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Cyber
Navy to outsource cybersecurity leadership - Other
July 01, 2016
There is an immediate need for cybersecurity specialists to join the ranks in the Navy. To meet that demand and prepare sailors in the cyber domain, the Navy will move forward with its plans to hire civilians for positions as high as chief petty officer or captain. Moving forward, however, means understanding the Navy lacks leadership where it's required and evolving cybersecurity threats have already proved to be too much for our current resources.
Comms
Company officials restructure ThalesRaytheonSystems joint venture - News
July 01, 2016
WALTHAM, Mass. Thales and Raytheon officials restructured their joint venture company, ThalesRaytheonSystems, to focus only on NATO agencies and NATO member nations for delivery of the Command and Control System, Theatre Missile Defense, and Ballistic Missile Defense (ACCS).
Radar/EW
LVC demonstration completed by Rockwell Collins in France, U.K., and U.S. - News
July 01, 2016
TOULOUSE, France. Engineers from Rockwell Collins completed a Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) demonstration where they connected simulators and aircraft in the U.K., France, and the U.S.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy deploys MQ-8B Fire Scout with new radar to assist in flight operations - News
June 29, 2016
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. U.S. Navy officials announced the MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter deployed on the USS Coronado (LCS-4) equipped with the new AN/ZPY-4(V)1 radar for manned/unmanned teaming flight operations.
Comms
Raytheon completes testing on USAF GPS OCX controls - News
June 28, 2016
AURORA, Colo. Engineers at Raytheon completed the "Run For Record" test of the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) Black Wide Area Network (B-WAN), which provides network connectivity to unclassified external interfaces for GPS OCX.
Cyber
University and Navy officials sign education agreement with cybersecurity focus - News
June 28, 2016
ORLANDO, Fla. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) and University of South Florida (USF) representatives entered into an Educational Partnership Agreement that will focus especially in the areas of cybersecurity and cyber warfare modeling, simulation, training, and human performance (MST&HP). The agreement will leverage the combined resources of both organizations for the pursuit of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education.
Radar/EW
Harris to provide electronic warfare decoy tech to Navy program - News
June 27, 2016
MELBOURNE, Fla. U.S. Naval Research Laboratory officials placed an order with Harris Corp. to provide maritime electronic warfare (EW) payloads for its Advanced Decoy Architecture Project (ADAP) program. The order is valued an estimated $27 million.
Unmanned
Counter-UAS capability demonstrated by Lockheed Martin counter-fire radar - News
June 27, 2016
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Lockheed Martin?s AN/TPQ-53 counter-fire radar completed a demonstration where the system tracked and identified unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and shared that information with a command and control node.
Comms
DoD and Estonian officials sign tech R&D agreement - News
June 24, 2016
WASHINGTON. U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Estonian Ministry of Defense officials signed an agreement reinforcing cooperation between the two parties on technological research and development (R&D), testing, and evaluation activities.
Radar/EW
Northrop Grumman selects IEE's 3.5-inch display for JCREW program - News
June 24, 2016
VAN NUYS, Calif. Northrop Grumman officials selected Industrial Electronic Engineers' (IEE) 3.5-inch hand-held control display unit (CDU) to use in the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (JCREW) Increment 1 Block 1 (I1B1) program.
Radar/EW
Kuwait upgrades its Patriot Air and Missile Defense System - News
June 23, 2016
ANDOVER, Mass. Raytheon engineers will upgrade the State of Kuwait?s Patriot Air and Missile Defense System to the Configuration 3+, the most modern system currently fielded. The contract, awarded by the U.S. Army, is valued at an estimated $523 million.
Comms
Harris to provide secure tactical communications under Foreign Military Sales program - News
June 23, 2016
ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) officials selected Harris Corp. under a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program to provide secure tactical communications solutions.
Unmanned
FAA releases new regulations on small UAS - News
June 22, 2016
WASHINGTON. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials released the awaited new rules and regulations for small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The regulations - called Small Unmanned Aircraft Regulations (Part 107) - will take effect in late August and industry officials say it has the potential to create more than 100,000 new jobs over the next ten years as well as generate more than $82 billion for the U.S. economy.
Unmanned
U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Triton demonstrates new capabilities during flight tests - News
June 22, 2016
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The U.S. Navy?s MQ-4C Triton completed two flight tests demonstrating the unmanned aerial system (UAS) capabilities to extend its time on station as well as its interoperability between platforms.
Comms
U.S. Army tasked BAE Systems to provide geospatial intelligence capabilities - News
June 21, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. BAE Systems will provide geospatial intelligence technical and analytical support to the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) under the Global Intelligence five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at an estimated $75 million.
Radar/EW
Electromagnetic spectrum R&D contract won by Alion Science and Technology - News
June 21, 2016
McLean, Va. Defense Information Systems Agency?s (DISA) Defense Spectrum Organization (DSO) officials tasked Alion Science and Technology to help drive electromagnetic spectrum research and development (R&D) to improve efficiency and increase sharing between commercial and federal spectrums under a five-year multiple-award contract that is valued up to an estimated $137 million.
Cyber
DoD announces "Hack the Pentagon" results and future cybersecurity plans - News
June 20, 2016
WASHINGTON. Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) Ash Carter announced the results of Hack the Pentagon, a Department of Defense (DoD) cyber bug bounty program. Out of all the submissions, officials deemed 138 were to considered to be legitimate, unique, and eligible for a bounty.
Comms
U.S. Navy announces first network-enabled weapon to achieve initial operational capability - News
June 20, 2016
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. Rear Adm. DeWolfe Miller, director of Air Warfare, announced that the U.S. Navy?s first air-to-ground network-enabled weapon, Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1, completed operational testing against land and sea targets, achieving Initial Operational Capability (IOC).
A.I.
Stories are part of the curriculum for artificial intelligence robots - Other
June 17, 2016
Researchers at Georgia Tech with support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) have designed an ingenious ? arguably ? artificial intelligence (AI) software that will teach robots the difference between right and wrong. Through the art of storytelling, the software, called Quixote, should teach the robot acceptable behavior in social gatherings.
Radar/EW
DARPA's M3IC program aims to research magnetic components to create radar systems - News
June 17, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. The Magnetic, Miniaturized, and Monolithically Integrated Components (M3IC), a new Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program, will research miniaturized magnetic components with the goal to catalyze chip-based innovations in radar and other radio frequency (RF) systems.
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