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Cyber

Cyber research and development contract with Carnegie Mellon extended by DoD, has $2.7 billion value - News

July 07, 2020
Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems   U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)   Carnegie Mellon University  

PITTSBURGH, Pa.  Carnegie Mellon University has extended its contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) regarding operation of its Software Engineering Institute -- for an additional term of five years with a value of up to $2.7 billion -- thereby ensuring that the federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) will continue to support national security by advancing and transitioning the science, technologies, and practices needed to make software a strategic advantage for the DoD.

Comms

Modular communications contract for expeditionary units awarded to PacStar by DoD - News

July 07, 2020
Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems   PacStar   U.S. Army   U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)  

PORTLAND, Ore. PacStar has garnered a contract to support the U.S. Army’s Expeditionary Signal Battalion-Enhanced (ESB-E) program with its PacStar 400-Series modular communications platform that is aimed at enhancing agile and reliable tactical communications for the Army's expeditionary-style warfare units.

Radar/EW

Hypersonic missile tech will be focus of U.S. DoD, Norway alliance - News

April 21, 2020
Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems   U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)  
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Norway’s defense ministry announced an agreement -- the first to be publicly revealed under DoD’s new Allied Prototyping Initiative (API) -- to partner on development of ramjet-propulsion technologies, which the U.S. Navy and Army have been studying closely to power future hypersonic missiles.
A.I.

DoD AI chief cites progress on agency's artificial-intelligence capabilities - News

September 05, 2019
Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems   U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)  
ARLINGTON, Va. Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, director of the Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), said in a recent press conference that he is "optimistic that 2020 will be a breakout year for the department when it comes to fielding A.I.-enabled capabilities," according to a DoD transcript.
Radar/EW

Hypersonic weapon defense system prioritized by DoD - News

August 07, 2019
Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems   U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)  
PITTSBURGH, Pa. To engineer the U.S. military?s next-generation missile defense system, Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI) and ANSYS are incorporating high-fidelity, multiphysics simulations with multi-domain mission-level modeling into early stages of missile defense system development. This could enable warfighters to combat high-speed, highly maneuverable hypersonic weapons.
Unmanned

Patriot missiles purchased by Germany for NATO security - News

July 15, 2019
Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems   U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)  
GERMANY. The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale of 50 Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC-3) missiles, plus parts and support, to Germany at an estimated cost of $401 million.
A.I.

Autonomous software sustainment solution introduced to DoD - News

July 09, 2019
Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems   U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)  
WASHINGTON. The Department of Defense (DoD) often relies on complex software systems. The rapid pace of software innovation, requirements, and system security, however, requires continual updating. The Intent-Defined Adaptive Software (IDAS) aims to shift system costs and developer focus from maintenance to design and development.
Avionics
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Unmanned
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The U.S. Army's ability to "see first, shoot second" rolls on with UGVs

October 12, 2011

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Radar/EW
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Streaming real-time video with CPUs/GPUs

October 12, 2011

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A.I.
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DARPA surveillance system uses EEG for image filtering

September 20, 2012

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