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Avionics
Air Force, Orbital ATK enter long-term sustainment support agreement for military aircraft - News
September 08, 2017
DULLES, Va. The U.S. Air Force Sustainment Center entered into a partnership agreement with Orbital ATK to help support military aircraft.
Cyber
U.S. Air Force cyber mission platform contract won by Northrop Grumman - News
September 08, 2017
SAN ANTONIO. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Cryptologic and Cyber Systems Division tasked Northrop Grumman to continue developing and to deploy the Air Force?s Cyber Mission Platform (CMP). The one-year base period contract is worth $9.4 million and is part of a three-year task order potentially worth $37 million.
Comms
U.S. Navy taps BAE Systems to support communications and electronics development - News
September 07, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. U.S. Navy officials selected BAE Systems to help develop vital communications and electronics. The contract spans over a 22-month period is worth an estimated $76 million.
Radar/EW
Cubic receives $25 million contract for its mobile combat training centers - News
September 07, 2017
SAN DIEGO. Officials at Cubic Global Defense, a business division of Cubic Corporation, received a contract award worth more than $25 million from a customer in the Asia-Pacific region for the delivery of three mobile combat training centers (CTC).
From The Editor
Unmanned
Navy, Georgia Tech develop system to identify talented UAS operators - News
September 05, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Georgia Tech and the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute are developing a series of specialized tests to assess cognitive abilities and personality traits, as well as identify potential Navy and Marine Corps unmanned aerial system (UAS) operators. Office of Naval Research (ONR) officials are sponsoring these tests called Selection for UAS Personnel (SUPer).
Comms
U.S. Air Force's GPS III space vehicle completes acoustic testing - News
September 05, 2017
DENVER. Lockheed Martin engineers completed a realistic simulation of the second GPS III space vehicle (GPS III SV02) during its future launch experience and passed this critical acoustic environmental test. The test was conducted on July 13.
Cyber
Avionics
CH-53K King Stallion helicopter production to begin - News
September 04, 2017
STRATFORD, Conn. The Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Maryland, selected Lockheed Martin for a Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot 1 contract to build two production CH-53K King Stallion helicopters for the U.S. Marine Corps. The contract is worth $303,974,406 million.
A.I.
Air Force shares UAV software with focus on improved human/machine interface - News
September 01, 2017
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The 711th Human Performance Wing?s (711 HPW) Airman Systems Directorate entered into five information transfer agreements (ITAs) with commercial companies to share and provide access to its Vigilant Spirit Control Station (VSCS) software package, which allows operators to control multiple unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) at once.
Avionics
ManTech selected for $39.6 million NAVAIR diagnostic and safety testing contract - News
September 01, 2017
HERNDON, Va. U.S. Navy officials selected ManTech International Corp. for a $39.6 million contract with the Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) for Systems Integration, Diagnostics and Safety Hazard Testing services for the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).
Radar/EW
Littoral Combat Ship USS Little Rock completes acceptance trials - News
September 01, 2017
MARINETTE, Wis. The future USS Little Rock, the fifth Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) built by Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine, completed acceptance trials earning the right to fly brooms atop its mast signifying a clean sweep of the ship's sea trials.
Comms
PICMG ratifies CompactPCI Serial Space specification - News
August 31, 2017
WAKEFIELD, Mass. PICMG officials announced that the CompactPCI Serial Space specification has been ratified by its members. It is a ruggedized version of CompactPCI Serial that specifically addresses the extreme environment requirements for outer space.
Comms
GaN designs, small sats, hot in space electronics market - Story
August 30, 2017
Every month the McHale Report will host an online roundtable with experts from the defense electronics industry ? from major prime contractors to defense component suppliers. Each roundtable will explore topics important to the military embedded electronics market. This month we discuss trends in the military space market with attendees and exhibitors from the Nuclear Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) held last month in New Orleans, Louisiana. They discuss the increased use of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components in mega-constellation applications, the impact of the New Space in the industry, and how the outlook for the military space market.
Avionics
New technology insertion driving legacy military and aerospace test and measurement market - Story
August 30, 2017
Officials at the Department of Defense (DoD) continue to push the useful lifetime of military and aerospace systems. For instance, the Air Force Times recently reported that the Air Force extended the life expectancy of the F-16 aircraft from 8,000 flight hours to 12,000 hours. Situations like this one are forcing test and measurement companies to contend with new technology insertion in legacy systems; the corollary to this: designers and manufacturers must also take a closer look at the acquisition process in order to stay ahead of the game.
Comms
BISim to deliver VBS3 perpetual licenses for U.S. Army games for training program of record - News
August 29, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. U.S. Army officials selected Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) to deliver perpetual licenses of Virtual Battlespace 3 (VBS3) and related services to its Games For Training (GFT) VBS3 Concurrency Program of Record. The contract spans over a five-year period.
Comms
Comtech receives additional funding to deliver communications infrastructure - News
August 29, 2017
MELVILLE, N.Y. Comtech Telecommunications Corp. received a contract modification from the U.S. Army Program Executive Office (PEO) Command, Control, Communications-Tactical (C3T) to deliver enhanced communications infrastructure for U.S. forces in the Central Command (CENTCOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR).
Cyber
ViaSat to provide cybersecurity software to keep mobile devices secure - News
August 29, 2017
CARLSBAD, Calif. ViaSat Inc. officials announced it was awarded a production contract to provide ViaSat Mobile Dynamic Defense (MDD) cybersecurity software to protect and secure Tactical Local Area Network (TACLAN) Field Computing Device - Wearable (FCD-W) platforms.
Comms
Army Research Laboratory, UF team up to develop model for lighter armor - News
August 29, 2017
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. University of Florida and U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) researchers teamed up to develop new light-weight ceramic materials that resist fracture. The end result can be used for personal protection and Army systems.
Comms
Charles River Analytics to lead study that aims to improve talent management in the Navy - News
August 28, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. U.S. Navy officials tasked Charles River Analytics Inc. to conduct a a program of study to improve talent management, including the training of individuals and staffing of Navy positions or billets.
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