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5G-powered communications for DoD goal of Lockheed Martin, Intel agreement - News

April 04, 2022

BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin and Intel Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) late last year that expands the ongoing strategic relationship between the two companies to align 5G-enabled hardware and software solutions for the Department of Defense (DOD).

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy research lab highlights new technologies at Sea-Air-Space 2022 - News

April 04, 2022

SEA-AIR-SPACE 2022--NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is showcasing new areas of research and innovative technologies during the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space exposition this week at the Gaylord National Convention Center. 

A.I.

AI data broker solution to increase DoD's unstructured data processing - News

April 01, 2022

WASHINGTON. GovCIO, a provider of high-end technology and digital services to federal agencies, announced that it has partnered with Torch.AI, an artificial intelligence (AI) powered ultra-high speed data processing company, to provide the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) with AI/ML technology to increase its unstructured data processing.

Comms

Cybersecurity for satellites goal of HENSOLDT Cyber and Beyond Gravity collaboration - News

April 01, 2022

GERMANY. Beyond Gravity (formerly RUAG Space) and HENSOLDT Cyber have announced a collaboration intended to offer the IT security operating system TRENTOS for the latest satellite computer Lynx from Beyond Gravity.

Radar/EW

SPY-6 radars to be installed aboard next-gen U.S. Navy ships - News

April 01, 2022

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon Missiles & Defense (RMD), a Raytheon Technologies business, has won a $651 million, with options totaling $2.5 billion, hardware, production, and sustainment contract for full-rate production of the AN/SPY-6(V) family of radars.

Radar/EW

RF system-in-package tech to support C4ISR capabilities - News

March 31, 2022

ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems, Inc. has announced that it received a $4 million order from a leading commercial technology company for advanced silicon packaging to be used in electronic warfare, AESA beamforming, and C4ISR systems.

Avionics

MOSA-based flight computer from Collins Aerospace will ride on DEFIANT X helicopter - News

March 31, 2022

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Collins Aerospace's Perigon flight-control computer will be a part of the Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing DEFIANT X advanced utility helicopter, a finalist for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) competition.

Radar/EW

Hypersonics research grant awarded to University of Central Florida by DoD - News

March 31, 2022

ORLANDO, Fla. The University of Central Florida (UCF) has won a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for a one-year, $500,000 applied research project aimed at developing modeling and simulation capability to predict the hypersonic environment over a range of trajectories up to Mach 15. 

Cyber

Cybersecurity software for data encryption to equip small satellites - News

March 30, 2022

WASHINGTON. SpiderOak Mission Systems and Lockheed Martin Space's Mission Solutions business are developing and testing a zero-trust cybersecurity platform to secure data across the space data supply chain.

Radar/EW

Layered missile defense integration demoed for U.S. Army - News

March 30, 2022

BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and the U.S. Army have further integrated the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor into the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System for a more integrated, layered missile defense system.

Comms

Modernized M-code GPS delivered to Army for Patriot missile systems - News

March 30, 2022

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. GPS Source, a subsidiary of General Dynamics Mission Systems, announced that it has delivered Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (APNT) systems with integrated Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) receiver cards to the U.S. Army DEVCOM AvMC and PEO Missiles & Space.

Unmanned

Reusable hypersonic UAV in development with Hypersonix Launch Systems - News

March 29, 2022

AUSTRALIA. Aerospace engineering business Hypersonix Launch Systems together with the University of Southern Queensland, LSM Advanced Composites, and Romar Engineering have been awarded a $2.95 million Cooperative Research Centers Projects (CRC-P) grant from the Federal Government to develop a reusable hypersonic platform.

Unmanned

Lightweight vehicle surveillance system designed with C-UAS capability - News

March 29, 2022

WILSONVILLE, Ore. Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, announced the launch of a new Lightweight Vehicle Surveillance System (LVSS) with air domain awareness (ADA) and advanced counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) capabilities.

A.I.

Open systems-based AI/IoT network for cyber, space, air domains ordered by U.S. Air Force - News

March 29, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO. Software-infrastructure company Ditto has won a contract worth as much as $950 million from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) that calls for Ditto to develop its open systems-based Intelligent Edge Platform to power the USAF’s Advanced Battlefield Management System (ABMS). 

A.I.

Software modernization strategy published by DoD - News

March 28, 2022

WASHINGTON. The Department of Defense's (DoD) Software Modernization Strategy was published Feb. 1. According to officials, the report focuses on how delivering a more lethal force would require the ability to evolve and adapt faster than adversaries.