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Radar/EW
U.S. Army signs $33.8 million contract for tactical ground vehicles - News
July 02, 2018
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems has won a $33.8 million contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command to produce Army Ground Mobility Vehicles (AGMV) and associated kits.
Radar/EW
AEGIS weapons systems in possible FMS to Spain, says U.S. State Dept. - News
June 29, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. State Department has announced a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Spain of five AEGIS Weapons Systems (AWS) for an estimated cost of $860.4 million.
Unmanned
UAS swarm systems that can support warfighters in urban operations under development - News
June 29, 2018
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Charles River Analytics is one of the teams selected by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to design, develop, and evaluate unmanned air and/or ground system swarm tactics, primitives, and algorithms that support warfighters in urban operations. The Charles River Analytics win is part of DARPA's Offensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program.
Avionics
Chinook Block II helicopter program moves to final assembly - News
June 29, 2018
PHILADELPHIA. Boeing and U.S. Army officials report that the CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopter program has passed a major milestone with the loading of the first engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) helicopter into final assembly on June 27.
Radar/EW
U.S. Army tanks to get active combat protection systems - News
June 28, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. Leonardo DRS has won a contract with the U.S. Army -- worth a reported $193 million -- to provide the Army with TROPHY active protection systems for its Abrams tanks to support immediate operational requirements.
Unmanned
Triton UAS sale to Australia reported by U.S. Navy - News
June 28, 2018
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Patuxent River, Md. The U.S. Navy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Australian government to purchase as many as six MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems (UASs).
Unmanned
Triton UAS will go to Australia's defense department - News
June 27, 2018
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. Northrop Grumman has sold a Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to Australia's defense department.
Comms
Warfighting gaps, advance defense capabilities covered in DoD contract - News
June 27, 2018
MCLEAN, Va. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Booz Allen Hamilton a prime position on a $900 million contract to provide engineering and technical support to the Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Test and Evaluation (JT&E) program, which assesses joint military operations to identify warfighting gaps and recommend solutions for the joint force.
Comms
U.S. Air Force awards AFSPC-52 launch services contract to SpaceX - News
June 26, 2018
AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND SPACE AND MISSILE SYSTEMS CENTER/LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, EL SEGUNDO, Calif. The U.S. Air Force has awarded an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) launch service contract worth $130 million to Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX, Hawthorne, California) to handle launch services to deliver an Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)-52 satellite to its intended orbit.
Unmanned
U.S. Army awards Lockheed Martin $364 million contract for ATACMS missiles - News
June 26, 2018
DALLAS. Lockheed Martin has won a $364 million production contract for Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles to be supplied to the U.S. Army and a Foreign Military Sales customer. The program will enable the military services to upgrade their existing Block 1 missiles with new technology and double their range, while extending the missiles' useful life by more than 10 years and providing the most update surface-to-surface missile capability.
Avionics
NASA acoustic tests claim 70 percent reduction in airframe noise - News
June 26, 2018
WASHINGTON. NASA reports that it has conducted a series of flight tests that successfully demonstrate technologies that achieve a significant reduction in the noise generated by aircraft and heard by communities near airports.
Unmanned
R&D and energy companies teaming on drone research to protect infrastructure, security concerns - News
June 22, 2018
SYRACUSE, New York. Not-for-profit research and development company SRC, Inc. is partnering with Xcel Energy to deploy state-of-the-art unmanned aerial system (UAS) detection technology to protect critical infrastructure.
Cyber
USAF awards $50 million cyber support task order - News
June 22, 2018
FAIRFAX, Va. Consulting and digital services provider ICF has won a new task order from the U.S. Air Force to provide comprehensive cyber support across the Air Force enterprise.
Unmanned
Missile Defense Agency awards technical and engineering contract to MacB - News
June 21, 2018
DAYTON, Ohio. Engineering and cybersecurity consultancy MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB) has won a technical and engineering services contract from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
Cyber
DISA awards SETI unrestricted competition pool to 14 large companies, totaling $7.5 billion - News
June 21, 2018
FORT MEADE, Md. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) recently awarded its $7.5 billion Systems Engineering, Technology, and Innovation (SETI) contracts to 14 large businesses as it works to streamline engineering expertise to research, design, develop, integrate, and optimize critical Department of Defense (DOD) information technology capabilities, systems, and solutions.
Unmanned
U.S. Navy designates Rhode Island's NUWC as DoD spot for maritime innovation - News
June 21, 2018
NEWPORT, Rhode Island. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport announced a three-year agreement with the Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium (UTIC -- Middletown, Rhode Island) under which UTIC will develop and implement leading-edge undersea and maritime technologies for the U.S. Navy.
Comms
Contract signed with Kratos to enable government satellite users to roam - News
June 20, 2018
SAN DIEGO. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., under its Kratos RT Logic subsidiary, has won an award from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, MILSATCOM Systems Directorate, Advanced Concepts Division, for the Pilot Phase 2 program that will develop an enterprise solution to increase the capacity and resiliency of wideband satellite communications (SATCOM).
Radar/EW
U.S. Army will use L3's next-gen night-vision binocular goggles - News
June 20, 2018
NEW YORK. L3 Technologies has been awarded a three-year, $391 million contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command to provide soldiers with next-generation binocular night vision goggles to enhance mobility for ground forces.
Cyber
Rockwell Collins gets go-ahead for detailed design work on Navy tactical training tool - News
June 20, 2018
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the Tactical Combat Training System Increment II (TCTS Inc. II) program it undertook with the U.S. Navy and has obtained approval to begin detailed design work on the system.
Unmanned
U.S. Department of the Interior awards first-ever contract for small UAS services - News
June 20, 2018
BINGEN, Wash. Unmanned systems and software company Insitu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boeing, has won a first-of-its kind contract from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to provide fire-suppression services within the contiguous 48 states and Alaska using its ScanEagle unmanned sircraft dystem (UAS).
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