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The article reports on the U.S. certification of the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) Mode 5 identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system. According to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) MEADS Management Agency (NAMEADSMA) General Manager Gregory Kee, the certification shows that both MEADS radars offer the highest level of protection to allied pilots in coalition combat.

The article reports on the move of the U.S. Air Force which requested $378 million for its Space Fence space situational awareness program in 2014. It provides information on the program which will be a radar that tracks orbiting objects and other debris that can damage satellites. It mentions Raytheon Co. and Lockheed Martin are the top contractors pursuing the Space Fence contract. It notes that the contract will be awarded by the end of June 2013.

The article reports that the U.S. Air Force has canceled its Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS), a surveillance program used in counter-narcotic operations in southern border regions. U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B Carter asked the U.S. Defense Department to end its sponsorship of TARS due to budgetary constraints arising from the current fiscal environment. TARS provides detection and monitoring capability for the U.S. Pentagon's counter drug program.

The article reports that the U.S. Air Force has awarded contract modifications worth more than 60 million dollars to BAE Systems Inc. to maintain three large radar and telescope systems for its space surveillance systems. The three systems help in the detection and identification of various man-made objects in space, which is important for missile defense operations.

The article reports on the patent issued by the Patent and Trademark Office on SRC Inc.'s advanced radar scanning and processing technique, Interleaved Beam Coherent Radar Apparatus and Processing Method, in the U.S. It outlines the functions and capability of the method, which improves the ability of the radar to detect slow moving targets. It also notes that the approach provide significant applications in both the military and commercial radar systems.

The article reports that the U.S. Air Force is seeking information from the defense industry to plan for the procurement of its Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase. Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman have all expressed their intention to bid for 3DELRR.

The article reports that the U.S. Air Force has issued its final request for proposals (RFP) for its next-generation space debris radar tracking system. The system, called Space Fence, will track orbiting objects and other debris passing over the country that could damage satellites. Lockheed Martin and Raytheon are competing for the Space Fence contract.

The article reports that Raytheon Co. has opted for BAE Systems Inc. to help it develop Dismount Detection Radar (DDR) for the U.S. Air Force. Steven LeCours, spokesman for BAE Systems, states that BAE Systems will lead development of radar command, dissemination and planning modules. It highlights that the radar will be placed under the wings of MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).

The article reports that the U.S. Airforce announced the starting date for the Space Fence tracking radar in the U.S. It mentions that the Space Fence helps in tracking the orbiting objects that could damage satellites. It mentions that Lockheed Martin (LMT) and Raytheon Co. are meant for competing for the contract.

The article reports that Northrop Grumman Corp. has completed installations of radar system for B-2 stealth bombers. It states that the new radar system developed for the U.S. Air Force's bombers has advanced electronically-scanned array (AESA) antenna. The company mentions that installation of the Radar Modernization Program (RMP) hardware was completed before time.

The article reports that Northrop Grumman Corp.'s testing of its Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) on its far field range will be completed in September 2012. Carl Herbermann, program director at Northrop Grumman, said that the company's AMDR technologies are ready for the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase. AMDR is a next-generation radar system for the U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke Class destroyers.

The article reports that Northrop Grumman Corp. wants the U.S. Air Force to release, imminently, a draft request for proposals (RFP) for its F-16 radar upgrade program. Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Co. are bidding for the Air Force's program to upgrade its F-16 jet plane fleet with Advanced Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars. It is mentioned that Northrop Grumman is offering its Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR), whereas Raytheon is offering its Raytheon Advanced Combat Radar (RACR).

The article reports that General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.'s (GA-ASI) Lynx Multi-Mode Radar has been tested successfully during the U.S. Navy's Trident Warrior 2012. The radar has been designed to detect and image very small vessels like fast boats, sail boats and fishing boats using its Maritime Wide Area Search (MWAS) mode.

The article presents information on the U.S., German and Italian Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program, which is preparing for its first intercept flight in 2012 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The test will introduce the multi-function fire control radar (MFCR), an X-band 360 degree radar integrated with a MEADS launcher at Pratica di Mare Air Base near Rome, Italy.

The article focuses on multiple target, and threat-simulating radar system for next-generation aircrew training requirements for which Air Force of U.S. is seeking information from industry. It informs that potential radar system which is called Joint Threat Emitter Increment 2 (JI2) will provide accurate, timely and target-quality data to training cadre and decision makers. It discusses those capabilities related to radar system for which the Air Force is seeking information.

The article informs that the U.S. Army has awarded production orders worth 391 million dollar to Lockheed Martin (LMT) for a new radar system. According to Lee Flake, program director for counterfire target acquisition radar programs at Lockheed Martin's Mission Systems & Sensors business, the radar detects, classifies and tracks enemy indirect fire to provide soldiers greater protection than ever before.

The article reports that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is evaluating the Vehicle and Dismount Exploitation Radar (VaDER) radar developed by Northrop Grumman (NOC). Ronald Vitiello, deputy chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, states that so far he is satisfied with its results. It mentions that the radar can monitor vehicle and personnel movement in large areas.

The article reports that the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) plan to use Fiscal Year 2012 funds for a reduced program for Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS). The 360-degree MEADS radar has begun integration testing at Pratica di Mare AFB near Rome, Italy. The Multifunction Fire Control Radar (MFCR) is an X-band, solid-state, phased array radar using element- level transmit receive modules.

The article reports that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is evaluating a radar developed for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for use on its Predator Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to better monitor vehicle and personnel movement on the ground. The CBP officials are cooperating with DoD on migrating the radar technology from a wartime application to homeland security mission.

The article focuses on the plans of the U.S. Air Force, to issue a request for proposals for its Deployable Radar Approach Control (D-RAPCON) radar system, in March 2012. This was informed by a Notice of Contract Action (NOCA), that was posted on Federal Business Opportunities. The Air Force's expectations regarding the issue of Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract, are also discussed.

The article presents information related to the Space Fence radar system prototype from Lockheed Martin's [LMT]. Steve Bruce, Lockheed Martin's vice president of space surveillance systems, states that they demonstrated its prototype for the U.S. Air Force in January 2012, and the service approved the preliminary design on February 29, 2012. Now, a Request for Proposals (RFP) is being expected by the company in May 2012.

The article focuses on Lockheed Martin (LMT) which has deployed its Tactical Reconnaissance and Counter-Concealment-Enabled Radar (TRACER) in support of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). The objects that are concealed, buried or camouflaged under dense foliage can be detected by this radar. The vice president with Lockheed Martin Jim Quinn stated that the TRACER system can deliver products anytime.

The article informs that the U.S. Army as awarded a contract for Degraded Visual Environments (DVE) Operational Needs Statement (ONS) to Sierra Nevada Corporation. It is mentioned that the contract is issued by the Science and Engineering Services Inc. and includes the delivery of 10 Helicopter Autonomous Landing System (HALS). Also, HALS are incorporated with real-time 3D radar imagery with digital terrain map, satellite imagery and DVE specific guidance symbols.

The article informs that the U.S. Army is planning to award a sole-source contract to the company Thales Raytheon Systems for a three year firm-fixed-price (FFP) and cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF), indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for radar spare parts and components. It is mentioned that the ceiling value of the contract can amount to 83.5 million dollars. Also, the Army requires the FIREFINDER Radar Systems and related services for repair, engineering and technical support.

The article informs that the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the U.S. will issue a draft for the request for proposal in December 2011 and the final request for Proposal in January 2012 for the fixed-sensor system to be used at the Arizona border. It is mentioned that the sensor will monitor illegal migration and drug smuggling activities. Also, the program would include ground surveillance radars and day/night surveillance camera of fixed towers.

The article reports on a demonstration of the integration of real-time data from sensors into a Single Integrated Air Picture (SIAP) by the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS), developed by Northrop Grumman Corp. It mentions the involvement of sensors from the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, eight radars and nine composite network nodes in the demonstration. It states that IBCS is being developed for the Army Program Executive Office.

The article reports that Lockheed Martin has received a contract worth 46.6 million dollar form the U.S. Air Force for the upgradation of the Air Force's 29 radar systems that provides warning and air traffic control surveillance services at North American airspace. The contract is a part of the Essential Parts Replacement Program (EPRP) and Lockheed Martin will undertake the modernization of the AN/FPS-117 radars in Alaska, Canada and Hawaii.

The article reports that Interocean American Shipbuilding Corp. has received a contract from the U.S. Department of Defense for the operations and maintenance of a platform that will be deployed with the Sea-Based X-Band (SBX-1) radar. It is informed that the platform would be placed in the Pacific Ocean and will be a part of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System (GMD) for long-range missile defense. Also, SBX-1 will provide information related to ballistic missiles to the GMD.

The article reports that the U.S. Army plans to move out rapidly to acquire a new Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Ground Mobile Radio (GMR). William Phillips, principal military deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition Logistics and Technology), has said that acquisition process will be rapidly undertaken.

The article informs that Saab Sensis is developing the Small Scale Radar (SSR) for tracking small arms fire or rocket propelled grenades. It has been reported that the firm believes that SSR will outperform the acoustic systems currently fielded by the Army. It has also been reported that SSR were being displayed by Saab at the Association of the U.S. Army exposition in Washington this week.

The article reports that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has stated that Raytheon Co.'s advanced electronics system has met a milestone for the Long Range Radar Service Life Extension Program (SLEP). It reports that the SLEP provides an upgrade of aging radar electronics. As stated, the decision by FAA has paved the way for production deployments.

The article offers information on the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) that has been supported by the Supreme Allied Commander Europe of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the U.S. Army Vice Chief of Staff in the U.S. It mentions that MEADS includes the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) Missile, radars and firepower launchers. It mentions that the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee cut the budget by 406 million dollars.

The article offers information on the declaration of Raytheon Co. (RTN) and Lockheed Martin (LMT) to display their new radar systems in U.S. in December 2011. The new technology is the baseline version of Space Fence, the Air Force space surveillance system S-Band radar. Both radar systems are competing to grab a contract from U.S. Air Force, and will be demonstrated by their producers in the preliminary design review (PDR) phase of the competition.

The article informs that Pratt & Whitney has delivered the first replacement engine for the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (STARS) of the U.S. Air Force. John Dobbins, Electronic Systems Center Joint STARS re-engining program manager, states that the new engine shipset is expected to raise the thrust and fuel efficiency of the Joint STARS.

The article reports that the U.S. and Israel have conducted a flight test of the Arrow Anti-Missile System, and the system successfully intercepted a ballistic target missile during the test. The test was conducted jointly by the Israel Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency at the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center. The system's radar successfully detected and tracked the target and transferred information to the battle-management-control system.

The article informs that all subsystems have been integrated on the AN/TPS-80 Ground / Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system, by Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC]. John Jadik, vice president, weapons and sensors for Northrop Grumman's Land and Self Protection Systems Division, noted the move as a major milestone for his firm and the U.S.

The article offers information on the 43 million dollars contract awarded to Raytheon Co. by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) for TYP-2 radar development in the U.S. It is stated that the contract modification was awarded to continue developing the common X-Band capability software and modeling and simulation capabilities for the TYP-2 radar. As stated, the TYP-2 radar is capable of search, threat detection, classification and precision tracking at extreme long ranges.

The article reports that the first Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) launcher was delivered by Lenkflugkorpersyteme GmbH (LFK) to MEADS International Inc. as part of the U.S., German and Italian air defense development program. The MEADS launcher will be integrated with the initial MEADS battle manager and multifunction fire control radar. It can carry up to eight PAC-3 MSE missiles and can launch in short time.

The article reports that the U.S. Air Force has approved the design for a ballistic missile defense radar from Lockheed Martin [LMT]. It informs that the radar called Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) will be used as a sensor for the purpose of long-range detection, reporting of aircraft and missiles for the U.S. Air Force. It tells that the new radar will be used in place of the U.S. Air Force's AN/TPS-75 air search radar.

The article offers information on the proposal by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) related to reallocation of funds worth 3.9 million dollars. It states that it has requested to approve ten proposals to start new programs. It mentions that most costly new program is related to missile to increase the defense-wide procurement account by 191.1 million dollars to purchase radar Surveillance-Model 2. It highlights that it wants 7.7 million dollars to be reallocated to modify EP-3 spy aircraft.

The article reports on the announcement of the Northrop Grumman Corp. that it has delivered the first two productions of AN/ZPY-1 STARLite radars for the U.S. Army's Extended Range/Multi- Purpose (ERMP) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). The company has worked under a 78.5 million dollars contract with the Army's Robotics and Unmanned Sensors Product Office to provide 33 STARLite radars by April 2011. Northrop's Pat Newby states that the radars have passed several tests without any hardware failure.

The article focuses on the efforts of the U.S. Office of Naval Research ONR to develop a system which can run multiple radio frequency (RF) bands via a single aperture. As stated by Bobby Junker, head of command, intelligence and surveillance at ONR, ONR is focusing on how to develop an aperture that can simultaneously do radar, communications, navigation, and electronic warfare (EW) using independent beams out of the same aperture and have developed Integrated Naval Prototype Integrated Topside.

The article reports that ITT Corp. has secured a 169.3 million dollars contract from the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) as part of the AN/SPS-48G Radar Obsolescence, Availability Recovery (ROAR) program. The five-year agreement has a base year value of 29 million dollars, along with options for four subsequent annual awards. It is stated that the ROAR program will reduce total cost of ownership for the AN/SPS-48G by removing the impact of obsolescence and by increasing fleet readiness.

The article focuses on U.S. President Barack Obama's plans to alter the previous administration's missile defense architecture by changing its emphasis to interception of short- and medium-range missiles. As stated, the new vision calls for scrapping a radar system that would have been based in the Czech Republic and 10 two-stage Ground-Based Interceptors planned for silos in Poland. Instead, his plan calls for deployment of sea-based and land-based SM-3 missiles at multiple European sites.

The article reports on the radars critical design review (CDR) to be conducted by Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) in the first quarter of 2009 in the U.S. According to Mark Smith, the tactical radars business development director, the plan intends to replace the Marine Corps.' six different types of ground based radars with single ground radar. Through the replacement, the logistics trail of the Marines will benefit higher degree of commonality logistics trail.

The article reports that the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its preliminary findings on the fatal Beech 1900C mail flight crash in Billings, Montana on May 23, 2008. It informs that the aircraft owned and operated by Utah-based Alpine Air Express Inc. crashed into a construction materials building. It is stated that about 45 seconds after the last radio contact, the departure controller advised the pilot that he had lost radar contact.

The article presents information related to the crash of a Shepard Lancair IV Propjet aircraft in Portland, Oregon. It informs that last radar return of the airplane was recorded about 5 minutes after takeoff and placed the airplane at 3300 feet mean sea level about 1/4-mile east of the accident site. It is stated that the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ruled that the probable cause of the fatal accident was the loss of airplane control during climb for an undetermined reason.

The article reports that the U.S. Army has given an initial $42 million contract to Northrop Grumman Corp. for 10 STARLite(tm) Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR)/Ground Moving Target Indication (GMTI) radars. These radars will be part of the Army's Extended Range/Multi-Purpose (ER/MP) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) radar program. The Army Communication-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command issued the contract for the new multi-function radar.

The article reports that the Suite of Integrated Radio Frequency Countermeasures (SIRFC) Radar Warning Receivers for the MH-60M Black Hawk are first on the million list of unfunded priorities U.S. Special Operations Command sent to Congress in February 2008. The 31 items on the list are those the command says it needs, but could not accommodate in the $5.7 billion fiscal year 2009 budget request submitted to Congress. The command requested $74.8 million for SIRFC procurement for the specialized MH-60M Black Hawk helicopter produced by Sikorsky.

The article deals with the statement of Air Force Lieutenant General Trey Obering, director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), that an additional, mobile radar that could operate in a nation such as Turkey might be added to the fixed-site radar envisioned for installation in the Czech Republic and the interceptor ground silos planned for Poland. According to him, under current plans, the agency has placed a forward-deployment radar somewhere in the far Southeastern Europe, in addition to the permanent Czech-emplaced radar.