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Avionics
Air Force conducts Light Attack Experiment to test new industry offerings - News
August 10, 2017
HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N. M. Air Force senior leaders and international visitors met at Holloman Air Force Base recently to observe some flights as part of the ongoing Light Attack Experiment.
Radar/EW
Leonardo DRS obtains additional $58 million contract for mounted military computer systems - News
August 10, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Leonardo DRS announced today that it has received an additional $58 million in orders from the U.S. Army Mission Command Program Office to supply updated combat computing systems called the Mounted Family of Computer Systems (MFoCS).
A.I.
Charles River Analytics team to build virtual data scientist assistant for DARPA - News
August 09, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Intelligent-systems developer Charles River Analytics has signed a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) to build a virtual data scientist assistant -- known as "Eve" -- to aid in solving real-world analytical problems.
A.I.
SparkCognition to develop AI decision-making technology for USAF, DoD - News
August 09, 2017
AUSTIN, Texas. Cognitive-computing firm SparkCognition has signed a contract with DIUx [Defense Innovation Unit Experimental] to develop Stage 1 of what it calls "Project Quantum" to augment senior-level decisions quantitatively. DIUx is a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) organization focused on accelerating commercial technologies to the U.S. military.
Comms
USAF, Lockheed Martin rolling out upgraded SDR-enabled GPS stations - News
August 09, 2017
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force have begun the process of installing modernized receivers containing software-defined radio (SDR) technology to help the U.S. Air Force maintain the accuracy of Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite signals; three of the six planned Lockheed Martin-developed receivers are now online. GPS monitoring stations are globally-dispersed, fixed-position sites that monitor GPS satellite signals and help maintain their navigation and positioning accuracy for users around the world.
Unmanned
GA-ASI to host grand opening of UAS training facility - News
August 08, 2017
GRAND FORKS, N.D. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is hosting the grand opening of its Flight Test and Training Center?s new permanent hangar at the Grand Sky Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Business Park near Grand Forks, N.D., on August 21.
Avionics
Air Force, Boeing agree on deal for two new Air Force One 747-8 aircraft - News
August 08, 2017
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a contract modification that will pave the way for the Air Force to purchase two commercial 747-8 aircraft to replace the two aging VC-25A Boeing 747-200 presidential support aircraft.
Comms
Working to extend mobile battery life for soldiers in the field - News
August 08, 2017
ADELPHI, Md. Teams from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) have joined forces to develop solutions that would extend the battery life of GPS gear, mobile phones, field laptops, and other technologies that soldiers use in the field.
Unmanned
Lockheed Martin making progress on radical shrinking of space telescopes - News
August 07, 2017
PALO ALTO, Calif. Lockheed Martin recently revealed the first images from an experimental, ultra-thin optical instrument it has been working on, revealing that it may be possible to shrink space telescopes to a tiny fraction of the size of today's systems while maintaining equivalent resolution.
Radar/EW
DARPA office unveils "mosaic warfare" approach to future conflicts - News
August 07, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA?s) Strategic Technology Office (STO) recently unveiled its updated approach to winning or deterring future conflicts, a strategy it is calling "mosaic warfare."
Radar/EW
Kratos awarded $23 million radar system contract - News
August 07, 2017
SAN DIEGO. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced that its Modular Systems Division (MSD) recently received a contract award worth approximately $23 million for hardware and specialized modular systems that will support a strategic surveillance radar system.
Comms
Lockheed Martin building new satellite-production facility near Denver - News
August 04, 2017
DENVER. Lockheed Martin has begun initial construction of a new facility -- located on the company's Waterton Canyon campus near Denver, Colorado -- that will produce next-generation satellites.
Cyber
U.S. Army Research Lab grants ICF $93 million to handle defensive cybersecurity operations - News
August 04, 2017
FAIRFAX, Va. Consulting and technology-services provider ICF has won a contract valued at as much as $93 million from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to support ARL's Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) and ongoing defensive cybersecurity research. The contract terms include both base and option periods.
Comms
NASA miniaturizing century-old component for use on CubeSats - News
August 04, 2017
GREENBELT, Md. A team of NASA scientists and engineers from the Goddard Space Flight Center is working on a project to upgrade and miniaturize the electronics on a prototype instrument, called the Concentration vs. Height for an Orbiting Electromagnetic Sounder -- dubbed ECHOES -- that would be used to ?sound? the ionosphere from either a ground-based observatory or, ultimately, from a constellation of CubeSats.
Unmanned
Lockheed Martin obtains $161 million tactical-missile contract from U.S. Army - News
August 03, 2017
BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin has secured a contract worth $161.4 million from the U.S. Army to produce 150 tactical-missile systems and guided-missile launch assemblies under the Army Tactical Missile System (ATacMS) Guided Missile and Launching Assembly (GMLA) Service Life Extension Program.
Cyber
Market study: Live, virtual training will drive DoD training and simulation market to 2021 - News
August 03, 2017
SAN ANTONIO, Tx. The pace of adoption of live, virtual, constructive or mixed-reality training is picking up and continues to drive investment and innovation in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) training and simulation market, according to a recent study from analyst Frost & Sullivan?s Defense Growth Partnership Subscription titled "US DoD Training and Simulation Market, Forecast to 2021."
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Comms
LGS Innovations wins $7.5 million DARPA dispersed computing contract - News
August 02, 2017
HERNDON, Va. Communications-solution provider LGS Innovations announced that it has been awarded a four-year, $7.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under the Dispersed Computing (DCOMP) program.
Comms
Air Force Research Lab calls for innovative alternative-energy options - News
August 02, 2017
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Advanced Power Technology Office (APTO) has issued a call for innovative alternative energy and energy-efficient technology solutions in a broad agency announcement, published recently on the Federal Business Opportunities website.
Unmanned
Air Force tests Minuteman III missile with launch from Vandenburg AFB - News
August 02, 2017
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. A team of Air Force Global Strike Command personnel from the 90th Missile Wing (headquartered at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming) launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) equipped with a single test reentry vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on August 2 at 2:10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time.
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