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Radar/EW
Newest naval littoral combat ship to be christened LCS Billings - News
June 30, 2017
MARINETTE, Wis. The U.S. Navy will christen its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), USS Billings (LCS 15), during a July 1 ceremony in Marinette, Wisconsin, the home of shipbuilder Fincantieri Marinette Marine. The future USS Billings, the name of which honors the largest city in Montana, will be the first ship bearing that name in naval service.
Unmanned
United Launch Alliance wins launch of Air Force STP-3 mission - News
June 30, 2017
CENTENNIAL, Colo. The U. S. Air Force announced that it has awarded United Launch Alliance (ULA) the contract to launch the Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) mission; the contract resulted from a competitive award under the Air Force?s Phase 1A procurement strategy.
Unmanned
Elbit demos unmanned antimine, antisub, EW craft in North Sea trials - News
June 30, 2017
HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems recently demonstrated the Seagull, its multimission unmanned surface vehicle (USV) during binational (Belgium/the Netherlands) mine countermeasure (MCM) trials for unmanned maritime systems; the event was organized by the Directorate General of Material Resources (DGMR) of the Belgian ministry of defense.
Radar/EW
Lockheed Martin selects Verotec rack cases to outfit Multi Scout armored vehicles for U.K. - News
June 29, 2017
MANCHESTER, N.H. Verotec has been chosen by Lockheed Martin to provide custom 19-inch, 6U, 600 mm deep rack cases to house part of the intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) system in the next-generation AJAX armored fighting vehicles developed for the British army. The AJAX program is a project headed by General Dynamics UK.
Radar/EW
L3 Technologies business unit wins U.S. Army fuze contract worth as much as $230 million - News
June 29, 2017
NEW YORK. L3 Technologies announced today that its L3 Electronic Business segment has been awarded an initial $89.2 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army to supply M783 point detonating/delay (PD/DLY) mortar fuzes and M734A1 multioption fuze for mortars (MOFM). The multiyear contract has a base award and four option years, which -- if fully exercised -- could potentially exceed $230 million.
Unmanned
U.S. Navy awards $35.5 million target drone contract to Kratos - News
June 29, 2017
SAN DIEGO. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' Unmanned Systems Division (USD) has been awarded an amendment to a previously awarded contract to exercise an option for Low Rate Initial Production Year 1 (LRIP 1) from the U.S. Navy for BQM-177A Subsonic Aerial Target (SSAT) drone systems. The SSAT LRIP 1 order has an initial value of $34.5 million; coincident with the LRIP 1 order, Kratos also won the contract to provide contractor logistics support (CLS), with the initial value of the CLS award at $2.53 million for fiscal 2017.
Radar/EW
Vorago wins two NASA rad-hard innovation grants - News
June 29, 2017
AUSTIN, Texas. NASA has awarded Vorago Technologies two Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grants to develop semiconductor devices that are hardened against the effects of radiation and extreme temperature.
Unmanned
Northrop Grumman delivers mid-boom assemblies for space telescope - News
June 28, 2017
CARPINTERIA, Calif. Northrop Grumman has delivered the mid-boom assemblies for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope; the two boom assemblies will help deploy the large sunshield once the Webb is in orbit.
Cyber
IARPA awards $12.5 million contract to improve biometrics - News
June 28, 2017
MENLO PARK, Calif. The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) Odin Program has awarded research and engineering firm SRI International a four-year, $12.5 million contract to research and develop "dynamic biometrics" able to better detect attempts to evade or deceive biometric security systems, such as fingerprint, iris, and face scanners. The ability to detect these deceptions focuses on a critical weakness in current generation biometric security systems; boosting detection would expand biometric use cases beyond low-risk applications.
A.I.
Air Force Research Lab teaming with IBM on advanced neural-network chips - News
June 23, 2017
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio and ARMONK, N.Y. The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has announced that it is collaborating with computing giant IBM on a novel brain-inspired supercomputing system powered by a 64-chip array of the IBM TrueNorth Neurosynaptic System.
Avionics
ViaSat garners multiyear contract for terminals used on Apache helicopters - News
June 23, 2017
CARLSBAD, Calif. Boeing has awarded broadband services and technology company ViaSat a multiyear contract to produce the KOR-24A Link 16 terminal, a two-channel small tactical terminal (STT) used in the U.S. Army's AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopter, for U.S. Army and International Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases. The base contract -- which calls for at least 534 terminals to be produced over the next four years -- will eventually contain options.
Comms
Leonardo wins NATO ground surveillance system bid - News
June 23, 2017
ROME. Defense and aerospace company Leonardo has been chosen to develop and deliver the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) Logistics Information System (ALIS) integrated logistics platform. Leonardo has already served as a member of the Northrop Grumman-led industrial team for the delivery of the NATO AGS Core System.
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Mission 22 - Other
June 23, 2017Each issue in this section, the editorial staff of Military Embedded Systems will highlight a different charity that benefits military veterans and their families. We are honored to cover the technology that protects those who protect us every day.
Cyber
General Dynamics will develop incident-modeling software for U.S. Army - News
June 22, 2017
FAIRFAX , Va. General Dynamics Information Technology has been awarded the Joint Effects Model (JEM) program contract by the U.S. Army Contract Command. JEM is the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD's) primary web-based software system for modeling the effects of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapon strikes and possible toxic industrial chemical and material incidents.
Avionics
U.S. Navy flight-deck systems will soon go digital - News
June 22, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) TechSolutions program has sponsored the development of the Deployable Ship Integration Multitouch System (DSIMS) -- a mobile software package for use on the flight decks of ships including aircraft carriers -- that features a digital touchscreen image of a ship?s flight deck or hangar bay that can be used by ship personnel on a laptop or desktop computer.
Cyber
Northrop Grumman, UTC Aerospace announce technology pact - News
June 21, 2017
PARIS AIR SHOW. Northrop Grumman and UTC Aerospace Systems announced at the Air Show that they would be joining forces to collaborate on products and systems to better serve their joint customers.
Avionics
Telephonics wins Navy ARPDD retrofit contract from Lockheed Martin - News
June 21, 2017
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. Communication and information systems provider Telephonics Corp. has been awarded year two of a multiyear, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) production contract -- valued at approximately $37 million -- by Lockheed Martin for providing naval helicopters with AN/APS-153(V)1 radar retrofit kits with automatic radar periscope detection and discrimination (ARPDD) capability.
Avionics
Honeywell, NASA get closer to wider adoption of supersonic flight - News
June 21, 2017
PARIS AIR SHOW. Honeywell and NASA announced the completion of a two-year test to determine the most effective way to show pilots flying supersonic jets where people on the ground may hear sonic booms; the technology may potentially eliminate one of the primary barriers to the broad adoption of supersonic flight.
Comms
Thales Alenia Space acquires portion of Airstar Aerospace - News
June 21, 2017
PARIS AIR SHOW. Satelllite and spacecraft company Thales Alenia Space -- the joint venture between Thales and Leonardo -- confirmed that it has acquired a minority stake in French company Airstar Aerospace, a company that manufactures airships and flexible structures that are capable of operating at all altitudes.
Cyber
Homeland Security re-awards huge cybersecurity contract to Raytheon - News
June 20, 2017
WALTHAM, Mass. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has re-awarded its Development, Operations and Maintenance contract to support government computer networks -- the contract is known as DOMino -- to Raytheon. The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract carries a value of up to $1 billion over five years.
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