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Unmanned
Raytheon selects Elbit's TCLS for multispectral targeting system - News
January 04, 2019
HAIFA, Israel. Raytheon officials selected Elbit Systems Ltd. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America LLC, to provide Two Color Laser System (TCLS) for the Multi-Spectral Targeting System.
Avionics
Raytheon secures support, sustainment contract for Royal air force Shadow fleet - News
January 04, 2019
LONDON. Officials at the Ministry of Defence selected Raytheon UK to deliver support and sustainment services for the Royal air force's (RAF) Shadow aircraft fleet. The contract spans over the next 11 years and is valued at approximately $316 million (?250 million).
Cyber
Comms
DARPA hosts preliminary competition before SC2 grand finale - News
January 02, 2019
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials held a second preliminary event of the Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) in December. Fifteen teams represented by members from across the academic, commercial, and defense industries gathered at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) to pit their intelligent radio designs against each other in a head-to-head competition.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy taps General Dynamics to build fifth DDG 51 destroyer - News
December 27, 2018
BATH, Maine. U.S. Navy officials selected General Dynamics Bath Iron Works -- a business unit of General Dynamics -- to build a fifth DDG 51 destroyer as part of the multiyear award announced in September.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy SPY-6 integration and support contract won by Raytheon - News
December 20, 2018
TEWKSBURY, Mass. U.S. Navy officials tapped Raytheon for air and missile defense radar AN/SPY-6(V) integration and production support efforts. The cost-plus-fixed fee, firm-fixed-price contract is worth approximately $114 million.
Avionics
F-16 pilot training contract won by L3 Technologies - News
December 19, 2018
NEW YORK. U.S. Air Force officials tapped L3 Technologies as the prime contractor for the F-16 Simulators Training Program (STP). The contract is valued $350 million.
Unmanned
Army selects BAE Systems, General Dynamics for Mobile Protected Firepower program - News
December 18, 2018
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. U.S. Army officials selected BAE Systems and General Dynamics Land Systems -- a General Dynamics business unit -- for the Section 804 Middle Tier Acquisition (MTA) Rapid Prototyping contracts under the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program.
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Comms
Serco awarded two $46 million task orders to assemble IT Networks in hardened shipboard racks - News
December 14, 2018
HERNDON, Va. Officials at the Department of the Navy Program Executive Office (PEO) for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) program office selected Serco Inc. for two production task orders worth approximately $46 million. Under the task orders, Serco will source and assemble the required IT Network systems in hardened shipboard racks.
Comms
ASU-led team to identify emerging tech to improve military medical patient care - News
December 14, 2018
TEMPE, Ariz. In partnership with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) officials selected the Arizona State University (ASU) W.P. Carey School of Business, Active Innovations, LLC, Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX), and Expression Networks, LLC to facilitate modernization of the open architecture, web-based Defense Medical Logistics ? Enterprise Solution (DML?ES).
Radar/EW
DARPA seeks proposals to bring ERI program innovations to defense applications - News
December 13, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials are hosting a Proposers Day on December 19 to convene leaders within the defense industry base (DIB) to discuss opportunities to further develop and demonstrate Electronics Resurgence Initiative's (ERI) technological advances for Department of Defense (D0D) needs.
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A.I.
AI in warfare book released - News
December 12, 2018
AUSTIN, Texas. At this years' Time Machine 2018 (TM18) conference, SparkCognition officials released a new book titled: ?Hyperwar: Conflict and Competition in the AI Century,? a collection of essays by defense and emerging tech leaders that addresses the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in warfare today and in the future.
Comms
DLA grants QML Q/Q+ qualification to Cobham's UT32M0R500 microcontroller - News
December 12, 2018
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions' (Cobham) UT32M0R500 Arm Cortex-M0+ 32-bit processor completed the qualification process and received Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Qualified Manufacturer?s List (QML) Q and Q+ qualification.
Unmanned
B-21 weapon system undergoes critical design review - News
December 11, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force B-21 Raider program conducted a critical design review on its weapon systems November 28-30, 2018. The event served as a multidisciplined technical review to ensure the Air Force?s newest bomber has a stable and mature design as the program moves forward into manufacturing and flight test.
Avionics
Wright-Patterson AFB to host F-35 support organization - News
December 07, 2018
WASHINGTON. U.S. Air Force officials selected Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (AFB), Ohio, as the preferred location for the F-35 Lightning II Hybrid Product Support Integrator (HPSI) organization which supports the entire F-35 enterprise to include joint and international partners.
Avionics
Airbus, Lockheed Martin partner to innovate on aerial refueling - News
December 07, 2018
MADRID. Airbus and Lockheed Martin officials signed an an agreement to jointly explore opportunities to meet the growing demand for aerial refueling for U.S. defense customers.
Cyber
Cybersecurity company G2 Inc. acquired by Huntington Ingalls Industries - News
December 06, 2018
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Officials at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) completed the acquisition of cybersecurity solutions and services provider G2 Inc. The company - headquartered in Annapolis Junction, Maryland - will join HII?s Technical Solutions division.
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