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Radar/EW
Army chooses contractor for sensors, night vision applications - News
July 26, 2018
TYSON'S CORNER, Va. MicroTech has been chosen as a prime contractor to the U.S. Army Rapid Acquisition for Materials for Prototyping (RAMP) contract, a $192 million multiple award contract that develops, prototypes, evaluates, and provides worldwide technical and field support of advanced research and development (R&D) and specialized sensors for the Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) and other agencies.
Comms
MIDS-LVT block Upgrade 2 retrofit order awarded to Viasat - News
July 25, 2018
CARLSBAD, Calif. Telecommunications company Viasat has won a six-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the U.S. government -- valued at up to $85.5 million -- for Block Upgrade 2 (BU2) hardware and software upgrades and support services to their Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Low Volume Terminal (MIDS-LVT) Link 16 radio sets.
Cyber
Using intelligent systems to enhance troops' operational effectiveness - News
July 25, 2018
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Charles River Analytics is leading a team that aims to build a toolkit for the U.S. Army to help analyze fatigue and other stressors that can negatively affect mission outcomes.
Comms
U.S. Army adds $12.5 million-plus to comms contracts with Comtech - News
July 24, 2018
MELVILLE, N.Y. Comtech Telecommunications announced that its Command & Control Technologies group -- part of Comtech?s Government Solutions segment -- received orders in excess of $12.5 million on the previously announced three-year $123.6 million contract to provide ongoing sustainment services for the AN/TSC-198A SNAP [Secret Internet Protocol Router (SIPR) and Non-classified Internet Protocol Router (NIPR) Access Point] very small aperture terminals (VSATs).
Comms
NAWCAD contracts for rapid response electronic communications systems - News
July 24, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. National-security IT provider CACI International recently won a task order -- with a ceiling value of $122 million -- from the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM) to develop advanced electronic communications systems in support of the Special Communications Mission Solutions (SCMS) division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD).
Unmanned
USAF signs $109 million contract for unmanned aerial target drone system - News
July 23, 2018
SAN DIEGO. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has signed a one-year sole-source, single- award, firm-fixed-price contract worth $109 million to supply the U.S. Air Force with the Kratos BQM-167A high-performance, jet-powered unmanned aerial target drone system.
A.I.
Joint program aims to enable autonomous systems to learn for life - News
July 23, 2018
MALIBU, Calif. HRL Laboratories and the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) are teaming to develop what could be a breakthrough in machine-learning architecture for autonomous systems.
Unmanned
UAV spending accounts for large piece of revenue in high-altitude aeronautics platform station market - News
July 23, 2018
FREMONT, Calif. The increasing competitive advantages of high-altitude aeronautics platform stations (HAAPS) over conventional and terrestrial-based systems have made them essential for use in both military and commercial applications, according to a new report from BIS Research, "Global High-Altitude Aeronautics Platform Station (HAAPS) Market: Focus on Platform (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Airships, Balloons, Tethered Aerostats and Tethered Drones), Payload, and End-Users -- Analysis and Forecast, 2018-2028."
Unmanned
Ground-based ballistic missile defense systems market to reach $15.39 billion in 2018, says forecast - News
July 23, 2018
LONDON. Global expenditure on ground-based ballistic missile defense systems will total upwards of $15.39 billion during 2018, according to a new report from Visiongain, "Ground Based Ballistic Missile Defence Systems Market Report 2018-2028."
Avionics
NASA and French aerospace center to collaborate on supersonic travel, sonic boom research - News
July 20, 2018
WASHINGTON. NASA has signed a research agreement with France's Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales (ONERA), the French national aerospace research center, to mount a project that could make supersonic passenger flights over land practical and dramatically reduce travel time in the U.S. or anywhere in the world.
Comms
USAF signs $29.8 million contract for KC-135 audio systems sustainment - News
July 20, 2018
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. Tracking-based communications company Orbit Communication Systems has won a contract from the U.S. Air Force for $29.8 million to provide systems sustainment for the for the several thousand ADAS [airborne digital-controlled audio system] units currently installed on USAF KC-135 aircraft.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy: Antisubmarine warfare technology passes two critical tests - News
July 18, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy -- Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) Public Affairs -- recently announced the successful completion of two antisubmarine warfare (ASW) mission package testing milestones.
Comms
NATO countries to get battlespace intelligence system - News
July 18, 2018
BETHESDA, Md. and FULLERTON, Calif. Lockheed Martin and ThalesRaytheonSystems are teaming to provide the NATO Alliance with a territorial ballistic missile defense (BMD) command-and-control capability.
Unmanned
U.S. Army to employ Raytheon UAS and radar for counter-UAS missions - News
July 18, 2018
WALTHAM, Mass. Raytheon will supply the U.S. Army with its Coyote unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and KRFS (Ku-band radio frequency system) radar to help the Army counter the escalating threat of enemy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the skies above the battlefield.
Avionics
Flight-training device for military helicopters integrates tactical and visual input - News
July 16, 2018
ST. HUBERT, Quebec, Canada. Fight-simulator manufacturer CAE has launched its CAE 700MR Series flight-training device (FTD), a next-generation FTD designed specifically for military helicopter flight and mission training.
Radar/EW
Pilot-worn sensor systems will provide info on physical effects of extreme flight conditions - News
July 16, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. Cobham announced that it will be supporting U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) F-18 and T-45 test flights with its Cobham VigilOX breathing sensors.
A.I.
Reducing the data demands of machine learning is the focus of DARPA initiative - News
July 12, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced a new initiative it calls Learning with Less Labels (LwLL), in which the agency will research new machine learning (ML) algorithms that require greatly reduced amounts of information to train or update.
Avionics
New avionics decks chosen for F-5 adversary-support training fleet - News
July 12, 2018
OLATHE, Kan. Garmin International, a unit of Garmin Ltd., has been selected by defense contractor Tactical Air Support, Inc. (TacAir) to install the Garmin tandem integrated flight deck for TacAir's fleet of supersonic F-5 fighter aircraft.
Radar/EW
RF research to get support from new $24 million contract, says AFRL - News
July 11, 2018
McLean, VA. Defense intelligence company Altamira Technologies has been awarded a contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for $24.6 million to provide next-generation radio frequency (RF) sensing technologies through advanced research and development of RF systems and subsystems.
Unmanned
Contract with KBRwyle enables technical, engineering support for Patriot missile - News
July 11, 2018
HOUSTON. Professional-services and technology firm KBR announced that its global government services business, KBRwyle, has been awarded a $133 million task order by the U.S. Army's Lower Tier Project Office to provide technical and engineering services to the Patriot missile system.
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