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Airbus wins its first Syracuse IV ground segment programme contract

Air March 8, 2021

Within the Syracuse IV programme, Airbus has been awarded a 10-year framework agreement called Copernicus for the construction and upgrading of part of the ground segment for the telecommunications satellites used by the French Armed Forces. As part of Copernicus, the French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) has placed an initial ...

Electronic warfare system production starts for US Air Force F-15s

Air March 5, 2021

BAE Systems has secured a contract worth $58 million from Boeing to start Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) of the F-15 Eagle Passive Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS) for the US Air Force. The electronic warfare (EW) and countermeasures system provides advanced electromagnetic capabilities that protect the US Air Force pilots and ...

DPRTE sponsor KBR expanding delivery capabilities of UAS with UK MoD

Air March 4, 2021

Official DPRTE 2021 sponsor, KBR, is expanding its breadth of capabilities into the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) with a contract for the delivery of cutting-edge Nano Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) to support technological experimentations with the British Army and the Future Capability Group. The KBR Government Solutions EMEA business will ...

GA-EMS partners with Rocket Lab to launch Argos-4 ADCS

Air March 1, 2021

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS)  has signed a contract with Rocket Lab to launch the GA-EMS developed Orbital Test Bed (OTB) satellite carrying the Argos-4 Advanced Data Collection System (A-DCS) hosted payload. The contract was awarded to GA-EMS by the United States Space Force’s (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) ...