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U.S. Army contracts for secure medical systems for mobile operations - News
February 20, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Army has contracted with IT security firm Cog and embedded sensor maker Management Sciences, Inc. (MSI) to develop a prototype multilevel security (MLS) capability on tactical mobile devices that will be used in the field to more efficiently deliver patient medical data.
Comms
Plug-in smartphone app enables military parachutists to land with greater precision - News
February 16, 2018
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. A team of engineers at Draper Laboratories recently filed a patent for a smartphone app that automatically detects when parachutists make the critical transition from the plane to being under their parachute canopy.
Radar/EW
Military display systems contract signed worth more than $8.7 million - News
February 16, 2018
CARLSBAD, Calif. Specialized military display maker Palomar Display Products has been awarded three contracts totaling more than $8.7 million to deliver military display systems for the M1 Abrams tank, M2/M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, and Light Armored Vehicle (LAV).
Comms
DoD to host Industry Day for cloud computing project - News
February 15, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) will host host an Industry Day for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) Cloud acquisition on March 7, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia.
A.I.
Keeping military personnel in the field safe from infectious agents - News
February 15, 2018
SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) won a 12-month contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a next-generation portable diagnostic platform for military personnel to quickly self-perform testing for a variety of infectious diseases in the field.
Unmanned
Participants wanted for UAV swarm-based tactics test bed - News
February 14, 2018
BALTIMORE, Md. Northrop Grumman Corp. -- in its role as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Phase 1 Swarm Systems Integrator for the Agency?s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program -- is set to launch its first open-architecture test bed and is seeking participants to create and test their own swarm-based tactics on the platform. In this project, Northrop Grumman is teamed with Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI) and the Interactive Computing Experiences Research Cluster, directed by Dr. Joseph LaViola at the University of Central Florida.
Avionics
Contract aims to increase safety, health of aviation personnel - News
February 14, 2018
PASADENA, Calif. Engineering consulting firm Tetra Tech has won a $40 million, single-award contract from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Aerospace Medicine (AAM) to develop a new information system for tracking and analyzing medical information associated with pilots, air-traffic controllers, and other aviation-related personnel.
Comms
DARPA awards $4.7 million grant to transform augmented-reality glasses - News
February 13, 2018
NEW YORK. An interdisciplinary team from Columbia University School of Engineering is working with colleagues at Stanford, UMass Amherst, and Trex Enterprises Corp. to develop an alternative solution for use in augmented reality (AR) glasses.
Comms
ARL selects ICF as one of two awardees for information and computational sciences ID/IQ - News
February 13, 2018
FAIRFAX, Va. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has chosen global consulting and digital services provider ICF as one of two awardees eligible to compete for scientific and engineering support services under a new indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract.
Comms
DoD awards cloud solutions, services contract with $950 million ceiling - News
February 12, 2018
HERNDON, Va. Global cloud systems integrator REAN Cloud has finalized a five-year contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for up to $950 million, in a deal aimed at enabling agencies within DoD to procure cloud solutions and services directly from REAN Cloud in a new, streamlined process.
Comms
General Dynamics to buy IT contractor CSRA in $6.8 billion deal - News
February 12, 2018
FALLS CHURCH, Va. General Dynamics announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with IT contractor CSRA under which General Dynamics will acquire all outstanding shares of CSRA; the transaction is valued at $9.6 billion, including the assumption of $2.8 billion in CSRA debt.
Radar/EW
Leveraging open-source tech to create flexible electronic systems - News
February 09, 2018
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) reports that it has developed the first-ever functional samples of flexible Arduino circuit board systems made by employing a flexible hybrid electronics manufacturing process. The AFRL led the project, with NextFlex, America?s Flexible Hybrid Electronics Institute, also on the team.
Radar/EW
U.S., allies order upgrades to Patriot missile - News
February 09, 2018
DALLAS. The U.S. military and allied forces will upgrade their missile defense capabilities under a $524 million contract modification for production and delivery of Lockheed Martin's Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) and PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) interceptors. The contract modification adds on to the $944 million contract awarded in December 2017 for PAC-3 and PAC-3 MSE production and delivery.
Comms
Army-led team demos stored isotopic energy in quest for alternative battery types - News
February 08, 2018
ADELPHI, Md. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has reported that a multinational research team led by Army scientists successfully induced a controlled release of stored isotopic energy using a physical effect involving atomic electrons. The technique was posited over 40 years ago but has never before been demonstrated experimentally.
Comms
U.S. Army places $106 million order for JLTVs - News
February 07, 2018
OSHKOSH, Wis. Oshkosh Defense has won a $106 million order for 416 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs) and associated installed and packaged kits.
Unmanned
JASSM-ER missile achieves full operational capability - News
February 07, 2018
ORLANDO. The Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) ? Extended Range (ER) recently achieved full operational capability on the F-15E Strike Eagle, flown by the U.S. and allied nations' air forces, according to a statement from missile maker Lockheed Martin.
A.I.
L3, BAE Systems collaborate to pursue Australian navy contract - News
February 06, 2018
CANBERRA, Australia. Electronics and sensor maker L3 Technologies announced that it will support the BAE Systems Power and Propulsion Team by providing the Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) for the upcoming Australian navy SEA5000 program pursuit.
Radar/EW
MDSI: $26 million contract for cooling tank electronics, personnel - News
February 06, 2018
IRVINE, Calif. Meggitt Defense Systems, Inc. (MDSI, a subsidiary of Meggitt PLC) won a $26 million contract to provide thermal management systems (TMS) to General Dynamics Land Systems (Sterling Heights, Michigan) for the M1A2 SEPv3 and M1A2 KSA main battle tanks.
Comms
Moving toward tactical information-sharing using commercial smartphones - News
February 06, 2018
CHANTILLY, Va. IT engineering firm Vencore won a prime contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to explore and provide technologies for new security models to support information-sharing in tactical coalition environments using commercial handheld devices.
Unmanned
DARPA autonomous unmanned vessel moves up to Office of Naval Research - News
February 05, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) reports successful completion of its Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program; it has officially transferred the technology demonstration vessel, christened Sea Hunter, to the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
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