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Comms
Harris wins $255 million contract from U.S. Special Operations for next-gen radios - News
June 20, 2017
ROCHESTER, N.Y. Harris Corp. has won a six-year, $255 million ceiling, single-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the U.S. Special Operations Command to supply powerful next-generation multichannel manpack radios that will enable better communications for U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) on the battlefield.
Cyber
S2 Corp., Montana State University team to develop photonic processors for vision systems - News
June 20, 2017
BOZEMAN, Mont. S2 Corporation and Montana State University?s (MSU's) Spectrum Lab have been awarded a $1 million, 12-month research contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA) to develop an efficient, high-data-rate photonic computational engine for 2-D image processing.
Avionics
Gripen E smart fighter jet makes first test flight - News
June 19, 2017
LINGKOPING, Sweden. Saab reports that it has completed a successful first flight of its next-generation multirole smart fighter, the Gripen E.
Avionics
NASA and partners test Orion launch abort motor - News
June 19, 2017
PROMONTORY, Utah. NASA and industry partners Orbital ATK and Lockheed Martin report that they have successfully performed a ground firing test of the abort motor for NASA?s Orion spacecraft Launch Abort System (LAS) at Orbital ATK?s facility in Utah. The launch abort motor is a crucial part of the LAS, which is a step forward in spaceflight safety for astronauts.
Radar/EW
Patria completes amphibious testing of AMV28A armored vehicle - News
June 19, 2017
HELSINKI. Armored-vehicle manufacturer Patria announced that it has finished amphibious testing of its AMV28A armored wheeled vehicle. The "28A" in the vehicle's name stands for 28 metric tons gross vehicle weight.
Cyber
DARPA program examines battle management in coastal urban environments - News
June 16, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. DARPA has announced a new program that aims to create powerful digital tools for exploring novel expeditionary urban-operations concepts, with enhanced emphasis on coastal cities, where future such battles are deemed most likely to occur.
Avionics
Engility wins $42 million task order from USAF for risk, readiness assessments - News
June 16, 2017
CHANTILLY, Va. Engility has won a $42 million task order from the U.S. Air Force to advise and assist the Space and Missile Systems Engineering Directorate ? located at the Los Angeles Air Force Base -- to ensure that its space and launch vehicles are mission-ready.
Cyber
Vencore Labs awarded $10.3 million contract for DARPA network-performance project - News
June 16, 2017
CHANTILLY, Va. Engineering-research concern Vencore Labs announced that the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) has awarded it a prime contract to provide research and development services in support of the DARPA Dispersed Computing (DCOMP) program.
Comms
Firmamentum scores DARPA contract to investigate in-space manufacture of comms satellite - News
June 15, 2017
BOTHELL, Wash. Space-construction firm Firmamentum has announced that it has signed a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to collaborate on a system that would use in-space manufacturing and robotic assembly processes to construct a small satellite while in orbit.
Cyber
Unisys receives cloud-hosting services contract from Army for up to $247 million - News
June 15, 2017
RESTON, Va. The U.S. Army has selected Unisys Corp. to participate in the Army program for cloud-hosting services work through the estimated $247 million Army Cloud Computing Enterprise Transformation (ACCENT) Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA).
Unmanned
Kutta joins Dynetics team working on DARPA unmanned system project - News
June 15, 2017
PHOENIX. Kutta Technologies -- a wholly owned subsidiary of Sierra Nevada Corporation specializing in advanced unmanned aerial system (UAS) technology -- has received a Phase 2 subcontract from Dynetics (Huntsville, Alabama) to assist Dynetics with the development of UASs under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Gremlins program.
Comms
DynCorp awarded U.S. Army aviation logistics contract valued at up to $795 million - News
June 14, 2017
MCLEAN, Va. The U.S. Army has awarded DynCorp International (DI) a firm-fixed-price contract for logistics support services for government-owned fixed-wing fleets performing transport aircraft missions (C-12, C-26, and UC-35 fleets, with limited services for T-6 fleets). The award is for a one-year base period that includes a three-month transition, followed immediately with nine months of production, and five single-year option periods; if all options are exercised, the total program is valued at up to $795.3 million.
Unmanned
Moog instruments deployed aboard NICER mission on ISS - News
June 14, 2017
EAST AURORA, N.Y. Instruments made by the Moog Space and Defense Group have been successfully deployed on NASA?s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) mission onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
A.I.
Team investigates artificial intelligence, machine learning in DARPA project - News
June 14, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. A multidisciplinary team led by Charles River Analytics has received a contract to participate in a Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) program on Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI). The four-year broad agency announcement contract is valued at close to $8 million.
Unmanned
Army awards Raytheon $116.4 million contract to develop next phase of longer-range missile program - News
June 13, 2017
TUCSON, Ariz. The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon Missile Systems a $116.4 million contract to enter into the technological maturation and risk-reduction phase of the Long-Range Precision Fires (LRPF) next-generation missile program. This next phase includes testing of the missile components to ensure that the design is ready for engineering and manufacturing development, along with live-fire demonstrations by the end of 2019.
Unmanned
Leidos wins contract to support Navy, Marine acoustic programs - News
June 13, 2017
RESTON, Va. Technology services company Leidos has won a contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) to provide operational support to NSWCCD acoustic trials and research activities for the Navy's Southeast Alaska Acoustic Measurement Facility (SEAFAC).
Radar/EW
Nitride research may lead to new microelectronic technology and devices - News
June 12, 2017
WASHINGTON. A group of scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Lab (NRL) has continued to push forward with research regarding gallium nitride (GaN) technology for radio-frequency (RF) wireless technology and recently made an breakthrough in the ability to grow thin films of a transition metal nitride called niobium nitride (Nb2N).
Radar/EW
Defense, aerospace expected to hold greatest share of global optical sensing market through 2023 - News
June 12, 2017
SEATTLE. The global optical sensing market is projected to grow from $1.2 billion in 2016 to $3.46 billion by 2023 -- a combined annual growth rate of 15.47% between 2017 and 2023 -- according to a report published by MarketsandMarkets, "Optical Sensing Market by Industry (Aerospace & Defense, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Medical, Construction, and Consumer Electronics), Application, Method, and Geography - Global Forecast to 2023."
Avionics
Air Force requests $28 million to build, improve aircraft ranges - News
June 09, 2017
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has asked for -- in its fiscal year 2018 budget request -- funding for construction to improve aircraft ranges in Utah and Nevada. In testimony prepared for Congress, USAF Chief of Staff General David Goldfein and Service Secretary Heather Wilson said that the funding would enable the USAF to use the full range of capabilities available to F-35A aircrews.
Radar/EW
U.S. Air Force to upgrade F-16 AESA radar - News
June 09, 2017
BALTIMORE, Md. The U.S. Air Force has chosen Northrop Grumman?s APG-83 scalable agile beam radar (SABR) as the active electronically scanned array (AESA) for its planned radar upgrade on its F-16 fighter aircraft. Northrop Grumman will upgrade 72 U.S. Air National Guard F-16s to meet a U.S. Northern Command Joint Emergent Operational Need for homeland defense.
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