{"id":33978,"date":"2023-11-29T15:32:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T15:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/11\/29\/lockheed-northrop-win-us-army-contract-for-spy-gear-on-launched-drones\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:43:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:43:46","slug":"lockheed-northrop-win-us-army-contract-for-spy-gear-on-launched-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/uas\/2023\/11\/29\/lockheed-northrop-win-us-army-contract-for-spy-gear-on-launched-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockheed, Northrop win US Army contract for spy gear on launched drones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army picked two of the world\u2019s largest defense contractors to develop spying and jamming payloads for drones that can be catapulted from a moving vehicle or larger aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/electronic-warfare\/2023\/04\/24\/barker-to-head-us-army-electronic-warfare-office-succeeding-kitz\/\" target=\"_blank\">Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors<\/a>, or PEO IEW&amp;S, on Nov. 29 named Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman as the winners of other transaction authority deals for a launched-effects program \u201cwithin the infrared and electronic warfare realms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further details about the planned payloads were not provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initial awards are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars and are aimed at maturing existing technologies, according to the office, which helps develop everything from biometric tools to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/2023\/10\/12\/us-army-considering-aerostat-overhaul-as-focus-turns-to-russia-china\/\" target=\"_blank\">surveillance aerostats<\/a>. Tens of millions of dollars are up for grabs in the long run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army is exploring launched effects \u2014 previously divided into camps, ground-launched and air-launched \u2014 to extend its reach without putting additional lives on the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2023\/09\/07\/marine-corps-leader-eyes-drone-swarm-launched-from-above-beneath-waves\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6105866.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Marine Corps leader eyes drone swarm launched from above, beneath waves<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">While Marines have yet to test a combo of USV, UUV and attack drones, such a trial is possible in the near future, according to Lt. 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The technology is considered a critical part of the Army\u2019s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft and Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft endeavors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Launched effects have been successfully tested by the Army in the past, including at Project Convergence, its emerging-tech crucible. In January, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2023\/01\/31\/general-atomics-air-launched-eaglet-gets-its-wings\/\" target=\"_blank\">General Atomics Aeronautical Systems<\/a> announced its Eaglet launched-effect flew for the first time, dropping off an Army-owned Gray Eagle Extended Range Unmanned Aircraft System during a demonstration in Utah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lockheed is the largest contractor in the world when ranked by defense-related revenue, according to Defense News Top 100 analysis. The Maryland-based company earned $63 billion in 2022. 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