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Radar/EW
Radar risk reduction efforts to begin for JSTARS Recap program - News
April 07, 2016
HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems will begin radar risk reduction efforts for the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) Recap Program.
Cyber
Combating cybersecurity threats for the DoD - Story
April 06, 2016
In a Q&A with Ed Hammersla, president Chief Strategy Officer of Forcepoint Federal, LLC, he talks about dealing with cyberthreats including DARPA?s Cyber Grand Challenge and how a holistic approach is required for the future of cybersecurity as well as the merger that formed the company and its acquisition of Stonesoft.
Radar/EW
Third-gen infrared night vision tech to be developed for U.S. Army - News
April 06, 2016
TUCSON, Ariz. DRS Technologies and Raytheon will engineer, manufacture, and develop the 3rd Generation Forward Looking Infrared B-Kit for the U.S. Army. The four-year contract with an additional two-year option is worth an estimated $56 million.
A.I.
Endeavor Robotics established after its breakaway from iRobot - News
April 06, 2016
BEDFORD, Mass. iRobot's defense and security business sale has closed for up to $45 million in total consideration, including a contingent payment based on reaching previously agreed milestones.
Avionics
Avionics development contract won by Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc. - News
April 04, 2016
WASHINGTON. The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts, will provide development and operations support to the Engineering Directorate at NASA?s Johnson Space Center in Houston under the Advanced Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) and Avionics Technology Development and Analysis II contract valued at $38.7 million.
Unmanned
DARPA selects four teams for its Gremlins program - News
April 01, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. Phase 1 contracts of DARPA?s Gremlins program were distributed to four teams led by Composite Engineering, Inc. in Roseville, California; Dynetics, Inc. in Huntsville, Alabama; General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. in San Diego, California; and Lockheed Martin Corp. in Dallas, Texas.
Cyber
Who's willing to break the Internet with MMOWGLI? - Other
April 01, 2016
In an effort to recruit new blood, the Department of the Navy (DON) has created an online wargame. MMOWGLI, also dubbed the Gen-Y game, looks to engage the Generation Y/Millennial clique to find new solutions to emerging problems within our cyber-centric world.
Radar/EW
Marine Corps squadron receives first variant of Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System - News
March 30, 2016
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 233 operating the AV-8B Harrier received the first fixed-wing aircraft variant of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS).
Radar/EW
Test evaluation & support team 2 contract won by Jacobs - News
March 29, 2016
PASADENA, Calif. NASA?s White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) near Las Cruces, New Mexico will receive test and evaluation services from Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. under a contract valued at $400 million.
Comms
DARPA's new grand challenge focuses on a collaborative electromagnetic spectrum - News
March 28, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. The Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) aims to imbue radios with advanced machine-learning capabilities so they can develop strategies that optimize the use of the wireless spectrum. In this new Grand Challenge announced by DARPA officials, the agency will reward teams that develop smart systems that collaborate and maximize the flow of radio frequency (RF) signals.
Comms
Big JLTV order comes through for Oshkosh - News
March 24, 2016
OSHKOSH, Wis. U.S. Army officials ordered 657 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV), 2,977 installed kits, and related support from Oshkosh Corp.
Cyber
NASA's worldwide hackathon challenge starts in April - News
March 23, 2016
WASHINGTON. The International Space Apps Challenge will take place April 22 ? 24. NASA officials announced that the hackathon world event will occur in Pasadena, California with local events taking place simultaneously in 193 locations across 72 countries.
Comms
Two-day DARPA event asks for proposals to improve military missions - News
March 23, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. Tactical Technology Office (TTO) officials at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have scheduled a fourth annual Proposers Day at DARPA?s office in Arlington, Virginia during April 20 ? 21, 2016. The Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) calls for executive summaries, white papers, and proposals for advanced research, development and demonstration of innovative systems for military missions.
Radar/EW
Qualification testing complete for U.S. Army's targeting system - News
March 22, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Army has completed qualification testing of DRS Technologies? Improved Bradley Acquisition Subsystem (IBAS), a target acquisition system. Testing including the firing of TOW missiles at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.
Comms
KKR acquires Airbus Group's Defence Electronics unit for $1.2 billion - News
March 21, 2016
AMSTERDAM. KKR and Airbus Group SE have reached an agreement to buy Airbus Group SE's electronics business unit ? Defence Electronics ? for an estimated ?1.1 billion ($1.2 billion).
Comms
Noise-encrypted radar tech is being developed by U.S. Army - News
March 18, 2016
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. U.S. Army Materiel Command's Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center (CERDEC) engineers are developing the Advanced Pulse Compression Noise (APCN) - a tunable, noise-encrypted radar waveform.
Radar/EW
Electromagnetic railgun tests hypersonic projectiles with prototype components - News
March 17, 2016
SAN DIEGO. At the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems? (GA-EMS) hypersonic projectiles with prototype components for its Guidance Electronics Unit (GEU) completed tests demonstrating it can perform programmed actions and communicated component performance to a ground station via a telemetry link on March 7 ? 9, 2016.
Cyber
Cybersecurity concerns prompt DoD to transition to Windows 10 - News
March 16, 2016
WASHINGTON. The Department of Defense will transition to Windows 10 to strengthen its cybersecurity per a memo by Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work.? The memo was addressed to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, defense under secretaries, defense agency directors, DoD field activity directors, secretaries of the military departments, and other senior leaders.
Radar/EW
Cobham-RFHIC team up to develop GaN-based RF products - News
March 16, 2016
LANSDALE, Pa. Officials at RFHIC Corp. of Korea and Cobham have signed a strategic Memorandum of Agreement, in which Cobham engineers will incorporate RFHIC?s Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology into the company's next-generation RF products.
Cyber
DoD $5 billion cybersecurity prime contract won by Booz Allen Hamilton - News
March 15, 2016
MCLEAN, Va. The?Department of Defense (DoD) Information Analysis Centers (IAC) Program Management Office (PMO) has tasked Booz Allen Hamilton to provide cybersecurity and information systems support under a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract.
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