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Avionics
Virginia Tech, UTC Aerospace team up for progress in wireless systems, power electronics - News
April 26, 2017
BLACKSBURG, Va. and CHARLOTTE, N.C. Virginia Tech and UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) have announced a comprehensive research and education agreement that will focus on secure aircraft wireless networking and power electronics. Under the terms of the agreement, UTAS will invest $1 million over five years to help fund Virginia Tech's master research agreement, as well as student scholarships, capstone projects, and competitions in these areas.
Cyber
Vencore gains prime position on $98 million NGA contract - News
April 26, 2017
CHANTILLY, Va. Systems engineering and integration company Vencore announced that it has won a prime position on the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Multi-Intelligence Analytical and Collection Support Services (MACSS) program. NGA serves as both a combat support agency and an intelligence agency of the U.S. government; it has as its primary mission collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of national security.
Radar/EW
Army orders additional counterfire radar systems from Lockheed Martin - News
April 25, 2017
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Lockheed Martin is set to manufacture additional AN/TPQ-53 counterfire radar systems for the U.S. Army under the terms of a recently signed $1.6 billion order-dependent contract.
Cyber
Rockwell Collins and HACMS team to secure DARPA platforms from cyberattacks - News
April 25, 2017
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected a team led by Rockwell Collins to use mathematics-based development methods to secure platforms against cyberattack. Such methods, developed by Rockwell Collins and its partners in DARPA?s High Assurance Cyber Military Systems (HACMS) program, are aimed at strengthening cyber resilience by eliminating important classes of system vulnerabilities.
Radar/EW
Navy takes delivery of USNS Yuma - News
April 24, 2017
WASHINGTON. The Navy has accepted delivery of its eighth Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel, dubbed the USNS Yuma, known as EPF 8.
Radar/EW
Navy repurposes WWII-era test tunnel for developing laser weapons - News
April 24, 2017
DAHLGREN, Va. The U.S. Navy recently announced that its top laser experts have transformed a tunnel that had been used for gun-range operations during World War II into a vital new capability for testing laser technologies. The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) says that Navy scientists and engineers are using the Laser Lethality and Development Facility?s capabilities to support emerging initiatives to integrate future laser weapon systems aboard Navy ships.
Comms
Comtech awarded $42.7 million contract for Army Blue Force Tracking support - News
April 24, 2017
GERMANTOWN, Md. Comtech Mobile Datacom, a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications, announced that it has won a five-year contract to continue its sustainment support for the U.S. Army's Project Manager Mission Command (PM MC) -- Blue Force Tracking (BFT-1) program. BFT-1 is a battle command real-time situational awareness and control system.
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BAE Systems and Leonardo team to develop IR warning system for Army aircraft - News
April 24, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense contractors BAE Systems and Leonardo DRS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to offer enhanced threat-detection capabilities for use on U.S. Army fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft; the companies will collaborate to develop an advanced infrared (IR)-based threat warning system to meet the evolving operational requirements for Army aircraft survivability.
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VSE Corp. garners $91.1 million under FMS contracts - News
April 21, 2017
ALEXANDRIA, Va. Logistics provider VSE Corporation has been awarded several delivery orders during the first quarter of 2017, totaling approximately $91.1 million, issued under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) support contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) International Fleet Support Program Office.
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Six firms win right to compete in $197 million Naval Air Warfare Center contract - News
April 21, 2017
NAWS CHINA LAKE, Calif. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) has agreed to allow six companies to compete for task orders to research, develop, sustain, and update the Navy?s Combat Environment Instrumentation Systems (CEIS) under a potential five-year, $197.9 million contract.
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Avionics
Reusable rocket engine passes qual test for next-era spaceflight - News
April 21, 2017
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Aerojet Rocketdyne has announced the completion of hot-fire qualification tests of an engine that demonstrates the ability to meet reusability requirements for Boeing's Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Starliner crew module propulsion system.
Comms
GPS modernization program moves to Air Force user site - News
April 21, 2017
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. The Launch and Checkout System (LCS) for the Global Positioning System Next-Generation Operational Control System -- known as GPS OCX -- scored a pass rate of 97.7 percent during testing and is now being transitioned from Raytheon's Aurora, Colorado, site to Schriever Air Force Base. The U.S. Air Force-led GPS Modernization Program will enable enhanced positioning, navigation, and timing capabilities for U.S. military and civilian GPS users across the globe.
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The future USS Gerald R. Ford completes builder's sea trials - News
April 20, 2017
NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. The future USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier precommissioning unit (CVN 78) has returned from Builder's Sea Trials to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, after seven days of testing at sea.
Comms
UltiSat awarded task order to provide satellite bandwidth - News
April 20, 2017
GAITHERSBURG, Md. Ultisat -- a provider of satellite network services for mission-critical applications -- has been awarded a COMSATCOM Transponded Capacity (CTC) task order to provide C-band and Ku-band bandwidth capacity to the United States Air Force (USAF) by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO). The Ultisat work will support satellite communications training and signal testing.
Avionics
Quantum3D, L3 partner for AWACS flight crew training system - News
April 20, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. ? Quantum3D Government Systems has been awarded a contract from the Link Simulation & Training division of L3 Technologies to supply portions of the flight crew training system for the U.S. Air Force?s new Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) for Diminishing Manufacturing Sources Replacement of Avionics for Global Operations and Navigation (DRAGON).
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Moog wins follow-ons with Northrop Grumman, Marine Corps - News
April 14, 2017
EAST AURORA, N.Y. Moog Space and Defense Group has garnered contracts with both Northrop Grumman and Saab Defense to support the U.S. Marine Corps AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) program. G/ATOR is the first ground-based active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar to be developed by the U.S. Department of Defense.
Unmanned
Kongsberg contracts with Australia to upgrade Joint Strike Missile - News
April 12, 2017
KONGSBERG, Norway. International technology contractor Kongsberg Gruppen has signed a contract with the Australian Department of Defense to install new radio frequency (RF) sensors on the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) carried aboard the F-35 fighter aircraft.
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Mercury Systems acquires Delta Microwave - News
April 12, 2017
ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems, Inc. announced that it has acquired Delta Microwave of Oxnard, California. Delta designs and manufactures high-value radio frequency (RF), microwave, and millimeter wave subassemblies and components for the military and space markets.
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UTC Aerospace Systems begins work on acoustic arrays for Navy submarines - News
April 11, 2017
CHARLOTTE, N.C. UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., has announced the start of manufacturing on the first Large Vertical Array (LVA) acoustic structures for Virginia-class submarines.
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