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Comms
ManTech wins $80 million NAVAIR contract to support air warfare, communications - News
July 25, 2017
HERNDON, Va. ManTech International has announced an $80.3 million contract with the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAVAIR NAWCAD) to support the air-warfare and related capability development activities of NAVAIR's Mission and Engineering and Analysis Department.
Comms
Charles River Analytics building tools for decision-making under uncertain conditions - News
July 25, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Intelligent-systems developer Charles River Analytics has received a one-year contract extension -- awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and valued at close to $500,000 -- for a system supporting Probabilistic Model-Based Programming Techniques for Prediction, Analysis, and Control, or PROMPT. The system, says the company, is intended for use by system engineers to reason under uncertain conditions.
Avionics
Navy completes software fix on EMALS issue - News
July 25, 2017
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The Naval Air System Command's Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) team reports that it has finished testing and data review at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, validating a software fix that will ensure safe launches.
Cyber
DoD official: We will deploy advanced algorithms to front lines to decode data before year-end - News
July 24, 2017
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) plans to deploy to the front lines new computer algorithms designed to extract objects of interest from massive amounts of moving or still imagery by the end of the year, according to U.S. Marine Corps Col. Drew Cukor, head of the Algorithmic Warfare Cross-Function Team in DoD?s Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence.
Avionics
F-22 Raptors, other aircraft team for full-spectrum readiness exercise - News
July 21, 2017
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. A contingent of F-22 Raptor fighter jets from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, have joined combat air forces from across the nation at Nellis AFB for the joint, full-spectrum readiness exercise Red Flag 17-3. Department of Defense (DoD) officials say that the exercise facilitates readiness training on a higher level, as each unit brings specific expertise and talents to the table; Red Flag exercises teach them to work together as they would in the field, possibly for the first time, before facing an actual threat.
Unmanned
Lockheed Martin to build full-scale prototype of cislunar habitat - News
July 21, 2017
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. NASA recently awarded Lockheed Martin a Phase II contract to build a prototype of a cislunar --commonly regarded as the deep space between the earth and the moon -- habitat at Kennedy Space Center. Under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) habitat study contract, the prototype will integrate evolving technologies that will eventually be used in cislunar orbit to keep astronauts safe while onboard and operate the spacecraft autonomously when unoccupied.
Radar/EW
X-band radar market to hit $8.24 billion by 2025: Report - News
July 20, 2017
DUBLIN. The global X-band radar market is set to rise at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 4.9 percent over the next decade, to reach approximately $8.24 billion by 2025, according to an Accuray Research report offered by Research and Markets.
Radar/EW
Air Force adds GE to $409 million thermal/power/control research contract - News
July 20, 2017
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded a spot to General Electric on a potential $409 million contract aimed at research and development on thermal, power, and controls systems for aircraft engines and airframes, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
Avionics
CPI Aerostructures, Sikorsky sign $21 million supply-agreement deal for Black Hawks - News
July 19, 2017
EDGEWOOD, N.Y. CPI Aerostructures (CPI Aero) announced that it has signed a long-term supply agreement with Lockheed Martin unit Sikorsky to manufacture fuel-panel assemblies for the UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter.
Cyber
CAE wins defense contracts valued at more than $139 million - News
July 19, 2017
MONTREAL. Canadian training and simulation company CAE has obtained defense contracts -- valued at more than CA$175 million (approximately $139 million) -- to provide simulation products, training services, and in-service support for several global military customers.
Unmanned
DARPA awards BAE Systems $4.6 million to develop stealthy active sonar solutions - News
July 18, 2017
MERRIMACK, N.H. BAE Systems has received a $4.6 million contract to work on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Mobile Offboard Clandestine Communications and Approach (MOCCA) program.
Radar/EW
Navy fires first Tomahawk cruise missiles from new submarine payload tubes - News
July 18, 2017
TUCSON, Ariz. The U.S. Navy has test-fired two Tomahawk cruise missiles from new submarine payload tubes on the Virginia-class sub USS North Dakota (SSN-784), reports Raytheon, the maker of the Tomahawk missile. The tests -- run recently in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida -- demonstrated the submarine's ability to load, carry, and vertically launch Tomahawk missiles from the new Block III Virginia Payload Tube.
Comms
ManTech wins $21 million from USMC for systems integration effort - News
July 18, 2017
HERNDON, Va. Technology integration firm ManTech International has won a five-year, $21 million task order from the Systems Engineering, Interoperability, Architecture and Technology (SIAT), U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Systems Command, to handle systems engineering, interoperability, architecture, and technology support on the Department of Defense (DoD) Information Analysis Center's (DoD IAC) Defense Systems Technical Area Task (DSTAT) Multi-Award Contract (MAC).
Avionics
Leonardo shares in $51.6 million contract to upgrade radar on U.K. fighter jets - News
July 17, 2017
ROME. Global defense and aerospace firm Leonardo will be included in a contract between NATO Eurofighter 2000 and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) and Eurofighter to upgrade the Defensive Aids Sub System (DASS) capabilities on the U.K.?s Eurofighter Typhoon combat jets. The two-year, 45-million-euro ($51.6 million) contract includes capability work by Leonardo, integration activities by BAE Systems, and U.K. defense ministry trials.
Avionics
Leidos to integrate and test ARL-E airborne surveillance system - News
July 17, 2017
RESTON, Va. -- Science and engineering firm Leidos has been awarded a task order from the U.S. Army to integrate, test, and demonstrate the three complete Airborne Reconnaissance Low-Enhanced (ARL-E) systems under the ARL-E program of record. The single-award cost-plus fixed-fee task order has a one-year base period of performance, two nine-month options, and a total contract value of approximately $64 million if the options are exercised.
Radar/EW
ESA runs final tests as LISA Pathfinder spacecraft readies for shutdown - News
July 14, 2017
DARMSTADT, Germany. The final days of the European Space Agency (ESA) LISA Pathfinder mission have actually been some of its busiest, as controllers on the ground conduct final tests and get ready to switch off the gravitational-testing craft on July 18 after 16 months of scientific effort.
Cyber
Special Operations Command to use enhanced training, mission-planning tool - News
July 13, 2017
SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND, FORT MACDILL, TAMPA, Fla. U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has installed the Common Database Builder (CDB) technology product -- made by training and engineering firm Visual Awareness Training and Consulting (VATC) -- at several government sites within SOCOM and other agencies, including the organization that produces and maintains 3-D visualization databases and enhanced geospatial data for simulated training exercises with Special Operations Forces.
Radar/EW
DARPA awards contracts to develop implantable neural interface - News
July 11, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded contracts to five research organizations and one company that will support its Neural Engineering System Design (NESD) program, which aims to develop an implantable neural interface able to provide precise communication between the human brain and the digital world. DARPA had previously reported that it expected to spend as much as $60 million on the NESD program.
Comms
Data Link Solutions wins $47.5 million contract to provide tactical radio to U.S. Navy, allies - News
July 11, 2017
WAYNE, N.J. The U.S. Navy?s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command awarded Data Link Solutions (DLS) -- a joint venture between BAE Systems and Rockwell Collins -- a $47.5 million contract to provide Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio Systems (MIDS JTRS) to U.S. forces and allied partners.
Cyber
U.S. Army grants Lockheed Martin $288 million contract for vehicle training program - News
July 10, 2017
BETHESDA, Md. The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $288 million contract to modernize its live training program. Lockheed Martin, acting as principal contractor, will partner with Saab to provide a simplified training solution that combines multiple vehicle crew training systems into a single product line.
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