KEEPING WATCH: Integrated, multiagency C5ISR effort extends aerial layer for improved protection of operating bases in Afghanistan

U.S. Army Awards Contract for AN/TPQ-53 Firefinder Radar

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD — The U.S. Army Product Manager for Radars (PdM Radars) awarded a contract yesterday to Lockheed Martin for the AN/TPQ-53 Firefinder Radar. The award is a Firm Fixed Price contract for $881 million with the base year and two option years,...
KEEPING WATCH: Integrated, multiagency C5ISR effort extends aerial layer for improved protection of operating bases in Afghanistan

Aerial ISR Provides Mission Overwatch for Border Mission

Technology originally created for use in tracking improvised explosive devices (IEDs) networks in Afghanistan and Iraq is finding new purpose in supporting U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) by providing mission overwatch during border patrol missions. The...
KEEPING WATCH: Integrated, multiagency C5ISR effort extends aerial layer for improved protection of operating bases in Afghanistan

Support Contractors pitch in to save Soldier’s life

Being in the right place at the right time, with cool heads and prior experience served as the instrumental elements to the saving of a Soldiers life. While conducting routine training for the Base Expeditionary Targeting Surveillance System-Combined, two contractors...
1000 Laser Detecting Sets Ensure Aircrew Safety

1000 Laser Detecting Sets Ensure Aircrew Safety

In a Connecticut industrial plant, far away from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, a system that has provided Soldiers with a great amount of protection reached a significant milestone on Dec. 7, which happened to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the...