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Microgrid to demo resilient military-energy solutions - News
March 07, 2017
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL -- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio) and the Hawaii Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies (HCATT) have begun work at Pearl Harbor Base on the design of the Pacific Energy Assurance and Resiliency Laboratory (dubbed "PEARL"), a renewable-energy microgrid laboratory that is part of an ongoing effort to demonstrate new ways military facilities can address their energy needs in a cleaner and more cost-effective way. A microgrid is a small, independently sourced power system that -- while it remains attached to the main power grid -- can also work independently as needed without reliance on the main energy supply.
Comms
Defense sector to lead mission-management systems market, say analysts - News
March 06, 2017
AMSTERDAM. The global market for mission-management systems is projected to grow from $13.97 billion in 2016 to $27.50 billion by 2022, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.95 percent over the period, according to a report from ASDReports.
Comms
Sigma Labs, Aerojet Rocketdyne continue to team on U.S. Air Force applications - News
March 06, 2017
SANTA FE, N.M. Sigma Labs, a company that develops analytical tools and quality-inspection systems for aerospace components made using metal 3-D printing technology, has received a contract from Aerojet Rocketdyne of Sacramento, California, for a nonexclusive license of Sigma's PrintRite3D software applications. Terms of the award were not disclosed.
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Avionics
NASA tests Lockheed's quieter supersonic X-plane design - News
February 28, 2017
CLEVELAND. NASA and Lockheed Martin have begun the first high-speed wind tunnel tests for the Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) X-plane preliminary design -- a supersonic plane designed for quieter overland flight -- at NASA?s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.
Avionics
NASA engineers unveil modular avionics systems for smaller missions - News
February 28, 2017
GREENBELT, Md. A team of engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have designed a new avionics system intended for use on smaller, cost-constrained, yet high-performance missions.
Cyber
DoD launches open-source initiative - News
February 24, 2017
WASHINGTON. The Department of Defense (DoD) has announced its launch of "Code.mil," an open-source effort that enables software developers around the globe to collaborate on unclassified code written by federal employees in support of DoD projects. DoD is partnering with GitHub, an open-source platform, to experiment with promoting increased collaboration between federal employees and private-sector software developers on software projects built within the DoD.
Comms
NASA selects two proposals for oxygen recovery during future deep-space missions - News
February 24, 2017
WASHINGTON. NASA has selected two proposals for the development of oxygen-recovery technologies that could keep astronauts alive and healthy during future long-duration missions to deep space.
Comms
BAE Systems buys partner company in railgun program - News
February 23, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. BAE Systems has acquired engineering company IAP Research of Dayton, Ohio, a longtime subcontractor on BAE Systems' development of an electromagnetic railgun. IAP develops and manufactures electromagnetic technologies and advanced composites.
Radar/EW
Lockheed Martin's new particle accelerator aims at space-instrument testing - News
February 23, 2017
PALO ALTO, Calif. Lockheed Martin has installed a new linear particle accelerator at its Advanced Technology Center laboratory in Silicon Valley, part of the company's expansion into space-instrument testing. Designers and manufacturers of materials and instruments that are to be sent to space must first ensure that the products will survive the temperature extremes, radiation exposure, and need for autonomous operation found there.
Radar/EW
Keel laid for USS Frank E. Petersen guided-missile destroyer - News
February 22, 2017
PASCAGOULA, Miss. The keel of the future guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen, Jr. (DDG 121) was ceremoniously laid on February 21 at Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard. Although official construction of DDG 121 started in April 2016, the keel-laying symbolically recognizes the ceremonial beginning of the ship.
Avionics
Lockheed Martin wins $150 million contract for Viper target sight system - News
February 22, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin has won $150 million in follow-on production contracts from the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division to continue to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with the target sight system (TSS) for the AH-1Z "Viper" attack helicopter.
Comms
DRS Technologies signs tactical data link contract with U.S. Navy - News
February 21, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. DRS Technologies, a Leonardo Company, has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract worth up to $22 million by the U.S. Navy for an updated communications system that will enable ship commanders to securely share real-time tactical data information.
Avionics
Research ongoing into avoiding aircraft icing - News
February 21, 2017
WASHINGTON. Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) believe that they are close to cracking the code regarding how to provide aircraft with a way to avoid potentially hazardous icing conditions.
Comms
Latest SpaceX launch carries ARM MCUs for space station experiments - News
February 20, 2017
AUSTIN, Texas. The SpaceX CRS-10 cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) blasted off on Sunday, February 19 carrying several experiments to be conducted aboard the ISS, including one controlled by an ARM-based Vorago Technologies microcontroller (MCU).
Cyber
Navy agrees to $133 million buy of Red Hat software and services - News
February 20, 2017
WASHINGTON. The Department of the Navy has signed a five-year blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with DLT Solutions for the government IT contractor to provide the Navy and Marine Corps with Red Hat software and services. The $133.4 million agreement includes a one-year base ordering period with four one-year optional ordering periods, to be in force through December 2021.
Radar/EW
U.S. Army grants Elbit $102 million contract for mortar fire control systems - News
February 17, 2017
FORT WORTH, Tx. Elbit Systems of America, a subsidiary of Israel's Elbit Systems, has won a U.S. Army contract to provide field mortar fire control systems. If fully utlilized, the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract could extend to a five-year period and have a maximum value of $102 million.
Cyber
General Dynamics wins $170 million cyber contract from DIA - News
February 17, 2017
FAIRFAX, Va. General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, has won a task order from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) to provide a wide range of cybersecurity services intended to defend intelligence networks and systems for the DIA, combat commands, and several military services.
Radar/EW
Clemson team partners with DTRA to develop nuclear-activity sensor - News
February 16, 2017
CLEMSON, S.C. Research targeted at building a biosensor that would help the military detect signs of nuclear activities -- including indications of weapons development -- has been approved, to be conducted under the leadership of a former naval officer who is now a Clemson University faculty member. Nicole Martinez, an assistant professor in the Clemson environmental engineering and earth sciences department, is the lead investigator on the $866,884 project; the research will last three years and could be eligible for a two-year extension, boosting the total to about $1.5 million.
Unmanned
Mayport named FOB for MQ-4C Triton UAS - News
February 16, 2017
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The U.S. Navy has named Naval Station Mayport (Jacksonville, Florida) as the forward operating base (FOB) for its fleet of MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems (UASs). As the east coast FOB, Mayport will act as the launch and recovery site for four forward-based MQ-4C Triton UAS and will be the consolidated maintenance hub for up to four additional aircraft.
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