ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems has received a $14 million order from a leading defense prime contractor for digital-signal-processing modules that are intended for deployment in a multimode tactical radar application.
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RF networking across diverse technologies for contested environments tested and validated by DARPA - News
December 21, 2020ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently finished field testing of a network-technology program that demonstrated successful use of new software that can bridge multiple disparate radio networks to enable communication between incompatible tactical radio data links, even if an adversary is trying to jam them.
Radar systems to be delivered to German Navy under IAI, HENSOLDT agreement - News
December 21, 2020GERMANY. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and HENSOLDT have signed a joint strategic cooperation agreement outlining how the two companies will jointly manufacture radar systems for ballistic missile defense and participate in air and space surveillance projects.
Lockheed Martin to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne, seeks growth in hypersonics and space - News
December 21, 2020BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire aerospace and defense engine maker Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings for $56 per share in cash, expected to be reduced to $51 per share after the payment of a preclosing special dividend; the deal will operate on a postdividend equity value of $4.6 billion and a total transaction value of $4.4 billion, including the assumption of net cash.
AI in government calls for more coordinated approach and leveraging partnerships, forum attendees assert - News
December 18, 2020WASHINGTON. The Center for Public Policy Innovation (CPPI) and the Homeland Security and Defense Forum (HSDF) -- which held a virtual symposium in October 2020 it called "Artificial Intelligence: Transforming the Government Mission" -- released its report on the symposium, in which the participants conclude that the most critical aspect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by the U.S. federal government is creating a secure supply chain and ensuring that security is built in from the beginning into the government’s IT infrastructure, including in agencies' hardware, software, and cloud services.
Cyber offense the best defense for military organizations, study says - News
December 18, 2020LONDON. The best way for countries to secure their military and civilian cyber capabilities is through cooperation with other states: This is one of the findings of a recent market study from GlobalData, "Cybersecurity in Defense -- Thematic Research."
ISR- and EW-equipped aircraft approved by U.S. DoD for sale to Italian government - News
December 17, 2020WASHINGTON. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) -- a department within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) -- has notified the U.S. Congress that it has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the government of Italy regarding two Gulfstream G550 aircraft with airborne intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and electronic warfare (AISREW) mission systems and related equipment for an estimated cost of $500 million.
Avionics systems for U.S. Navy and Army to get IFF transponders from BAE Systems - News
December 17, 2020FARNBOROUGH, U.K. The BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration facility (Greenlawn, New York) has won an $18 milion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command for the production, test, and delivery of identification-friend-or-foe (IFF) transponders for military aircraft.
RF-based geolocation satellites developed by HawkEye 360 shipped for launch - News
December 17, 2020HERNDON, Va. HawkEye 360 Inc., company specializing in formation flying satellites to create a new class of radio frequency (RF) data and data analytics, announced it has shipped its second cluster of satellites to the launch site at Cape Canaveral, Fla.
AI algorithm achieves first flight as copilot during Air Force test - News
December 17, 2020WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force announced that it has conducted test flight with artificial intelligence (AI) as a working aircrew member onboard a military aircraft for the first time. The AI algorithm, known as ARTUµ, flew with the pilot on a U-2 Dragon Lady assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base.
Detect-and-avoid avionics solution in development for UAVs - News
December 17, 2020WHITE SALMON, Wa. Sagetech Avionics, technology company providing safety solutions for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), and Hover, Inc., an embedded computing company, announced that they are partnering to provide OEMs with the key components of an onboard detect and avoid (DAA) solution for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Digital soldier and vehicular systems from Elbit Systems ordered by Dutch army - News
December 16, 2020HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems has won a follow-on contract worth approximately $50 million ffrom the Dutch Ministry of Defense (MOD) to supply the Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) with additional digital soldier and vehicular systems, as the RNLA expands its soldier-modernization program.
Military IoT nears achievement during bi-directional data sharing test - News
December 16, 2020WASHINGTON. The joint force announced it has taken another step toward achieving a military Internet of Things (IoT) after fifth-generation aircraft overcame long standing connectivity limitations to share actionable operational data in their native secure digital “languages” with and through multiple sources for the first time.
AI-powered autonomous navigation for unmanned systems gets exploratory contract from USAF - News
December 16, 2020COLUMBUS, Ohio. Real-time location system (RTLS) provider Ubihere reports that it won a $150,000 contract from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to develop artificial intelligence (AI)-powered autonomous navigation for unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and electric vertical takeoff and landing (EVTOL) vehicles.
Hot-fire tests of air-breathing hypersonic engine completed with Aerojet Rocketdyne - News
December 16, 2020EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Aerojet Rocketdyne and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) claim to have achieved record levels of thrust by a scramjet engine. The AFRL-Aerojet Rocketdyne team completed a series of hot-fire tests of an advanced air-breathing hypersonic engine under the U.S. Air Force’s Medium Scale Critical Components (MSCC) program.
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