Two companies in southern Rhode Island were recently awarded major defense contracts.

Applied Radar Inc. of North Kingstown has won $6.4 million in new contracts from the U.S. Department of Defense to develop advanced prototypes of phased-array radar and electronic- sensing hardware...

...In addition, Paramount Solutions Inc. – a U.S. women-owned small business with offices in Newport, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. – has been awarded a five-year, $3.4 million contract for advanced engineering and technology services at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport.