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Avionics
Helicopter market in military, public-service sectors to recover gradually to 2026 - News
October 17, 2018
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. The market for military and public-services helicopters is facing a slow recovery globally, following nearly 10 years of stagnation and delayed programs in key regions, according to a new study from Frost & Sullivan, "Global Military and Public Services Helicopters Market, Forecast to 2026."
Radar/EW
GaN-based radar from Lockheed Martin reaches technical milestone prior to delivery to MDA - News
October 17, 2018
MOORESTOWN, N.J. Lockheed Martin reports that its Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) has completed a closed-loop satellite track with tactical hardware and software; the test marks a major milestone, as the LRDR program continues to meet its technical goals and works toward its expected 2020 delivery to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in Clear, Alaska.
Comms
NASA and KBRWyle team on geodesy precision-measuring effort - News
October 16, 2018
HOUSTON. KBRwyle -- the global government services arm of KBR, Inc. -- has won a $48 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to construct, deploy, and commission the next-generation Space Geodesy (SG) Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) ground systems.
Radar/EW
Enhanced projectile from U.S. Army/Raytheon team defeats targets in hard-to-reach spots - News
October 15, 2018
TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon and the U.S. Army recently completed development of a new capability for cannon artillery by upgrading the combat-proven Excalibur precision-guided projectile: The team's Excalibur Shaped Trajectory (EST) variant will enable soldiers to eliminate targets in hard-to-reach locations by selecting the projectile's terminal or final phase attack angle.
Comms
Harris Corporation and L3 Technologies to merge - News
October 15, 2018
MELBOURNE, Fla and NEW YORK. Defense contractors Harris Corporation and L3 Technologies have agreed to combine in an all-stock merger of equals.
Radar/EW
SPY-6 radar from Raytheon tracks ballistic missile through intercept and multiple targets at once - News
October 12, 2018
TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon's AN/SPY-6(V) radar, continuing in testing to demonstrate its integrated air and missile defense capability against multiple targets, recently detected, acquired, and tracked multiple targets from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii.
Radar/EW
Missile-warning and protection system passes international live trials, companies say - News
October 12, 2018
ROME and PARIS. Leonardo and Thales revealed that their end-to-end missile-warning and protection system has been proven highly effective in recent live-fire scenarios, demonstrating the system?s ability to quickly defend against incoming missiles.
Comms
EELV Launch Service agreements signed by U.S. Air Force with three domestic companies - News
October 12, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force announced the award of three Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Launch Service Agreements: to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, and United Launch Alliance.
From The Editor
Unmanned
MQ-1C UAS from GA-ASI completes follow-on test & evaluation for U.S. Army - News
October 10, 2018
AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) -- in cooperation with the U.S. Army -- recently completed Follow-On Test & Evaluation (FOT&E) for its MQ-1C ER Gray Eagle Extended Range unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Testing began in early June 2018 and spanned 644 flight hours during the testing period.
Comms
Tactical computing for U.S. Army, new-style computing at the edge in PacStar announcements - News
October 10, 2018
AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. PacStar has introduced its PacStar Modular Data Center (MDC), a high-performance expeditionary solution that enables warfighters to access and deploy data-center-class computing and storage at the edge of tactical networks.
A.I.
Bringing data analytics, AI, ML to combat training - News
October 10, 2018
AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. Training-services company Zen Technologies USA (Washington, D.C.) will partner with Paladin AI (Montreal, Canada) to develop technology that brings adaptive training to combat training systems.
Unmanned
U.S. Army Next-Generation Combat vehicle announced by Raytheon, Rheinmetall Defence - News
October 09, 2018
AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. Raytheon and Rheinmetall Defence announced that they are joining forces to meet the U.S. Army's requirement for the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV)-Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program.
Radar/EW
Advanced threat protection for aircraft debuted by BAE Systems - News
October 09, 2018
AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. BAE Systems debuted its Smart D2 system, a next-generation threat-management technology named for its ability to dispense countermeasures and defend military aircraft.
Radar/EW
Raytheon chosen to advance in U.S. Army Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor competition - News
October 08, 2018
AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. Raytheon Co. (Waltham, Mass.) is advancing in the U.S. Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) competition and now enters the Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) phase of the program.
Comms
"Virtual window" technology for Bradley Fighting Vehicle announced at AUSA - News
October 08, 2018
AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. Honeywell and the U.S. Army announced at AUSA that they are testing a prototype of an advanced helmet-mounted vision system in the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, one of the U.S. Army?s most notable ground vehicles.
Avionics
Human-machine interface solutions launched by Esterline at AUSA - News
October 08, 2018
AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. Defense and aerospace company Esterline will debut its new HaWC systems controllers for use with unmanned systems to the North American defense industry for the first time at AUSA 2018.
Cyber
Nearly 150 security vulnerabilities found during Hack the Marine Corps Bug Bounty Challenge - News
October 05, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and HackerOne, the leading hacker-powered security platform, announced the results of the DoD?s sixth public bug bounty program.
Unmanned
Better chemical detection for soldiers in the field -- Army signs $28.7 million contract with FLIR - News
October 05, 2018
WILSONVILLE, Ore. Sensor maker FLIR Systems has won a contract valued at $28.7 million from the United States Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-D) in support of the Multi-Phase Chemical Agent Detector (MPCAD) program.
Comms
Algorithm will help locate humans, robots in GPS-denied environments, says ARL - News
October 05, 2018
ADELPHI, Md. Scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) have developed a new algorithm that enables users to locate both humans and robots in GPS-denied areas.
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