ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the Australian Defense Force have signed an agreement to collaborate on the joint design, development, testing, and demonstration of dynamic multiplatform electromagnetic maneuver warfare resource allocation management (EMW RAM) tools and decision aids for airborne use.
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FPGA systems for U.S. Air Force to be supplied by Abaco Systems - News
August 19, 2020HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Abaco Systems has won orders from a major systems integrator -- which specializes in providing advanced technologies for the defense and aerospace markets -- for a quantity of Abaco’s PC821 FPGA Cards and FMC120 FPGA mezzanine cards, which will be deployed in a subsystem to provide FPGA [field-programmable gate array] processing capability needed to scan, analyze, and act on satellite-communications data for the U.S. Air Force.
Unmanned surface vehicle program awarded to L3Harris Technologies - News
August 19, 2020MELBOURNE, Fla. L3Harris Technologies has received a contract from the U.S. Navy for the Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MUSV) program. This is the Navy’s first program for an unmanned surface vehicle to support the Navy’s Distributed Maritime Operations strategy.
Vibration-based sensing system developed for land mine identification - News
August 19, 2020WASHINGTON. The U.S. Army has developed a new system for land mine identification that it says will reduce false alarm rates. Vadum, Inc., North Carolina State University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the Army Research Office all collaborated to develop the Vibration-ENhanced Underground Sensing system (Venus), the Army said
Cyberattack protection tech by Mercury Systems awarded patent - News
August 19, 2020ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems, Inc., company specializing in secure mission-critical technologies for aerospace and defense, announced the receipt of a new U.S. patent covering various methods to protect controller area network (CAN)-based systems from malicious cyberattacks.
Phase I of Robotic Command Vehicles program completed with Persistent Systems - News
August 18, 2020NEW YORK, N.Y. Persistent Systems, LLC, company specializing in mobile ad hoc network (MANET) solutions, announced that it has completed Phase I of the U.S. Army Robotic Command Vehicles (RCV) program.
AI-powered pilot training initiative supported by CAE USA - News
August 18, 2020TAMPA, Fla. CAE USA has won a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to support the U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and its Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT 2.5) initiative.
Mobile counter-UAS package introduced by Liteye Systems - News
August 18, 2020CENTENNIAL, Colo. Liteye Systems has launched a counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) solution that it calls the Trailer Anti-UAS Defense System (T-AUDS), an on-the-move or fixed-site C-UAS package that the company says is able to detect and defeat radio-frequency-controlled and silent flight drones while mobile and then transition quickly to static mode.
C-Bass long-range underwater comms developed by GeoSpectrum - News
August 18, 2020CANADA. Elbit Systems’ Canada-based subsidiary GeoSpectrum Technologies is set to make the first delivery to a military customer of a through-water communications system featuring its C-Bass family of compact very low frequency (VLF) underwater transducers. The undisclosed NATO customer is expected to receive the long-range acoustic communications system before the end of August.
Software to track COVID-19 cases aboard ships developed by Navy - News
August 17, 2020WASHINGTON. Damage control software to track the spread of the COVID-19 virus is being rolled out to U.S. Navy vessels, the Naval Sea Systems Command said. The software will be delivered in laptop computers to171 surface ships, and will be used to repurpose the existing Advanced Damage Control System (ADCS), officials said.
B-21 stealth bomber production on schedule for Air Force - News
August 17, 2020FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman's construction of the first B-21 Raider stealth bomber, slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic, is back on track, a U.S. Air Force official said. Randall Walden, director of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, acknowledged that some B-21 subcontractors were affected by the pandemic
Mini UAS from Elbit tests well prior to delivery of over 1,000 units to Southeast Asia military - News
August 17, 2020HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems announced that its THOR multirotor Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) mini unmanned aerial system (UAS) successfully underwent a series of environmental-durability tests ahead of Elbit's delivery of more than 1,000 THOR units to an army in Southeast Asia.
Wargaming center prototype in development for USMC - News
August 14, 2020ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has awarded BAE Systems a contract worth approximately $19 million to develop a prototype design for a new state-of-the-art Wargaming Center to be built at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia.
Navy Integrated Training Environment contract won by Alion - News
August 14, 2020WASHINGTON. Alion Science and Technology announced that it has been awarded an $896 million task order under the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) SeaPort-NxG multiple award contract for the development, integration, management, and support of the Navy Integrated Training Environment (NITE).
AI integrated into unmanned ground vehicles will transform forces, study says - News
August 14, 2020LONDON. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) will transform force structures and change the defense market by expanding the use of UGVs in scenarios outside their most common ones -- including ordnance disposal and demining -- but will retain their main goal: to remove soldiers from harm’s way, according to a new study from GlobalData, "Unmanned Ground Vehicles (Defense) -- Thematic Research."
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Autonomous Black Hawk logistics retrofit selected by U.S. Army
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MQ-9A Block 5 Extended Range UAS delivered to U.S. Marine Corps
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Wave Relay network selected to support Army CBRNE modernization program
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Network-modernization pact furthered between USMC and Somewear Labs
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30mm Amphibious Combat Vehicle enters full-rate production for U.S. Marine Corps
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Polaris showcases flexibility of MRZR Alpha with multiple payloads and capabilities
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