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Unmanned
Coast Guard national-security cutter completes deployment with UAS ISR - News
May 09, 2017
BINGEN, Wash. Unmanned systems and software company Insitu and the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton have collaborated on a six-week deployment, the first time that a Coast Guard cutter used a small unmanned aerial system (sUAS) for an entire patrol.
Comms
Boeing, Air Force demo airborne networking system - News
May 09, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Boeing and the U.S. Air Force recently completed developmental flight testing on the Boeing-developed Talon HATE airborne networking system, which enables secure communications between multiple aircraft and ground stations.
Unmanned
Air Force X-37B space plane lands after record-breaking 718 days in orbit - News
May 08, 2017
NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. The Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission 4 (OTV-4) unmanned, reusable space plane landed at NASA?s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility on May 7, 2017, after an unprecedented 718 days on-mission.
Radar/EW
NAVAIR taps LCR Embedded Systems to support JEAT EW program - News
May 08, 2017
NORRISTOWN, Pa. LCR Embedded Systems has been chosen by Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to supply LCR's 3U VPX solution to support the NAVAIR Joint Electronic Advanced Technology (JEAT) program.
Avionics
First F-35B assembled outside the U.S. rolls off the line in Italy - News
May 08, 2017
CAMERI, Italy. Lockheed Martin has announced that the first short take-off/vertical landing version of the F-35 combat aircraft (the F-35B) ever assembled outside of the U.S. recently rolled out of its Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility in Italy.
Avionics
Market study: Avionics market to be worth $92.85 billion worldwide by 2022 - News
May 05, 2017
VANCOUVER, Wash. The global avionics market is projected to grow from $62.22 billion in 2016 to $92.85 billion by 2022, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.90 percent over that time frame, according to a report from MarketsandMarkets.
Avionics
U.S. Air Force takes on-time delivery of first KC-10 CLS aircraft - News
May 05, 2017
NEW YORK. Communications and aerospace contractor L3 Technologies announced that it has delivered the first KC-10 aircraft under the U.S. Air Force (USAF) contractor logistics support (CLS) contract.
Unmanned
Market for target UAVs to reach $6.2 billion by 2022; defense sector will see highest growth - News
May 04, 2017
SEATTLE. The global market for target drones -- or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) used in the training of anti-aircraft crews -- is projected to grow from $3.79 billion in 2016 to $6.20 billion by 2022, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.55 percent during the forecast period, according to research from MarketsandMarkets.
Comms
Vector Space Systems flight-tests model of satellite-launch vehicle using 3-D printed part - News
May 04, 2017
TUCSON, Ariz. Vector Space Systems has announced a successful test launch of the P-19H engineering model of its Vector-R launch vehicle, the initial flight of several upcoming launches that will enable Vector to evaluate critical technologies and functions of its family of Vector launch vehicles.
Unmanned
45th Space Wing supports SpaceX launch, retrieval of booster - News
May 02, 2017
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. The U.S. Air Force?s 45th Space Wing supported SpaceX?s successful May 1 launch of the NROL-76 spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 39A at NASA?s Kennedy Space Center.
Radar/EW
Charles River Analytics to build injury-prediction tool for U.S. Army - News
May 02, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Charles River Analytics announced that it has secured a contract from the U.S. Army to produce a traumatic-injury prediction tool for the U.S. Army that is aimed at reducing the number of preventable combat and noncombat deaths by addressing challenges faced by military and civilian first responders, combat lifesavers, and medics.
Cyber
Engility wins $170 million NASA contract for safety and test systems - News
May 02, 2017
CHANTILLY, Va. Intgrated engineering and systems company Engility has won the recompete of the Systems and Software Assurance Services contract from NASA?s Goddard Space Flight Center. Engility will assist NASA?s Independent Verification and Validation program (IV & V) support missions to explore Earth and the universe, including future expeditions to the moon and to Mars.
Radar/EW
Lockheed Martin gains contracts to upgrade Japan's fleet of Apaches - News
May 01, 2017
BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin has won contracts to upgrade the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M?TADS/PNVS) system for Japan's fleet of AH-64DJP Apache attack helicopters.
Comms
DARPA invites potential proposals for future programs - News
May 01, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Sciences Office (DSO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) -- an office that identifies and pursues high-risk, high-payoff research initiatives across a broad spectrum of science and engineering disciplines -- has announced that it will host Discover DSO Day (D3) on June 15 with the aim of sharing research concepts and engaging with potential proposers to gain new insights for possible future programs.
Avionics
Bell Helicopter Canada chooses Curtiss-Wright cockpit voice/flight-data technology - News
April 28, 2017
ASHBURN, Va. Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions has been selected by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited to provide the Curtiss-Wright cockpit voice and flight-recorder technology to upgrade the cockpit electronics in the Canadian Armed Forces? fleet of Bell CH-146 Griffon multirole utility helicopters.
Cyber
Macaulay-Brown helps Air Force trim, compress data files - News
April 28, 2017
DAYTON, Ohio. Engineering and cybersecurity firm MacAulay-Brown has announced a new approach to thinning hyperspectral image data for evaluation by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC). Under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), data thinned at different levels will be evaluated by AFLCMC for compatibility testing with existing tools used by the U.S. Air Force to analyze hyperspectral data.
Cyber
IARPA kicks off quantum enhanced computing program - News
April 28, 2017
WASHINGTON. The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) -- an organization that operates within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence -- has announced the launch of a multiyear research effort to develop special-purpose algorithms and hardware to harness quantum effects to surpass conventional computing. If the research is able to transition to production, technology developed under the Quantum Enhanced Optimization (QEO) program will provide a plausible path to performance beyond what is possible with today?s computers.
Unmanned
Navy tests SM-6 weapon on road to full operational capability - News
April 27, 2017
PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Hawaii. The Navy reports successful execution of four flight tests of the surface-to-air Standard Missile-6 Block I (SM-6 Blk I) off the Hawaiian coast; the tests were conducted at the beginning of April.
Comms
Air Force awards Raytheon $375 million initial contract to modernize command and control centers - News
April 27, 2017
HAMPTON, Va. The U.S. Air Force Materiel Command has awarded Raytheon Co. a contract with an initial value of up to $375 million to sustain and modernize the Air and Space Operations Center Weapon System (AOC WS). Under the contract, Raytheon will update the existing AOC WS baseline software and develop and deploy new software upgrades to improve air and space command and control operations.
Comms
General Atomics completes heat treatment on experimental fusion reactor's central solenoid module - News
April 27, 2017
SAN DIEGO. General Atomics (GA) reports that it has accomplished a key portion needed for the fabrication of the ITER [International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor] Central Solenoid, as GA engineers and technicians officially completed heat treatment of the first module. The Central Solenoid ? an integral component of ITER?s unprecedented fusion facility ? is planned to stand more than five stories tall and will be the world?s most powerful pulsed superconducting magnet.
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