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Radar/EW
Video display contract for mobile ground vehicles worth $30 million signed by Mercury Systems - News
April 17, 2020
ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems has received a $30 million multiyear award from a leading defense prime contractor to provide video display technology that will be integrated into mobile ground vehicles.
Avionics
EW testing progresses on F-15 EPAWSS upgrade - News
April 17, 2020
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The U.S. Air Force's F-15E Eagle aircraft fleet is currently undergoing critical electronic warfare (EW) testing at the Benefield Anechoic Facility (BAF) on Edwards Air Force Base in southern California.
A.I.
AI assistant examined to aid in simplifying applications for USAF - News
April 16, 2020
LOS ANGELES. Engineering firm MSBAI has received an AFWERX Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 1 contract to examine integrating its GURU artficial intelligence (AI) technology to U.S. Air Force applications.
Avionics
Avionics in U-2 aircraft to get refresh under USAF, Lockheed Martin contract - News
April 16, 2020
PALMDALE, Calif. Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has obtained at contract award valued at $50 million from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to evolve the U-2 Dragon Lady reconnaissance aircraft to support future battlespace needs.
A.I.
UGV order with FLIR Systems from Marine Corps will send 140 robots to do hazardous combat tasks - News
April 07, 2020
ARLINGTON, Va. FLIR Systems has secured an order from the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) for more than 140 of FLIR's Centaur unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), plus spares, an $18.6 million contract sourced through the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) of Man Transportable Robotic System Increment II (MTRS Inc II) program.
Cyber
Cybersecurity for military vehicles the object of Army CRADA - News
April 02, 2020
ARLINGTON, Va. Cybersecurity company Shift5 announced that it has reached a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC), the U.S. armed forces' research and development facility for advanced technology in ground vehicle systems.
Comms
NAVAIR and Hughes enhance communications contract for U.S. Coast Guard ISR, satcom - News
March 30, 2020
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The U.S. Naval Air Systems (NAVAIR) has awarded Hughes Network Systems a $3.5 million follow-on contract to provide satellite communications systems integration for the U.S. Coast Guard on its HC-27J aircraft.
Avionics
U.S. Army chooses two companies to produce prototypes for armed recon helicopter project - News
March 26, 2020
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Army has selected Bell Helicopter Textron (Fort Worth, Texas) and Sikorsky Aircraft (Stratford, Connecticut) for the design and testing of the Future Attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) Competitive Prototypes to continue into phase two of the program.
The two vendors selected are
Comms
Contract win for satellite-comms provision for National Guard Bureau - News
March 25, 2020
TAMPA, Fla. Satellite-communications company NIC4 (a division of Network Innovations) has won a Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) modernization and support contract to handle mission-critical communications for the National Guard Bureau (NGB).
Comms
Technological innovation, COTS use will drive U.S. DoD growth in next few years, study says - News
March 23, 2020
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is expected to spend an estimated $481 billion between 2018 and 2024 to identify and develop new technologies for advanced weapon systems, giving rise to numerous revenue opportunities in this space, according to a recent study by Frost & Sullivan, "U.S. Defense Science and Technology Research Market, Forecast to 2024."
Radar/EW
Missile-targeting sensor contract for THAAD system awarded to BAE Systems by Lockheed Martin - News
March 19, 2020
ARLINGTON, Va. BAE Systems has won a contract from Lockheed Martin to design and manufacture next-generation infrared seekers for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system, a major portion of the targeting technology that helps protect the U.S. and its allies from ballistic missiles.
Radar/EW
ISR, target-acquisition IC for government use comes online - News
March 16, 2020
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Image-sensing technology provider Senseeker Engineering has anounced the availability of the Magnesium MIL RP0092, an advanced 12 µm pitch high dynamic range dual-band digital pixel readout IC (DPROIC), offered to users who have approval from the U.S. government.
Comms
Raytheon, UTC merger closer to final with spinoff of subsidiaries - News
March 13, 2020
FARMINGTON, Conn. The board of United Technologies Corp. (UTC) has approved the spinoff of the company’s Carrier heating and cooling and Otis elevator subsidiaries, keeping its planned merger with Raytheon on track.
Comms
U.S. Army's MQ-1C UAS to get advanced satcom connections - News
March 11, 2020
GERMANTOWN, Md. Hughes Network Systems has won a data link modernization contract from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to supply new advanced satellite communications (satcom) systems for the U.S. Army’s MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS).
Radar/EW
UAS versus AESA radar test performed using on-the-move military system - News
March 11, 2020
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. Northrop Grumman recently completed a successful government customer demonstration of its Highly Adaptable Multi-Mission Radar (HAMMR) system, a short- to medium-range X-Band 3D AESA radar intended to be used as AN/APG-83 F-16 fighter radar in a ground-based, sense on-the-move role.
Radar/EW
Use existing FPGA digital I/O with transceiver for proper decoding - News
March 11, 2020
MISSION VIEJO, Calif. Holt Integrated Circuits has launched the HI-15850, a 3.3V MIL-STD-1553 dual transceiver with 1.8 V, 2.5 V, and 3.3 V-compatible digital I/O; these compatibilities are aimed at giving users more flexibility to interface with a broad range of FPGAs, avoiding the use of level shifters and other additional circuitry.
From The Editor
Unmanned
AI-enabled surveillance aimed at use in counter-UAS, force protection applications - News
March 10, 2020
ARLINGTON, Va. FLIR Systems has launched the Ranger HDC MR, a new high-definition midrange high-definition thermal-imaging surveillance system that uses embedded analytics and image-processing algorithms to reduce the cognitive workload, enabling operators to distinguish quickly between true threats and false alarms, even in degraded weather conditions.
Cyber
Unmanned
DARPA seeks to develop "virtual headlight" sensors for UASs - News
March 05, 2020
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has embarked on a new program that it calls "Invisible Headlights," with the goal of developing sensors and algorithms to enable unmanned systems to navigate at night or underground.
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