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Cyber
Cubic Global Defense gains additional $16 million in game-based training for U.S. Navy - News
May 10, 2018
ORLANDO. Cubic Corp. announced that its Cubic Global Defense (CGD) business division received eight additional delivery orders -- totaling $16 million -- under an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to deliver immersive game-based courseware to support the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Cubic's Orlando facility is responsible for the development efforts of the Immersive Virtual Shipboard Environment (IVSE) for LCS, in tandem with the U.S. Navy's Ready Relevant Learning initiative.
Comms
Market study: C4ISR systems projected to reach an estimated $112.5 billion by 2023 - News
May 10, 2018
DETROIT. The market for C4ISR [command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance] systems is projected to grow at a higher rate than the total defense industry in the coming five years, to reach an estimated $112.5 billion in 2023, according to a new study from Stratview Research titled "C4ISR Systems Market by Platform Type (Land, Airborne, Naval, and Space), by Application Type, (Command and Control; Communication; Computers; Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance; and Electronic Warfare), by Solution Type (Products and Services), by End-User Type (Defense and Commercial), and by Region (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of the World), Trend, Forecast, Competitive Analysis, and Growth Opportunity: 2018-2023."
Unmanned
Testing, research aims to make UAS flight safer, enhance air-traffic management - News
May 09, 2018
AURORA, Colo. Raytheon will act as a key partner in the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance's project to develop the first and most advanced unmanned aircraft system (UAS)-testing airspace corridor in the U.S. in New York state.
Unmanned
U.S. Navy orders 7,000-plus additional APKWS laser-guided rockets - News
May 09, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. BAE Systems has received a $175 million contract from the U.S. Navy for more than 7,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guided rockets.
A.I.
DARPA chooses teams to develop approaches to machine learning, artificial intelligence - News
May 09, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected teams to work on its Lifelong Learning Machines (L2M) program, which the agency says seeks to develop fundamentally new machine learning (ML) approaches that allow systems to adapt continually to new circumstances without forgetting what they have previously learned.
Unmanned
German navy will deploy Puma UAS to enhance safety and surveillance - News
May 08, 2018
MONROVIA, Calif. Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) manufacturer AeroVironment and ESG Elektroniksystem-und Logistik -- a German system and software house -- announced that the German navy has acquired the AeroVironment Puma maritime UAS.
Comms
U.S. Air National Guard will get force options-training systems at every base - News
May 08, 2018
SAN DIEGO. Combat-training and communications company Cubic Global Defense will supply the United States Air National Guard (ANG) with PRISim Suite PortableTrainer systems.
Unmanned
U.S. Army grants Lockheed Martin $828 million contract to produce precision-strike rockets, equipment - News
May 08, 2018
DALLAS. Lockheed Martin will proceed on Lot 13 production of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rockets and associated equipment under the terms of an $828 million (not-to-exceed) contract from the U.S. Army.
Radar/EW
Air Force moves ahead with defendable space missile-warning capabilities - News
May 07, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force is moving to award two sole-source contracts for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) program, as it implements rapid-procurement practices. It is targeting the first Next-Gen OPIR launch in 2023.
Unmanned
InSight lander on its way to Mars - News
May 07, 2018
VANDENBURG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) spacecraft -- built by Lockheed Martin and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory -- launched early in the morning on May 5 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket and has officially begun its six-month long journey to Mars. The spacecraft is scheduled to arrive on the Red Planet on November 26, 2018.
Unmanned
U.S. Marine Corps signs $10 million contract for "throwable" robots - News
May 07, 2018
CHELMSFORD, Mass. Endeavor Robotics -- a developer and manufacturer of small, lightweight unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) -- has signed a contract worth $10 million with the U.S. Marine Corps to provide the Marines with its small, throwable FirstLook robots.
Comms
ESA, partners investigate space photons' role in secure cryptography - News
May 04, 2018
PARIS. The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed an agreement with satellite communications company SES Techcom (Luxembourg) to develop what they call "QUARTZ" [Quantum Cryptography Telecommunication System], a platform for quantum key distribution, and administer it from space.
Cyber
DARPA taps Charles River Analytics for space situational-awareness tool - News
May 04, 2018
CAMBRiDGE, Mass. Charles River Analytics (CRA) has won a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) worth $1.3 million to help U.S. military commanders better understand different types of potential threats in space.
Unmanned
Analysts: Military UAV demand key to growth in global airborne ISR market over next several years - News
May 04, 2018
LONDON. The global airborne ISR [intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance] market will rise at a compound annual growth rate CAGR of 4.67 percent during the period 2018-2022, according to a new study by Technavio, "Global Airborne ISR Market 2018-2022."
Avionics
USAF announces hosting locations for upcoming B-21 aircraft - News
May 03, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force has selected three existing bases at which the B-21 Raider will replace B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit aircraft beginning in the mid-2020s.
Unmanned
Study: Drone/UAV identification systems to grow at nearly 25 percent CAGR 2018-2022 - News
May 03, 2018
LONDON. A new market study from Technavio, "Global Drone Identification Systems Market 2018-2022," forecasts that the global drone identification systems market will grow at a combined annual growth rate [CAGR] of 24.25 percent during the study period, 2018-2022.
Unmanned
Rugged UAV antenna launch from Hemisphere GNSS at AUVSI Xponential - News
May 03, 2018
XPONENTIAL 2018--DENVER. Positioning technology company Hemisphere GNSS (Scottsdale, Arizona) introduced its rugged multi-GNSS, multifrequency four-helix HA32 antenna for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at the AUVSI Xponential show.
Unmanned
Unmanned-craft equipment companies adopt Presagis UAV simulator, as seen at AUVSI Xponential - News
May 02, 2018
XPONENTIAL 2018--DENVER and MONTREAL. Simulation software and solutions company Presagis has delivered its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) simulator platform, which it calls UAV CRAFT, to Laflamme Aero (Coleraine, Quebec, Canada), the company leading the LX300 unmanned helicopter project.
Comms
USAF: SBIRS GEO Flight-4 missile-warning satellite sends first pictures back to Earth - News
May 02, 2018
BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colorado. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) reports that its fourth Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite has transmitted its first images back to Earth.
Unmanned
Augmented reality plus UAS tech for defense, public safety, automotive shown at Xponential 2018 - News
May 02, 2018
XPONENTIAL 2018--DENVER. Augmented-reality (AR) platform developer Edgybees -- based in Beit Herut, Israel -- is showcasing its new life-saving drone technology at the AUVSI Xponential show in Denver this week.
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