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Unmanned
DARPA working on program to enable airborne UAS launch-and-recovery system - News
March 17, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently completed Phase 1 of its Gremlins program, which has as its goal fielding volleys of low-cost, reusable unmanned aerial systems (UASs) that would be launched and later retrieved in midair. Moving on to the next stage, DARPA has now awarded Phase 2 contracts to two teams, one led by Dynetics (Huntsville, Alabama) and the other led by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (San Diego, California).
Radar/EW
Lockheed Martin designs, tests 60 kW laser weapon - News
March 17, 2017
BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin has completed the design, development, and demonstration of a 60 kW-class beam combined fiber laser for the U.S. Army. In a recent test near its Bothell, Washington, facility, Lockheed's laser produced a single beam of 58 kW, which the company says represents a world record for a laser of this type. The Lockheed Martin team is preparing to ship the laser to the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command in Huntsville, Alabama.
Unmanned
NASA reveals work on tiny folding robots for exploring extreme terrains - News
March 16, 2017
PASADENA, Calif. NASA and several partners are working on what the space agency calls an "origami-inspired" small robot that can fold itself to become as small as a smartphone but is rugged enough to handle harsh terrain on Mars and beyond.
Comms
Georgia Tech pairs with firm to build military jetpack - News
March 16, 2017
VAN NUYS, Calif. JetPack Aviation (JPA) -- a technology company that demonstrated its initial progress with a public jetpack flight around the Statue of Liberty in 2015 -- has entered into a development agreement with the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) to design and build a soldier vertical mobility system (SVMS) for military applications.
Radar/EW
ONR awards Raytheon $11.8 million contract for work on sensor interconnectivity - News
March 15, 2017
TEWKSBURY, Mass. The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded Raytheon a contract worth $11.8 million to develop networking technologies that will enable enhanced sensor interconnectivity and improved integrated-fires capabilities for naval operations.
Comms
NSA certifies Harris manpack for secure radio transmission - News
March 15, 2017
ROCHESTER, N.Y. Harris Corp. has obtained National Security Agency (NSA) Type-1 certification for its Falcon III RF-300H wideband high-frequency (HF) manpack radio system. With the Type-1 NSA certification, Harris is allowed to perform transmission of classified images, maps, and other large data files from beyond-line-of-sight environments with the Falcon III.
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Royal Danish air force to equip F-16s with advanced targeting pods - News
March 15, 2017
FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman has won a contract to provide the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) with its LITENING multisensor targeting and surveillance for installation on the RDAF's F-16 aircraft.
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Australian navy's first Aegis-equipped Hobart-class destroyer concludes sea trial - News
March 15, 2017
ADELAIDE, Australia. Australia's navy and a team of industry partners recently completed five weeks of sea acceptance trials aboard the future HMAS Hobart, the first of Australia?s three new Aegis-equipped air warfare destroyers.
Avionics
Lockheed Martin's Airborne Multi-INT Lab gets new capabilities - News
March 14, 2017
BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin has upgraded its manned airborne testbed, the Airborne Multi-INT Lab (AML), in a bid to expedite the craft's ability to deliver real-time intelligence. Lockheed and partners use the AML to experiment with combinations of sensors, systems, and technologies to help customers develop ways to support a diverse range of contingency operations.
Cyber
Aptima and Milcord merger focuses on human-centered engineering for defense, intel - News
March 14, 2017
WOBURN, Mass. Aptima, a company that develops tools to enhance human-machine performance for the defense and intelligence communities, has announced its merger with Milcord, a government-technology company based in Waltham, Mass., specializing in knowledge management, human social-culture modeling, and cyberdefense. Under the agreement, Aptima will acquire Milcord?s portfolio of completed, active, and pending contracts and intellectual property developed under these contracts; the merged entity will continue under the Aptima corporate umbrella.
Comms
AFRL uses new Information Transfer Agreement to share software with industry - News
March 14, 2017
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Aerospace Systems Directorate reports that it has used Information Transfer Agreements (ITA) to transfer its Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration and Modeling (AFSIM) simulation and modeling tool to 80 industry partners for development and evaluation.
Comms
NASA presses forward with plans for cislunar human outpost - News
March 13, 2017
GREENBELT, Md. In an address at the recent American Astronautical Society Goddard Memorial Symposium, Bill Gerstenmaier -- NASA associate administrator for human exploration and operations -- told attendees that NASA is moving forward with plans for a cislunar ?gateway? outpost for future human missions, with decisions about how to develop it expected in the coming months. Gerstenmaier said that his agency is studying concepts for launching the first elements of the proposed outpost as secondary payloads on early flights of the Space Launch System (SLS).
Comms
DoD awards $47 million in defense-research equipment grants - News
March 10, 2017
WASHINGTON. The Department of Defense (DoD) has announced awards -- totaling $47 million -- to 160 university researchers at 84 institutions, through its Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP). DURIP supports the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment for universities as they conduct cutting-edge defense research and associated graduate-student research training.
Comms
NASA selects 133 proposals to spur space, business innovation - News
March 09, 2017
NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER/Moffett Field, Calif. NASA has selected 133 proposals -- valued at approximately $100 million total -- from U.S. small businesses to conduct research and develop technologies that will enable NASA's future missions into deep space and will ultimately benefit the U.S. economy. These proposals were selected under Phase II of NASA?s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.
Unmanned
Lockheed Martin tests updated JASSM - News
March 09, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin announced that its updated Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) recently completed two successful product-verification flight tests at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
Radar/EW
Navy reports successful missile test fire - News
March 08, 2017
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy reports that it has conducted a successful structural test firing of the Surface to Surface Missile Module (SSMM) from Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Detroit (LCS 7) off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia.
Radar/EW
U.S. Air Force signs radar contract for more accurate air drops - News
March 08, 2017
WALTHAM, Mass. QinetiQ North America (QNA) announces a $3 million contract win from the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) for its Wind Profiling Portable Radar (WiPPR) technology. The QinetiQ WiPPR, says the company, can offer the Air Force the near-real-time wind measurements that it needs to enable C-130 and C-17 air crews to airdrop critical supplies more accurately and quickly to U.S. ground forces in remote or difficult-to-access locations.
Radar/EW
FLIR lands $54.2 million delivery order for hazard recon kits - News
March 08, 2017
WILSONVILLE, Ore. FLIR Systems has received a delivery order for 50 U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Dismounted Reconnaissance Sets, Kits, and Outfits (CBRN DR-SKO) systems, under a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), in support of the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) DR-SKO Program of Record.
Radar/EW
DCS, consortium to expand computational neuroscience research for Army - News
March 07, 2017
ALEXANDRIA, Va. A consortium of enterprises led by DCS Corp. has been awarded a $15 million ceiling increase to the Cognition and Neuroergonomics Collaborative Technology Alliance (CaN CTA) cooperative agreement aimed at expanding research into computational neuroscience for the U.S. Army. The recent increase brings the total potential value of the cooperative agreement to $65 million; in addition, DCS is also the prime contractor on the companion contract for technology transition, with a potential total value of $80 million.
Cyber
CACI wins $190 million task order to support DoD's IT services - News
March 07, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. CACI International has been awarded a task order, with a potential value of $190 million, to support the Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Service Provider (JSP) Information Technology Service Delivery Support Requirement program. The task order runs for 3 1/2 years for CACI, a company that provides information solutions and services in support of national security missions and government transformation for intelligence, defense, and federal civilian users.
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