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Comms
Multinational spectrum coordination now available on a mobile app - News
November 22, 2017
FORT MEADE, Md. The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) reports that the mobile application version of the "Mercury" tool ? a central repository used to coordinate electromagnetic spectrum frequencies during humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR) operations ? is now available for download on both Apple and Android devices.
Avionics
Protecting pilots from laser attack - News
November 22, 2017
LONDON. Engineers at BAE Systems have developed what they call a low-cost, flexible system to block hostile laser attacks against aircraft and their crews.
Unmanned
NASA finishes 100 days of cryogenic vacuum testing on Webb space telescope - News
November 21, 2017
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, Texas. On November 18, NASA unsealed the 40-metric-ton doors of a cryogenic test chamber at the Johnson Space Center, marking the end of a 100-day cryogenic test phase for the James Webb Space Telescope, to make sure that the telescope's sensitive instruments will work as expected in the cold, airless environment of space. The cryogenic test phase was an important step toward the launch and operation of the telescope, which is considered to be a replacement for the Hubble Space Telescope.
Avionics
Sensors developed that can detect aircraft damage as it happens - News
November 20, 2017
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. Researchers with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center have developed and tested networked acoustic emission sensors that can detect airframe damage on conceptual composite UH-60 Black Hawk rotorcraft.
Radar/EW
U.S. Air Force awards $349.6 million Joint STARS contract extension - News
November 20, 2017
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a 12-month, $349.6 million contract for Total System Support Responsibility (TSSR) of the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) fleet, which is a command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C2ISR) aircraft designed to support combatant commanders in-theater.
Comms
Delta II rocket launches carrying NASA and NOAA satellites, sensors - News
November 20, 2017
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) for NASA and National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) lifted off on November 18 from Vandenburg AFB's Space Launch Complex-2.
Radar/EW
Ballistic-missile defense radar passes crucial milestone - News
November 17, 2017
MOORESTOWN, N.J. Lockheed Martin has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) portion of testing with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) for the Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR). Passage of this goal means that the LRDR has demonstrated compliance to all technical performance measures and requirements. The radar system will be part of a layered ballistic-missile defense strategy to protect the U.S. from ballistic-missile attacks.
Unmanned
State Dept. approves possible AMRAAM sale to Norway - News
November 17, 2017
WASHINGTON. The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of 60 AIM-120 C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs), plus guidance-section spares, to the government of Norway.
Comms
Mapping software aims to make live-fire training safer - News
November 17, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) TechSolutions program has shepherded the development of a new software tool to be used during live-fire exercises that will map out training areas in great detail.
Comms
U.S. Navy to upgrade communications on Aegis cruisers - News
November 16, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Leonardo DRS --through its Canadian subsidiary, DRS Technologies Canada (Kanata, Ontario) -- has won a contract from the U.S. Navy to provide four additional Integrated Voice Communications Systems (IVCS) for the Navy's Aegis cruisers and destroyers. The award is part of the Navy?s larger IVCS contract.
Avionics
Royal Australian air force signs major aircraft-sustainment program - News
November 16, 2017
SYDNEY. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has signed a through life support (TLS) contract with Northrop Grumman Corp. to service its C-27J Spartan Battlefield Airlifter fleet. The five-year-base, 22-year rolling wave, performance-based contract includes engineering and logistic services.
Radar/EW
Air Force awards $44.1 million telemetry test contract - News
November 15, 2017
ORLANDO. Lockheed Martin will produce Intelligent Test Instrumentation Kits (iTIK) to be used on Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) flight tests for telemetry and flight termination purposes under the terms of a recent $44.1 million contract from the U.S. Air Force.
Unmanned
Korea Aerospace outfits its KF-X multirole fighter aircraft - News
November 15, 2017
MELBOURNE, Fla. Korea Aerospace Industries has chosen Harris Corporation to furnish carriage and release systems for the next-generation Korea Fighter-Experimental (KF-X) program.
Radar/EW
AFRL contracts look to next-generation weapons systems - News
November 14, 2017
DAYTON, Ohio. National-security firm MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB) is partnering with Engility Corporation on a single-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract supporting the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Munitions Directorate.
Avionics
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft arrive in Norway - News
November 14, 2017
?RLAND MAIN AIR STATION, Norway. Norway recently took delivery of three F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, with NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenburg and Norway's king in attendance.
Comms
General Atomics acquires assets of small-satellite technology firm - News
November 14, 2017
SAN DIEGO. General Atomics has acquired the majority of the assets of Surrey Satellite Technology US (Englewood, Colorado), an established provider of small satellite technologies, systems, and services. The assets and workforce will be integrated into the General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems Group (GA-EMS) as GA-EMS enhances its focus on development and delivery of small satellite and advanced payload systems.
Radar/EW
RAF to add threat-simulation hardware to A400M aircraft - News
November 13, 2017
LONDON. Defense and security firm Leonardo has signed a contract with Britain's Ministry of Defense to provide equipment that will simulate radar threats to the Royal Air Force (RAF) new A400M transport aircraft prior to takeoff.
Comms
Analysts: Tactical data link market to rise to $6.43 billion globally by 2022 - News
November 13, 2017
NORTHBROOK, Ill.. The tactical data link market is projected to grow from $4.76 billion in 2017 to $6.43 billion by 2022, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.17 percent over that period, according to data in the report "Tactical Data Link Market -- Global Forecast to 2022," recently published by MarketsandMarkets.
Avionics
ADS-B Out milestone met for three NAVAIR aircraft platforms - News
November 10, 2017
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins recently achieved implementation of ADS-B Out software on C-2A, E2-C, and P-3C aircraft for the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). The certified software brings these aircraft into compliance with the upcoming ADS-B Out mandates, which the FAA has required by the end of 2019.
Avionics
Navy, Marines sign contract mods for training aircraft - News
November 10, 2017
MCLEAN, Va.DynCorp International (DI) and the U.S. Navy have signed a $103 million modification to an existing contract for maintenance services on T-34, T-44, and T-6 training aircraft.
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