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Avionics
F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft to get upgraded flight incident recorder - News
September 18, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. Leonardo DRS will develop upgraded Deployable Flight Incident Recorder Set (DFIRS) technology for new and in-service F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft under a contract awarded by The Boeing Company.
Cyber
IT contract worth $787 million signed for world's largest intranet, operated by U.S. Navy - News
September 18, 2018
CHANTILLY, Va. Information-technology (IT) services company Perspecta Inc. received a $787 million contract extension from the U.S. Department of the Navy to continue to provide IT services. The award calls for Perspecta to continue providing services for an additional year, through September 2019.
Cyber
U.S. Navy to take delivery of integrated training tools from Mercury Systems - News
September 17, 2018
ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems has received a $20.5 million follow-on order from the U.S. Navy to deliver integrated subsystems in support of both Navy and Air Force training environments.
A.I.
AI technologies the focus of DARPA's $2 billion "AI Next" campaign - News
September 13, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) unveiled a multiyear investment of more than $2 billion in new and existing artificial intelligence (AI) programs it is calling the ?AI Next? campaign.
Cyber
COTS cybersecurity spend to grow significantly in next five years, say analysts - News
September 13, 2018
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Spending on cybersecurity by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) will hum along at a healthy rate over the next five years, as firms continue to emphasize the acquisition of dual-use commercial technologies, according to a recent market study by Frost & Sullivan, "U.S. DoD Cybersecurity Market, Forecast to 2023."
Comms
U.S. government senior-leader aircraft to get Viasat global in-flight connectivity - News
September 12, 2018
CARLSBAD, Calif. Communications company Viasat has won an eight-year, firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to provide U.S. government senior leader and VIP aircraft with global in-flight broadband and connectivity services.
Avionics
Boeing wins $2.9 billion contract from U.S. Air Force for KC-46 tanker aircraft - News
September 12, 2018
EVERETT, Wash. Boeing has won a $2.9 billion contract from the U.S. Air Force for 18 KC-46A tanker aircraft, spares, support equipment, spare engines, and wing air refueling pod kits. With this fourth production lot, Boeing now is under contract to deliver 52 KC-46 tankers.
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Avionics
New range-support aircraft replacement for Navy passes first phase - News
September 07, 2018
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The U.S. Navy's Tactical Airlift Program Office (PMA-207) Commercial Modifications and Range Support (CMARS) Team recently accepted delivery of its newest commercial-derivative aircraft platform.
Radar/EW
Radar contract won by Kratos to support NSWCDD Radar Systems Division - News
September 07, 2018
SAN DIEGO. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has landed a single-award contract in the amount of $67.5 million to provide engineering and technical support services to the Naval Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Electromagnetic and Sensor Systems Department (B Department) through its Radar Systems Division (B40). Kratos will fulfill this contract through its Advanced Naval Weapon System Business Unit, a part of the Kratos Defense & Rocket Support Services Division.
Comms
Force-protection contract against CBRN threats garnered by Leidos Australia - News
September 06, 2018
ADELAIDE, Australia. Leidos Australia has won a contract for Land 2110 Phase 1B from the Australian Department of Defense in a deal set to deliver critical capability in the area of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense (CBRND).
Unmanned
Drone challenge aims to push autonomous flight, AI, ML technology into high gear - News
September 06, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO--TECH CRUNCH/DISRUPT SF TRADE SHOW. Lockheed Martin and Drone Racing League (DRL) announced an innovation competition at Tech Crunch 2018, challenging teams to develop artificial intelligence (AI) technology that will pit an autonomous drone in a race against a pilot-operated drone and win.
Comms
CACI wins prime spot on naval management process streamlining contract - News
September 05, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. CACI International has won a prime position on a multiple-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to support the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (DCNO) Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education (MPT&E) organization.
Cyber
L3 Technologies completes acquisition of Azimuth Security, Linchpin Labs - News
September 05, 2018
NEW YORK. L3 Technologies has completed its acquisition of information-security companies Azimuth Security (Sydney, Australia) and Linchpin Labs (Ottawa, Canada).
Unmanned
Unmanned aerial refueler for U.S. Navy to be built by Boeing - News
September 04, 2018
ST. LOUIS. Boeing has garnered a contract worth $805 million to build the U.S. Navy?s first operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft, the MQ-25 aerial refueler.
Cyber
Shipboard combat systems training the focus of $18.4 million Aptima contract - News
September 04, 2018
WOBURN, Mass. Engineering firm Aptima Inc. has won an $18.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, five-year Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the The Naval Surface Warfare Center (Dahlgren, Virginia) for services relating to research and data collection on methods to measure student performance and design/development of an adaptive performance measurement framework for the Center for Surface Combat Systems.
Avionics
Advanced propulsion technology demo shows promise for future deep-space exploration - News
August 31, 2018
LOS ANGELES. Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully completed its early systems-integration test for NASA?s Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) program, a next-generation propulsion capability that will further enable missions to deep space.
Cyber
U.S. Army additionally funds injury-prediction tool for front-line troops - News
August 31, 2018
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Intelligent-systems developer Charles River Analytics has received additional funding from the U.S. Army to further build out a traumatic-injury prediction mobile app for front-line troops, which it calls Ensemble Prediction for Combat Casualty Care (EPIC3). Charles River says that the application can reduce the number of preventable deaths from battlefield injuries by resolving the issues faced by medics in the field.
Comms
GPS-based system for ground troops to be evaluated by U.S. Army - News
August 30, 2018
FREMONT, Calif. Ravenswood Solutions won a $1.3 million contract in support of the U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command [JMC -- a subordinate of the larger Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC)] -- for communications support services during a Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) to take place this fall at Fort Bliss, Texas, and the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
Avionics
F-35C Lightning II aircraft undergoes testing on carrier USS Abraham Lincoln - News
August 30, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy reports that F-35C Lightning II aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125 are conducting their Operational Test-1 (OT-1) with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 and Carrier Strike Group 12 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), currently underway in the Atlantic Ocean.
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