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Secure wireless communication capabilities coming to U.S. Army troops starting end of 2019 - News

May 01, 2019
DULLES, Va. U.S. Army officials tasked Raytheon to deliver its new troposcatter communication systems as part of a 10-year, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract worth up to $663 million to ensure troops have access to secure voice and data communications in contested environments.
Comms

ARL is developing biorecognition receptors to improve soldier lethality - News

April 30, 2019
ADELPHI, Md. U.S. Army researchers are developing biorecognition receptors capable of consistent performance in multidomain environments with the ability to collect real-time assessments of soldier health and performance.
A.I.

Machine learning, AI research consortium launched by Northrop Grumman - News

April 30, 2019
BALTIMORE. Officials at Northrop Grumman announced the company is launching a new research consortium with universities to advance machine learning and artificial intelligence programs.
Unmanned

USAF demo shows Raytheon's directed energy system engage multiple UASs - News

April 30, 2019
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. During a U.S. Air Force (USAF) demonstration, the Raytheon-built advanced high power microwave (HPM) and mobile high energy laser (HEL) systems engaged and defeated multiple unmanned aerial system (UAS) targets.
Radar/EW

U.S. Navy to christen third Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer - News

April 29, 2019
BATH, Maine. U.S. Navy officials announced that they will christen its newest Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer, the future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002), during a ceremony in late April at the General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine.
Radar/EW

F/A-18 Hornet fleet to be equipped with Harris' electronic jammers - News

April 29, 2019
MELBOURNE, Fla. U.S. Navy officials selected Harris Corp. for a $212 million contract modification to supply the next production lot of electronic jammers to protect U.S. Navy and Foreign Military Sales F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet aircraft against electronic threats.
Unmanned

Army tasks Phoenix LLC to demo neutron-based nondestructive testing equipment - News

April 26, 2019
MADISON, Wis. U.S. Army officials selected Phoenix, LLC. to demonstrate neutron-based methods of nondestructive testing utilizing its high flux neutron generators under a $4 million contract.
Unmanned

Army program aims to field small UAV weighing less than 5 pounds - News

April 26, 2019
GAINESVILLE, Fla. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) officials selected Altavian for the Short Range Reconnaissance Prototype (SRR) contract as a part of the Army's effort to field a next generation unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) weighing less than 5 pounds flown by a single operator.
Comms

NASA study aims to facilitate Free Space Optic satellite networks - News

April 25, 2019
SANFORD, Fla. NASA officials selected PathFinder Digital to study the feasibility of developing a transportable research and test platform to facilitate the design of Free Space Optic (FSO) satellite networks.
Comms

Securing smartphones is goal of USAF contract with Privoro - News

April 25, 2019
CHANDLER, Ariz. Mobile hardware security solutions provider, Privoro, received a U.S. Air Force mobile security prototyping contract via the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) and AFWERX effort to streamline the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) process.
Unmanned

Drone delivery company, Wing Aviation, receives first FAA air carrier certification - News

April 24, 2019
WASHINGTON. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials granted the first air carrier certification to a drone delivery company, Wing Aviation, U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced in a press release.
Unmanned

U.S. Army MLRS recapitalization $362 million contract won by Lockheed Martin - News

April 24, 2019
DALLAS. U.S. Army officials selected Lockheed Martin to recapitalize 50 of the U.S. Army's Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launchers under a contract valued at $362 million.
Unmanned

U.S. Army's CoVeR program releases funds to expand MANTA system - News

April 24, 2019
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Through the U.S. Army's Combat Vehicle Robotics (CoVeR) program, Charles River Analytics Inc. received funding to enhance its Modular Appliqu? Enabling Natural Teaming with Autonomy (MANTA) system.
Cyber

Cybersecurity, electronic warfare solutions contract won by CACI - News

April 23, 2019
ARLINGTON, Va. U.S. Navy officials selected CACI International Inc. for a multiple-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) Cyber Mission Engineering contract, with a shared ceiling value of $898 million ($962 million total if all options are exercised), to provide cyber engineering and electronic warfare solutions to the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic.
Radar/EW

AEGIS Virtual Twin system completes first live-fire engagement onboard USS Thomas Hudner - News

April 23, 2019
ATLANTIC OCEAN. USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) sailers, alongside the Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS), completed the first live-fire engagement with the new AEGIS Virtual Twin system, a prototype of the AEGIS Virtual Combat Management System.
Radar/EW

Lockheed Martin to deliver engineering, technical services to Navy's AN/BLQ-10 EW system - News

April 22, 2019
SYRACUSE, N.Y. U.S. Navy officials selected Lockheed Martin for engineering and technical services for the AN/BLQ-10 Electronic Warfare System Technology Insertion (TI)-20, TI-22 and TI-24. The contract is worth approximately $20 million.
Cyber

USAF selects Northrop Grumman for Cyber Enterprise Services contract - News

April 19, 2019
ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, Md. U.S. Air Force (USAF) officials selected Northrop Grumman Corp. to deliver Cyber Enterprise Services (CES) on U.S. Cyber Command?s Unified Platform. Northrop Grumman is one of five companies each awarded $24 million over two years to perform the work.
Radar/EW

Syntonic Microwave, The Athena Group acquired by Mercury Systems - News

April 19, 2019
ANDOVER, Mass. Officials at Mercury Systems, Inc. announced the acquisitions of The Athena Group, Inc. (Athena) and Syntonic Microwave LLC (Syntonic) for an all-cash price valued at $46 million in total.
A.I.

USAF selects Geospark Analytics to develop Hyperion platform - News

April 18, 2019
HERNDON, Va. U.S. Air Force officials selected Geospark Analytics to continue development of its Hyperion's threat and risk assessment APIs for integration into Command, Control, Communication, Intelligence, and Networks (C3I&N) systems.
Unmanned

Counter-UAS solution selected by DLA to support USSOCOM requirements - News

April 18, 2019
SAN DIEGO. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) officials selected Citadel Defense Co. for its counter-unmanned aerial systems (counter-UAS) mobile systems to support U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) requirements. The contract is valued at $1 million.
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