Military Embedded Systems

BELGRADE, Mont. Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) has won over $16 million in contracts by a non-disclosed U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) customer to deliver its innovative ground-based imaging systems.

DENVER, Colo. York Space Systems, an aerospace company specializing in complete space segment customer solutions and the manufacturer of standardized spacecraft platforms, announced that the company has been chosen as a strategic partner & subcontractor by LatConnect 60, who is currently developing a small satellite constellation intended to provide greater access and control to critical Earth observation data required by the Australian government and a wide range of commercial clients across the world.

ARLINGTON COUNTY, Va. CACI International Inc. announced that it has been awarded its largest contract in company history, a single-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide transport and cybersecurity services to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

FORT WORTH, Texas. Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, has announced agreements with nine premier aerospace industry leaders to form Team Invictus. The companies are producing the Bell 360 Invictus prototype submission as part of the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corporation has won a not-to-exceed $2.37 billion undefinitized contract modification for Phase 1 of the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) Polar program from the United States Space Force (USSF).

BETHESDA, Md. Squad X prime contractor Lockheed Martin has awarded BAE Systems a contract to provide key autonomy and artificial intelligence capabilities that aim to advance the effectiveness of tactical robotic air and ground vehicles and create true partnerships between ground warfighters and machines at the small-unit level.

CHANTILLY, Va. Perspecta Inc., U.S. government services provider, announced that it won an Other Transaction Agreement from the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command to deliver the Army Training Information System (ATIS). The four-year, fixed-price award represents new work for the company with a total potential ceiling value of $237 million.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. Real-Time Innovations (RTI), software framework provider for smart machines and real-world systems, announced that Kratos, National Security Solutions provider, has selected RTI Connext DDS as the connectivity framework for its military simulators including the Reconfigurable Virtual Collective Training System (RVCTS).

UNITED KINGDOM. The Royal Air Force (RAF) has selected the Collins Aerospace Systems FasTAK Gateway to advance its tactical data link capabilities on the ground as part of the RAF’s Air Support Operations Squadron Digital Command and Control experimentation program.

HOUSTON, Texas. KBR announced that it has been awarded a $33.5 million task order from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to provide product and life cycle analysis of common avionics for the 638th Supply Chain Management Group (SCMG) and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC). 

MOSES LAKE, Wash. magniX and AeroTEC, aerospace testing and engineering companies, announced the flight of an all-electric Cessna Grand Caravan 208B. The flight of the eCaravan, magnified by a 750-horsepower (560 kW) magni500 propulsion system, took place at the AeroTEC Flight Test Center at the Grant County International Airport (KMWH) in Moses Lake, Wash.

TEMPE, Ariz. Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that during its third quarter of fiscal 2020, its Tempe, Ariz.-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., which is part of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment, received a $4.7 million contract for engineering services from a large prime U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contractor to support a critical Air Force and Army Anti-jam Modem (A3M) program under the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC).

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Geosynchronous Earth Orbiting (GEO) satellite program, commonly referred to as NGG, completed its preliminary design reviews (PDR) for its two candidate mission payloads, May 21.

GETAFE. The Airbus A400M new generation airlifter has achieved a new decisive milestone after the certification of its Automatic Low Level Flight capability, offering a unique-in-its-class capability for a military transport aircraft.

NATIONAL CITY, Calif. Citadel Defense, full-spectrum counter-drone solutions company, released new software incorporating deepfake neural networks to protect against adversarial spoofing tactics.

AUSTIN, Texas. SparkCognition, company specializing in artificial intelligence (AI), announced the creation of SparkCognition Government Systems (SGS), full-spectrum AI company devoted to government and national defense, a first according to the company. SGS, a wholly owned subsidiary of SparkCognition, intends to offer next-generation, AI-powered systems to address national security needs.

ISRAEL. RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply 5th generation Litening and RecceLite airborne electro-optical systems for installation on a combat platform of an undisclosed air force.

BEND, Ore. Octopus ISR's imaging technology includes a full HD 30x optical zoom, global shutter EO sensor, a 15x optical zoom MWIR sensor, laser range finder with up to 20km measuring range, and a laser pointer, designed for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and small manned aviation platforms used for border control, military purposes, and civil applications.

WASHINGTON. Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a Solid State Laser - Technology Maturation Laser Weapon System Demonstrator (LWSD) MK 2 MOD 0 on May 16 in a U.S. Navy test.

WASHINGTON. Blue Prism, company specializing in Robotic Process Automation (RPA), announced that is has partnered with the ImmixGroup to deliver intelligent automation solutions to the U.S. Army via its Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) Program.