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Mobile ad hoc network designed by Silvus adopted by U.S. Army - News

October 01, 2020

LOS ANGELES, Calif. Silvus Technologies, Inc. announced the receival of a $3 million order from the U.S. Army to provide the first commercial mobile ad hoc network (MANET) radio deployed at scale in the Army's Middle-Tier Integrated Tactical Network.

Comms

Microwave tuners for multi-mission operations released by Mercury Systems - News

October 01, 2020

ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems Inc. announced the TAC-3290 family of adaptive microwave tuners that are designed to deliver multi-mission operation to a range of applications such as signal intelligence (SIGINT) and radio frequency (RF) testing.

Cyber

AI-powered data system in development for Defense Intelligence Agency - News

October 01, 2020

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corporation has won a task order contract by the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM) and the Defense Intelligence Agency to help the organization quickly deliver actionable intelligence and enhance decision superiority.

Unmanned

Protector RG Mk1 unmanned aircraft completes first flight - News

September 30, 2020

SAN DIEGO, Calif. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) completed the first flight of the Protector RG Mk1 Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS), the fourth MQ-9B SkyGuardian air vehicle (the first three MQ-9B air vehicles are company-owned assets supporting the certification qualification).

Comms

Abaco's OpenWare network management software undergoes upgrades - News

September 30, 2020

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Abaco Systems announced a new version of the network management software OpenWare V6.4. The updates in version 6.4 provide new features including innovations allowing for a flexible SFP pluggable transceiver configuration support for the GBX25 6U VME managed Ethernet switch.

Unmanned

Stellar Relay computing technology aims to enable A3I capabilities - News

September 30, 2020

ALEXANDRIA, Va. Parry Labs LLC has announced the successful demonstration of their hyperconverged mission computing technology, Stellar Relay, designed to enable Architecture, Automation, Autonomy Interfaces (A3I) capabilities for U.S. Special Operations Command in collaboration with the U.S. Army's Project Convergence. 

Radar/EW

WEBCAST: Signal integrity for electronic warfare Oct 8 at 2pm est - News

September 29, 2020

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona. As military radar, signals intelligence (SIGINT) and electronic warfare systems get more complex so does the associated signal integrity challenges. These signal integrity concerns didn't even exist 10-15 years ago. As signal density for connectors continues to get tighter as footprints get smaller problems such as crosstalk and geometry of launch greatly affect backplane performance. This webcast titled, "Signal Integrity in Military Radar and Electronic Warfare Systems," to be held on Thursday, October 8, at 2 pm Est., will address these challenges and how VITA standards and open architecture solutions are helping solve them.

Avionics

Integrated Battle Station cockpit modifications completed on B-1B fleet - News

September 29, 2020

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla.The U.S. Air Force has announced the completion of the Integrated Battle Station (IBS) on the B-1B Lancer fleet. The eight-year project has been completed earlier than anticipated, and 60 aircraft went through the modification process that began in late 2012.

Unmanned

DARPA program to leverage marine organisms for DoD maritime hardware - News

September 29, 2020

WASHINGTON. DARPA’s Persistent Aquatic Living Sensors (PALS) program aims to leverage how marine organisms observe changes in their environment through sensing to augment the Department of Defense’s (DoD) existing, hardware-based maritime monitoring capabilities. The program, launched in November 2018, is now entering its second phase.

Unmanned

Sparrowhawk sUAS flight tests conducted by General Atomics - News

September 29, 2020

POWAY, Calif. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. conducted captive carry Sparrowhawk Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) flight demonstrations. According to the company, the Sparrowhawk aircraft is designed as an airborne launch and recovery demonstrator aircraft tailored to fit GA-ASI platforms, and is focused on Advanced Battle Management System’s attritableONE technologies.

Radar/EW

Radio frequency research is being conducted by the Army Research Lab - News

September 28, 2020

ADELPHI, Md. Studies being conducted by the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory are using findings on electromagnetism and radio frequency to ensure U.S. defense forces obtain spectrum dominance on the battlefield.

Radar/EW

JADC2 to be enabled for USAF under Kratos contract - News

September 28, 2020

SAN DIEGO, Calif. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., National Security Solutions provider, announced that it has won a $950 million ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity 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).

Radar/EW

Automatic test systems program awards contract to Hiller Measurements - News

September 28, 2020

AUSTIN, Texas. Hiller Measurements, a test system design and manufacturing firm, announced the company was awarded a $66.3 million combined firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple award contract for the Marine Corps Automatic Test Systems program, alongside two other companies.

Unmanned

Sensors added to Northrop Grumman's autonomous Global Hawk - News

September 25, 2020

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered a pair of sensors to enhance the capability of its Global Hawk high-altitude long-endurance autonomous aircraft system.

Cyber

Cyber resiliency contract won by Shift5 - News

September 25, 2020

WASHINGTON. Shift5, cybersecurity company that secures operational technology for a range of Department of Defense and commercial platforms, announced a contract award with the Air Force Cyber Resiliency of Weapon Systems (CROWS) office.