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Cyber
Study: Open-source intelligence assets growing in U.S., abroad - News
August 16, 2017
WASHINGTON. The market for Open Source Intelligence (referred to as OSINT) is being driven by investments in OSINT capabilities and state-of-the-art OSINT systems by national security, homeland security, public safety, and defense organizations as they increase their monitoring and research capabilities in open web, deep web, and darknet, according to a recent report by Homeland Security Research Corp. (HSRC), called "OSINT Market & Technologies 2017-2022."
Comms
Craft arrives at ISS following successful NASA/SpaceX launch - News
August 16, 2017
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. Experiments intended for astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) arrived early Wednesday morning, August 16, following launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft two days prior.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy reports successful AN/SPY-6(V) missile-defense test - News
August 16, 2017
PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE, KAUAI, Hawaii. The U.S. Navy reports that it successfully conducted another ballistic missile defense (BMD) flight test at the end of July with the AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR).
Comms
Lockheed Martin wins Special Operations Command contract worth as much as $8 billion - News
August 15, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin has been named as the prime contractor of U.S. Special Operations Command's (USSOCOM) next-generation logistics and sustainment support program. The Special Operations Forces Global Logistics Support Services (SOF GLSS) program is USSOCOM's largest service contract vehicle, providing the full scope of logistics services required to support the U.S. Special Operations community.
Comms
Army adds to research award into spider-silk technology for battlefield use - News
August 15, 2017
ANN ARBOR, Mich. Biotechnology company Kraig Biocraft Laboratories has been granted the optional phase of its contract with the U.S. Army to design, produce, and deliver recombinant spider-silk materials tailored for the protective needs of soldiers on the battlefield. With the addition of the option, the total contract is now valued at more than $1 million.
Comms
DARPA launches program to streamline path of scientific discovery - News
August 14, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA?s) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) -- which has as its mission the identification and pursuit of high-risk, high-payoff research initiatives across a broad spectrum of science and engineering disciplines -- has announced the first programs under its new Disruptioneering effort, which pushes for faster identification and exploration of bold and risky ideas with the goal of accelerating scientific discovery.
Comms
Envistacom wins $10 million Army contract to manage tactical communications links - News
August 14, 2017
ATLANTA. Defense-technology company Envistacom has won a $10 million contract from U.S. Army Contracting Command ? Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) to provide mission-critical communications and operations support to the U.S. Army 2nd Theater Signal Brigade and 102nd Strategic Signal Battalion.
Unmanned
Kratos tests, intros UAS with enhanced capabilities - News
August 11, 2017
SAN DIEGO. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions recently completed a series of flight tests on the next version of its UTAP-22 Mako unmanned aerial system (UAS) that was first introduced and demonstrated in late 2015.
From The Editor
Radar/EW
KeyW awarded $24 million AFRL contract for sensor, ISR research - News
August 11, 2017
HANOVER, Md. Security-solutions provider KeyW has received a contract worth $24 million from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to conduct research in multisensor, multidomain fusion, including radio frequency, electro-optical and infrared sensing, and exploitation for airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR).
Comms
Harris Corp. delivers navigation payload for third GPS III satellite - News
August 11, 2017
MELBOURNE, Fla. Harris Corporation has delivered the third of 10 planned advanced navigation payloads to Lockheed Martin for inclusion on the U.S. Air Force GPS III Space Vehicle 3 (GPS III SV03) satellite later this year.
Avionics
Air Force conducts Light Attack Experiment to test new industry offerings - News
August 10, 2017
HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N. M. Air Force senior leaders and international visitors met at Holloman Air Force Base recently to observe some flights as part of the ongoing Light Attack Experiment.
Radar/EW
Leonardo DRS obtains additional $58 million contract for mounted military computer systems - News
August 10, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Leonardo DRS announced today that it has received an additional $58 million in orders from the U.S. Army Mission Command Program Office to supply updated combat computing systems called the Mounted Family of Computer Systems (MFoCS).
A.I.
Charles River Analytics team to build virtual data scientist assistant for DARPA - News
August 09, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Intelligent-systems developer Charles River Analytics has signed a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) to build a virtual data scientist assistant -- known as "Eve" -- to aid in solving real-world analytical problems.
A.I.
SparkCognition to develop AI decision-making technology for USAF, DoD - News
August 09, 2017
AUSTIN, Texas. Cognitive-computing firm SparkCognition has signed a contract with DIUx [Defense Innovation Unit Experimental] to develop Stage 1 of what it calls "Project Quantum" to augment senior-level decisions quantitatively. DIUx is a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) organization focused on accelerating commercial technologies to the U.S. military.
Comms
USAF, Lockheed Martin rolling out upgraded SDR-enabled GPS stations - News
August 09, 2017
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force have begun the process of installing modernized receivers containing software-defined radio (SDR) technology to help the U.S. Air Force maintain the accuracy of Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite signals; three of the six planned Lockheed Martin-developed receivers are now online. GPS monitoring stations are globally-dispersed, fixed-position sites that monitor GPS satellite signals and help maintain their navigation and positioning accuracy for users around the world.
Unmanned
GA-ASI to host grand opening of UAS training facility - News
August 08, 2017
GRAND FORKS, N.D. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is hosting the grand opening of its Flight Test and Training Center?s new permanent hangar at the Grand Sky Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Business Park near Grand Forks, N.D., on August 21.
Avionics
Air Force, Boeing agree on deal for two new Air Force One 747-8 aircraft - News
August 08, 2017
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a contract modification that will pave the way for the Air Force to purchase two commercial 747-8 aircraft to replace the two aging VC-25A Boeing 747-200 presidential support aircraft.
Comms
Working to extend mobile battery life for soldiers in the field - News
August 08, 2017
ADELPHI, Md. Teams from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) have joined forces to develop solutions that would extend the battery life of GPS gear, mobile phones, field laptops, and other technologies that soldiers use in the field.
Unmanned
Lockheed Martin making progress on radical shrinking of space telescopes - News
August 07, 2017
PALO ALTO, Calif. Lockheed Martin recently revealed the first images from an experimental, ultra-thin optical instrument it has been working on, revealing that it may be possible to shrink space telescopes to a tiny fraction of the size of today's systems while maintaining equivalent resolution.
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