CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Collins Aerospace Systems (a unit of Raytheon Technologies) has won a contract from the U.S. Army to provide Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing System (MAPS Gen II) for manned and unmanned ground vehicles to oppose positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) threats.
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JADC2 capabilities to be proliferated under contract with GA-ASI - News
October 12, 2020POWAY, Calif. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has won a $950 million ceiling Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (ID/IQ) contract for the maturation, demonstration, and proliferation of capability across platforms and domains, leveraging open systems design, modern software and algorithm development in order to enable Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2).
C4ISR capabilities to be upgraded for Royal Saudi Naval Forces - News
October 12, 2020SAUDI ARABIA. The U.S. Navy awarded Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) a $49.5 million single-award task order to continue to provide the Royal Saudi Naval Forces support services for command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) upgrade and refurbishment. Work will take place in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
AI-powered cyber attack mitigation contract won by Parsons - News
October 12, 2020CENTREVILLE, Va. Parsons Corporation was awarded the SharkSeer 2.0 task order under the Defense Information Systems Agency's (DISA) Systems Engineering, Technology, and Innovation (SETI) contract. The firm-fixed price contract includes one base year and four option years, which, if exercised, will provide for a total potential value of $28 million.
Kubernetes open-source system leveraged on U-2 Dragon Lady - News
October 09, 2020BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The U-2 Federal Laboratory has leveraged Kubernetes during a local training sortie on a U-2 Dragon Lady assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base. This represents the first time Kubernetes has flown on an operational major weapon system in the Department of Defense (DoD).
Space Force communications satellite completes design review - News
October 09, 2020EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Boeing and the U.S. Space Force completed the first major engineering design review for the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)-11+ communications satellite. This review demonstrates that Boeing is ready to proceed to the final system design phase. Production will begin next year at Boeing’s El Segundo factory, with delivery scheduled for 2024.
Electromagnetic spectrum tech analysis to be conducted by Alion - News
October 09, 2020WASHINGTON. Alion Science and Technology won a $29 million task order with a 60-month period of performance to provide Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) Technology Analysis for Spectrum Supportability and Broadband Support Headquarters for the Department of the Army (HQDA) Chief Information Officer (CIO/G6) Army Spectrum Management Office (ASMO).
Counter-UAS directed energy weapon in development for Air Force - News
October 08, 2020ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A-Tech Corporation, doing business as Applied Technology Associates (ATA), has won a $17,663,490 other transaction prototype project agreement to obtain a ground-based Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) prototype for the purpose of fixed-site Air Force Air Base Air Defense against Group 1 and Group 2 unmanned aerial system (UAS) threats.
Virtual- and augmented-reality USAF training contract worth $59 million awarded to Mass Virtual - News
October 08, 2020ORLANDO. Software company Mass Virtual has won a five-year, $59 million contract to provide virtual training in partnership with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Integrated Technology Platform (ITP); first orders totaling $8.1 million are scheduled to be completed by end of FY 2021.
Unmanned off-road vehicles with increased autonomy the goal of DARPA project - News
October 08, 2020ARLINGTON, Va. Improving the algorithms and software that guide self-driving military vehicles is the focus of a new project from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); the goal of the research is to build autonomous off-road vehicles that behave like a human driver.
Thermal management company Rocky Research acquired by Honeywell - News
October 07, 2020PHOENIX, Ariz. Honeywell has acquired privately held Rocky Research, a Boulder City, Nevada-based technology company specializing in thermal, energy, and power management solutions.
Heads-up display system is development for Army helicopter pilots - News
October 07, 2020FORT WORTH, Texas. Elbit Systems of America has won a five-year firm-fixed price, indefinite delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum value of approximately $50 million for the production of spare parts in support of the Aviators' Night Vision Imaging System/Head-Up Display system (ANVIS HUD).
BATS-D handheld Link 16 radio released by Viasat - News
October 07, 2020CARLSBAD, Calif. Viasat Inc., a global communications company, announced it has released a new configuration of its handheld Link 16 Battlefield Awareness and Targeting System – Dismounted (BATS-D) radio.
Vetronics market will be driven by digital battlefield, need for speed - News
October 07, 2020AMSTERDAM. The global market revenue for military land vehicle electronics (vetronics), which accounted for $3.64 billion during 2020, is anticipated to reach approximately $6.01 billion by the year 2028, a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.73% during the forecast period, according to a market study by Market Forecast, "Global Military Land Vehicle Electronics (Vetronics) - Market and Technologies Forecast to 2028."
AI assist will help enable human-scale robotic systems for USAF - News
October 06, 2020SALT LAKE CITY. Sarcos Defense (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sarcos Robotics) has won a contract from the Air Force Technology Acceleratory Program (AFWERX) to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) platform on behalf of Sarcos customer The Center for Rapid Innovation (CRI) at Air Force Research Labs (AFRL) that will enable human-like robotic systems.
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