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Radar/EW
Defense Microelectronics Activity adds Cobham to 7.2 billion electronics contract - News
April 21, 2016
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) officials selected Cobham for a position on the Advanced Technology Support Program IV (ATSP4) indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with a ceiling value of $7.2 billion.
Unmanned
JASSM-ER missile production to continue for U.S. Air Force - News
April 21, 2016
ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin will continue production of its Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER) for the U.S. Air Force. The contract brings the JASSM and JASSM-ER missiles delivered or under contract to more than 2,700.
Radar/EW
Electronic warfare simulator contract won by Textron Systems - News
April 20, 2016
HUNT VALLEY, Md. Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) officials selected Textron Systems Electronic Systems to provide its Advanced Architecture Phase Amplitude and Time Simulator (A2PATS) system and additional upgrade components to the NAWCWD Electronic Combat Simulation and Evaluation Laboratory (ECSEL).
Comms
Deep space habitat prototype proposals sought by NASA - News
April 20, 2016
WASHINGTON. NASA officials are seeking proposals for the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 (NextSTEP-2) in support of the agency?s Journey to Mars mission. NextSTEP-2 requests industry proposals for concept studies and technology development projects in the areas of habitation, advanced propulsion, and small satellites.
Radar/EW
Northrop Grumman's IBCS engages multiple targets in Army missile test - News
April 19, 2016
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. The U.S. Army completed an engagement flight test with Northrop Grumman?s Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS), demonstrating the IBCS capability to identify, track, and engage multiple targets.
Unmanned
Flight tests will aid in developing FAA UAS regulations - News
April 19, 2016
WASHINGTON. Beginning the end of April through June, Honeywell, General Atomics Aeronautics Systems, Inc (GA-ASI), the RTCA Special Committee (SC)-228, and NASA will conduct the fourth flight test in a series of demonstrations that will help engineers validate and advance technologies for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) as they integrate into the National Airspace System (NAS).
Unmanned
MUM-T operations on the U.S. Army's UAS roadmap - Story
April 19, 2016
Manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) operations combine the strengths of each platform to increase situational awareness, allowing the armed forces to conduct operations that include combat support and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.
Cyber
NSA crowns U.S. Military Academy in 16th cyberdefense exercise - News
April 18, 2016
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. National Security Agency (NSA) officials announced the U.S. Military Academy at West Point as the winner of the NSA's 16th Annual Cyber Defense Exercise (CDX). NSA's CDX - sponsored by NSA's Information Assurance Directorate (IAD) - challenged service academy teams to protect networks that were designed, built, and configured at their respective schools.
Avionics
U.S. Army places remanufacturing order for 117 AH-64D Apaches - News
April 15, 2016
MESA, Ariz. U.S. Army officials placed a remanufacturing order with Boeing for 117 AH-64D Apaches to upgrade to the AH-64E configuration. The contract valued at an estimated $1.5 billion includes Longbow Crew Trainers, logistic support, and spares.
Comms
U.S. Air Force's NextGen GPS OCX completes first qualification test - News
April 14, 2016
AURORA, Colo. Raytheon engineers completed the Configuration Item Qualification Test (CIQT) of the U.S Air Force's Global Positioning System Next Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX). The testing was conducted with a government-provided GPS III satellite simulator.
Comms
Albany International completes acquisition of Harris' Aerostructures business - News
April 14, 2016
MELBOURNE, Fla. Albany International completed the acquisition of Harris Corp.'s Aerostructures business unit for an estimated value of $210 million, including $187 million in cash at closing, as well as a $23 million capitalized lease.
Unmanned
UAV demonstrates optical sense-and-avoid capability - News
April 13, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. DARPA?s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program completed flight tests with the sense-and-avoid (SAA) system integrated into an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). In the demonstration, the UAV detected and tracked in real-time a Cessna 172G aircraft.
Radar/EW
Electronic warfare & electromagnetic spectrum focus of ONR program - Other
April 13, 2016
Office of Naval Research (ONR) experts are enabling full electromagnetic spectrum control for the military under a research and development (R&D) effort called the Electronic Warfare Discovery & Invention (EW D&I) program. Under this program BAE Systems won a contract and is leading a team that will enable the military to access and control all waveforms needed for electronic warfare (EW).
Radar/EW
Rugged fiber optics for radar applications - Story
April 12, 2016
To meet size, weight, and power (SWaP) requirements as well as higher-bandwidth demands in radar applications, engineers are leaning towards fiber optics as the answer. The challenge is designing them to be rugged to withstand harsh environments. In this Q&A with Gerald Persaud, vice president of business development of Reflex Photonics in Pointe-Claire, Canada and Ray Alderman Chairman of the Board for VITA, they address these challenges.
Radar/EW
Lithium-ion battery completes testing on SOCOM undersea vehicle - News
April 12, 2016
SAN DIEGO. The U.S. Navy completed on-hull demonstration testing on a Special Operations Command (SOCOM) undersea vehicle with General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems's (GA-EMS) Lithium-ion Fault Tolerant (LiFT) battery. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division integrated the LiFT battery into the undersea vehicle.
Unmanned
DARPA & ONR to begin open-water testing on unmanned "Sea Hunter" ship - News
April 11, 2016
PORTLAND, Ore. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will begin open-water testing of the Agency?s Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program.
Radar/EW
Next phase of development begins for U.S. Navy's NextGen Jammer - News
April 11, 2016
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. U.S. Navy officials gave the go-ahead for the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) Increment 1 (Inc 1) to enter the next phase of development.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy sonar tech improves anti-submarine warfare capabilities - Other
April 08, 2016
Among the winners of the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Innovations awards is Chief Sonar Technician (Surface) Benjamin Lebron, who improved the way Sonar Technicians in the fleet tracked and located submarines. Hooyah, Chief!
Avionics
Patriot Excalibur software contract won by Jacobs - News
April 08, 2016
PASADENA, Calif. U.S. Air Force officials selected Jacobs Engineering Group to provide Patriot Excalibur (PEX) software and systems engineering support in a three-year contract valued at an estimated $36.5 million.
Unmanned
MQ-8C Fire Scout completes operational assessment with data link - News
April 07, 2016
SAN DIEGO. U.S. Navy's unmanned aerial system (UAS), MQ-8C Fire Scout - built by Northrop Grumman - completed an operational assessment with Cubic Global Defense?s Wide Band Line of Sight (WBLOS) data link system.
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