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Comms
Next-gen satellite constellations from SSL will carry Northrop Grumman space navigation systems - News
March 05, 2018
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. Northrop Grumman Corp. has won a contract from space technology design/build firm Space Systems Loral (SSL) to supply its space navigation system for SSL's next-generation satellite constellation.
Radar/EW
IARPA project aims to develop superconducting circuit-design tools - News
March 05, 2018
WASHiNGTON. The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) -- an organization within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence -- announced what it calls the ?SuperTools? program, a multiyear research effort to develop comprehensive software tools for designing and analyzing superconducting electronics circuits.
Unmanned
USAF signs $96 million task order with Polaris Alpha for ISR, software operations - News
March 05, 2018
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Defense and intelligence contractor Polaris Alpha has won $96 million in U.S. Air Force task orders that involve work in software development, maintenance, and enhancements for command-and-control and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations.
Unmanned
NAVAIR inks $24.3 million in contract mods for unmanned aerial drone systems - News
March 02, 2018
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command has signed a $24.3 million contract modification with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' Unmanned Systems Division (USD) to exercise an option for the low-rate initial production of the Subsonic Aerial Target BQM-177A and technical data.
Avionics
U.S. Navy, Boeing sign contract to modernize F/A-18 Super Hornet fleet - News
March 02, 2018
ST. LOUIS. Boeing has finalized a contract with the U.S. Navy to modernize the Navy's fleet of 568 F/A-18 aircraft, which is intended to extend the life of existing Super Hornets from 6,000 to 9,000-plus flight hours.
Unmanned
U.S. Navy orders high-energy laser weapons for shipboard use - News
March 01, 2018
BOTHELL, Wash. Lockheed Martin won a U.S. Navy contract valued initially at $150 million -- with options worth up to $942.8 million -- for the development, manufacture, and delivery of two high-power laser weapon systems that will integrate intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and counter-unmanned aerial system (counter-UAS) capabilities.
A.I.
Airbus/IBM venture designing first AI assistant for astronauts - News
February 28, 2018
BREMEN, Germany. Airbus and IBM are developing CIMON (Crew Interactive MObile CompanioN), an artificial intelligence (AI)-based assistant for astronauts for the DLR Space Administration in Germany (The German Aerospace Center [German: Deutsches Zentrum f?r Luft- und Raumfahrt or DLR] is the national center for aerospace, energy and transportation research of the Federal Republic of Germany.)
Comms
Dept. of Homeland Security contracting for biometric ID services - News
February 28, 2018
MACLEAN, Va. Northrop Grumman Corp. has won a $95 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) to develop the first two increments of the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) system. Northrop Grumman's role during the 42-month project will be systems developer and integrator.
Comms
DoD announces open source software experiment - News
February 27, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) recently announced the launch of Code.mil, an open source initiative that allows software developers around the world to collaborate on unclassified code written by federal employees in support of DoD projects.
Comms
U.S. Army orders several thousand mobile satellite transceivers for battlefield use - News
February 27, 2018
MELVILLE, N.Y. Comtech Telecommunications Corp. won an initial $11.7 million order to immediately provide several thousand of its next generation MT-2025 mobile satellite transceivers in support of the U.S. Army's Blue Force Tracking-2 (BFT-2) system.
Comms
U.S. Navy signs $492 million in contract options for nuclear subs - News
February 27, 2018
LYNCHBURG, Va. Nuclear-component company BWXT reports that its BWXT Nuclear Operations Group has signed contract options totaling approximately $492 million with the the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program for the manufacture of naval nuclear-reactor components.
Unmanned
Global market for military counter-UAV systems will reach $1.223 billion by 2026, says one scenario in market study - News
February 26, 2018
AMSTERDAM. The global market for military counter-unmanned aerial vehicles (C-UAVs) will grow from its current $379 million to $1.223 billion by 2026, according to one scenario in the report "Global Counter-UAV (C-UAV) Systems Market Forecast to 2026" from Market Forecast. The overall combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.8 percent would hold fairly consistent over the whole period.
Comms
KBR acquires SGT in move to expand support for high-priority missions - News
February 26, 2018
HOUSTON. Government-services contractor KBR has agreed to acquire Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Inc. (SGT), a company that provides technology solutions, engineering services, mission operations, and scientific/ IT software in the U.S. government-services market. SGT has a distinguished heritage delivering technology solutions and services to the U.S. government for space programs, national security and civilian operations.
Unmanned
IARPA launches plan to build 3-D models using satellite imagery - News
February 26, 2018
WASHINGTON. The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) -- which operates within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence -- announced the establishment of a multiyear research plan to build 3-D models that leverage satellite imagery aimed at supporting U.S. military, intelligence, and humanitarian missions.
Comms
U.S. Navy awards $34 million for communications-support package - News
February 23, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy has awarded Alion Science and Technology -- a technology solutions company based in Tysons Corner, Virginia -- an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ), cost-plus-fixed-fee, multiple-award contract that could ultimately total as much as $34 million to provide the Navy with worldwide communications and media support services.
Radar/EW
U.S. State Dept. approves possible sale of ISR aircraft to Kuwait - News
February 23, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible foreign military sale of King Air 350ER intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft to Kuwait for an estimated cost of $259 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale.
Avionics
Helmet-mounted displays aim to give pilots added edge - News
February 22, 2018
FORT WORTH, Texas. Elbit Systems of America, in a joint venture with Rockwell Collins ESA Vision Systems, will incorporate the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System II (JHMCS II) helmet-mounted display into Republic of Korea air force (ROKAF) F-16 aircraft.
Radar/EW
Israel, U.S. successfully test Arrow 3 antiballistic missile system - News
February 21, 2018
TEL AVIV, Israel. The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) of the Directorate of the Defense Research and Development at Israel's Ministry of Defense, together with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), report a successful flight test of the Arrow 3 weapons system, Israel's system that is designed to defend against ballistic missiles outside of the atmosphere.
Comms
Enhanced satellite communications capability now possible with portable antenna - News
February 21, 2018
AIR FORCE ROME RESEARCH SITE, New York. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has newly gained access to a portable antenna with tracking capability that can be deployed in places where these capabilities are traditionally limited, such as a remote battlefield.
Comms
General Dynamics Mission Systems secures $208 million contract for ongoing supply of digital modular radio - News
February 20, 2018
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. General Dynamics Mission Systems has won a five-year, $208 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract from the U.S. Navy for the continued procurement, testing, and delivery of the AN/USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radio (DMR).
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