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Heavy Tactical Vehicle contract for U.S. Army won by Oshkosh Defense - News

August 23, 2024

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin. Oshkosh Defense won a five-year contract valued at approximately $1.54 billion from U.S. Army Contracting Command – Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA) for the Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV) V program, the company announced in a statement.

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U.S. Army chooses Sierra Nevada as lead integrator for ISR transformation - News

August 23, 2024

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Army chose the Sierra Nevada Corporation to be the lead system integrator for its High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES), a program the Army is fielding in order to realize transformational increases in speed, range, payload, and endurance for Army aerial intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.

Unmanned

SOSA aligned wideband multichannel RF digitizers introduced by Analog Devices - News

August 22, 2024

WILMINGTON, Massachusetts. Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) introduced the ADSY1100 series, a new family of wideband multichannel RF digitizers, designed in a 3U VPX aligned with the Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Technical Standard, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Anti-submarine mines to be provided to U.S. Navy by General Dynamics - News

August 22, 2024

TAUNTON, Massachusetts. General Dynamics Mission Systems won a $20.7 million modification to a previously awarded contract from the U.S. Navy to deliver Hammerhead Encapsulated Effector systems, the company announced in a statement.

A.I.

Artificial intelligence, machine learning to be developed for U.S. Space Systems Command by Sierra Space - News

August 22, 2024

LOUISVILLE, Colorado. Sierra Space will join the U.S. Space Systems Command’s Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Tools Applications and Processing (TAP) Lab Apollo Accelerator Cohort 4, where the company will work on developing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Spectrum-sharing project by Wireless Innovation Forum gears up - News

August 22, 2024

WASHINGTON. The Wireless Innovation Forum (WInnForum) announced the formation of the Highly Dynamic Spectrum Sharing Task Group within the Wireless Innovation Committee (WInnCmte).

Unmanned

Ghost Shark XL-AUV arrives in the United States for testing - News

August 21, 2024

HONOLULU, Hawaii. Anduril Industries' advanced Extra-Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicle (XL-AUV), Ghost Shark, has arrived in the United States for the first time, transported via a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A, the company announced in a statement.

A.I.

Hivemind AI pilot to be integrated onto aerial target for U.S. Navy - News

August 21, 2024

SAN DIEGO, California. Shield AI won a contract from NAVAIR PMA-281 to integrate its Hivemind AI pilot onto the Kratos BQM-177A uncrewed aerial system (UAS), the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

Training provider V2X secures combat readiness task order valued at as much as $3.7 billion over 5 years - News

August 21, 2024

MCLEAN, Va.  Digital-training provider V2X announced that it secured an agreement under the Warfighter-Training Readiness Solutions (W-TRS) combat-readiness task order to provide training capabilities to the U.S. Army worldwide. The agreement is valued at $3.7 billion over five years, including option periods.

Comms

Rocket Lab ships twin satellites for NASA Mars mission - News

August 20, 2024

LONG BEACH, California. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. shipped two Mars-bound spacecraft, named Blue and Gold, to Cape Canaveral, Florida, in preparation for launch as part of NASA's ESCAPADE mission, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

Final VH-92A presidential helicopter delivered to U.S. Marine Corps by Sikorsky - News

August 20, 2024

OWEGO, New York. Sikorsky delivered the 23rd and final VH-92A presidential helicopter to the U.S. Marine Corps, marking the completion of the next-generation fleet, the company announced in a statement.

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Radars to be installed on German Navy F126 frigates by Hensoldt - News

August 20, 2024

ULM, Germany. Hensoldt won a contract from Thales to supply additional TRS-4D naval radars for the German Navy's F126 frigates, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

Flight control computers for F-15EX, F/A-18E/F fighters to get upgrade - News

August 20, 2024

ENDICOTT, N.Y. BAE Systems announced that Boeing has chosen it to upgrade the fly-by-wire (FBW) flight control computers (FCC) for the F-15EX Eagle II and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter jets.

A.I.

CACI to provide intelligence analysis, operations support for U.S. Army Europe and Africa - News

August 19, 2024

RESTON, Virginia. CACI International won a six-year task order valued at up to $239 million to deliver intelligence analysis and operations support to U.S. Army Europe and Africa, the company announced in a statement.

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Electronic warfare engineering services to be provided to U.S. Navy by SAIC - News

August 19, 2024

RESTON, Virginia. Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has been awarded three contracts totaling $58.2 million to provide engineering services to the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at Point Mugu, California, the company announced in a statement.