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Unmanned
U.S. Air Force signs $928 million contract with Lockheed Martin to develop hypersonic missile system - News
June 07, 2018
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with the U.S. Air Force -- worth a potential $928 million -- to develop a new missile that will travel more than five times faster than the speed of sound to overcome enemy defenses.
Radar/EW
Navy's Virginia-class subs to get new payload tubes - News
June 06, 2018
LOUISVILLE, Ky. BAE Systems has won a contract to produce payload tubes for two of the U.S. Navy?s new Virginia-class (SSN 774) submarines to support increased firepower on the Block V version of the attack subs.
Cyber
NGA awards Janus Geography data management contract - News
June 06, 2018
SPRINGFIELD, Va. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded a prime contractor position on its 10-year Janus Geography contract to data management and security firm Altamira Technologies (McLean, Virginia).
From The Editor
Comms
Chassis Plans acquired by Aeronautics Ltd. - News
June 05, 2018
SAN DIEGO. Rugged computer/display/storage company Chassis Plans has been acquired by Aeronautics Ltd., a designer of unmanned aerial system (UAS)-based defense and security solutions located in Yavne, Israel.
Comms
U.S. Navy solicits support proposals via SeaPort Next Generation - News
June 05, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy announced on June 1, 2018, that it is now accepting vendor proposals through its SeaPort Next Generation (SeaPort-NxG) electronic hub. SeaPort is the Navy Department's electronic platform for acquiring support services in 23 separate areas that include engineering, financial Management, and program management.
Comms
U.S. Air Force to add video data link radios to extend warfighters' comms reach - News
June 05, 2018
MELBOURNE, Fla. Harris Corporation has won a five-year, $130 million (ceiling), single-award contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop and deliver Hand Held Video Data Link (HH VDL) radios that will significantly increase situational awareness and connectivity for warfighters.
Comms
Army awards two contracts to Charles River Analytics for systems-faults analysis - News
June 04, 2018
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Intelligent-systems developer Charles River Analytics has won two follow-on contracts from the U.S. Army that will use Charles River's FIGARO probabilistic programming language to manage the energy and supply resources needed to train, move, and sustain forces and systems in military operations.
Unmanned
U.S. Navy chooses Naval Strike Missile for over-the-horizon targets - News
June 04, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy has picked the Naval Strike Missile (NSM), made by Raytheon and partner Kongsberg Gruppen (Kongsberg, Norway), to fulfill the need for littoral combat ships and future frigates to have an over-the-horizon missile.
Radar/EW
Acoustic weapon locator in Japan to get batteries from Lincad - News
June 01, 2018
SURREY, England. Custom U.K. battery maker Lincad recently won a new contract from Japan's Sojitz Aerospace Corporation to supply batteries for the HALO (Hostile Artillery Locator) used by the Japanese Ministry of Defense.
Comms
NASA names U.S. companies to work on space resource collection projects - News
June 01, 2018
WASHINGTON. NASA has selected 10 companies to conduct studies and advance technologies -- especially those that currently exist on earth that could be converted to future space exploration capabilities at a lower cost -- to collect, process, and use space-based resources that will be used on upcoming missions to the moon and Mars.
Comms
DARPA issues call for novel approaches for systems used in military missions - News
May 31, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will hold Virtual Proposers Days on June 6 and 7, 2018, to provide information about the Tactical Technology Office (TTO) goals and areas for intended investment in advance of a mid-June release of the 2018 Disruptive Capabilities for Future Warfare Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). The event will also enable companies and individuals to meet with TTO program managers to discuss concepts for advanced research, development, and demonstration of systems for military missions. Registration for the Proposers Days closes June 1 at noon EDT.
Avionics
Rockwell Collins radar, choice of Canadian air force fleet, will not impact existing avionics - News
May 31, 2018
OTTAWA, Ontario. Aerospace engineering firm Cascade Aerospace (Abbostford, British Columbia) has chosen Rockwell Collins to install a modern weather radar system for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) C-130H fleet. The radar system will include the WXR-2100 MultiScan and the new MFD-255 and MFD-268 multifunction displays.
Comms
Communications companies partner for C5I task order for Navy - News
May 30, 2018
DAYTON, Ohio and HOLLYWOOD, Md. IT and national-security firms MacAulay-Brown (MacB) and Smartronix are set to partner on a tactical and remote command, control, communications, computers, collaboration, and intelligence (C5I) Edge Systems (TARCES) task order for the U.S. Navy.
Comms
NATO chooses Airbus for major comms contract - News
May 30, 2018
BRUSSELS. The NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency has awarded Airbus a contract worth ?40 million ($46.4 million) for the delivery of the first phase of the new NATO Communications Infrastructure Project; the contract also includes options for future phases of the project worth up to ?50 million ($58.02 million).
Comms
USS Manchester becomes 12th littoral combat ship in U.S. Navy fleet - News
May 29, 2018
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. The USS Manchester, the U.S. Navy's latest Independence-class littoral combat ship (LCS), was commissioned on Saturday, May 26, at the New Hampshire State Pier.
Unmanned
Ballistic-missile target from Kratos supports THAAD exercise, say Army and MDA - News
May 29, 2018
U.S. ARMY WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N. M. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the U.S. Army report that the Kratos Space & Missile Defense Systems (SMDS) -- a division of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions in San Diego -- successfully supported a tracking exercise involving the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in April 2018. THAAD is an element of the U.S. ballistic missile defense system intended to counter short- and medium-range ballistic missiles in the terminal phase.
Comms
Ada and GNAT Pro selected to help run NASA CLARREO Pathfinder mission - News
May 29, 2018
BOULDER, Colo. The University of Colorado?s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) has selected the Ada language and Ada's GNAT Pro for the ARM Cortex product for NASA?s Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory (CLARREO) Pathfinder mission.
Comms
Market outlook: Global tactical communications market valued at around $15.4 billion by 2028 - News
May 25, 2018
LONDON. The global tactical communications market, with an expected value of around $13 billion in 2018, will grow at a combined annual growth rate of approximately 1.7 percent per year to a total value of about $15.4 billion by 2028, according to a new market study from Strategic Defence Intelligence titled "The Global Tactical Communications Market 2018-2028."
Unmanned
U.S. Army awards unmanned aerial target drone contract, potential for $93.3 million - News
May 25, 2018
SAN DIEGO. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced that its Kratos Defense & Rocket Support Services (DRSS) Division has been awarded a prime contract for the U.S. Army's Aerial Target Systems 2 (ATS-2) contract. The combined firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract has a ceiling of $93.3 million over a potential five-year period of performance.
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