Aerospace & Defense Electronics

WOBURN, Mass. - Raytheon, an RTX business, has been selected to modernize U.S. Space Force radar sites that serve as the outermost layer of the nation's missile-defense architecture. These strategic sensors provide early warning of launches, characterization of objects and activity tracking in space.

Through the Ground-Based Radar Digitization (GBRD) program, Raytheon will work with the Space Force to modernize long-serving systems, strengthening domain awareness and supporting a more resilient, layered security architecture. The program will modernize and upgrade existing systems to enhance overall performance, improve reliability, and support more advanced operational capabilities. These updates will help ensure the radars continue to provide critical ground-based early warning and space monitoring capabilities for decades to come.

Raytheon's proven, high-maturity solution uses a rapid development approach that creates a foundational technical baseline for the GBRD portfolio to accelerate delivery of new capabilities. Working alongside the Space Force and industry, Raytheon will help create a common open architecture that improves sustainment efficiency, avoids vendor lock and simplifies future upgrades to system performance. The program will deliver prototype solutions before transitioning to rapid fielding for the remaining locations.

Source: Raytheon
Associated URL: https://www.rtx.com/

SAN DIEGO - Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a technology company in defense, national security, and global markets, celebrated a joint groundbreaking ceremony, at the Westgate Academy in Odon, Indiana, marking the beginning of construction for its new Helios and SPY-1 facilities.

These facilities, which are the product of $35 million in funding through the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) program and cost-sharing from Kratos, represent a significant step forward in advancing defense capabilities, innovation, and the long-term growth of the state’s defense ecosystem.

Source: Kratos
Associated URL: https://www.kratosdefense.com/

WASHINGTON - Lockheed Martin, Rotary and Missions Systems, Liverpool, New York, was awarded a $74.2 million firm-fixed-price modification to previously-awarded contract N00024-20-C-5503 for production of Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) SLQ-32(V)6 systems. This contract combines purchases for the governments of Canada (52%), and Japan (47%) under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program; and the Coast Guard (1%).

Work is expected to be completed by September 2029. Fiscal 2026 Foreign Military Sales (FMS) funds for Canada in the amount of $38.3 million (52%); fiscal 2026 FMS funds for Japan in the amount of $35.4 million (47%); and fiscal 2025 procurement, construction, and improvements (Coast Guard) funds in the amount of $457,768 (1%), will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Source: U.S. Navy
Associated URL: http://www.defense.gov