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Unmanned
Study predicts global antidrone market will reach $1.5 billion by 2023 - News
August 01, 2017
SEATTLE. The worldwide market for antidrone technology is expected to grow from $342.6 million in 2016 to $1.5 billion by 2023, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25.9 percent, between 2017 and 2023, according to new research from MarketsandMarkets.
Avionics
Boeing sets up new avionics and electronics unit - News
July 31, 2017
CHICAGO. Aerospace company Boeing has announced the creation of a new group that will make flight controls and other electronics for military and civilian aircraft that are currently made by outside suppliers.
Comms
Cubic outfits Australian air force with combat training information pods - News
July 31, 2017
SAN DIEGO. Cubic Global Defense reports that it has outfitted the Royal Australian Air Force?s (RAAF's) Hawk 127 fleet with more than 60 P5 Combat Training Systems (CTS/TCTS) with Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) pods.
Avionics
First aircraft launch and recovery performed aboard the newly commissioned USS Ford - News
July 31, 2017
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The U.S. Navy performed the first successful launch and recovery of a fighter jet aboard its newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), during a brief test event held July 28.
Radar/EW
Marine Corps orders 23 additional aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicles from Oshkosh Defense - News
July 28, 2017
OSHKOSH, Wis. Oshkosh Defense has obtained a delivery order valued at more than $16 million from the U.S. Marine Corps for an additional 23 P-19R Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) vehicles.
Avionics
Gentex wins $13 million contract to deliver Apache aviator integrated helmets - News
July 28, 2017
CARBONDALE, Pa. Personal-protection/situational-awareness gear maker Gentex Corporation has won a $13 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army for the delivery of Apache Aviator Integrated Helmets (AAIH).
Comms
Army Research Lab energy discovery may aid soldiers in the field - News
July 27, 2017
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. Scientists and engineers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) recently made a discovery that, if developed, could have important implications for future power and energy applications for military personnel in the field.
Unmanned
BAE Systems adds $73 million option on Air Force ICBM contract - News
July 27, 2017
ROCKVILLE, Md. BAE Systems has secured a contract option worth nearly $73 million in its work to integrate the U.S. Air Force's Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system.
Unmanned
Leidos completes testing on Air Force multisensor ISR platform - News
July 26, 2017
RESTON, Va. Science and technology company Leidos has completed testing of the sensor systems on the Air Force's AgilePod, a multi-intelligence, open architecture, reconfigurable prototype pod designed to increase the capabilities of the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and Air Force Special Operations communities.
Radar/EW
Rockwell Collins awarded three-year contract for military test ranges - News
July 26, 2017
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins has been awarded an Interim Contractor Support (ICS) contract by the Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS) Program Office at Eglin Air Force Base that includes field support, repair, and security maintenance of the currently fielded CRIIS program for Air Force, Navy, and Army test ranges.
Radar/EW
Navy research into phase change may pave way for better battlefield chemical sensors - News
July 25, 2017
WASHINGTON. An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have demonstrated that monolayer 2-D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs) ? which are atomically thin semiconductors ? undergo a change from semiconductor-to-metallic phase when exposed to airborne chemical vapors.
Comms
ManTech wins $80 million NAVAIR contract to support air warfare, communications - News
July 25, 2017
HERNDON, Va. ManTech International has announced an $80.3 million contract with the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAVAIR NAWCAD) to support the air-warfare and related capability development activities of NAVAIR's Mission and Engineering and Analysis Department.
Comms
Charles River Analytics building tools for decision-making under uncertain conditions - News
July 25, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Intelligent-systems developer Charles River Analytics has received a one-year contract extension -- awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and valued at close to $500,000 -- for a system supporting Probabilistic Model-Based Programming Techniques for Prediction, Analysis, and Control, or PROMPT. The system, says the company, is intended for use by system engineers to reason under uncertain conditions.
Avionics
Navy completes software fix on EMALS issue - News
July 25, 2017
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The Naval Air System Command's Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) team reports that it has finished testing and data review at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, validating a software fix that will ensure safe launches.
Cyber
DoD official: We will deploy advanced algorithms to front lines to decode data before year-end - News
July 24, 2017
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) plans to deploy to the front lines new computer algorithms designed to extract objects of interest from massive amounts of moving or still imagery by the end of the year, according to U.S. Marine Corps Col. Drew Cukor, head of the Algorithmic Warfare Cross-Function Team in DoD?s Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence.
Avionics
F-22 Raptors, other aircraft team for full-spectrum readiness exercise - News
July 21, 2017
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. A contingent of F-22 Raptor fighter jets from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, have joined combat air forces from across the nation at Nellis AFB for the joint, full-spectrum readiness exercise Red Flag 17-3. Department of Defense (DoD) officials say that the exercise facilitates readiness training on a higher level, as each unit brings specific expertise and talents to the table; Red Flag exercises teach them to work together as they would in the field, possibly for the first time, before facing an actual threat.
Unmanned
Lockheed Martin to build full-scale prototype of cislunar habitat - News
July 21, 2017
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. NASA recently awarded Lockheed Martin a Phase II contract to build a prototype of a cislunar --commonly regarded as the deep space between the earth and the moon -- habitat at Kennedy Space Center. Under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) habitat study contract, the prototype will integrate evolving technologies that will eventually be used in cislunar orbit to keep astronauts safe while onboard and operate the spacecraft autonomously when unoccupied.
Radar/EW
X-band radar market to hit $8.24 billion by 2025: Report - News
July 20, 2017
DUBLIN. The global X-band radar market is set to rise at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 4.9 percent over the next decade, to reach approximately $8.24 billion by 2025, according to an Accuray Research report offered by Research and Markets.
Radar/EW
Air Force adds GE to $409 million thermal/power/control research contract - News
July 20, 2017
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded a spot to General Electric on a potential $409 million contract aimed at research and development on thermal, power, and controls systems for aircraft engines and airframes, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
Avionics
CPI Aerostructures, Sikorsky sign $21 million supply-agreement deal for Black Hawks - News
July 19, 2017
EDGEWOOD, N.Y. CPI Aerostructures (CPI Aero) announced that it has signed a long-term supply agreement with Lockheed Martin unit Sikorsky to manufacture fuel-panel assemblies for the UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter.
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