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Unmanned

Hypersonic glide body prototypes to be manufactured by General Atomics - News

October 18, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that it won a contract from Dynetics Technical Solutions (DTS) for the manufacture and production of subassemblies for the Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB).

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AH-64E Apache helicopter to be equipped with modernized turrets - News

October 17, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Army recently awarded Lockheed Martin a $40.6 million contract to produce Modernized Turrets (M-TUR) for the AH-64E Apache helicopter, an upgrade to the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight and Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) system with enhanced operational and performance capabilities.

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Raytheon's missile defense sensor selected by U.S. Army - News

October 17, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

ANDOVER, Mass. Raytheon Company has been selected to provide the U.S. Army with the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS). Raytheon will receive more than $384 million to deliver six production representative units of the advanced LTAMDS radar under an Other Transactional Authority U.S. Army agreement.

A.I.

Open-source data capabilities to be delivered to U.S. Army - News

October 17, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

WASHINGTON. BAE Systems will provide intelligence support to the U.S. Army in a $437 million task order, the company announced. BAE Systems will deliver open source capabilities to the Army from publicly available sources, and will provide the Army's Intelligence and Security Command with training, policy and governance recommendations, assessments, and implementation of emerging capabilities.

Radar/EW

EW/EMS engineering and tech support from CACI ordered by U.S. Army - News

October 17, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems CACI

ARLINGTON, Va. CACI International has won a five-year task order valued at as much as $88 million to support the U.S. Army Communications--Electronics Command Software Engineering Center?s Army Reprogramming Analysis Team (ARAT) Program Office.

A.I.

Data filtering, AI, ML-based technologies aim to help DoD analyze huge data loads - News

October 17, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Real Time Innovations (RTI)

SUNNYVALE, Calif. IIoT connectivity company Real-Time Innovations (RTI) won two Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contracts worth $2 million to advance the capabilities of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).

Unmanned

UAS survivability the focus of AKHAN/Lockheed Martin collab on diamond-based coatings - News

October 16, 2019

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

AUSA 2019--WASHINGTON. AKHAN Semiconductor, together with Lockheed Martin, announced at the AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition that it had successfully demonstrated a new diamond-based coating technology that will enhance survivability of manned and unmanned military aircraft systems.

Unmanned

Multi-modal sensor pod for ISR on aircraft unveiled by Logos Technologies at AUSA 2019 - News

October 16, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Logos Technologies

AUSA 2019--WASHINGTON. Logos Technologies unveiled at the AUSA 2019 Annual Meeting & Exposition its new multi-modal sensor pod (MMSP) and revealed plans for the first flight of its BlackKite IR wide-area motion imagery (WAMI) pod.

Unmanned

C4ISR trends at DoD leaning toward modernization, R&D, study says - News

October 16, 2019

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

SANTA CLARA, Calif. U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) budget spend requests in the area of C4ISR [command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance] reveal a trend toward modernization, with less procurement for additional current platforms and more research for long-term replacements, according to a recent analysis from Frost & Sullivan, "US DoD C4ISR Market, Forecast to 2024."

Unmanned

Best in Show awards selected at AUSA 2019 - News

October 15, 2019

Comms

Transceiver upgrade from L3Harris to benefit Army comms systems - News

October 15, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3Harris Technologies

AUSA 2019--WASHINGTON. The U.S. Army has selected L3Harris Technologies to provide ROVER 6 transceiver equipment upgrades to support the Army?s One System Remote Video Terminal program, which is aimed at improving situational awareness for soldiers in the field, according to an announcement by L3 Harris at the AUSA 2019 Annual Meeting & Exposition.

Comms

U.S. Army's manned ground vehicles will get new navigation system from Collins Aerospace - News

October 15, 2019

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

AUSA 2019--WASHINGTON. Collins Aerospace Systems -- a United Technologies unit -- announced that it has been chosen by the U.S. Army to provide a next-generation Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing System (MAPS) for manned ground vehicles.

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Mercury Systems announces $15 million investment in custom trusted microelectronics innovation - News

October 15, 2019

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

AUSA 2019--WASHINGTON. Mercury Systems announced that it will make a $15 million capital investment to expand its trusted custom microelectronics business, bringing cutting-edge commercial silicon technology to the Department of Defense (DoD); the technology applies to all defense platforms and programs and will enable development of fast, affordable, and secure and trusted chip-scale open system architecture (OSA) devices to accelerate future modernization efforts.

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GLSDB ready for production following third test launch, say Saab and Boeing - News

October 15, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

AUSA 2019--WASHINGTON. Following conclusion of a recent third test launch of their ground-launched small diameter bomb (GLSDB) in September, Boeing and Saab now believe they have the data necessary to move the munition into production, company officials said at AUSA on Monday.

Unmanned

Autonomous combat vehicle from BAE Systems debuts at AUSA 2019 - News

October 15, 2019

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

AUSA 2019--WASHINGTON. BAE Systems debuted its Robotic Technology Demonstrator (RTD) -- which the company says represents leap-ahead advancements for unmanned combat vehicles -- at the AUSA 2019 Annual Meeting & Exposition.