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Cyber
Cybersecurity contracts awarded to Airbus - News
January 28, 2020
FRANCE. Airbus CyberSecurity won five contracts with organizations in the industrial, finance, and institutional sectors, some of which are operators of essential services. These contracts concern the surveillance and protection of their information systems and networks from an Airbus CyberSecurity Security Operations Centre (SOC).
Radar/EW
ASW sonars to equip Pohjanmaa class corvettes - News
January 28, 2020
FINLAND. Patria has been awarded a contract for the design and delivery of new Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Sonars by Saab, the Squadron 2020 Combat System Contractor.
Comms
GPS contract for NIWC awarded to Booz Allen - News
January 27, 2020
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy's Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC Pacific), in partnership with the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), has awarded Booz Allen Hamilton a $178 million contract to provide technical engineering services toward the modernization of advanced Global Positioning System (GPS) systems.
Radar/EW
Fire Control Radar support contract won by Longbow - News
January 27, 2020
ORLANDO, Fla. Longbow LLC, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrup Grumman, received a $235.8 million contract to support Fire Control Radar systems for Apache helicopters for 11 foreign governments, the Department of Defense announced.
A.I.
AI-based platform to detect cyberattacks - News
January 24, 2020
FRANCE. Thales introduced Cybels Analytics, a cybersecurity platform relying on artificial intelligence (AI) and Big Data analytics technologies. The platform is designed to detect cyber attacks in real time or in differed time (hunting). It operates as a single platform that allows individual users to adapt the AI algorithms to the specific operational context of each sector.
Comms
DARPA's WARP program to protect wideband RF systems - News
January 24, 2020
WASHINGTON. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) introduced its Wideband Adaptive RF Protection (WARP) program, which seeks to enhance protections for wideband receivers operating in congested and contested electromagnetic (EM) environments.
Comms
ISR contract for Air Force awarded to Huntington Ingalls - News
January 24, 2020
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Huntington Ingalls won a task order to provide airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) to the U.S. Air Force in the European and African theatres of operation, the contractor announced.
Unmanned
Gray Eagle UAS demonstrates multi-domain operations - News
January 23, 2020
SAN DIEGO, Calif. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) completed the first in a series of internally-funded Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) demonstrations using a company-owned Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). GE-ER is a long-range variant of the U.S. Army’s MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAS.
Radar/EW
RAT 31 DL/M radar to be supplied to Indonesian Air Force - News
January 23, 2020
INDONESIA. Leonardo has signed a contract with Indonesian company PT Len Industri (Persero) to provide a RAT 31 DL/M radar system for the Indonesian Air Force (IAF). The IAF will operate the radar to strengthen the air defense system of the Republic of Indonesia.
Radar/EW
Multi-domain, airborne sensor capability tested by Lockheed Martin - News
January 22, 2020WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. Two U.S. Air Force F-35s were integrated with the U.S. Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS), providing an airborne sensor capability to detect, track, and intercept near simultaneous air-breathing threats. The test marked the first time F-35s were used as sensors during an IBCS live fire test against multiple airborne targets.
Cyber
Security platform AmiShare to better encrypt USAF data - News
January 22, 2020
WASHINGTON. Kinnami, a data security firm, won a U.S. Air Force (USAF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract through AFWERX and the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to optimize its technology to enhance and protect the integrity of USAF data against growing data threats.
Comms
Satellite modems to support Army tactical network - News
January 22, 2020
TEMPE, Ariz. Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that during its second quarter of fiscal 2020 its subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., which is part of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment, received a $2.9 million order for satellite modems from a major U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contractor.
Radar/EW
Rugged mini PCIe I/O module introduced by Acromag - News
January 21, 2020
WIXOM, Mich. Acromag announced that it has added another military-grade measurement and control module to their AcroPack series of ruggedized mini PCIe I/O modules. The new AP730 multi-function I/O module performs analog input, analog output, discrete I/O, and counter/timer functions.
Comms
Handheld air-to-ground radios delivered to USAF - News
January 21, 2020
CARLSBAD, Calif. Viasat Inc., communications company, announced it was awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract, worth a maximum ceiling of $90 million, to provide the U.S. Air Force (USAF) with Viasat's Battlefield Awareness Targeting System — Dismounted (BATS-D) handheld Link 16 radios, also known as the AN/PRC-161 radio. The IDIQ award also covers associated operator training and maintenance.
Radar/EW
MOSAIC AESA radar system tested on MH-60S Seahawk - News
January 21, 2020
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. Telephonics Corporation, subsidiary of Griffon Corporation, announced that it has demonstrated its MOSAIC Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar system aboard a U.S. Navy MH-60S helicopter, accumulating over 10 hours of operational time during a two-week period in November.
Avionics
Navy tactical training system equipped with Green Hills software - News
January 21, 2020
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Green Hills Software, company specializing in high-assurance operating systems, announced that its INTEGRITY-178 Time-Variant Unified Multi-Processing (tuMP) RTOS for the Xilinx UltraScale+ FPGA has been selected by Collins Aerospace for the U.S. Navy's Tactical Combat Training System Increment II (TCTS Inc. II) program.
Cyber
ManTech to provide USMC with scientific and technical support - News
January 20, 2020
HERNDON, Va. ManTech announced that it has been awarded a five-year $67 million task order to provide scientific and technical information support for the Systems Engineering Directorate (SED), Marine Corps Systems Command. SED conducts detailed systems engineering analysis for Marine Corps programs providing critical capabilities to the warfighter.
Radar/EW
Uninterruptible power supply released by SynQor - News
January 20, 2020
BOXBOROUGH, Mass. SynQor, Inc. announced its new 3-Phase balanced input military field-grade Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). The UPS is designed to provide continuous power and mitigate the problem of unbalanced loads on 3-Phase systems in aircraft and ships.
Comms
BAE Systems to acquire Raytheon and Collins Aerospace businesses - News
January 20, 2020
ARLINGTON, Va. BAE Systems, Inc. announced it has reached definitive agreements for the proposed acquisitions of Collins Aerospace’s military Global Positioning System (GPS) business and Raytheon’s Airborne Tactical Radios (ATR) business.
Cyber
Wind River acquires Star Lab, extending cybersecurity portfolio - News
January 17, 2020ALAMEDA, Calif. Wind River, company specializing in delivering software for the intelligent edge, announced its acquisition of Star Lab, a cybersecurity for embedded systems company. The acquisition will provide Wind River with a system protection and anti-tamper toolset for Linux, a secure open source–based hypervisor, and a secure boot solution. Star Lab is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Wind River. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
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