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Navy tests real-time mine-detecting UASs - News
June 02, 2017
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. The US Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) has embarked on testing an aerial mine-detection unmanned aerial system (UAS) with a twist: The UAS being tested would provide warfighters with real-time threat identification during combat operations.
Unmanned
Harris will supply Boeing P8-A aircraft with sonobuoy launchers - News
June 01, 2017
MELBOURNE, Fla. Harris Corporation has been awarded contracts to provide Boeing with sonobuoy launching technology for the U.S. Navy?s P-8A anti-submarine aircraft, built by Boeing.
Cyber
General Dynamics wins $244 million Navy training services contract - News
June 01, 2017
FAIRFAX, Va. General Dynamics Information Technology -- a business unit of General Dynamics -- has obtained the training services contract for the Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division in Virginia. The single-award contract is valued at approximately $244 million for a one-year base period, with four optional additional years.
Unmanned
Missile defense test successfully intercepts ICBM target - News
May 31, 2017
VANDENBURG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) -- in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing, the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, and U.S. Northern Command -- reports the successful interception of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) target during a test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the nation's ballistic missile defense system.
Radar/EW
General Dynamics receives $40.8 million contract modification for Aegis fire control - News
May 25, 2017
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems has received a $40.8 million modification to an existing contract that covers production of the MK 82/MK 200 Missile Fire Control System director controller equipment.
Radar/EW
Proposed AESA upgrade to Patriot missile defense passes testing milestone - News
May 25, 2017
WALTHAM, Mass. Raytheon's proposed upgrade to its Patriot Air and Missile Defense system has sustained more than 1,000 hours of operational testing in just over a year, which is half the time of a typical testing program.
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Army uses Northrop Grumman HAMMR to demo multi-mission capabilities - News
May 24, 2017
FALLS CHURCH, Va. The U.S. Army recently used Northrop Grumman's Highly Adaptable Multi-Mission Radar (HAMMR) system to demonstrate the Army's multi-mission capability at the 2017 counter-rocket, artillery, and mortar (C-RAM) test, held earlier this year at Yuma Proving Ground. With the HAMMR multi-mission sensor, Northrop Grumman aims to arm the warfighter with increased situational awareness, counterfire operations, air defense, early warning, and airspace management capabilities.
Unmanned
DARPA chooses Boeing to collaborate on next-generation spaceplane - News
May 24, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has chosen Boeing to collaborate on designing, building, and testing a technology demonstration vehicle for the Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) program.
Avionics
Northrop Grumman to modernize U.S. Air Force GPS navigation systems - News
May 23, 2017
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. Northrop Grumman Corporation has garnered a contract from the U.S. Air Force to perform tasks relating to technology maturation and risk reduction in support of next-generation navigation systems.
Radar/EW
Navy awards Raytheon $28 million contract for new anti-sub radar - News
May 23, 2017
TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon Company has earned a U.S. Navy contract to provide the new Variable Depth Sonar (VDS) for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) class. The VDS is intended to be a mission-critical antisubmarine warfare asset that will reside on and be deployed from LCSs to locate and track enemy submarines.
Radar/EW
Boeing upgrades radar on Saudi Arabia's AWACS fleet - News
May 23, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY. Boeing has finished work on a series of upgrades to Saudi Arabia?s fleet of E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. Boeing's aim with these enhancements is to improve radar capabilities and reduce repair time for the airborne surveillance fleet by increasing the original equipment?s radar sensitivity and expanding the range for tracking targets.
Cyber
Army grants test and evaluation contract to Jacobs Engineering Group - News
May 22, 2017
DALLAS. Jacobs Engineering Group has been granted the contract to support the United States Army Electronic Proving Ground Scientific and Engineering Support Services, which provides test and evaluation assistance for the Army and other Department of Defense (DoD) agencies. If all options are exercised, the Jacobs Engineering-Army contract will be worth excess of $130 million over five years.
Cyber
CACI awarded $21 million task order for naval cyber support - News
May 22, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. CACI International Inc announced that it has been awarded a $21 million task order by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic to provide cybersecurity systems support to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) to enhance the security of industrial-control systems critical to the U.S. infrastructure. The two-year task order, awarded under the SPAWAR Integrated Cyber Operations contract vehicle, represents continuing business for CACI.
Comms
DARPA research furthers study into decision-making - News
May 22, 2017
PALO ALTO, Calif. Stanford University researchers funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Neuro Function, Activity, Structure, and Technology (Neuro-FAST) program have developed new optical imaging and analysis techniques that have provided insight into how the mammalian brain coordinates neural activity to complete voluntary behaviors.
Unmanned
Missile Defense Agency rounds out ballistic-missile interceptor plan - News
May 19, 2017
FORT BELVOIR, Va. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has finalized the third leg in its technology risk-reduction plan for the Multi-Object Kill Vehicle (MOKV), awarding Boeing a $58 million contract in a deal similar to those recently granted to Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.
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Industry team lays keel on 19th Navy littoral combat ship - News
May 19, 2017
MARINETTE, Wis. An industry team led by Lockheed Martin recently officially laid the keel for the U.S. Navy's 19th littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS St. Louis, in a ceremony held at Fincantieri Marinette Marine.
A.I.
Robotic copilot virtually flies, lands simulated Boeing 737 - News
May 18, 2017
MANASSAS, Va. Aurora Flight Sciences recently demonstrated its work as part of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)?s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program, when the Aurora ALIAS technology used the aircraft's existing 737 auto-landing system to autonomously land the aircraft safely by way of a flight simulator.
Cyber
BAE Systems garners U.S. Treasury contract to safeguard nation's financial systems - News
May 18, 2017
MCLEAN, Va. The U.S. Department of the Treasury has selected BAE Systems to be among a group of federally-approved contractors to support the agency?s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) in safeguarding the U.S. financial system against threats posed by rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, drug cartels, and other threats to national security. The maximum life cycle value of all task orders to be awarded under the contract is estimated at $135 million.
Unmanned
Naval Research Lab testing use of solar photovoltaics in groups of UAVs - News
May 18, 2017
WASHINGTON. Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Vehicle Research Section and Photovoltaic Section are making progress on their investigations into the presence of solar photovoltaics (PV) to the proven concept of autonomous cooperative soaring of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). These cooperative autonomous soaring techniques will enable long-endurance flights of unmanned solar-powered sailplanes that can support a 24/7 information, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) mission.
Radar/EW
Lockheed Martin will deliver Sniper targeting pods for Kuwaiti air force - News
May 17, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin has received a delivery order from the U.S. Air Force to provide the Lockheed Martin Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP) to Kuwait's air force for installation on its F/A-18C/D Hornet aircraft.
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