Raytheon Company has won a $9.9 million contract with the Defense Department to detect border tunnels in Egypt and aim to help counter terrorism. The Border Tunnel Activity Detection Systems work comes under Egypt’s foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Egyptian authorities intend to close the tunnels used by suspected terrorists to transport illegal arms, according to the report. Raytheon will work to identify hidden tunnels using its sensor technology and the MONARCH sensor under the company’s seismic and acoustic vibration imaging program.

Rockwell Collins, Inc. announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire ARINC Incorporated, a portfolio company of  The Carlyle Group, and a leader in communications and information processing solutions for the commercial aviation industry, for $1.39 billion. The transaction will bring together two leading players in the growing field of aviation information management, combining ARINC’s trusted networks and services with the industry leading avionics and cabin technologies developed by Rockwell Collins.

"Strategically, this acquisition is a natural fit for Rockwell Collins,” said Kelly Ortberg, Rockwell Collins, Chief Executive Officer and President. “It accelerates our strategy to develop comprehensive information management solutions by building on our existing information-enabled products and systems and ARINC's ground–based networks and services to further expand our opportunities beyond the aircraft."