Jana Partners is stepping up its daily operational control and strategic restructuring of embattled defense electronics specialist Mercury Systems.

Leidos has received a $48 million contract to start training the U.S. Army's future high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance pilots.

Officials hope investments such as Radar 2 may encourage Eurofighter Typhoon export customers such as Saudi Arabia to sign on the dotted line for more fighters.

The leadership changes follow the defense electronics specialist undertaking a strategic review in January.

Elbit Systems has unveiled the Nano SPEAR, a radio-frequency countermeasure dispensed like a passive chaff system but which functions like an active decoy.

The selection of Saab's Arexis electronic-warfare suite is part of an initial effort to add a SEAD/DEAD and EW capability to the Eurofighter.

Germany’s defense procurement office has not signed a contract yet, but the announcement appears to end a four-way competition.

Saab says the deployable tower is fully developed and ready for potential use by militaries and humanitarian organizations.