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Analysts: Aerospace sector in Malaysia to create more than 19,000 new jobs by 2037 - News
December 07, 2017
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia. The Malaysian aerospace sector is expected to grow at a combined annual growth rate of 8.45 percent over the next 20 years, with much of that growth due to rapid expansion in fleet size and the rising trend of the migration of commercial maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) activities in the Asia-Pacific region, according to recent research from analysts Frost & Sullivan.
Avionics
United Launch Alliance chooses design for next-generation avionics - News
December 06, 2017
NEW YORK. Avionics and aerospace contractor L3 Technologies has signed an agreement with United Launch Alliance (ULA) to become the exclusive provider of avionics and related services for ULA's new Vulcan Centaur rocket system. The contract calls for L3 to deliver an estimated $1 billion-plus in mission-critical systems and services over a 10-year period.
Comms
Updated M-code GPS tested on B-2 bomber - News
December 06, 2017
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The U.S. Air Force recently held a series of successful flight tests of its next-generation military-code (M-code) GPS using a Raytheon receiver aboard a B-2 Spirit (also known as a stealth bomber) at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
Unmanned
MQ-9 UAS successfully used in antisubmarine demonstration - News
December 05, 2017
SAN DIEGO. During a recent U.S. naval exercise, an MQ-9 Predator B remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) successfully detected and tracked remotely submerged contacts; the MQ-9's contractor, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), participated in the demo of the RPA's new maritime patrol capabilities.
Radar/EW
Moving toward superconducting supercomputing for intel community - News
December 05, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. A team led by Raytheon BBN Technologies -- under the auspices of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) Cryogenic Computing Complexity program -- is working to develop prototype cryogenic memory arrays and a scalable control architecture that is aimed at use in a new generation of energy-efficient superconducting supercomputers.
Avionics
NAVAIR looks to VR for enhanced flight-simulation training - News
December 04, 2017
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUNXET, Md. The U. S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is opting to use virtual reality (VR) technology to build flight simulation trainers that are deployable, improve fidelity, make better use of actual training flights, and more cost-effective.
Radar/EW
Companies partner to provide AESA radar to Spain, international navies - News
December 04, 2017
BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin and technology company Indra (Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain) recently signed an agreement that extends the companies' exclusive relationship to develop of a state-of-the-art S-band active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the Spanish Navy?s F-110 program; the pact also establishes a framework to move ahead with commercialization of this solid-state radar for other anti-air-warfare opportunities worldwide.
Unmanned
Air Force Research Lab opens AgilePod data to commercial community - News
December 01, 2017
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has opened up the technical data package for its AgilePod to the wider intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) community in an attempt to further the development of compatible sensor products.
Comms
GSA signs contracts for up to $50 billion on governmentwide mission-related IT systems and support - News
December 01, 2017
WASHINGTON. The General Services Administration (GSA) -- the independent agency that manages and supports the basic functioning of U.S. federal agencies -- recently announced its long-awaited awards on the Alliant 2 governmentwide acquisition contract (GWAC) for IT services and service-based solutions.
Comms
Government shared spectrum, interference mitigation research moves ahead - News
November 30, 2017
SARASOTA, Fla. xG Technology, Inc. has won a subcontract from Leidos to provide interference mitigation solutions and simulation models under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) shared spectrum research program.
Comms
Integrating U.S. and allied forces into rotational training exercises - News
November 30, 2017
SAN DIEGO. Cubic Corp. announced that its Cubic Global Defense (CGD) business division has been awarded a contract worth more than $61 million from the U.S. Army Contracting Command to support rotational and predeployment training exercises at the U.S. Army?s Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC).
Radar/EW
Navy's radar and air-traffic systems to get a $20 million upgrade with maintenance - News
November 30, 2017
CHANTILLY, Va. Engility Holdings has signed a $20 million task order with the Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) to maintain the AN/SPN-43 radar and associated air-traffic-control (ATC) systems -- the kind used on all aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships -- and integrate upgrades aimed at extending the lifetime of the systems.
Unmanned
U.S. Air Force chooses Tyndall AFB for new remotely piloted aircraft unit - News
November 29, 2017
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. The U.S. Air Force has selected Tyndall Air Force Base near Panama City, Florida, as the preferred location to house the new MQ-9 Reaper Wing, which will consist of 24 remotely piloted aircraft (RPA).
Avionics
U.S. Army to enhance helmet-mounted display for tactical trainers - News
November 29, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. The U.S. Army has selected an updated version of the Rockwell Collins SimEye helmet-mounted display (HMD) to be used within Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (AVCATT) systems.
Comms
Research aims to foster intelligence collaboration, enhance national security - News
November 29, 2017
WASHINGTON. Riverside Research, a not-for-profit scientific research organization that primarily supports the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the nation's intelligence community, has been awarded the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) Advisory and Assistance Services, Geospatial and Signatures Intelligence contract.
Avionics
U.S. military inks $198.4 million worth of C-130 training contracts - News
November 28, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin has signed six contracts with the U.S. military, with awards totaling $198.4 million, to improve training for C-130 aircrews and operators around the world. The C-130J Super Hercules Maintenance and Aircrew Training System (JMATS) program has trained more than 10,000 personnel for missions including cargo transport, special missions, and aerial refueling.
Unmanned
CV90 combat tank to get new direct-fire precision optics capability - News
November 28, 2017
PREROV, Czech Republic. Optical specialists Meopta will support vital line-of-sight technology for the BAE Systems CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) under the terms of a recent Memorandum of Understanding with defense and security company Saab. The agreement, signed at NATO Days 2017 -- held in September in the Czech Republic -- will cover potential local production of key components for the CV90?s fire-control system; Meopta and Saab are subcontractors on that system.
A.I.
DARPA issues RFI to innovate in underground mapping, navigation - News
November 27, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued a request for information (RFI) on potential concepts for innovative technology platforms designed to navigate and map urban underground infrastructure, man-made tunnels, natural cave networks, and other subterranean environments.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy LCS program orders additional Sea Giraffe AMB radar - News
November 27, 2017
STOCKHOLM. Defense and security company Saab has received a follow-on order from General Dynamics for delivery of the Saab Sea Giraffe AMB naval radar for the U.S. Navy?s Littoral Combat Ships LCS 28 and LCS 30. The initial contract was awarded in September 2011 to the company?s U.S, subsidiary, Saab Sensis, which covered the delivery of the radar as part of the Navy?s LCS program.
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