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Unmanned
Guided MLRS rocket production contract won by Lockheed Martin - News
July 13, 2017
DALLAS. U.S. Army officials selected Lockheed Martin for Lot 12 production of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rockets. The contract is worth an estimated $471 million.
Unmanned
State Department approves possible FMS for Patriot air defense systems - News
July 12, 2017
WASHINGTON. State Department officials approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Romania for Patriot air defense systems, related support, and equipment. The estimated cost is $3.9 billion.
Comms
Kratos' RT Logic wins SATCOM contract to study and help define resilient ground architecture - News
July 12, 2017
SAN DIEGO. RT Logic, a subsidiary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., received the U.S. Government's Wideband Communications Architecture Study (WCAS) contract to help define the next generation resilient ground architecture for the Department of Defense (DoD).
Cyber
Booz Allen Hamilton wins $40 million BPA to enhance DoD cybersecurity automation - News
July 12, 2017
McLean, Va. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) officials selected Booz Allen Hamilton for a $40 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement to help improve Department of Defense (DoD) cybersecurity and risk management using automated security solutions for the agency?s Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS).
Avionics
SOCOM selects BAE Systems' electronic warfare suite for AC/MC130J fleet - News
July 12, 2017
NASHUA, N.H. U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) officials selected BAE Systems to provide new electronic warfare (EW) systems for its fleet of AC/MC-130J aircraft.
Comms
Cubic wins U.S. Army Europe's rotational exercise design support services contract - News
July 12, 2017
SAN DIEGO. U.S Army officials selected Cubic Global Defense (CGD), a business unit of Cubic Corp. to provide Rotational Exercise Design Support Services (REDSS) for the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC), headquartered at Hohenfels Training Area (HTA) in Germany.
Unmanned
MDA, Army complete missile defense test with THAAD system - News
July 11, 2017
KODIAK, Alaska. U.S. Missile Defense Agency engineers with support by the U.S. Army and the Ballistic Missile Defense System Operational Test Agency completed a flight test of the Lockheed Martin-built Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. This was the 14th intercept in 14 attempts for the THAAD system since 2005, officials say.
A.I.
Comms
U.S. Army to receive Raytheon's foreign language translation software - News
June 27, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. U.S. Army officials selected Raytheon BBN Technologies, a Raytheon Co. subsidiary, to deliver its foreign language translation software. The contract is worth an estimated $4 million.
Avionics
NASA's supersonic X-plane completes preliminary design review - News
June 27, 2017
WASHINGTON. NASA and Lockheed Martin engineers completed the preliminary design review (PDR) of its Quiet Supersonic Transport (QueSST) aircraft design. QueSST is the initial design stage of NASA?s planned Low Boom Flight Demonstration (LBFD) experimental airplane, which is also known as an X-plane.
Comms
MIDS JTRS Lot 5 & 5A production contracts won by ViaSat - News
June 27, 2017
CARLSBAD, Calif. U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) officials awarded ViaSat Inc. with Lot 5 and Lot 5A contracts to deliver Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) terminals to the U.S. Navy and Air Force. The contract is worth an estimated $88.3 million.
Comms
AT&T and Leidos team up to transform DoD's network to a software-defined network - News
June 26, 2017
RESTON, Va. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) officials tasked Leidos to automate private networking services. Under the task order, Leidos will team with AT&T to help transform the Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN) to a software-defined network.
Radar/EW
Metal Shark wins $54 million FMS contract to build coastal patrol vessels - News
June 26, 2017
JEANERETTE, La. U.S. Navy officials selected Metal Shark to build near Coastal Patrol Vessels (NCPVs) for United States partner nations through the Department of Defense Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. The contract is potentially worth an estimated $54 million.
Avionics
U.S. Army's Apache AH-64 completes flight test with high energy laser - News
June 26, 2017
MCKINNEY, Texas. The U.S. Army Apache Program Management Office collaborated with the U.S. Special Operations Command and Raytheon to complete a flight test of a high energy laser system onboard an Apache AH-64 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The demonstration marks the first time that a fully integrated laser system engaged and fired on a target from a rotary-wing aircraft over a wide variety of flight regimes, altitudes, and air speeds, officials say.
Comms
iGov completes production test & evaluation under TACP-MCS program - News
June 23, 2017
RESTON, Va. Engineers at iGov completed Production Acceptance Test and Evaluation on the Tactical Air Control Party-Mobile Communications System (TACP-MCS) program. Officials say, more than 200 system requirements were tested successfully, including line-of-sight, range testing for voice, data, and video.
Radar/EW
Precision guided munition GPS receivers complete testing by Rockwell Collins - News
June 22, 2017
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins completed a series of seven ballistic and guided flight tests of the company's Military-Code (M-Code) Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers. Each test demonstrated live fire tracking for precision guided munitions.
Radar/EW
Radar mission integration support contract won by Gryphon Technologies - News
June 22, 2017
WASHINGTON. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) officials selected Gryphon Technologies, LC for a single award contract to provide Mission Integration services in support of the Sea-Based X-Band Radar as it conducts its mission.
Radar/EW
Air Force taps Lockheed Martin to develop a radar threat simulator system - News
June 21, 2017
PARIS. U.S. Air Force officials selected Lockheed Martin to develop, produce, and field a threat simulator for future combat aircrew training. The contract is worth an estimated $104 million for the Advanced Radar Threat System Variant 2 (ARTS-V2) program.
Cyber
Virginia Tech & ONR develop operating system to improve computing power - News
June 21, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Virginia Tech with support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) developed an operating system that can compile different programming languages into a single cyber tongue called Popcorn Linux.
Avionics
Tata & Lockheed Martin sign F-16 Block 70 aircraft agreement - News
June 20, 2017
PARIS. Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and Lockheed Martin officials signed an agreement with the intent to jointly produce the F-16 Block 70 in India.
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