ARLINGTON, Va. BAE Systems announced a $26.7 million U.S. Navy contract to fit its infrared countermeasures system onto KC-130J cargo and refueling planes, the company said. The contract calls for the installation of the Navy's Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures system (LAIRCM) the aircraft.
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Unmanned
HD55 gimbaled camera system tested for tactical UASs - News
May 19, 2020HOOD RIVER, Ore. Trillium Engineering, company specializing in gimbaled camera systems for small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), announced that it has begun airborne testing of its lightweight, high-definition HD55 system.
Comms
Defense spending across globe hinges on geopolitical situation, study says - News
May 19, 2020AMSTERDAM. The total global defense budget -- estimated at approximately $1.8 trillion in 2020 -- is expected to grow to around $2.3 trillion by 2028, a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 2.8%, according to a new study by Market Forecast, "Global Defense Budget Analysis -- Forecast to 2028."
Unmanned
Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile Systems procured by Army - News
May 15, 2020
MONROVIA, Calif. AeroVironment, Inc., unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) company, announced the receipt of a one-year, $75.9 million funded contract award from the U.S. Army for procurement of the company’s Switchblade loitering missile system.
Avionics
Compact data and I/O concentrator released by Abaco - News
May 15, 2020
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Abaco Systems announced a new solution with the EIU1000. The product is an I/O aggregator and data concentrator that combines high-density Ethernet, Avionics databus, serial, and discrete I/O connections in a compact, rugged system powered by a high-performance System-on-Chip (SoC) to reducing wiring, overall system weight, and complexity.
Radar/EW
Hypersonic facility for U.S. Army now in development - News
May 14, 2020
COLLEGE STATION, Texas. Construction of the Bush Combat Development Complex is set to begin this fall after The Texas A&M University System Regents cast three votes to help transform how the U.S. Army prepares for future combat. Regents voted to amend the system’s capital budget, adding $79.3 million to begin development.
Comms
Satellite ground system to be updated for Air Force - News
May 14, 2020
SAN DIEGO, Calif. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a National Security Solutions provider, announced that it won a $4.9 million contract to modernize the infrastructure and systems that interconnect the Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN) sites under the AFSCN Network Edge Transport System (ANETS) program. The ANETS system will enable the AFSCN to meet the growing needs of its user community.
Cyber
Cybersecurity contract awarded to VMD Corp. - News
May 14, 2020
FAIRFAX, Va. VMD Corp, provider of IT, security, and homeland defense services, announced that it is one of a select few federal government contractors to be awarded the new Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services (HACS) Special Item Number (SIN) contract by the General Services Administration (GSA).
Comms
SAR imagery to be provided to U.S. Navy - News
May 14, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Capella Space announced it has signed a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for the purpose of providing airborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data to the U.S. Navy. Facilitated through the Defense Innovation Unit's Commercial Solutions Opening, Capella will also provide the DoD with in-house analytics services to interpret the data.
Radar/EW
Next Generation Jammer Low Band team adds CPI Aero - News
May 13, 2020
FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corporation has expanded its Next Generation Jammer Low Band (NGJ-LB) Capability Block 1 (CB-1) solution team with the addition of proven structure supplier CPI Aero, Inc. based in Edgewood, N.Y.
Unmanned
X-MADIS C-UAS systems delivered to U.S. defense customer - News
May 13, 2020
BELGRADE, Mont. Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) completed the delivery of several units of the eXpeditionary Mobile Air Defense Integrated System (X-MADIS) to a non-disclosed United States defense customer. The delivery, part of a major contract award, included the latest variant of the X-MADIS, which incorporates technology for portable, on-the-move capabilities in combating small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS).
Cyber
Army cyberdefense supported under CACI contract - News
May 13, 2020
ARLINGTON COUNTY, Va. CACI International Inc. announced that it has been awarded a five-year, single-award task order, with a ceiling value of more than $465 million, by the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s (CCDC) Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) center to provide research and development on cryptographic modernization, information security, and tactical network protection.
Unmanned
MQ-8C Fire Scout radar undergoes flight testing - News
May 12, 2020
FALLS CHURCH, Va. The U.S. Navy, with support from Northrop Grumman Corporation, commenced flight testing of the MQ-8C Fire Scout equipped with the Leonardo AN/ZPY-8 radar.
Radar/EW
Naval radar market shifting toward multirole and modular systems, study says - News
May 11, 2020
SAN ANTONIO. The radar technology landscape used in the naval arena is shifting toward multirole and modular systems, especially with the arrival of newer gallium nitride (GaN)-based active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars, according to the findings of a new market analysis from Frost & Sullivan, "Global Naval Radar Market, Forecast to 2028."
Cyber
U.S. DoD signs $45 million contract to boost weapons-system software security - News
May 11, 2020
PALO ALTO, Calif, Software-security firm ForAllSecure has garnered a contract worth $45 million with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to deploy its "Mayhem" next-generation fuzzing software across multiple DoD branches.
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