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Comms
U.S. Navy, USMC contract with ManTech for C4I, vehicle upgrade work - News
April 17, 2018
HERNDON, Va. Technology provider ManTech recently signed contracts -- worth a total of $104.5 million -- with the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps in the area of acquisition, upgrades, and maintenance of advanced technical military vehicles.
Cyber
Polaris Alpha acquires Fourth Dimension Engineering - News
April 16, 2018
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Defense/intelligence software vendor Polaris Alpha announced that it is acquiring Fourth Dimension Engineering, a cybersolution provider located in Columbia, Maryland. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Comms
Study: Command and control market to reach $35.65 billion by 2022 - News
April 16, 2018
NORTHBROOK, Ill. The command and control systems market -- estimated to be at $29.10 billion in 2017 -- is projected to reach $35.65 billion by 2022, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.15 percent during the forecast period, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets, "Command and Control Systems Market by Platform, Solution, Application And Region -- Global Forecast to 2022."
Radar/EW
Companies to perform A-Kit manufacturing and modification for C-130H aircraft - News
April 13, 2018
MADISON, Ala. Tyonek Services Overhaul Facility ? Stennis, a subsidiary of Tyonek Services Group, Inc. (TSG), will work with primary contractor Scientific Research Corporation (SRC) on manufacturing services and modification of C-130H model aircraft with the updated all-digital radar warning receiver AN/ALR-69A(V) RWR.
Cyber
Air Force selects five firms for $950 million cyber contract - News
April 13, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force has chosen five small businesses to participate in a potential five-year, $950 million contract vehicle to research and develop cyber technology platforms.
Avionics
USAF to test device that may prevent adverse physiological symptoms in pilots during flight - News
April 11, 2018
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center?s Agile Combat Support Directorate recently awarded a $195,000 contract to military-equipment vendor Spotlight Labs to test a device the company calls the SPYDR, which is designed to immediately alert T-6 aircrew of low oxygen in the bloodstream; the fliers may then act to prevent physiological symptoms in flight.
Unmanned
U.S. Army contracts with Raytheon for demo of mobile intel platform - News
April 11, 2018
STERLING, Va. Raytheon has won a U.S. Army contract that will allow it to demonstrate the company's commercially available mobile intelligence platform that enables soldiers to quickly collect and access information on the battlefield.
Avionics
U.S. Army chooses flight-management system for Black Hawk fleet - News
April 10, 2018
TUCSON, Ariz. Universal Avionics -- in concert with the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Engineering Development Center (AMRDEC), Prototype Integration Facility (PIF), and prime contractor Redstone Defense Systems -- has completed a project to integrate an IFR [Instrument Flight Rules]-capable flight management system (FMS) for the U.S. Army's Sikorsky HH/UH-60L/M Black Hawk Federated Advanced Navigation System (FANS) program.
A.I.
Analytics at the fore in Lockheed Martin-SAS collab for aircraft programs - News
April 10, 2018
FORT WORTH, Texas. Lockheed Martin has announced a collaboration with data analytics firm SAS that aims to deliver next-generation analytics across Lockheed Martin's F-35, C-130J, and LM-100J military and civil aircraft programs.
Comms
U.S. Army cuts ribbon on Northrop Grumman-built satcom training system - News
April 05, 2018
FORT GORDON, Ga. The U.S. Army officially opened a first-of-its-kind interactive training system -- developed by Northrop Grumman Corp. -- that supports the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite communications program; the WGS constellation of military satellites delivers secure, reliable, and resilient communications worldwide for the U.S. and its partner nations.
Cyber
General Dynamics completes CSRA acquisition, U.S. Navy avoids conflict of interest - News
April 05, 2018
FALLS CHURCH, Va. General Dynamics has completed its previously announced acquisition of IT provider CSRA.
Radar/EW
Future USS Thomas Hudner passes builder's trials, moves on to acceptance trials - News
April 04, 2018
BATH, Maine. The future USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, successfully completed Builder's Trials in late March after spending four days underway off the coast of Maine.
Avionics
Supersonic low-boom jet gets green light - News
April 04, 2018
PALMDALE, Calif. Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works has won a $247.5 million cost-plus contract from NASA to design, build, and flight test the Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator, an X-plane designed to make supersonic passenger air travel a reality.
Avionics
Flat-panel program worth $13 million signed between Navy, BAE Systems, Sparton - News
April 03, 2018
BIRDSBORO, Pa. Sparton Corporation -- operating under its brand Aydin Displays -- has won a contract worth over $13 million to supply BAE Systems with ruggedized flat panel displays for a program supporting the Navy.
Unmanned
Modernized Trident missile passes demo, certifies sub for patrol - News
April 03, 2018
SUNNYVALE, Calif. The Navy submarine USS Nebraska recently demonstrated a successful launch of two Lockheed Martin-built and -upgraded Trident II D5 Life Extension missiles.
Unmanned
Mars mission parachute test a success, says ESA - News
April 02, 2018
KIRUNA, Sweden. The ExoMars project -- a joint venture of the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russian governmental body Roscosmos -- reports that it has successfully tested the largest parachute ever to fly on a Mars mission; the test was the first in a series of trials to prepare for the upcoming ExoMars mission that will deliver a rover and a surface science platform to the Red Planet. The spacecraft that will carry them is due to launch in July 2020, arriving at Mars in March 2021.
Comms
Coast Guard signs $94 million advance procurement contract for national-security cutter - News
April 02, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries a $94 million fixed-price contract to purchase long-lead materials for a tenth National Security Cutter (NSC).
Comms
U.S. Army signs contract to synchronize geospatial technology systems - News
March 29, 2018
FAIRFAX, Va. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Army Geospatial Center has awarded General Dynamics its Geospatial, Research, Integration, Development and Support (GRIDS) III contract.
Comms
USAF orders additional M-Code GPS receivers for enhanced military navigation - News
March 29, 2018
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins has received a follow-on order for 300 Military Code (M-Code) GPS receivers from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (USAF SMC).
Radar/EW
Raytheon to begin work on U.S. Army software services contract following resolution of protests - News
March 29, 2018
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Raytheon is now set to begin work on a contract originally inked in June 2017 that covers sustainment and modernization of missile defense and other strategic systems operated by the U.S. Army, combatant commands, and other government agencies.
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