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Unmanned
U.S. Navy demonstrates cross-domain communications capabilities between UUVs and UAVs - News
September 09, 2016
RHODE ISLAND. The U.S. Navy completed an exercise demonstrating that AeroVironment's submarine-launched Blackwing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can link with a swarm of unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs) and communicate with the submarine combat control system. The exercise was conducted during the Annual Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX).
Radar/EW
USS Zumwalt heads to San Diego as more testing and evaluation is scheduled - News
September 08, 2016
BATH, Maine. U.S. Zumwalt (DDG-1000) begins its three-month journey heading to its homeport in San Diego after completing assessments and crew verifications. Officials scheduled the USS Zumwalt's commissioning ceremony during Fleet Week Maryland in Baltimore on October 15.
Radar/EW
Combat helmet-mounted IDVS combines data with multispectral vision sensors - News
September 07, 2016
ADELAIDE, Australia. At the Land Forces 2016 in Adelaide, Australia Rockwell Collins officials introduced a combat helmet-mounted Integrated Digital Vision System (IDVS) for warfighters. It is a display system that combines real-time mission data with multispectral vision sensors into one view.
Comms
U.S. Army officials establish Rapid Capabilities Office - News
September 07, 2016
WASHINGTON. To expedite critical technologies to the field, the U.S. Army created a Rapid Capabilities Office and will conduct rapid materiel development and delivery efforts to address immediate, near-term, and mid-term Combatant Commanders' needs.
Cyber
USAF selects General Dynamics' updated KIV-78 system with cryptographic modules - News
September 06, 2016
FAIRFAX, Va. U.S. Air Force officials selected General Dynamics Mission Systems to deliver updated Air Identification Friend or Foe (AIFF) Mode 4/5 KIV-78 Combined Interrogator/Transponder Applique. Deliveries are expected to begin in February 2017.
Radar/EW
Marine Corps orders nine more G/ATOR systems from Northrop Grumman - News
September 06, 2016
BALTIMORE. U.S. Marine Corps officials ordered an additional nine AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) low rate initial production (LRIP) systems from Northrop Grumman.
Comms
Littoral Combat Ships: getting back to the basics - Other
September 05, 2016
Engineering casualties are plaguing the fleet of Littoral Combat Ships (LCS). In the past year, four ships have been sidelined because of design and engineering issues, as well as personnel errors. The thing about engineering casualties, it?s a time for the underdog to shine.
Radar/EW
MDA tasks Charles River Analytics to improve sensor fusion systems - News
September 02, 2016
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) officials will continue working with Charles River Analytics in a follow-on contract to improve the performance of sensor fusion systems in ballistic missile defense systems. The two year contract is valued an estimated $1 million.
Radar/EW
Microsemi to provide master reference oscillators for USAF SBIRS satellite program - News
September 01, 2016
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. Lockheed Martin representatives selected Microsemi?s master reference oscillator for the U.S. Air Force's Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite program. Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor of the SBIRS program, which is replacing the 1970s Defense Support Program constellation.
Radar/EW
Indian-based Tata Power Co. and Javelin Joint Venture sign Letter of Intent - News
August 31, 2016
TUCSON, Ariz. Tata Power Company Limited representatives operating through its Strategic Engineering Division (SED) and Javelin Joint Venture officials ? a Raytheon and Lockheed Martin partnership ? signed a letter of intent (LOI) to explore co-development and production of the Javelin anti-armor missile system.
Radar/EW
Collaboration between U.S. Navy and Raytheon improves mine-hunting sonar - News
August 31, 2016
PORTSMOUTH, R.I. Engineers at Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) ? Division Newport and Raytheon worked together to enhance Raytheon?s AN/AQS-20A mine-hunting sonar, improving the system?s ability to identify and classify mines.
Unmanned
Department of Navy and Canada sign deal to sell first RQ-21A Blackjack system - News
August 30, 2016
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. U.S. Department of the Navy (DoN) and Canadian Department of National Defense officials signed an agreement for the international sale of the RQ-21A Blackjack Unmanned Air System (UAS).
Avionics
Navy begins construction on test range operation center for aviation programs - News
August 30, 2016
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, and construction contractor G-W Management Services officials broke ground on the new center of operations for NAWCAD's Atlantic Test Ranges (ATR) on August 24, 2016.
Radar/EW
MK 54 lightweight torpedo contract won by Raytheon - News
August 29, 2016
EWKSBURY, Mass. Naval Sea Systems Command officials in Washington, District of Columbia selected Raytheon to provide MK 54 lightweight torpedo common parts kits; MK 54 Mod 0 lightweight torpedo kits; and MK 54 exercise fuel tanks including spares, production support material, engineering support, and hardware repair support.
Avionics
U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviation training contract won by Cubic - News
August 29, 2016
SAN DIEGO. Naval Air Warfare Center, Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) officials placed a task order worth approximate $80 million with Cubic Global Defense ? a Cubic Corp. business unit ? to support the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps' aviation training.
Radar/EW
Smartphone-sized nuclear-radiation detectors developed by DARPA - News
August 26, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) researchers developed and demonstrated a network of smartphone-sized mobile devices that can detect radioactive materials.
Comms
U.S. Navy frigates will be equipped with Lockheed Martin's combat management system - News
August 24, 2016
MOORESTOWN, N.J. Lockheed Martin engineers will equip U.S. Navy frigates with the company?s combat management system, the COMBATSS-21. The contract, for the U.S. Navy's frigate ship program, spans over five years and is worth up to an estimated $79.5 million.
Comms
USAF & Rockwell Collins complete flight test demonstrating Wideband HF connectivity - News
August 24, 2016
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. The U.S. Air Force and Rockwell Collins collaborated in a demonstration to transfer data from a C-17 airborne aircraft to a ground station over a Wideband High Frequency (WBHF) channel. The event took place over the duration of a two-day flight between Dover AFB Delaware and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, using a Wideband HF Receiver-Exciter configured for airborne operation.
Avionics
South Korean army to receive Boeing's Apache Longbow Crew Trainer - News
August 23, 2016
ST. LOUIS. The Republic of Korea army will receive Boeing?s Apache Longbow Crew Trainer for the AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopters.
Unmanned
RQ-4 Global Hawk to receive ground segment upgrades - News
August 23, 2016
SAN DIEGO. U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center officials tasked Northrop Grumman to modernize the ground segment for the Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS).
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