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Navy Continuous Training Environment contract won by Alion - News
February 14, 2020
WASHINGTON. Alion Science and Technology announced that it has won a $248 million contract for Navy Continuous Training Environment (NCTE), Integrating Architecture Development.
A.I.
AI-based algorithm training contract won by L3Harris - News
February 13, 2020
MELBOURNE, Fla. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has awarded L3Harris Technologies a multi-million dollar contract to develop a software platform that will make it easier for analysts to use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify objects in large data sets.
Radar/EW
VPX power supply with long holdup capabilities unveiled by SynQor - News
February 13, 2020
BOXBOROUGH, Mass. SynQor, Inc. announced its new universal 85 to 264 Vrms AC input VPX power supply with long holdup capabilities compliant to MIL-STD-704F for critical military, aerospace, and shipboard applications. The 3U VPX power supply is designed to meet VITA 62 standards and is intended to allow designers in the defense markets to power their VITA 62 chassis with the latest VPX technology.
Cyber
Analytics technology to detect weapons of mass destruction - News
February 13, 2020
ARLINGTON, Va. BAE Systems announced that it has received funding from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop advanced analytics technology to help detect and deter weapons of mass destruction.
Comms
NASA highlighting work done by industry team for Artemis I moon and space mission - News
February 12, 2020
WASHINGTON. NASA and industry partners are readying to get into the final stretch before the Artemis I launch, a mission planned that NASA says is the path to landing the first U.S. woman and next U.S. man on the moon.
Radar/EW
Laser DIRCM systems to be supplied to Asian-Pacific countries - News
February 12, 2020
ISRAEL. Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it won contracts worth approximately $136 million to provide customers in Asia-Pacific with airborne laser Direct Infra-Red Counter Measure (DIRCM) systems. The contracts will be performed over a four-year period.
Radar/EW
Optical FPGA mezzanine cards unveiled by TECHWAY - News
February 12, 2020
ATLANTA, Ga. TECHWAY, high-speed signal and video acquisition company, announced a new family of optical FPGA Mezzanine Cards (FMC) at the 2020 Embedded Tech Trends (ETT) event. ETT is an industry-wide forum where electronics suppliers can meet with members of relevant industry media to discuss technologies, trends, and products.
Unmanned
Dual-band digital readout IC aims at use in ISR, UASs, space sensors - News
February 12, 2020
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Digital infrared (IR) image sensing technology developer Senseeker Engineering has announced the Oxygen RD0092, an 8 µm pitch dual-band digital readout IC (DROIC). The system is aimed at use in such imaging applications as surveillance, situational awareness, unmanned aerial systems (UASs), and space sensors.
Comms
Secure comms for robotic systems in development for Army - News
February 11, 2020
NEW YORK, N.Y. Persistent Systems, LLC announced that it won a $5.4M contract by the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command C5ISR Center to develop Protected Communications for Manned-Unmanned Teams (MUM-T).
Unmanned
DARPA chooses propulsion tech for Glide Breaker hypersonic interceptor - News
February 11, 2020
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Aerojet Rocketdyne has won a contract worth up to $19.6 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop enabling technologies for its advanced hypersonic defense interceptor, known as Glide Breaker.
Comms
Military Ku-band systems contract for mil sat use signed with Comtech Xicom - News
February 10, 2020
SANTA CLARA, Calif. Comtech Xicom Technology -- a part of Comtech's Commercial Solutions segment -- has won a contract valued at $1.3 million for rack-mounted Ku-band high-power traveling wave tube amplifier (“TWTA”) systems for a military satellite communications ground system.
Cyber
Military-training segment of simulator market to grow at fast clip to 2025, study says - News
February 10, 2020
NORTHBROOK, Ill. The simulators market -- estimated at $21.5 billion in 2019 -- is projected to reach $27.9 billion by 2025, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.4% from 2019 to 2025, with the military simulator market growing at the at the highest CAGR during the forecast period, according to a new study from MarketsandMarkets, "Simulators Market by Type (ATC, FMS, Driving, Vessel Traffic Control), Solution, Platform (Airborne, Land, Maritime), Technique (Live, Virtual & Constructive, Synthetic Environment, Gaming), Application, Region -- Global Forecast to 2025."
Radar/EW
T-MUSIC program to develop integrated mixed-mode RF electronics - News
February 07, 2020
WASHINGTON. To advance radio frequency (RF) mixed-mode interfaces beyond current limitations, DARPA established the Technologies for Mixed-mode Ultra Scaled Integrated Circuits (T-MUSIC) program. T-MUSIC was first announced as a part of the second phase of DARPA’s Electronics Resurgence Initiative (ERI), and the program has selected nine research teams from academic institutions, as well as commercial companies, to take on the program’s research objectives.
Unmanned
Laser-guided Excalibur S munition completes Navy testing - News
February 07, 2020
ANDOVER, Mass. According to the company, Raytheon Company's new Excalibur S precision-guided munition made direct hits on moving targets in a U.S. Navy test. Testing validated the projectile's ability to survive the shock and stress of a howitzer firing, then transition from GPS to laser guidance and hit a moving target.
Avionics
TF/TA avionics systems to equip Korean fighter jets - News
February 07, 2020
ISRAEL. Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it won a $43 million contract from Hanwha Systems Co. Ltd. to equip the Next-Generation Korean fighter jets in development with embedded Terrain Following-Terrain Avoidance (TF/TA) systems. The contract will be performed over a six-year period.
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