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Avionics

Night-vision system for aviators' helmets gets $22 million nod - News

August 13, 2019

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

FORT WORTH, Texas. Collins Elbit Vision Systems -- a joint venture between Collins Aerospace Systems and Elbit Systems of America -- has obtained a $22 million firm-fixed price contract for the production and delivery of Night Vision Cueing and Display (NVCD) systems for the U.S. Navy and for the governments of Australia and Switzerland.

A.I.

Machine-learning contract for space scenarios won by BAE Systems - News

August 13, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

UNITED KINGDOM. BAE Systems has been awarded a Phase 2 contract to develop machine-learning capabilities aimed to help the military gain better awareness of space scenarios for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

Unmanned

DARPA's advanced imaging systems to extend field of view - News

August 12, 2019

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

WASHINGTON. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has developed the Focal arrays for Curved Infrared Imagers (FOCII) program to expand upon the current commercial trend for visible sensor arrays by extending the capability to both large and medium format midwave (MWIR) and/or longwave (LWIR) infrared detectors.

Unmanned

Jet drone systems awards totaling $4.8 million won by Kratos - News

August 12, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

SAN DIEGO, Calif. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, National Security Solutions provider, announced that its Unmanned Systems Division has received approximately $4.8 million of awards for high-performance jet drones, spares for Kratos jet drones, support equipment for Kratos jet drones, and specialty composite components.

Cyber

GEOINT analysis for cybersecurity garners $14.2 million contract from USAF - News

August 12, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Radiant Solutions

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force has awarded Radiant Geospatial Solutions (Ypsilanti, Michigan, a Maxar company) a $14.2 million contract for Red Wing Next Generation Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Cloud.

Radar/EW

C4ISR contract for U.S. Navy awarded to Serco - News

August 12, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Serco, Inc.

HERNDON, Va. Serco Inc., a provider of professional, technology, and management services, announced that the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) has named the company as one of six award winners for an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract.

Unmanned

Counter-UAV market to boom in next 10 years, study says - News

August 12, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Visiongain

LONDON. The $1.3 billion counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (C-UAV) market is expected to see large increases over the next 10 years around the world due to increasing security concerns and the need for advanced defense systems to tackle terrorism, according to a new study from Visiongain, "Counter-UAV (C-UAV) Market Report 2019-2029."

Unmanned

High-energy laser effector system to be developed for German Navy - News

August 09, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rheinmetall Waffe Munition MBDA

GERMANY. Rheinmetall and MBDA Deutschland have agreed to collaborate in the high-energy laser effectors domain. The two companies intend to construct, integrate, and test a laser demonstrator for the German Navy?s corvette K130.

Comms

Raytheon to make GPS more secure for military systems - News

August 09, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

WALTHAM, Mass. Raytheon received security certification for new GPS modules and receivers from the Global Positioning Systems Directorate at the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center.

Radar/EW

Under 1-meter resolution radar imagery achieved by ICEYE - News

August 09, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems ICEYE

HELSINKI. ICEYE, a small satellite synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) technology company, achieved better than 1 meter resolution imagery from under-220 pound SAR satellites.

Radar/EW

Ballistic missile modeling, simulation contract won by Lockheed Martin - News

August 08, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin announced that it has secured a $240 million U.S. Missile Defense Agency contract for ballistic defense modeling and simulation. The Modeling and Simulation Contract-Framework and Tools (MASC-F) will offer potential simulations of situations for the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS).

Radar/EW

Intelligent radar framework published by HRL - News

August 08, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems HRL Laboratories

MALIBU, Calif. Scientists at HRL Laboratories have published their new framework for training computer deep neural networks to be able to classify synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images without a large labeled data set, solving the problem of SAR image identification when only a few labeled data were available.

Comms

AI system could improve U.S. Army fuel cell efficiency - News

August 08, 2019

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

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. As part of an effort to address the gap the U.S. Army faces in the need for long-lasting power and batteries for warfighters, the Army Research Office funded a research team who developed an artificial intelligence system that officials say identifies a material for creating more efficient fuel cells.

Radar/EW

Missile agency's Long Range Discrimination Radar delivers first panel - News

August 07, 2019

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

MOORESTOWN, N.J. The Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) program delivered its first radar panel to the MDA's site in Clear, Alaska, plus placement of the final beam on the radar shelter, as the program continues to work toward full delivery in 2020.

Radar/EW

Ballistic missile defense simulation contract won by Lockheed Martin - News

August 07, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Lockheed Martin a $240 million contract to support the modeling and simulation framework for the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). Through this contract, the Modeling and Simulation Contract ? Framework and Tools (MASC-F), Lockheed Martin will ensure BMDS readiness for evolving threats by continually assessing system configurations, engagement conditions, and target phenomena.