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Radar/EW
Keel laid for future USS Cooperstown - News
August 15, 2018
MARINETTE, Wis. An industry team led by Lockheed Martin officially laid the keel for the U.S. Navy's 23rd Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Cooperstown, in a ceremony held at shipbuilder Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wisconsin.
Unmanned
Surface-to-air missile market expected to grow due to increased attacks, enhanced technology - News
August 14, 2018
SANTA CLARA, Calif. A growing number of missile attacks in the Middle East, North Korea?s long-range missile tests, China?s expansion in the South China Sea, and Russia?s arms sales S-400 have inspired new growth within the global surface-to-air missile (SAM) market, according to Frost & Sullivan?s recent analysis, "Global Surface-to-Air Missile Market, Forecast to 2023."
Unmanned
Sonobuoy subcontracts signed in multiple countries with Ultra Electronics - News
August 14, 2018
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. and COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. Ultra Electronics (USSI) -- a subsidiary of Ultra Electronics Holdings and Sparton Corporation has won subcontracts valued at $9.3 million from its ERAPSCO/Sonobuoy TechSystems joint venture.
Radar/EW
C4ISR and EW contract for U.S. Army signed by Spectranetix - News
August 14, 2018
SUNNYVALE, Calif. Systems developer Spectranetix won a $28.7 million contract with the U.S. Army to deliver a C4ISR/EW [command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance/electronic warfare], Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) EW, offensive cyber, and signals intelligence (SIGINT) solution.
Radar/EW
Warfighter subsystems the focus of U.S. Navy $8.4 million order from Mercury Systems - News
August 09, 2018
ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems has received an $8.4 million follow-on order -- against a previously announced $152 million five-year sole source basic ordering agreement (BOA) -- to complete subsystem engineering development in support of the U.S. Navy?s training environment.
Comms
NASA selects 20 R & D proposals from small businesses in technology transfer program - News
August 08, 2018
WASHINGTON. NASA has chosen 20 research and technology proposals from 19 small businesses in the U.S. -- valued at $15 million -- from 19 American small businesses. Each of the businesses is partnering with research institutions for Phase II of NASA?s competitive Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program.
Unmanned
Counter-UAS tech the focus of $48.5 million U.S. Navy contract with CACI - News
August 08, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. IT security firm CACI International announced that it has won a $48.5 million single-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract with the U.S. Navy to provide integration, installation, sustainment, and engineering services to the Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) AIRWorks Rapid Development Capabilities Integrated Product team.
Comms
NATO approves upgraded satellite control software - News
August 08, 2018
CARLSBAD, Calif. Communications company Viasat announced that its commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Visual Integrated Satellite Communications Information, Operation and Networking (VISION) software has successfully passed NATO's First Article System Test (FAST).
From The Editor
Radar/EW
EW contract through Harris Corp. gets $400 million ceiling increase - News
August 07, 2018
MELBOURNE, Fla. Harris Corporation has been awarded a $400 million increase to the ceiling value of a single-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to supply electronic warfare (EW) systems for international F-16 fighters in a push to help protect allied aircraft against evolving radar and electronic threats. The new ceiling value is $491 million.
Avionics
U.S. State Dept. approves possible foreign military sale of four Black Hawks to Latvia - News
August 07, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Latvia of four UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and related equipment for an estimated cost of $200 million.
Radar/EW
High-energy laser development ongoing for U.S. Army by Dynetics and partners - News
August 07, 2018
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Engineering/IT company Dynetics, along with its partners, is operating under a $10 million contract to continue development for the next phase of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command's (SMDC) High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator (HEL TVD) program, a 100-kilowatt class laser weapon system.
Comms
U.S. Navy satellite system gets go-ahead for expanded operational use - News
August 03, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy announced that U.S. Strategic Command has approved the next-generation narrowband satellite communication system. The five-satellite on-orbit system is called the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS).
A.I.
Behavior-modeling tools under development with Missile Defense Agency - News
August 03, 2018
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Intelligent-systems developer Charles River Analytics has obtained additional funding from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to build behavior modeling capabilities for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
Radar/EW
NASA awards two SBIR grants to Vorago Technologies for research into rad-hard technology - News
August 02, 2018
AUSTIN, Texas. Vorago Technologies -- a maker of extreme-temperature and radiation-hardened embedded electronics -- has won two NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grants.
Comms
$717 billion Defense Authorization Bill for FY 19 passes Congress with bipartisan support, says DoD - News
August 02, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) reports the passage of the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with bipartisan support: a vote of 87-10 in the Senate and 359-54 in the House. The FY19 NDAA authorizes a $717 billion national defense budget that builds up the U.S. military, increases lethality, strengthens strategic alliances and partnerships, and reforms the way the military conducts business.
Cyber
U.S. DoD awards $551 million contract for COTS cybersecurity products and services - News
August 01, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded has awarded three companies spots on a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) worth up to $551 million over five years to provide McAfee cybersecurity products across the DoD.
Radar/EW
Future USS Charleston successfully undergoes acceptance trials - News
August 01, 2018
WASHINGTON. Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Charleston (LCS 18) successfully completed acceptance trials recently in the Gulf of Mexico, following a series of in-port and underway demonstrations for the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey, according to authorities from Naval Sea Systems Command.
Unmanned
U.S. Air Force awards $96.1 million contract for decoy missiles - News
August 01, 2018
TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon has won a $96.1 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce 250 miniature air-launched decoy (MALD) missiles.
Comms
U.S. Navy ships to equip with portable satcom systems - News
July 31, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced that it has won a contract worth up to $10 million to produce mobile Shipboard Carry-On/Off Satellite Communication Systems (SCOSS) for U.S. Navy ships.
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