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Radar/EW
NATO orders additional countermeasure systems for transport fleet - News
December 20, 2017
HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems Ltd. has won a follow-on $46 million contract to supply additional J-Music Direct Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) self-protection systems to NATO for its Airbus A330 Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet (MMF) Program. NATO will also install Elbit's Infra-Red-based Passive Airborne Warning Systems (PAWS IR). Work on the contract will be performed over a four-year period.
Unmanned
Army Research Lab working with Marines on 3-D printed drones - News
December 20, 2017
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. Army researchers are working with a group of Marines to develop small 3-D printed unmanned aerial systems (UASs) for use on the battlefield and on different missions.
Unmanned
Techaya Ethernet switch on board chosen for UUV program - News
December 19, 2017
LOS ANGELES. MilSource recently announced that the Techaya MILTECH 309 Ethernet Switch on Board (ESoB) was chosen by a leading underwater, remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) manufacturer to provide Ethernet switching between on-board imaging sonar, positioning software and hardware, and other sensors.
Avionics
Dutch ministry of defense will upgrade six of its Chinook helicopters - News
December 19, 2017
RIDLEY PARK, Pa. Boeing and the Netherlands ministry of defense have signed an agreement that will upgrade six Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) Chinook helicopters to the latest F-model configuration, which the defense ministry believes will ensure commonality of systems for its entire fleet of 20 F-model Chinooks.
Unmanned
U.S. Air Force signs $64 million Bomber Armament Tester agreement - News
December 19, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Air Force has signed a contract worth upwards of $64 million with BAE Systems to design, develop, manufacture, and sustain the Bomber Armament Tester (BAT) system for the Air Force's bomber fleet.
Unmanned
Saab, Singapore university to collaborate on UUV, air-traffic research - News
December 18, 2017
STOCKHOLM and SINGAPORE. Defense and security company Saab and research-focused institution Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU Singapore) have signed a five-year master research collaboration agreement.
A.I.
AI pact aims to enhance satellite and spacecraft operations - News
December 18, 2017
BETHESDA, Md. and TOKYO, Japan. Aerospace and security company Lockheed Martin and IT/networking company NEC Corp. announced that Lockheed Martin will use NEC?s System Invariant Analysis Technology (SIAT) in the space domain.
Unmanned
USAF awards $22.8 million contract for laser-guided bomb kits - News
December 15, 2017
BETHESDA, Md. The U.S. Air Force -- acting on behalf of the U.S. Navy -- has signed a $22.8 million contract with Lockheed Martin to produce and deliver Paveway II Plus laser guided bomb (LGB) kits.
Radar/EW
Army, Navy air crews to receive critical situational-awareness technology - News
December 15, 2017
FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corp. has received a $124.7 million award from the U.S. government for production of AN/APR-39D(V)2 digital radar warning receiver and electronic warfare (EW) management systems for use by the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy.
Unmanned
NASA tests 3-D printed component on RS-25 engine for SLS - News
December 15, 2017
NASA/JOHN C. STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne (a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.) completed hot-fire testing of an RS-25 rocket engine containing its largest additively manufactured component to date. Additive manufacturing is commonly referred to as 3-D printing.
Avionics
U.S. and EU expand cooperation in air-traffic safety, air-traffic control management - News
December 14, 2017
BRUSSELS. Officials from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and ambassadors to the European Union (EU) plus EU transport ministers recently signed amendments to two U.S.-EU agreements that will expand joint efforts on aviation safety and air-traffic management harmonization.
Comms
U.S. Air Force GPS III satellite completes factory mission readiness test - News
December 14, 2017
DENVER. The U.S. Air Force has finalized a factory mission readiness test (FMRT) on the first Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite along with the launch-and-checkout system (LCS) of an accompanying ground control platform built by Raytheon.
Radar/EW
U.S. Army demos multidomain, joint-force weapons during live-air exercise - News
December 13, 2017
YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz. The U.S. Army and Northrop Grumman recently conducted the second phase of what the Army calls its Soldier Checkout Event (SCOE), during which it tested its Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS), during a live-air exercise.
Unmanned
Navy conducts LRASM test from a B-1B Lancer aircraft - News
December 13, 2017
POINT MUGU SEA TEST RANGE, Calif. The U.S. Navy recently completed another in a series of milestone test flights as it endeavors to fully test and certify its new Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), with a test flight from an Air Force B-1B Lancer on December 8 off the coast of southern California.
Unmanned
Equipment test shows off counter-UAV measures for airfields, battlefields - News
December 12, 2017
HAMBURG, Germany. Sensor company Hensoldt recently held a demonstration of its Xpeller counter-UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle] system as part of a larger exhibition on the Airbus airfield in Hamburg-Finkenwerder.
Radar/EW
U.S. Army Pacific Command issues $9 million task order for Kwajalein site - News
December 12, 2017
MCLEAN, Va. DynCorp International (DI) recently received a Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP IV) change order to the U.S. Army Pacific Command (PACOM) task order 06: Base Operation Services supporting the U.S. Army Garrison at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, in the South Pacific. The change order began December 1, 2017 and runs through February 28, 2018, with a total work authorization of $9 million.
Comms
USAF senior leaders order direct review of Air Force programs to ensure optimal resource use - News
December 08, 2017
WASHINGTON. Senior leaders of the U.S. Air Force have called for a Zero-Based Review of all Air Force programs, budget accounts, and associated manpower authorizations as the military branch embarks on its Fiscal Year 2020 Program Objective Memorandum and Future Years Defense Plan.
Avionics
Israeli air force signs $74 million contract for upgraded transport-aircraft flight simulators - News
December 08, 2017
HAIFA, Israel. The Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) has tapped Elbit Systems to provide and operate flight simulators for the upgraded C-130H and C-130J transport aircraft operated by the Israeli Air Force (IAF).
Comms
U.S. Army Security Force Assistance Brigades to get new radio equipment - News
December 07, 2017
ROCHESTER, N.Y. The U.S. Army Security Force Assistance Brigades (SFABs) has chosen equipment from Harris Corporation to supply the SFABs with combat-proven communication systems.
Comms
DARPA promulgates vision of sensor-based "Ocean of Things" - News
December 07, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced its "Ocean of Things" program, which the agency says seeks to enable persistent maritime situational awareness over large ocean areas by deploying thousands of small, low-cost floats that would form a distributed sensor network.
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