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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.
Avionics
NAVAIR signs $47 million ManTech contract for heavy-lift helicopter tech support - News
July 31, 2018
HERNDON, Va. Technology services provider ManTech announced a four-year, $47 million award with the U.S. Information Analysis Center (DoD IAC) Defense Systems Technical Area Task (DS TAT) multiaward contract to provide technical support and collaboration for the U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) H-53 heavy lift helicopter program (PMA-261).
Radar/EW
GaN ground radar now operational for Marine Corps - News
July 31, 2018
BALTIMORE, Md. Northrop Grumman reports that it has delivered the first AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) to the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) that incorporates advanced high power and high efficiency gallium nitride (GaN) antenna technology, further improving the system?s operational capabilities.
Avionics
Navy aircraft launch and recovery systems progress through tests - News
July 31, 2018
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The U.S. Navy reports that its Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) continue to progress through comprehensive test programs.
A.I.
Unmanned
Unmanned battlefield convoys to get prototypes, testing - News
July 30, 2018
DALLAS. Lockheed Martin has won a contract with the U.S. Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) to act as the Integrated Systems Developer for its Expedient Leader Follower (ExLF) program.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy orders additional Sea Giraffe AMB radar units - News
July 27, 2018
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Saab has received an additional order from the U.S. Navy to supply the Sea Giraffe AMB multimode radar (MMR) system for the U.S. Coast Guard?s newest class of ship, the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC).
Radar/EW
Army chooses contractor for sensors, night vision applications - News
July 26, 2018
TYSON'S CORNER, Va. MicroTech has been chosen as a prime contractor to the U.S. Army Rapid Acquisition for Materials for Prototyping (RAMP) contract, a $192 million multiple award contract that develops, prototypes, evaluates, and provides worldwide technical and field support of advanced research and development (R&D) and specialized sensors for the Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) and other agencies.
Comms
MIDS-LVT block Upgrade 2 retrofit order awarded to Viasat - News
July 25, 2018
CARLSBAD, Calif. Telecommunications company Viasat has won a six-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the U.S. government -- valued at up to $85.5 million -- for Block Upgrade 2 (BU2) hardware and software upgrades and support services to their Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Low Volume Terminal (MIDS-LVT) Link 16 radio sets.
Cyber
Using intelligent systems to enhance troops' operational effectiveness - News
July 25, 2018
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Charles River Analytics is leading a team that aims to build a toolkit for the U.S. Army to help analyze fatigue and other stressors that can negatively affect mission outcomes.
Comms
U.S. Army adds $12.5 million-plus to comms contracts with Comtech - News
July 24, 2018
MELVILLE, N.Y. Comtech Telecommunications announced that its Command & Control Technologies group -- part of Comtech?s Government Solutions segment -- received orders in excess of $12.5 million on the previously announced three-year $123.6 million contract to provide ongoing sustainment services for the AN/TSC-198A SNAP [Secret Internet Protocol Router (SIPR) and Non-classified Internet Protocol Router (NIPR) Access Point] very small aperture terminals (VSATs).
Comms
NAWCAD contracts for rapid response electronic communications systems - News
July 24, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. National-security IT provider CACI International recently won a task order -- with a ceiling value of $122 million -- from the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM) to develop advanced electronic communications systems in support of the Special Communications Mission Solutions (SCMS) division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD).
Unmanned
USAF signs $109 million contract for unmanned aerial target drone system - News
July 23, 2018
SAN DIEGO. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has signed a one-year sole-source, single- award, firm-fixed-price contract worth $109 million to supply the U.S. Air Force with the Kratos BQM-167A high-performance, jet-powered unmanned aerial target drone system.
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