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Avionics
Engineers demo all segments of FACE aligned cockpit display at Army Aviation meeting - News
February 03, 2016
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. At the Army Aviation FACE Technical Interchange meeting in Huntsville, Alabama, engineers from different companies joined forces to demonstrate all segments of the FACE aligned cockpit display application.
Avionics
R&D Aviation Centre of Excellence facility opens its doors in Ireland - News
February 02, 2016
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. The Aviation Centre of Excellence has opened its doors in Ennis, Ireland. The research and development facility will support design, development, and manufacturing of Microsemi’s product line of aviation intelligent power solutions (IPS).
Comms
U.S. Air Force contract offers an expedited process to battle-management programs - News
February 02, 2016
HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. U.S. Air Force officials have selected five small businesses and one large business to procure, integrate, field, and support battle-management and command and control (C2) systems under the Platform Engineering and Integration for Tactical and Strategic Systems (PEITSS) contract vehicle. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract’s estimated ceiling value is $538 million.
Radar/EW
CERDEC's technical interchange meeting to identify R&D investments opens for registration - News
February 01, 2016
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. On March 31-April 1, the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center (CERDEC) will hold a two-day technical interchange meeting (TIM) to identify and align beneficial research and development (R&D) investments.
Radar/EW
Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle test demonstrates redesign thrusters for missile defense - News
February 01, 2016
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. During a Missile Defense Agency flight test, engineers gathered data and observed in-flight performance on Raytheon’s Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV), which demonstrated the redesign of the EKV thrusters that provides the control necessary for lethal impact with incoming threats while safely outside of the Earth's atmosphere.
Comms
Military space launch is key topic at Senate Armed Services Committee - News
January 28, 2016
WASHINGTON. On January 27, before the Senate Armed Services Committee Air Force Secretary (SecAF) Deborah Lee James and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Frank Kendall testified on the use of Russian-made rocket engines and on military space launch, highlighting space capabilities' role in national security, the importance of modernization, and the need for end-to-end space launch services.
Radar/EW
JSTARS Recap program includes upgrades to AESA radars - News
January 28, 2016
HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. The U.S. Air Force Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) is in the middle of its recapitalization program, which includes upgrading from its current radar system to the active electronically scanned array, (AESA) radar.
Cyber
U.S. Army officials select Parsons for cybersecurity contract - News
January 27, 2016
PASADENA, Calif. U.S. Army officials selected Parsons for a technology initiative contract for Deployable Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO) Infrastructure (DDI) in support of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology.
Unmanned
Military officials green light the RQ-21A Blackjack UAS for operation - News
January 27, 2016
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aircraft system (UAS) received the green light for operation on January 13 by U.S. Navy and Marine Corps officials.
Comms
CompactPCI Serial standard working group looking to extend tech into space - News
January 26, 2016
WAKEFIELD, Ma. PICMG officials are seeking additional companies to form a working group that will help plan and develop a Space CompactPCI Serial standard and extend the technology to space applications.
Cyber
Merger process of Leidos and Lockheed Martin's Information Systems & Global Solutions begins - News
January 26, 2016
RESTON, Va. In a Reverse Morris Trust transaction, Leidos and Lockheed Martin’s realigned Information Systems & Global Solutions business (IS&GS) will merge into one company.
Comms
Command and control system completes demo on unmanned vehicle, adds to U.S. Navy portfolio - News
January 25, 2016
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. During a series of underwater missions at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport in Puget Sound, Washington, the Navy completed testing of the Common Control System (CCS) with a submersible unmanned vehicle. The test results demonstrated the CCS capability to provide command and control to a surrogate Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV).
Radar/EW
Northrop Grumman and MACOM team up on developing radar arrays - News
January 25, 2016
LOWELL, Mass. Northrop Grumman and M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (MACOM) have entered into a teaming agreement that establishes MACOM as the exclusive partner to develop and manufacture radar arrays using MACOM’s active antenna technology, targeting defense programs and platforms.
Cyber
Under cyber research network subcontract with AFRL, NCI continues IT support - News
January 22, 2016
RESTON, Va. In a subcontract valued an estimated $9 million, NCI engineers will continue to provide IT support services to U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Rome Research Site (RRS) in Rome, New York.
Comms
U.S. communications terminal becomes operational in Qatar - News
January 22, 2016
AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar. At the Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the first fully funded modernization enterprise terminal (MET) outside the U.S. is now operational. Costing $15 million, MET provides secure communications capabilities that include voice, video, and data services. The terminal links service members in the U.S. Central Command area with military leaders around the world.
Comms
U.S. Army's Project Director, Network Enablers contract won by Booz Allen Hamilton - News
January 21, 2016
MCLEAN, Va. The General Services Administration (GSA)Federal Systems Integration and Management center (FEDSIM) executed a five-year task order totaling an estimated $159 million for Booz Allen Hamilton to provide the U.S. Army - Project Director, Network Enablers (PD Net E) systems engineering services to streamline the Army’s tactical and data network capabilities under the GSA Alliant contract.
Comms
Satcom division at CPI will continue to provide X-band traveling wave tube amplifiers to the military - News
January 21, 2016
PALO ALTO, Calif. The Satcom division of Communications & Power Industries LLC (CPI) will continue to provide high-power, X-band traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs) and related products for a military communications program.
Radar/EW
Sonar system to be designed for smaller naval ships and unmanned platforms - News
January 20, 2016
SINGAPORE. In a collaboration agreement between Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions’ INDAL business unit and GeoSpectrum Technologies, engineers will design a sonar system for smaller surface ship and unmanned surface vehicle (USV) markets.
Radar/EW
VITA 48.8 air-flow through cooling standard working group formed - News
January 19, 2016
HOUSTON. At Embedded Tech Trends, VITA officials announced the formation of a working group that will develop new air-flow through (AFT) cooling standard, VITA 48.8, for use in size, weight, power, and cost (SWAP-C) constrained 3U and 6U VPX module-based systems.
Radar/EW
Defense contractor orders digital signal processing modules from Mercury - News
January 18, 2016
CHELMSFORD, Mass. Officials at Mercury Systems booked an order for digital signal processing modules for an unmanned airborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) application.
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