management applications to give utilities, system operators and defense customers unprecedented insight into their enterprise operations and command and control of their smart grid assets.
SEEsuite combines Lockheed Martin’s expertise in systems-of-systems integration, service oriented architectures, cyber security and mission-critical systems development with [...]
SELEX Sistemi Integrati: 11 ME contract with the EU for a C2I System
SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a Finmeccanica Company, signed a contract with the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union for the development, supply and installation of a Military Command and Control Information System, including the provision of related support, training and maintenance services.
The Military Command and Control Information System will enhance the European Union’s [...]
Elbit Systems – 40 M€ Royal Netherlands Army Advanced Battlefield
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it has been awarded a contract from the Netherlands MoD for the supply of advanced Battlefield Management Systems – BMS. Elbit Systems won the contract, scheduled to be completely delivered over five years, following an international tender participated by several of the leading defense companies in the world. Elbit Systems [...]
Thales et EADS Defence & Security réaliseront le premier Intranet Classifié Défense pour les Armées
A l’issue d’une compétition de plusieurs mois, la Délégation Générale pour l’Armement (DGA) a notifié à Thales, mandataire du projet et à EADS Defence & Security (DS), co-traitant à hauteur de 40%, un contrat pour développer, réaliser et déployer INTRACED, le premier Intranet Classifié Défense des Armées et du Ministère de la Défense.
Première étape vers la généralisation [...]