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Cyber
Perspecta Labs to demo multimodal DDoS defense solution under DARPA XD3 program - News
February 14, 2019
CHANTILLY, Va. Perspecta Labs -- a research unit at Perspecta Inc. -- will continue its research and development (R&D) work on cyber defenses against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under a new contract modification worth up to $2.7 million, dependent on successful completion of milestones.
A.I.
Applied Insight strengths AI, analytics portfolio with new acquisitions - News
February 14, 2019
WASHINGTON. Applied Insight officials -- back by The Acacia Group -- announced the acquisition of Applied Technology Group (ATG) and Stratus Solutions. These acquisitions strengthen Applied Insight?s advanced cloud, analytics, and artificial intelligence capabilities.
Comms
DARPA adds PARC and GMU to its ConSec program - News
February 13, 2019
PALO ALTO, Calif. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) officials selected the Palo Alto Research Center, Inc. (PARC, a Xerox company) and George Mason University (GMU) to work under the agency's Configuration Security program (ConSec).
Radar/EW
Saab seals deal with France for Giraffe AMB support services - News
February 13, 2019
STOCKHOLM, Sweden. The French Ministry of Defence?s Direction de la Maintenance A?ronautique (DMA?) signed a contract with Saab for surface-based radar system Giraffe AMB support services.
Avionics
Accelerating supersonic travel is goal of Boeing, Aerion partnership - News
February 13, 2019
CHICAGO. Boeing and Aerion are partnering to accelerate advancements in supersonic travel, officials announce.
Unmanned
FLIR Systems agrees to add Endeavor Robotics to it's unmanned system portfolio - News
February 13, 2019
WILSONVILLE, Ore. Officials at FLIR Systems, Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Endeavor Robotic Holdings, Inc., a developer of tactical unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) for the global military, public safety, and critical infrastructure markets, from Arlington Capital Partners for $385 million in cash.
Radar/EW
Navy releases $184 million in funds under SEWIP Block 2 contract - News
February 12, 2019
SYRACUSE, N.Y. The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $184 million firm-fixed-price modification to exercise options for full rate production of Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 2 systems.
Unmanned
Digital ELINT sensor completes demo onboard MQ-9 Predator - News
February 12, 2019
SAN DIEGO. Raytheon Deutschland GmbH (based in Freising, Germany) and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) collaborated to demonstrate the performance of the newly developed Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) sensor called the Advanced Radar Detection System (ARDS). The payload was integrated in a wing-mounted pod and test-flown on an MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA).
A.I.
Machine learning aids early detection of anomalies in cybersecurity analysis from Frost & Sullivan - News
February 12, 2019
SANTA CLARA, Calif. Frost & Sullivan?s analysis titled "Envisioning the Next-Generation Cybersecurity Practices," presents an overview of cybersecurity in enterprises and analyzes the drivers and challenges to the adoption of best practices in cybersecurity. It also covers the technologies impacting the future of cybersecurity and the main purchase factors.
Unmanned
Army study find autonomous machines increases cooperation among individuals - News
February 12, 2019
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. Researchers from the U.S. Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory, the Army's Institute for Creative Technologies and Northeastern University (NU) collaborated in a new research study that suggests the use of autonomous machines increases cooperation among individuals.
A.I.
Army scientists find catch-22 in using AI with military applications - News
February 12, 2019
ADELPHI, Md. The U.S. Army is collaborating with researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSC) to test the hypothesis that many people trust their own abilities far more than that of an artificial intelligence (AI) entity and its effects in military applications.
A.I.
Machine learning, deep learning networks support drone security in UND research project - Story
February 12, 2019
A research team from the University of North Dakota (UND) has been working since mid-2017 under a grant from Rockwell Collins with the aim of addressing cybersecurity concerns involving unmanned aerial systems (UASs), more commonly called drones. The research, which is concluding in early 2019, has expanded to include a swarm of small-scale UASs, giving UND students real-world, hands-on experience using machine learning and neural networks to detect multiple targets in national airspace.
Unmanned
Navy receives first two AQS-24C mine hunting systems - News
February 11, 2019
ANNAPOLIS, Md. Northrop Grumman officials delivered the first two AQS-24C mine hunting systems to the U.S. Navy.
A.I.
DARPA aims to develop defenses to thwart attempts to deceive machine learning algorithms - News
February 08, 2019
ARLINGTON, Va. Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) created the Guaranteeing AI Robustness against Deception (GARD) program, which aims to develop a new generation of defenses against adversarial deception attacks on machine learning (ML) models.
A.I.
Navy releases funds to enhance DATEM, a real-time alert system - News
February 08, 2019
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. U.S. Navy officials released additional funding to Charles River Analytics to extend and enhance the company's Distributed Analysis Tool for Enterprise Monitoring (DATEM) full-scope prototype. The DATEM contract with options is valued at approximately $1.5 million over four years.
Unmanned
Ship Self Defense System ICS completes first live fire test with UAV - News
February 07, 2019
TEWKSBURY, Mass. The U.S. Navy and Raytheon completed live first testing onboard a Self Defense Test Ship on the Ship Self Defense System (SSDS) Integrated Combat System (ICS) for the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). During testing, the system successfully engaged an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) target off the coast of California.
Avionics
BISim tasked to demo training virtual reality capabilities for British army - News
February 06, 2019
FARNBOROUGH, U.K. British army officials tasked Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) to demonstrate the art of the possible using virtual reality, machine learning, and cloud computing for the Army?s Collective Training Transformation Program (CTTP). The pilot program has been made available through the Defence Innovation Fund, MOD investment into innovation
Radar/EW
Navy NTCDL system to incorporate Systel's rugged servers - News
February 06, 2019
SUGAR LAND, Texas. Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) rugged computing solutions provider Systel Inc. will deliver its rugged high-density computing servers to support the U.S. Navy's Network Tactical Common Data Link (NTCDL) system.
Radar/EW
HHI garners $15.2 billion multiship contract to build Ford-class carriers - News
February 06, 2019
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. U.S. Navy officials modified an existing contract with Huntington Ingalls Industries' (HHI) Newport News Shipbuilding division for a multiship contract valued at $15.2 billion. HHI will design and construct two Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers designated Enterprise CVN 80 and CVN 81.
Avionics
L3 to leverage B-2 aircrew training system under $120 million contract - News
February 06, 2019
NEW YORK. L3 Technologies officials signed a $120 million contract to continue training U.S. Air Force (USAF) B-2 pilots, maintainers, and weapons-loading personnel using its B-2 Aircrew Training System.
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