L-3 Communications Inc. subsidiary L-3 Nova Engineering will provide equipment, upgrades and repairs, and program management services under a $52.8 million Defense Department follow-on contract to support the Marine Corps' Tactical Remote Sensor Systems program.
The Army is working on a wind-power project, while elsewhere wind turbines cause havoc with radar.
The Navy admits it lost control of a drone helicopter for half an hour in restricted airspace in Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded a five-year, $170 million contract to a unit of L-3 Communications for portable satellite communications systems that will give special operations forces high-speed transmission capacity for voice and data communications.
Five years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, the region continues to rebuild and the federal government is still trying to fix information technology-related problems that the storm and its aftermath exposed.
The Air Force has awarded a $182 million follow-on contract to Boeing as part of the continuing Wideband Global Satcom program.
Inmarsat plans to construct a substantially faster broadband service in response to the needs of government and other customers, reports Michael A. Taverna at Aviation Week.
DARPA revises its program to launch clusters of small, wirelessly connected mini satellites.