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Radar/EW
SM-3 Block IIA test successfully intercepts ballistic missile - News
December 12, 2018
PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, KAUAI, Hawaii. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) reports that U.S. Navy sailors manning the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex (AAMDTC) successfully conducted Flight Test Integrated-03 (FTI-03), an operational live-fire test demonstrating the Aegis Weapon System Engage On Remote capability to track and intercept an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) target with an Aegis Ashore-launched Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA interceptor.
Radar/EW
Future USS Billings completes acceptance trials - News
December 11, 2018
MARINETTE, Wis. Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 15, the future USS Billings, has completed acceptance trials in the waters of Lake Michigan, its last significant milestone before delivery to the U.S. Navy during 2019.
Radar/EW
EW, avionics, smallsats, partnerships to be focus of Harris Corp.'s investments in Florida - News
December 11, 2018
MELBOURNE, Fla. Harris Corporation plans to invest more than $125 million in internal research and development (R&D) in its central Florida locations this fiscal year, say company officials, with the R&D activities primarily focusing on areas including electronic warfare (EW), robotics, avionics, and smallsats.
Comms
CubeSat market to reach $375 million by 2023, says report - News
December 10, 2018
NORTHBROOK, Ill. The global CubeSat market is projected to grow from $152 million in 2018 to $375 million by 2023, at a CAGR of 19.87 percent, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets, "CubeSat Market by Application (Earth Observation & Traffic Monitoring, Communication, Science & Technology and Education), End User (Government & Military, Commercial, Non-profit Organizations), Size, Subsystem, and Region -- Global Forecast to 2023."
Cyber
U.S. Army $3.5 billion supply-chain, logistics contract will include work from Lockheed Martin and IFS - News
December 06, 2018
LINKOPING, Sweden. Supply-chain and logistics software from IFS will be included in the $3.5 billion contract that Lockheed Martin has signed with the U.S. Army to provide logistics and sustainment functionality for supply-chain management, warehouse management, and purchasing functions.
Avionics
Ball Aerospace to build prototype data-processing framework for U.S. Air Force - News
December 04, 2018
BOULDER, Colo. Ball Aerospace has been chosen by the U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to build an adaptable, open-source framework testbed to support ground processing needs.
Comms
SmallSat Express launch to study, among other things, rad-hard ICs in sun-synchronous orbit - News
December 03, 2018
VANDENBURG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. Among the payloads brought to space on the Spaceflight Industries/SpaceX SmallSat Express launch on December 3 were nine radation-hardened CMOS silicon die from Vorago Technologies.
A.I.
Extending and enhancing troops' situational awareness and coordination - News
December 03, 2018
MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER (TWENTYNINE PALMS), Calif. An initial test of the Squad X Experimentation program from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) successfully demonstrated the ability to extend and enhance the situational awareness of small, dismounted units, according to reports from DARPA officials.
Radar/EW
Missile warning, defense systems pact signed between U.S. Air Force, Engility - News
December 03, 2018
CHANTILLY, Va. Engility Holdings has signed a $71 million award with the U.S. Air Force to provide systems engineering and integration services to the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center Remote Sensing Systems Directorate (RSSD).
Unmanned
UASs demonstrate autonomy and collaboration with minimal human interface - News
November 30, 2018
U.S ARMY, YUMA PROVING GROUND, Arizona. In a recent test series at Yuma Proving Ground, the in Arizona, the Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program sponsored by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA?) demonstrated the ability of CODE-equipped unmanned aerial systems (UASs) to adapt and respond to unexpected threats in an antiaccess area denial (A2AD) environment.
From The Editor
Avionics
United Technologies completes acquisition of Rockwell Collins, separates into three independent companies - News
November 29, 2018
FARMINGTON, Conn. United Technologies Corp. (UTC) has completed its previously announced acquisition of Rockwell Collins and announced its intention to separate its commercial businesses, Otis and Carrier (formerly CCS), into independent entities.
Radar/EW
Program aims to speed maturation of GaN IC technology - News
November 29, 2018
MALIBU, Calif. HRL Laboratories has reported progress on its project with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) that aims to to significantly advance the technology and manufacturing readiness levels of its leading-edge millimeter-wave (mm-wave) T3 gallium nitride (GaN) electronics.
Radar/EW
NASA awards $2.2 million contract for secondary surveillance radar at Wallops flight center - News
November 29, 2018
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. Telephonics Corp. has won a $2.2 million contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to replace and upgrade the agency?s existing Airport Surveillance Radar-8 (ASR-8) Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) systems at its Wallops Island Flight Center in Virginia.
Cyber
Military AR market to reach $1.4 billion by end of 2018, will continue growth - News
November 28, 2018
LONDON. The military augmented-reality (AR) market will reach $1.4 billion by the end of 2018, according to a new report from Visiongain titled "Military Augmented Reality (MAR) Technologies Market Report 2018-2028."
Radar/EW
ELINT data-collection systems will ID signals of interest, even on the move - News
November 28, 2018
AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM AND CONVENTION, WASHINGTON, DC. D-TA Systems, Inc. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and Centennial, Colorado) is highlighting the MFEL-1000, a compact and portable ELINT [electronic intelligence] solution that includes built-in 6 TB (expandable to 18 TB) SSD data storage for I/Q data collection.
Unmanned
Ethernet switch for space-constrained mobile military platforms introduced by MilSource - News
November 27, 2018
AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM AND CONVENTION, WASHINGTON, DC. MilSource announced the availability of Techaya?s MILTECH 907, an ultracompact five-port military-grade managed gigabit Ethernet switch, at the 55th Annual AOC International Symposium and Convention.
Radar/EW
Small-form-factor recorders from Pentek aimed at extreme environments - News
November 27, 2018
AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM AND CONVENTION, WASHINGTON, DC. Pentek, Inc., announced the most recent addition to the Talon RTX 25xx series, a new high-performance small-form-factor (SFF) recorder product line aimed at use in extreme operating environments including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), aircraft pods, space-constrained equipment bays, military vehicles, and harsh outdoor environments
Comms
Video/graphics cards emerge from Abaco Systems and EIZO Rugged Solutions collab - News
November 27, 2018
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Abaco Systems today announced the rugged 3U VPX GR2 and GR4 video and graphics cards, aimed at use in military and defense applications as well as challenging commercial/industrial applications.
Cyber
GDIT will provide commercial cloud services to U.S. Navy - News
November 26, 2018
FAIRFAX, Va. General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) has signed a $22.4 million blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with the U.S. Navy's Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS), under which CSRA LLC, a managed affiliate of GDIT, will deliver commercial cloud services for the U.S. Navy to accelerate cloud adoption.
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