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Unmanned
U.S. Navy demonstrates future mission control system in MQ-25 program - News
April 17, 2017
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. U.S. Navy officials completed its first demonstration in the MQ-25 program validating how the mission control system from an aircraft carrier will control and transmit information to an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) in the future.
Radar/EW
RF and microwave technology enabling multimission unmanned systems - Story
April 17, 2017
The different roles that unmanned aerial systems (UASs) play - whether used for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), search-and-rescue missions, or photography - are prompting engineers to design more RF and microwave content into these systems to meet all the Department of Defense (DoD) as well as civilian requirements.
Unmanned
Astrotech Space Operations wins NASA's commercial payload processing contract - News
April 14, 2017
TITUSVILLE, Fla. Officials at NASA selected Astrotech Space Operations, LLC, located at Titusville, Florida, to provide commercial payload processing services for agency missions launching from NASA?s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Radar/EW
Avionics
Navy and Coast Guard partner to extend life of Naval Academy's training craft - News
April 13, 2017
WASHINGTON. U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) officials are partnering to implement a Service Life Extension Plan (SLEP) on up to five of the Yard Patrol (YP) 676 Class Training Craft.
Radar/EW
Curtiss-Wright delivers data acquisition flight units for NASA's Orion spacecraft - News
April 13, 2017
COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions officials delivered eight data acquisition flight units for integration into NASA?s Orion spacecraft that is planned for use in the Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), Orion?s second test flight in space. Curtiss-Wright expects to deliver the ninth and final MnACQ-2000 by the end of June 2017.
Radar/EW
BAE Systems wins position in $3 billion contract to develop next-gen space & missile defense - News
April 13, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. U.S. Army officials selected BAE Systems for a position in a $3 billion indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to continue supporting the U.S. Army?s Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (SMDC/ARSTRAT).
Comms
Raytheon completes upgrades to processing system for JPSS satellite - News
April 12, 2017
AURORA, Colo. Engineers at Raytheon completed the upgrades and final testing of data transport and processing system for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPPS) Common Ground System (CGS), which provides weather and environmental data used by NASA, NOAA, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the agencies' international partners.
Avionics
U.S. Air Force extends F-16 service life - News
April 12, 2017
FORT WORTH, Texas. U.S. Air Force officials are extending the service life of the Lockheed Martin's F-16 from 8,000 to 12,000 equivalent flight hours.
Comms
B-Temia & Lockheed Martin enter agreement to license bionic augmentation technology - News
April 11, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin and B-Temia, Inc. officials entered into an agreement to license B-Temia's bionic augmentation technology called Dermoskeleton. Lockheed plans to use the licensed technology for its FORTIS exoskeleton program.
Avionics
Rockwell Collins continues to modernize military test ranges in second production lot contract - News
April 11, 2017
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins will support the second production lot of the Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS) for upgrading Air Force, Navy and Army test ranges under a Department of Defense (DoD) contract worth an estimated $21 million.
Cyber
Security at the hardware level is the goal of DARPA's SSITH program - News
April 10, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials launched a new program that aims to protect against cyberintruders at the hardware and circuit level, rather than relying only on software-based security patches. The System Security Integrated Through Hardware and Firmware (SSITH) program aims to design security directly at the hardware architecture level.
Cyber
Army Research Laboratory releases open source policy to share software - News
April 07, 2017
ADELPHI, Md. U.S. Army Research Laboratory officials developed an Open Source policy for the sharing ARL-developed software. The goal is to increase collaboration and incentivize innovative ideas among federal and nonfederal research organizations.
Avionics
U.S. Navy selects Elbit Systems to deliver helmet display and mission processor for MH-60S - News
April 07, 2017
FORT WORTH, Texas. U.S. Navy officials selected Elbit Systems of America, LLC - a subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd. - for a $50 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to provide the Helmet Display and Tracker System (HDTS) with the Continuously Computed Impact Point (CCIP) algorithm for the MH-60S.
Radar/EW
Missile Defense Agency selects Raytheon for AN/TPY-2 GaN upgrade - News
April 06, 2017
TEWKSBURY, Mass. U.S. Missile Defense Agency officials tasked Raytheon to continue the development of hardware and software that will add gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor technology to the AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar. The contract with the modification is worth an estimate $10 million.
Unmanned
Aurora Flight Sciences' LightningStrike VTOL aircraft completes flight test program - News
April 06, 2017
MANASSAS, Va. Engineers at Aurora Flight Sciences completed its planned flight test program of the company's XV-24A LightningStrike Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) X-Plane subscale vehicle demonstrator (SVD) aircraft. The project, which is funded through Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), demonstrated technical features of the XV-24A including outbound and inbound transition flight.
Radar/EW
PICMG adds server-grade functionality to COM Express specification - News
April 06, 2017
WAKEFIELD, Ma. Officials at PICMG announced the release of Revision 3.0 of COM Express, which adds adds server-grade functionality to COM Express embedded computing systems.
Unmanned
U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Triton completes software upgrade test - News
April 06, 2017
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. U.S. Navy engineers completed formal lab testing of the Northrop Grumman-built MQ-4C Triton. Engineers also conducting a flight test with an upgraded software suite that enhances the autonomous unmanned system?s operational capabilities and enables Early Operational Capability (EOC) deployment in early 2018.
Unmanned
L3 Technologies acquires UUV-based tech company: OceanServer Technology - News
April 05, 2017
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. L3 Technologies officials announced the acquisition of OceanServer Technology, Inc. at this year's Sea-Air-Space, the Navy League's Global Maritime Exposition. The business unit has been renamed L3 OceanServer and will be integrated into the company?s Sensor Systems segment. The terms were not disclosed.
Comms
Esterline displays multi-level secure communication system at Sea-Air-Space 2017 - News
April 04, 2017
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. At this year's Sea-Air-Space show, the Navy League's Global Maritime Exposition, Esterline showcased its Palomar and AVISTA brands of Esterline Control & Communication Systems, as well as the Codis brand of Esterline Advanced Displays.
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