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USAF, Air National Guard F-16 to be equipped with Rockwell Collins' anti-jam receivers - News
November 16, 2018
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (USAF AFLCMC) officials tasked Rockwell Collins to provide its latest-generation of Digital GPS Anti-Jam Receiver (DIGAR) to integrate into the U.S. Air National Guard and U.S. Air Force Reserve F-16 aircraft that are operating in contested environments.
Avionics
Boeing selects NAI's flight control computer for its RASCAL helicopter - News
November 16, 2018
BOHEMIA, N.Y. Boeing officials selected North Atlantic Industries' (NAI) dual-redundant, Flight Control Computer (FCC) for the RASCAL Research Helicopter.
Radar/EW
DARPA dives into developing high-bandwidth optical signaling technologies - News
November 15, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are launching a new program called Photonics in the Package for Extreme Scalability (PIPES), which aims to enable future system scalability by developing high-bandwidth optical signaling technologies for digital microelectronics.
Unmanned
Republic of Korea to receive Global Hawk training, sustainment services - News
November 15, 2018
HERNDON, Va. Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) officials tapped Northrop Grumman to provide contractor logistics support (CLS) to the Republic of Korea?s Global Hawks, which are high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
A.I.
Human/machine interaction and the autonomous future - News
November 15, 2018
NEWPORT, R.I. Human/ machine interaction technologies took center stage at year?s U.S. Navy Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX). The event, which took place during August 2018 in Newport, Rhode Island, showcase innovative and next-generation defense technologies in action, giving the end user a glimpse into the near future.
Unmanned
Drone AI challenge launches via Herox platform, global participants encouraged - News
November 14, 2018
OTTAWA. Lockheed Martin's AlphaPilot Innovation Challenge has officially launched through the HeroX platform and is accepting applications in the U.S. and around the world, officials announce. Deadline for entires is February 28, 2019.
Cyber
DARPA taps Perspecta to develop technologies under ConSec program - News
November 13, 2018
CHANTILLY, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials selected Perspecta Labs, a research unit at Perspecta Inc., to support the Agency's Configuration Security (ConSec) program. The contract is valued at $5.4 million consisting of three phases over a three-and-a-half year performance period.
Comms
Army MIB technical support contract won by BAE Systems - News
November 13, 2018
MCLEAN, Va. U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) officials selected BAE Systems to provide technical, functional, and general support to the 116th Military Intelligence Brigade (MIB).
Avionics
CH-47F Chinook helicopter fleet to receive avionics upgrades, repairs - News
November 13, 2018
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Officials at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) Logistics Center (ALC) selected Rockwell Collins to provide current component upgrades and additional component repair capabilities for the Common Avionics Architecture Systems (CAAS) on the Army?s CH-47F Chinook helicopter fleet. The contract spans over a five year period.
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Potential launch sites and first competitors selected for DARPA program - News
November 13, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials announced the potential launch locations for the Agency's Launch challenge. The 18 chosen competitors will receive information about the final launch sites, payloads, and targeted orbit in the weeks prior to each launch.
Radar/EW
OpFires program to develop a ground-launched tactical weapons delivery system - News
November 13, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. Aerojet Rocketdyne, Exquadrum, and Sierra Nevada Corp. have been selected to develop and demonstrate a ground-launched system enabling hypersonic boost glide weapons to penetrate modern enemy air defenses and rapidly and precisely engage critical time sensitive targets.
Comms
Kratos moves to Phase 4 in USAF MILSATCOM study - News
November 08, 2018
SAN DIEGO. Engineers at Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. completed the third phase of a pathfinder study for migrating the Command and Control System ? Consolidated (CCS-C) ground system to the Enterprise Ground Services (EGS) architecture. CCS-C currently operates a fleet of over 20 Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) satellites in four different constellations.
Comms
USAF places order of NSA-certified Mini Crypto devices from Viasat - News
November 08, 2018
CARLSBAD, Calif. U.S. Air Force officials placed an order with Viasat Inc. for 1,000 National Security Agency (NSA)-certified Mini Crypto devices under a Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract.
A.I.
Data automation, analytics, AI capabilities at core of Raytheon's contracts with NGA - News
November 07, 2018
DULLES, Va. Officials at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency selected Raytheon for two Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contracts to develop advanced data automation, analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. The contracts have a potential combined total value of up to $600 million.
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Sparton, Leidos join forces in Navy's acoustic countermeasure program - News
November 07, 2018
DELEON SPRINGS, Fla. Leidos Maritime Systems and Sparton Corp. teamed up to support the U.S. Navy's Acoustic Device Countermeasure (ADC) MK5 program.
Avionics
Super Stallion, Sea Dragon aircraft sustainment support contract won by Sikorsky - News
November 06, 2018
STRATFORD, Conn. Department of Defense (DoD) officials selected Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, for a performance-based logistics contract to provide supply and logistics support to the entire fleet of in-service CH-53E Super Stallions and MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopters in support of U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) missions. The contract is valued at an estimated $717 million.
Unmanned
Lockheed Martin's Aerostat unmanned system incorporates Telephonics radar system - News
November 06, 2018
AKRON, Ohio. Engineers at Lockheed Martin completed the integration of Telephonics' RDR-1700B radar onto a 74K aerostat for land and sea missions.
Cyber
Cybersecurity tests complete for on the Raytheon-built GPS OCX - News
November 05, 2018
SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. The Raytheon-built Global Position System Next-Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX) completed cybersecurity vulnerability assessments that tested the system's ability to defend against both internal and external cyber threats.
Comms
SATCOM system integration support contract won by Hughes - News
November 05, 2018
GERMANTOWN, Md. U.S. Naval Air Systems (NAVAIR) officials tasked Hughes Network Systems, LLC to provide satellite communications (SATCOM) systems integration for the U.S. Coast Guard.
Radar/EW
ARL scientists make progress in quantum sensing research - News
November 02, 2018
ADELPHI, Md. U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) scientist are developing a new quantum sensor, which uses atoms that when excited rise to usually high energy levels.
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