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Avionics
Supersonic low-boom jet gets green light - News
April 04, 2018
PALMDALE, Calif. Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works has won a $247.5 million cost-plus contract from NASA to design, build, and flight test the Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator, an X-plane designed to make supersonic passenger air travel a reality.
Avionics
Flat-panel program worth $13 million signed between Navy, BAE Systems, Sparton - News
April 03, 2018
BIRDSBORO, Pa. Sparton Corporation -- operating under its brand Aydin Displays -- has won a contract worth over $13 million to supply BAE Systems with ruggedized flat panel displays for a program supporting the Navy.
Unmanned
Modernized Trident missile passes demo, certifies sub for patrol - News
April 03, 2018
SUNNYVALE, Calif. The Navy submarine USS Nebraska recently demonstrated a successful launch of two Lockheed Martin-built and -upgraded Trident II D5 Life Extension missiles.
Unmanned
Mars mission parachute test a success, says ESA - News
April 02, 2018
KIRUNA, Sweden. The ExoMars project -- a joint venture of the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russian governmental body Roscosmos -- reports that it has successfully tested the largest parachute ever to fly on a Mars mission; the test was the first in a series of trials to prepare for the upcoming ExoMars mission that will deliver a rover and a surface science platform to the Red Planet. The spacecraft that will carry them is due to launch in July 2020, arriving at Mars in March 2021.
Comms
Coast Guard signs $94 million advance procurement contract for national-security cutter - News
April 02, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries a $94 million fixed-price contract to purchase long-lead materials for a tenth National Security Cutter (NSC).
Comms
U.S. Army signs contract to synchronize geospatial technology systems - News
March 29, 2018
FAIRFAX, Va. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Army Geospatial Center has awarded General Dynamics its Geospatial, Research, Integration, Development and Support (GRIDS) III contract.
Comms
USAF orders additional M-Code GPS receivers for enhanced military navigation - News
March 29, 2018
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins has received a follow-on order for 300 Military Code (M-Code) GPS receivers from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (USAF SMC).
Radar/EW
Raytheon to begin work on U.S. Army software services contract following resolution of protests - News
March 29, 2018
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Raytheon is now set to begin work on a contract originally inked in June 2017 that covers sustainment and modernization of missile defense and other strategic systems operated by the U.S. Army, combatant commands, and other government agencies.
Unmanned
Brimstone missile to be equipped on RAF Typhoon jets in deal worth $563 million - News
March 28, 2018
STEVENAGE, U.K. European missile maker MBDA has signed an agreement with the U.K. ministry of defense to arm U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon jets with Brimstone missiles, said U.K. defense secretary Gavin Williamson, in a deal worth 400 million pounds ($563 million).
A.I.
Analysts project military AI market will reach $18.82 billion by 2025 - News
March 28, 2018
NORTHBROOK, Ill. The military market for artificial intelligence (AI) -- valued at $5.54 billion in 2016 -- is projected to reach $18.82 billion by 2025, according to a new study published by MarketsandMarkets titled "Artificial Intelligence in Military Market by Offering (Software, Hardware, Services), Technology (Learning & Intelligence, Advanced Computing, AI Systems), Application (Information Processing, Cyber Security), Platform, Region - Global Forecast to 2025."
Radar/EW
Air and missile defense sensor solution from Raytheon passes U.S. Army program review - News
March 27, 2018
TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon has completed a program and technical review for its Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) with the U.S. Army; LTAMDS is intended to eventually replace the AN/MPQ-65A Patriot radar.
Radar/EW
U.S. Army moves to field-test MAPS tank-protection sensors, system - News
March 27, 2018
ORLANDO. Lockheed Martin has moved onto a next-phase contract with the U.S. Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) to continue maturing the Modular Active Protection Systems (MAPS) controller base kit hardware and software -- a system of sensors, software, and additional hardware designed to protect heavy military vehicles and their occupants.
Unmanned
U.S. Army awards potential $112 million follow-on munitions logistics contract - News
March 26, 2018
RESTON, Va. Science and technology contractor Leidos will continue to provide logistics services to the 1st Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) in support of U.S. Army Central (ARCENT), the Army component of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).
Radar/EW
$161 million in electronic jamming equipment for F/A-18s in U.S., Australia - News
March 23, 2018
MELBOURNE, Fla. Harris Corporation has won a contract modification worth $161 million to supply the next production lot of electronic jammers to protect U.S. Navy and Australian F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet aircraft against electronic threats.
From The Editor
Radar/EW
Foundation for U.S. ballistic-missile defense system upgraded, modernized - News
March 23, 2018
DENVER. Lockheed Martin reports that the group of systems that enables the disparate elements of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) to function as a complete global defense network has completed an overhaul and modernization project.
Avionics
Study: Global military avionics market will reach nearly $38 billion by 2025 - News
March 22, 2018
AMSTERDAM. The global market for military avionics, estimated at approximately $32.77 billion in 2018, is expected to grow to $37.90 billion by 2025, a combined annual growth rate of 2 percent during the forecast period, according to a research report from Market Forecast titled ?Global Military Avionics Market to 2025.?
Comms
U.S. Army places $97 million order for BAE Systems night-vision, thermal-weapon sight tools - News
March 21, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Army has placed two orders with BAE Systems (Nashua, New Hampshire) totaling $97 million for new night-vision goggles and thermal weapon sights; together the tools will enable soldiers to rapidly and covertly acquire targets in all kinds of weather and lighting conditions.
Unmanned
U.S. Army exercise successfully demos directed energy counter-UAV system - News
March 21, 2018
FORT SILL, Okla. A recent U.S. Army exercise saw 45 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and drones knocked out of the sky after a high-power microwave and laser dune buggy from Raytheon advanced engaged and destroyed them.
Comms
Hypres, UMass partner to link low-power superconductors to standard electronics - News
March 20, 2018
ELMSFORD, New York. Superconductor IC maker HYPRES recently partnered with the University of Massachusetts Amherst to accomplish a high-speed, energy-efficient digital data link between superconducting ICs and standard room-temperature electronics.
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