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Unmanned

UAS flown in Middle East by USMC crew on another continent--a first - News

April 27, 2020

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) reports that U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) pilots and sensor operators from Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 (VMU-1) recently conducted their first operational flight of an MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aircraft system (UAS) in the Middle East, with the operators located in Yuma, Arizona.

Unmanned

New automated reconnaissance UAS designed for defense - News

April 24, 2020

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

MONROVIA, Calif. AeroVironment, Inc., unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) manufacturer, announced the availability of Quantix Recon, a fully-automated reconnaissance solution that is designed to deliver high resolution, geo-referenced terrain, vegetation, and infrastructure imagery, intended to provide ground forces with on-demand actionable intelligence.

Comms

Communications for U.S. Space Force the subject of $500 million contract with L3Harris - News

April 24, 2020

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

MELBOURNE, Fla. L3Harris Technologies has won a five-year, $500 million ceiling, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract — with an initial delivery order of $30.6 million -- with the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to supply the Air Force and Army Anti-jam Modem (A3M).

Radar/EW

Antiradiation guided missile from Northrop Grumman gets additional nod from U.S. Navy - News

April 24, 2020

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman has signed a $165 million agreement with the U.S. Navy for Lot 9 full rate production (FRP) of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM); under the agreement, to cover both the Navy and foreign military sales, the company will deliver round missiles and captive air training missiles.

Avionics

Digital cockpit for Black Hawk completes initial testing - News

April 23, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corporation supplied digital cockpit upgrades to the integrated avionics suite for the U.S. Army’s UH-60V Black Hawk, which recently completed initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E). The completion of IOT&E marks a milestone for the UH-60V program on the pathway to full-rate production.

Comms

GPS update deal for USAF signed with Honeywell - News

April 22, 2020

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Honeywell

CLEARWATER, Fla. Honeywell has signed a four-year, $99.1 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force (USAF) update the USAF's Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System (EGI-M).

A.I.

Machine-learning analytics from BAE Systems chosen for situational-awareness tools - News

April 22, 2020

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

FARNBOROUGH, U.K. BAE Systems has won a contract with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop machine learning analytics as a service -- a first-of-its-kind, cloud-based model for government use that intends to provide an automated service that leverages commercial and open source data, including satellite imagery, to deliver continuous worldwide situational awareness for a diverse range of challenges, including anomaly detection and prediction.

A.I.

Machine learning integrated into cyberdefense solutions - News

April 22, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Perspecta Labs

CHANTILLY, Va. Perspecta Inc., announced that its applied research arm, Perspecta Labs, won the Autonomous Defensive Cyber Operations program from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Command (CCDC), Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center (C5ISR), Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate.

Radar/EW

Electromagnetic spectrum research to enhance dominance - News

April 22, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Alion Science and Technology

WASHINGTON. Alion Science and Technology announced that it won a $29 million task order from the U.S. Air Force to support the Joint Electromagnetic Warfare Center (JEWC) to provide Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) Information, Analysis, and Fusion (JEMSIAF) solutions.

Radar/EW

Hypersonic missile tech will be focus of U.S. DoD, Norway alliance - News

April 21, 2020

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Norway’s defense ministry announced an agreement -- the first to be publicly revealed under DoD’s new Allied Prototyping Initiative (API) -- to partner on development of ramjet-propulsion technologies, which the U.S. Navy and Army have been studying closely to power future hypersonic missiles.

Radar/EW

EW comms capability to reduce signal chain complexity - News

April 21, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Abaco Systems

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. and DENVER, Colo. Abaco Systems announced it has partnered with AMERGINT Technologies to develop a lab-tested electronic warfare (EW) communications capability that can be quickly configured for warfighters.

Unmanned

Unmanned command and control system contract won by Kratos - News

April 21, 2020

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

SAN DIEGO, Calif. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., National Security Solutions provider, announced that Kratos Unmanned Systems Division has received a $2.7 million sole-source option award for Command and Control System Mission Kits to support U.S. drone operations.

Unmanned

Fully autonomous air-to-air refueling achieved by Airbus - News

April 20, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Airbus

NETHERLANDS. Airbus has achieved an automatic air-to-air refueling (A3R) operation with a boom system. The flight test campaign, conducted earlier in the year over the Atlantic Ocean, involved an Airbus tanker test aircraft equipped with the Airbus A3R solution, with an F-16 fighter aircraft of the Portuguese Air Force acting as a receiver.

Radar/EW

Rugged firewall receives NIAP cybersecurity certification - News

April 20, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Crystal Group

HIAWATHA, Iowa. Crystal Group, designer and manufacturer of rugged computer and electronic hardware, announced the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) Common Criteria certification of its rugged firewall. Achieving NIAP approval represents a milestone in tactical cybersecurity, proving the firewall's effective layer of protection for networked communications in multiple harsh domains.

Radar/EW

Video display contract for mobile ground vehicles worth $30 million signed by Mercury Systems - News

April 17, 2020

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

ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems has received a $30 million multiyear award from a leading defense prime contractor to provide video display technology that will be integrated into mobile ground vehicles.