Industry News

Cyber

U.S. Coast Guard cutters will get encrypted automatic ID systems - News

October 18, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems FLIR Systems, Inc.

WILSONVILLE, Ore. FLIR Systems, Inc. has won a contract from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in support of the U.S. Coast Guard?s (USCG) Second Generation Automatic Identification System (AIS-2) program; the indefinite-delivery/indefinite/quantity (ID/IQ) contract has a ceiling value of $9.9 million to provide second-generation automatic identification system (AIS) transponders, associated peripherals, and spare parts for nearly 1,774 boats and 282 cutters in the USCG?s active fleet.

Cyber

Live-training systems for U.S. Army to get $465 million General Dynamics refresh and upgrade - News

October 18, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics

FAIRFAX, Va. General Dynamics and the U.S. Army Life Cycle Product Line Management (LCPM) Program have agreed on a contract worth $465 million for General Dynamics to provide enhanced life cycle management, including technology refresh and upgrades of live-training systems, within the U.S. Army Live Training Transformation Product Line.

Avionics

Avionics displays for Navy F/A-18s obtain additional support and sustainment contract - News

October 18, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Collins Aerospace

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins and the U.S. Navy Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support (NAVSUP WSS) have renewed an agreement to continue support on avionics displays for the Navy?s F/A-18 fleet of over 1,200 aircraft; the newest pact is a four-year extension of a performance-based logistics (PBL) contract that was signed more than 15 years ago.

Comms

Army Futures Command technology curation contract won by Alion - News

October 18, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Alion Science and Technology

MCLEAN, Va. Officials at the U.S. Army Contracting Command selected Alion Science and Technology for a $49.8 million Army Futures Command (AFC) contract to support the development of new Army concepts, capabilities, and systems using emerging technologies.

Cyber

BISim to demo cloud-enabled, virtual training capabilities for the U.S. Army - News

October 18, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Bohemia Interactive Simulations

ORLANDO, Fla. U.S. Army officials tasked Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) to demonstrate technologies for a cloud-enabled, virtual world training capability under an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) extension to meet the requirements of the Army?s revolutionary Synthetic Training Environment (STE) initiative.

Comms

Licensing agreement incorporates Kratos-developed CDL waveforms into Harris nanoSVDL radios - News

October 18, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

SAN DIEGO. Kratos RT Logic -- a Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. subsidiary -- officials licensed its Common Data Link (CDL) waveforms to Harris Corp. for use in Harris? nanoSVDL radios.

A.I.

DARPA program seeks to teach machines common sense - News

October 18, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) has launched the Machine Common Sense (MCS) program to explore recent advances in cognitive understanding, natural language processing, deep learning, and other areas of artificial intelligence (AI) research in an effort to crack the code of a critical component lacking in AI ? human-style common sense.

Comms

U.S. Army tasks SNC to develop MEDHUB system - News

October 17, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Sierra Nevada Corporation

SPARKS, Nev. U.S. Army officials selected Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) to develop develop the capability to capture and store critical patient status and treatment information for up to six patients on a single device, and communicate the information securely from the point-of-injury and throughout transport to the receiving medical treatment facility.

A.I.

Altair acquires simulation design firm SIMSOLID - News

October 17, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Altair Engineering

TROY, Mich. Design-software maker Altair Engineering has acquired SIMSOLID, whose products work on CAD assemblies to provide fast, accurate, and robust structural simulation without requiring geometry simplification, cleanup, or meshing.

Avionics

Helicopter market in military, public-service sectors to recover gradually to 2026 - News

October 17, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

SAN ANTONIO, Texas. The market for military and public-services helicopters is facing a slow recovery globally, following nearly 10 years of stagnation and delayed programs in key regions, according to a new study from Frost & Sullivan, "Global Military and Public Services Helicopters Market, Forecast to 2026."

Radar/EW

GaN-based radar from Lockheed Martin reaches technical milestone prior to delivery to MDA - News

October 17, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

MOORESTOWN, N.J. Lockheed Martin reports that its Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) has completed a closed-loop satellite track with tactical hardware and software; the test marks a major milestone, as the LRDR program continues to meet its technical goals and works toward its expected 2020 delivery to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in Clear, Alaska.

Radar/EW

Leonardo DRS selected for multiple IDIQ contracts to support ground combat electro-optical/infrared systems - News

October 17, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leonardo DRS

ARLINGTON, Va. Officials at Leonardo DRS announced the receipt of multiple contracts for the Department of Defense (DoD) Electro-Optical/Infrared programs totaling up to $800 million.

Comms

Esterline to be acquired by TransDigm for approximately $4 billion - News

October 17, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems TransDigm Group Incorporated

CLEVELAND, OH and BELLEVUE, WA. TransDigm Group Incorporated officials entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Esterline Technologies Corp. TransDigm expects the acquisition to be financed primarily through cash on hand and the incurrence of new term loans, and currently anticipates the acquisition to be modestly accretive to TransDigm?s adjusted earnings per share within the first year of ownership.

Unmanned

DARPA's OFFSET third swarm sprint focuses on human-swarm teaming - News

October 16, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials are soliciting proposals for a third swarm sprint under the OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET)program. The third swarm sprint will focus on human-swarm teaming and swarm tactics.

Comms

NASA and KBRWyle team on geodesy precision-measuring effort - News

October 16, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems KBR

HOUSTON. KBRwyle -- the global government services arm of KBR, Inc. -- has won a $48 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to construct, deploy, and commission the next-generation Space Geodesy (SG) Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) ground systems.