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Avionics

Infrared Countermeasure system completes testing - News

January 15, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) system for the U.S. Army has completed free flight missile testing at White Sands Missile Range.

Radar/EW

Minehunting sonar delivered to U.S. Navy - News

January 15, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

WASHINGTON. Raytheon Company delivered its 10th AN/AQS-20C minehunting sonar system to the U.S. Navy. The sonar-towed body was officially transferred to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division. According to the company, the system is now fully qualified and moving toward initial operating capability.

Radar/EW

COTS, radiation-tolerant ethernet transceiver designed by Microchip - News

January 15, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Microchip Technology

CHANDLER, Ariz. Microchip Technology Inc. introduced a space-qualified Ethernet transceiver – a radiation-tolerant device based on a Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) solution widely deployed in other industries now offering reliable performance for applications ranging from launch vehicles to satellite constellations and space stations, an industry first according to the company.

Comms

Open architecture radio to be developed for USAF - News

January 14, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corporation won a contract to develop and demonstrate a Software-Programmable Open Mission Systems (OMS) Compliant (SPOC) radio terminal for the U.S. Air Force.

Unmanned

5th-gen aerial target UAS completes engine run testing - News

January 14, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Sierra Technical Services, Inc.

TEHACHAPI, Calif. Sierra Technical Services, Inc. (STS) completed the engine run testing on the 5th Generation Aerial Target (5GAT). The 5GAT contract is administered by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Contracting Office (USACE) and is managed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (OSD/DOT&E).

Radar/EW

Exclusive SPY-6 Radar teaming agreement signed - News

January 14, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company Major Tool & Machine, Inc.

WASHINGTON. Raytheon Company has signed an exclusive teaming agreement with Major Tool & Machine, Inc. to develop array structures for the U.S. Navy's SPY-6 radar program when it transitions from low-rate initial production to hardware production and sustainment.

A.I.

AI learning system to build trust between human and machine - News

January 13, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Raytheon is developing a machine learning technology under a $6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the Competency Aware Machine Learning program.

A.I.

Autonomous learning applied to robotic swarm tactics - News

January 10, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Charles River Analytics

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Charles River Analytics Inc., developer of intelligent systems solutions, received funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under the OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program to develop Meta-Reinforcement Learning Innovation for Robust Swarm Tactics (MERLIN-RST). MERLIN applies a meta-reinforcement learning approach to discover and learn novel swarm tactics.

Cyber

Cyber red team operations contract won by MTS Advantage - News

January 10, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

DUMFRIES, Va. MTS Advantage, company offering program management and engineering support, was awarded a $90.8 million contract for cyber systems security and cyber defense, as well as network infrastructure program management, the Department of the Defense (DoD) announced.

A.I.

Robotic combat vehicle winners chosen by U.S. Army - News

January 09, 2020

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Army has chosen two companies to winners to build base platforms for its light- and medium-class robotic combat vehicles (RCVs): According to a statement, the Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command and the service’s Next Generation Combat Vehicle Cross-Functional Team intends -- pending successful negotiations -- to award a contract to QinetiQ North America to build four RCV-light prototypes and another contract to Textron to build four RCV-medium prototypes.

Comms

Kratos C5ISR business wins combat system production order - News

January 09, 2020

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

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a National Security Solutions provider, announced that its Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Combat & Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Modular Systems Division has received an approximate $2.7 million initial production order on a new-to Kratos Combat System Program of record.

Unmanned

Unmanned Maritime Systems task orders won by Peraton - News

January 09, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Peraton

HERNDON, Va. Peraton has received four U.S. Navy Unmanned Maritime Systems Support (UMSS) task orders valued at $27.45 million. The four task orders are all recompetes awarded separately since August.

Radar/EW

Mine-hunting sonar initial tests aboard unmanned vessel completed by Northrop Grumman - News

January 09, 2020

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

PANAMA CITY, Fla. Northrop Grumman has finished initial seaborne testing of its AQS-24B mine-hunting sonar system with a new deploy/retrieval payload.

A.I.

AI, big data transforming earth-observation market, study finds - News

January 09, 2020

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

LONDON. Mounting demand for enhanced intelligence, the market entry of cheaper imagery products from small-satellite operators, and the development of integration platforms leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and big-data capabilities are some of the key trends transforming the earth observation industry, according to a recent analysis from Frost & Sullivan, "Global Earth Observation Market, Forecast to 2029."

Comms

Troposcatter equipment to be supplied to U.S. Marines - News

January 08, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Comtech Telecommunications

HUNTINGTON, N.Y. Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that during its second quarter of fiscal 2020, its Orlando, Fla.-based subsidiary, Comtech Systems, Inc., which is part of Comtech’s Government Solutions segment, was awarded a 10-year, $211.0 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Cubic Mission Solutions business division to provide next-generation troposcatter systems in support of the U.S. Marine Corps.