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Radar/EW
NATO exercise tests air, missile defense under Aegis Combat System - News
October 19, 2017
HEBRIDES, Scotland. The U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency -- in concert with Lockheed Martin and naval forces from eight NATO nations -- have successfully concluded a series of Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) tests in the Atlantic Ocean during an exercise it called Formidable Shield 2017 (FS-17).
Unmanned
Australian army signs $6.8 million contract for nano-sized drones - News
October 17, 2017
WILSONVILLE, Ore. FLIR Systems has signed a $6.8 million firm-fixed-price order to deliver Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance Systems (PRSs) in support of the Australian Army. The nanodrone-sized units delivered under this contract will support platoon- and troop- level organic surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities.
Unmanned
DARPA awards contract for hypersonic Advanced Full Range Engine - News
October 17, 2017
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Aerojet Rocketdyne has signed an agreement with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop and ground-test an innovative propulsion system under DARPA's Advanced Full Range Engine (AFRE) program.
Avionics
Analysts: Commercial aerospace and MRO to grow rapidly in Thailand over next 20 years - News
October 16, 2017
BANGKOK. At a recent aerospace industry seminar, analysts Frost & Sullivan and Suranaree University -- in association with The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) -- discussed a projection from Frost & Sullivan that in the next two decades, 42 percent of the 32,146 global aircraft deliveries will happen in Asia-Pacific, while delivery of total aircrafts in Thailand alone is expected to almost triple from 314 aircrafts in 2017 to 811 aircrafts by 2037.
Comms
Navy awards $765 million ID/IQ contract for tactical radios - News
October 16, 2017
ROCHESTER, N.Y. Harris Corp. has signed a five-year, $765 million (ceiling) single-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to provide tactical radios and ancillary devices to the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
Unmanned
DARPA program seeks teams to innovate in unmanned "swarm" systems - News
October 16, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking teams to propose on its OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program -- which envisions future small-unit infantry forces using small unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and/or small unmanned ground systems (UGSs) in swarms of 250 robots or more to accomplish diverse missions in complex urban environments -- in an effort to enable rapid development and deployment of breakthrough capabilities to the field.
Comms
M1 Abrams tank fleets will get additional display systems - News
October 13, 2017
CARLSBAD, Calif. Military specialized display maker Palomar Display Products announced that it has been awarded a firm fixed-price contract totaling $5.3 million to deliver optically coupled military display systems for M1 Abrams tank fleets in the U.S. and its allies.
Unmanned
Study: Directed-energy and military laser market to grow to $12.3 billion by 2022 - News
October 13, 2017
WELLESLEY, Mass. The global market for directed-energy and military lasers -- which amounted to $6.6 billion in 2016 -- will reach $7.4 billion in 2017 and will grow to $12.3 billion in 2022, increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.7 percent over the 2017-2022 time frame, according to a market study from BCC Research.
Unmanned
Dept. of the Navy declares Joint Standoff Weapon at full operational capability - News
October 12, 2017
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The Department of the Navy recently declared the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1 ready for full operational capability.
Radar/EW
Upgrades to NATO air surveillance radar to come - News
October 12, 2017
STOCKHOLM. Defense and security firm Saab has signed a contract with NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) in Luxembourg to upgrade three SINDRE I air surveillance radars in Norway. Saab?s upgrade, say company officials, will include replacing obsolete hardware and upgrading software.
Comms
Biocular viewing devices for tanks enable lower-strain viewing in the field - News
October 12, 2017
WASHINGTON--AUSA. Kent Periscopes (St. Asaph, Wales) -- the U.K.-based supplier of unity vision periscopes, vehicle sights, and related equipment for military armored vehicles -- is talking up its straight biocular display at the Association of the United States Army Exhibition (AUSA). Company officials say that the design provides users with higher-fidelity relaxed viewing for armored fighting vehicles in the field.
Comms
U.S. Navy to increase use of immersive game-based training - News
October 11, 2017
SAN DIEGO. Simulation and training company Cubic announced that it has received four additional delivery orders -- totaling $22 million -- from an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to support the U.S. Navy?s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) with the creation and delivery of immersive game-based courseware.
Unmanned
Laser-guided rocket launcher concept can support combat operations - News
October 11, 2017
WASHINGTON--AUSA. Arnold Defense has introduced FLETCHER, a land-vehicle-mounted, laser-guided, 2.75-inch rocket launcher concept to the U.S. defense market at the Association of the United States Army Exhibition (AUSA).
Unmanned
Off-the-shelf brakes introduced, intended for heavy armored vehicles - News
October 11, 2017
WASHINGTON--AUSA. Specialist brake and caliper maker Alcon introduced its new CIR55 custom heavy armored vehicle brake caliper into the U.S. defense market at the Association of the United States Army Exhibition (AUSA). The recently introduced CIR55 has been designed and developed to fit 8x8-type military vehicles operating at 30 to 40-plus metric tons, gross vehicle mass (GVM).
Radar/EW
VITA and ANSI ratify air flow through cooling standard for VPX - News
October 10, 2017
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. VITA, the trade association for standard computing architectures serving critical and intelligent embedded computing systems markets, announces the ratification by ANSI and VITA of ANSI/VITA 48.8-2017, ?Mechanical Standard for Electronic VPX Plug-in Modules Using Air Flow Through Cooling.? The standard has completed the VITA and ANSI processes, reaching full recognition under guidance of VITA.
Unmanned
Air Force awards contracts to update ICBM airborne launch-control system - News
October 06, 2017
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah. The Air Force recently awarded a pair of contracts aimed at upgrading the system that enables an aircraft to control the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from a silo in the ground. The three-year contracts were awarded to Lockheed Martin Space Systems (Littleton, Colorado), and Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
Comms
Army awards $979 million contract for new landing craft - News
October 06, 2017
PORTLAND, Ore. Pacific Northwest shipbuilder Vigor has won a contract -- totaling as much as $979 million over 10 years -- to build the U.S. Army?s Maneuver Support Vessel (Light), MSV(L), a new generation of landing craft for the U.S. Army. The Vigor MSV(L) design will replace the Army's fleet of aging LCM-8 "Mike" boats.
Unmanned
First task order awarded on Army high-energy-laser contract - News
October 05, 2017
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. QWK Integrated Solutions, a joint venture of defense contractor Vencore and engineering and IT provider Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, has won the High Energy Laser Technical Vehicle Demonstrator (HEL TVD) task order on the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (USASMDC/ARSTRAT), Design, Development, Demonstration and Integration (D3I) program Domain 1 contract.
Comms
University, Army researchers: We've generated the fastest-ever light pulse - News
October 05, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. Researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF) have generated what is being deemed the fastest light pulse ever developed.The 53-attosecond pulse, produced by professor Zenhgu Chang -- UCF trustee chair and professor in the Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers, College of Optics and Photonics, and Department of Physics together with his engineering group at the university, beats the team's record of a 67-attosecond extreme ultraviolet light pulse set in 2012. (One attosecond is one-quintillionth of a second.)
Unmanned
Small solar UAS deemed compliant, says Canadian transport authority - News
October 05, 2017
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The Silent Falcon small unmanned aerial system (sUAS) from Silent Falcon UAS Technologies has been added to Transport Canada?s list of ?Compliant Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)?, a distinction allowing Silent Falcon to issue Statements of Conformity to its Canadian customers seeking to become what Canada calls Compliant UAV Operators.
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