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A.I.
Thermal-based machine learning, AI investment made by FLIR - News
August 29, 2018
WILSONVILLE, Ore. Sensor-technology company FLIR Systems has made a strategic investment and will partner with CVEDIA, Singapore-based developers of machine-learning applications used to equip sensor systems with artificial intelligence (AI).
Comms
DoD signs 15 companies to $28 billion tech R and D contract - News
August 29, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has signed 15 companies to its unrestricted full-and-open track of a potential nine-year, $28 billion contract vehicle for technology research and development (R&D) services.
Radar/EW
Updated $208.3 million sensor addition will boost F-15 threat tracking ability - News
August 28, 2018
CHICAGO. The Boeing Co. has won a contract with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) -- worth a potential $208.3 million -- to provide sensors designed to help F-15 fighter aircraft pilots detect and track airborne threats.
Unmanned
Precision-guided munitions added to NATO allies' toolkit - News
August 28, 2018
BRUSSELS. The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) recently received the first lot of Precision Guided Munitions (PGMs), a group of weapons acquired through a NATO project involving 11 allies and one NATO partner at a cost of approximately $20 million.
Comms
Tactical-communications market to reach $15.4 billion in value by 2028 - News
August 28, 2018
LONDON. The global tactical-communications market is expected to be valued at approximately $13.0 billion in 2018 and will grow at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 1.7 percent, to a value of approximately $15.4 billion by 2028, according to a market study from Strategic Defence Intelligence, "The Global Tactical Communications Market 2018-2028."
Comms
Military-communications market to be driven by increase in disputes, equipment upgrades - News
August 15, 2018
NORTHBROOK, Ill. The military-communications market is projected to grow from $31.50 billion in 2018 to $37.67 billion by 2023, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.6 percent, according to a recent study from MarketsandMarkets, "Military Communications Market by Communication Type, Component, Application, End User, and Region -- Global Forecast to 2023."
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).
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