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Radar/EW

Remote-sensing laser technology wins $2.6 million contract to detect vehicle-borne explosives - News

October 26, 2021

SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. Rugged-laser supplier Block MEMS has won a $2.6 million contract in support of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate's drive to detect vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs).

Radar/EW

Laser weapon from GA-EMS and Boeing garners U.S. Army contract for prototype - News

October 26, 2021

ATLANTA & CHICAGO. A team consisting of personnel from General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Boeing has won a U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) contract to develop a 300 kW-class solid-state distributed gain high-energy laser weapon system (HELWS). 

Unmanned

U.S. small unmanned systems industrial base gets $14 million DoD boost - News

October 25, 2021

ARLINGTON, Vir. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has made eight awards through the Defense Production Act, Title III Program -- totaling approximately $14 million -- as part of the DIU's strategy to accelerate the adoption of capable and secure small unmanned aerial systems (sUASs) for national and economic security,

Unmanned

Unmanned amphibious vehicle fielded by U.S. Marine Corps - News

October 25, 2021

QUANTICO, Va. The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) reports that in September 2021 it began fielding an unmanned amphibious robot system to support littoral operations around the world.

Comms

Javelin radios to be delivered to Army in support of single channel radio program - News

October 22, 2021

FRANCE. Thales has won its first delivery order from the U.S. Army to provide the AN/PRC-170 Javelin Radio. Under the Army single channel TSM radio program, and in support of capability set fielding’s into the Integrated Tactical Network (ITN), the AN/PRC-170 Javelin is designed to expand voice, data connectivity, and streaming video to the tactical edge.

Radar/EW

Radiation-hardened microcontrollers for space and defense released by VORAGO - News

October 22, 2021

AUSTIN, Texas. VORAGO Technologies introduced two new radiation-hardened microcontrollers, the Arm Cortex-M4 VA41628 and VA41629, built to provide flexibility in space-based missions for aerospace and defense.

Cyber

Cyber agility for U.S. Air Force the aim of Kessel Run agreement - News

October 22, 2021

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va.  The U.S. Air Force (USAF) Air Combat Command announced the finalizing of an agreement with the USAF "Kessel Run" software factory, under which the software unit will support the larger command in the areas of fighters, reconnaissance and command and control aircraft.

Comms

Domain awareness in cislunar space goal of contract with Rhea Space Activity - News

October 21, 2021

WASHINGTON. Rhea Space Activity (RSA) has been selected by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) AFWERX program for a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award to continue its effort in the development of an enhanced Lunar Intelligence (LUNINT) Dashboard in support of Space Domain Awareness (SDA).

Unmanned

Unmanned ground vehicles for ordnance disposal will be delivered to U.S. Air Force in 2022 - News

October 21, 2021

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center recently contracted for the delivery of new explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) base support unmanned robots for the Department of the Air Force enterprise. 

A.I.

Synthetic Aperture Radar data to be integrated into Army payload lab - News

October 21, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Capella Space, an information services company that provides an operational Earth observation data service, announced it has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Technical Center (SMDTC).

Cyber

Cyber defense goal of BAE Systems, Center for Threat-Informed Defense partnership - News

October 21, 2021

UNITED KINGDOM. BAE Systems has joined the Center for Threat-Informed Defense (Center), operated by MITRE Engenuity, as a research sponsor to help the organization with its work to develop resources that protect against cyber-attacks.

Radar/EW

WEBCAST: Deploying the SOSA Technical Standard: Benefits & Challenges - News

October 21, 2021

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona. The Sensor Open System Architecture (SOSA) Consortium and its Tri-Service leadership (Air Force, Army, and Navy) and industry members are all involved in developing a Technical Standard that will be a requirement for future electronic warfare, radar, SIGINT, ISR, and other sensor systems. The joint effort will reduce overall development and deployment costs while enabling faster deployment of sensor technology to the warfighter. This webcast, whch took place Sept 30, 2021 when theEdtion 1.0 of the standard was released, featured industry experts discussing the challenges involved in deploying SOSA conformant hardware and software technology to the warfighter and detailed the benefits, such as faster delivery of new capabilities, shorter equipment downtimes, lower long-term life cycle costs, and more.

Radar/EW

Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System to be developed for Korea - News

October 20, 2021

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corporation signed cooperative agreements with LIG Nex1 and Huneed as the company develops its Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System – Korea (JSTARS-K) solution for the Republic of Korea’s Joint Moving Target Surveillance and Control Aircraft (JMTSCA) requirement.

Radar/EW

Open architecture SIGINT technology selected for GHOST program - News

October 20, 2021

HUDSON, N.H. The U.S. Air Force has awarded the BAE Systems-Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) team a contract to provide a prototype design for next-generation open architecture signals intelligence (SIGINT) technology under its Global High-altitude Open-system Sensor Technology (GHOST) program.

Cyber

Cybersecurity pilot program to automate weapon systems assessments - News

October 20, 2021

CARLSBAD, Calif. Viasat Inc., a global communications company, has announced it won a Department of Defense (DoD) contract to provide vulnerability assessment testing and response support under a new pilot program focused on improving the cybersecurity and resilience of DoD weapon systems.