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Comms

U.S. Army SATCOM systems to get software-based AI/ML boost - News

July 25, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Hughes Network Systems

GERMANTOWN, Md. Hughes Network Systems has won an R&D contract worth $11.8 million from the U.S. Army to improve resiliency and interoperability among satellite communications systems used by the military.

Radar/EW

EW system will contain SBC from Abaco - News

July 24, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Abaco Systems

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Abaco Systems announced that its rugged 3U VPX SBC347D single-board computer has been chosen by an international defense electronics company to be the core of a new electronic warfare (EW) system that will be deployed in manned and unmanned aerial vehicles and in fixed and mobile ground platforms.

Comms

Cyber and satellite ground system contract with USAF inked by Frontier Technology Inc. - News

July 24, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Frontier Technology

BEAVERCREEK, Ohio. IT services firm Frontier Technology Inc. (FTI) has won a five-year, $47.2 million contract to support the U.S. Air Force?s cyberdefense and enterprise ground system activities as part of the Air Force's ongoing efforts to eventually move all of its satellites to a single ground services system..

Comms

Astronauts may take information systems from seabed to space - News

July 24, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Navy

KEY LARGO, Fla. Scientists, engineers, and key partners of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) are collaborating by testing and adapting an NSWC PCD technology -- originally designed for undersea diving -- for potential use during space exploration missions.

Radar/EW

C4ISR contract for Navy ships potentially worth $2.45 billion awarded to six firms - News

July 24, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Navy

WASHINGTON. Six companies have been included in a contract to provide installation services for all afloat command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) and supporting systems for the U.S. Navy by way of Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR). The contract has a base period of five years and a potential value of $2.45 billion.

Radar/EW

Potential $673 million U.S. Army order for sensor ops and support won by AASKI Technology - News

July 23, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems AASKI Technology

TINTON FALLS,N.J. IT infrastructure company AASKI Technology has signed a task order with the U.S. Army worth a potential potential $673 million to help the Army operate and maintain sensors for multiple missions and in multiple positions.

Radar/EW

Unmanned ISR DSP subsystems order worth $12 million won by Mercury Systems - News

July 23, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Mercury Systems

ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems has won a $12 million follow-on order from a leading defense prime contractor for high-performance digital signal processing (DSP) subsystems for an unmanned airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) application.

Comms

SATCOM equipment for space to be worth $7 billion by 2025, study says - News

July 22, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Markets and Markets

NORTHBROOK, Ill. The global market for satellite communications (SATCOM) equipment is projected to grow from $2.8 billion in 2019 to $7.0 billion by 2025, at a combined annual growth rate of 16.8 %, according to a study from MarketsandMarkets, "SATCOM Equipment Market for Space -- Global Forecast to 2025."

Comms

Advanced antenna for satellites garners $7.2 million prototype agreement - News

July 22, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Air Force

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force's Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has signed a $7.2 million prototype agreement with Lockheed Martin, Ball Aerospace, and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions to develop a multi-band, multi-mission (MBMM) prototype phased array as part of a broader initiative to modernize the existing Air Force Satellite Control Network and bring new technology faster to warfighters.

Radar/EW

Sonobuoy contract for U.S. Navy may bring up to $1 billion for ERAPSCO - News

July 19, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems ERAPSCO

COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. ERAPSCO -- a joint venture of Sparton and Ultra Electronics -- has won a contract worth a potential $1 billion to build and deliver 932,500 sonobuoys for the U.S. Navy.

Unmanned

Unmanned surface vessel RFP released by U.S. Navy - News

July 18, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Navy

WASHINGTON. Looking to develop a Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MUSV), U.S. Navy officials released request for proposals (RFP) on July 16.

Avionics

Military training and simulation market evolving toward LVC and TaaS models, study says - News

July 18, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Frost & Sullivan

SAN ANTONIO. The global military training and simulation (T&S) market is witnessing rapid transformation, primarily driven by the adoption of commercial off-the-shelf technologies, demand for interoperable live, virtual, and constructive (LVC) networked architectures and the prevalence of new business models such as Training-as-a-Service (TaaS), according to a new market study by Frost & Sullivan, "Global Military Training and Simulation Market, Forecast to 2027."

Radar/EW

ISR operations support contract awarded to Leidos - News

July 18, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos

RESTON, Va. Leidos, a FORTUNE 500 science and technology leader, has been awarded a new task order by the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC) to support the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Support Services program.

A.I.

Microsystems Exploration program announced by DARPA - News

July 17, 2019

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

WASHINGTON. DARPA announced a new Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) effort called the Microsystems Exploration program.

Radar/EW

Missile defense sensor proposal submitted by Raytheon - News

July 17, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TEWSKBURY, Mass. Raytheon Company announced the submission of its Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) proposal to the U.S. Army as part of the competition for a new air and missile defense radar.