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Comms
UK Royal Navy to install NAVICS integrated communications systems - News
November 10, 2017
MUNICH. Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) has received an order from BAE Systems to equip the British Royal Navy's future Type 26 Global Combat Ship (T26 GCS) with an integrated communications system; at the core of the system will be the R&S NAVICS, a new VoIP-based switching system with additional security measures built in.
Avionics
U.S. Navy awards contract for laser eye protection for pilots - News
November 09, 2017
CARBONDALE, Pa. Gentex Corporation has signed an agreement with the U.S. Navy to design, develop, test, evaluate, and produce Laser Eye Protection (LEP) Threat Spectacles (including the prescription component) for use by fixed- and rotary wing aircrew who are exposed to laser threats.
Radar/EW
DARPA teaming up to develop graph processor chip for potential DoD use - News
November 09, 2017
LINTHICUM, Md. Northrop Grumman will team with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to collaborate on the development of a graph processor chip that aims to vastly enhance efficiencies and capabilities of today?s top processors.
Unmanned
Navy MQ-4C UAS to receive multispectral targeting systems - News
November 07, 2017
MCKINNEY, Texas. Raytheon will produce and deliver three AN/DAS-3 multispectral targeting systems (MTSs) and one electronic unit in support of low-rate initial production of Lot 2 MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) under the terms of a new $7.21 million contract with the U.S. Navy.
Unmanned
AFRL awards $26.3 million contract to develop high-power laser weapons systems - News
November 06, 2017
BOTHELL, Wash. Lockheed Martin has won a contract worth $26.3 million from the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) for the design, development and production of a high-power fiber laser.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy christens Arleigh Burke-class destroyer named for first MCPON - News
November 06, 2017
PASCAGOULA, Miss. Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division christened the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) on November 4, the first ship to bear the name of a master chief petty officer of the Navy (MCPON).
Radar/EW
Global military radar market will reach $162.1 billion cumulatively by 2027, says study - News
November 01, 2017
AMSTERDAM. The global military radar market, valued at $14 billion in 2017, is expected to grow at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.46 percent over the next 10 years, to reach $17.8 billion by 2027, and at the end of the forecast period will cumulatively be worth a total of $162.1 billion, according to a recent study, "The Global Military Radar Market 2017-2027," published by Strategic Defence Intelligence.
Unmanned
National security customers order $14.5 million in unmanned aerial drone systems - News
November 01, 2017
SAN DIEGO. National-security solutions provider Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has received $14.5 million in contract awards for eight high-performance, jet-powered unmanned aerial drone systems plus associated communication, ground control, and related systems from unnamed national-security-related customers.
Avionics
Flight data recorder will go up with NASA's Dream Chaser to ISS - News
November 01, 2017
HAYWARD, Calif. Data-storage firm Ampex Data Systems -- a wholly owned subsidiary of communications provider Delta Information Systems -- has garnered a contract from space-component maker Sierra Nevada Corporation to provide a rugged flight multifunction data recorder (MDR) for the Sierra Nevada spacecraft cargo system.
Radar/EW
Army invites companies to sign on to VICTORY C4ISR/EW interoperability drive - News
October 31, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Army has issued a special notice inviting nonmembers to join the Vehicular Integration for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance/Electronic Warfare interoperability (VICTORY) standards program.
Radar/EW
Missile Defense Agency signs $88.6 million contract for ballistic missile system support - News
October 31, 2017
ALEXANDRIA, Va. Modern Technology Solutions Inc. (MTSI) has been awarded an $88.6 million competitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) for specialty engineering in support of technical, engineering, advisory and management support for the MDA's Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS).
Unmanned
UAS completes record five-day flight - News
October 27, 2017
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, Va. The VA001 unmanned aerial system (UAS) from Vanilla Aircraft (Falls Church, Virginia) set a record when it landed at NASA?s Wallops Flight Facility on Monday, October 23: The long-duration UAS took off from the Wallops runway on October 18 and flew for 121 hours and 24 minutes. Vanilla Aircraft reports that the flight was the longest unmanned internal combustion-powered flight in history.
Unmanned
Market study: Defense industry responsible for growth in UGV market - News
October 27, 2017
AMSTERDAM. The highest demand for unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) has come from the defense industry in the last several years, according to a recent market analysis from BIS Research titled "Global Unmanned Ground Vehicle Market - Analysis and Forecast (2016-2023)," a comprehensive study of the of the key development strategies and market-trend dynamics occurring in the UGV market.
Comms
U.S. Army places $7.5 million order for troposcatter equipment to deploy in SKorea - News
October 26, 2017
MELVILLE, N.Y. Comtech Telecommunications Corp. reports that its Government Solutions segment?s Command and Control Technologies group has received an order for $7.5 million to supply troposcatter equipment to support U.S. Army activities throughout the Korean peninsula.
Unmanned
USAF signs $131 million contract for additional laser guided bomb kits - News
October 26, 2017
ARCHBALD, Pa. Lockheed Martin has signed a $131 million contract with the U.S. Air Force for follow-on production of Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) kits. The most recent contract represents the ninth consecutive year in which the U.S. Air Force selected Lockheed Martin to provide most of the LGB kits in the annual competition.
Comms
USMC signs $4.8 million follow-on contract to unify, modernize communications - News
October 25, 2017
PITTSBURGH. Digital-solutions company Black Box Corp. has inked a $4.8 million contract with the Marine Corps Systems Command Network Communications Infrastructure (NCI) Program Office to modernize its existing telecommunication network architecture and systems to a high-availability unified communications solution at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point in North Carolina. The work will result in the first fully converged IP-based network for the Marine Corps.
Unmanned
Analysts: Governmental investments driving growth in C4ISR systems - News
October 23, 2017
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. The global market for command and control, communication, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems is expected to pass $100 billion by 2021, growing at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.05 percent between 2017 and 2021, according to a new market forecast from BIS Research, "Global C4ISR Systems Market, Analysis & Forecast: 2017-2021."
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy's first stealth fighter conducts operations on USS Carl Vinson - News
October 23, 2017
USS CARL VINSON, off the coast of southern California. An F-35C Lightning II, the Navy variant of the Joint Strike Fighter and the Navy's first stealth fighter jet, landed on and launched from USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during recent day and nighttime operations, the latest steps in its journey to becoming an operationally capable aircraft.
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Radar/EW
U.S. Navy fighter jets to upgrade IRST21 sensor systems - News
October 19, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin recently received two contracts to upgrade its IRST21 passive, long-range sensor system for use on the U.S. Navy's fleet of F/A-18E/F combat jets.
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