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Cyber
Silicon Valley startup company is selected for a $37.6 million cyber contract - News
July 25, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO. Officials at the U.S. Navy's Space and Warfare Command selected cybersecurity startup Qadium for a $37.6 million cyber contract.
Comms
MIDS-LVT block Upgrade 2 retrofit order awarded to Viasat - News
July 25, 2018
CARLSBAD, Calif. Telecommunications company Viasat has won a six-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the U.S. government -- valued at up to $85.5 million -- for Block Upgrade 2 (BU2) hardware and software upgrades and support services to their Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Low Volume Terminal (MIDS-LVT) Link 16 radio sets.
Cyber
Using intelligent systems to enhance troops' operational effectiveness - News
July 25, 2018
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Charles River Analytics is leading a team that aims to build a toolkit for the U.S. Army to help analyze fatigue and other stressors that can negatively affect mission outcomes.
Radar/EW
Cyber
Neuromorphic digital synaptic super computer is unveiled by IBM, AFRL - News
July 24, 2018
ROME RESEARCH LABS, New York. IBM and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) officials showcased the world's largest neuromorphic digital synaptic super computer at AFRL's Information Directorate Advanced Computing Applications Lab in Rome, New York.
Comms
U.S. Army adds $12.5 million-plus to comms contracts with Comtech - News
July 24, 2018
MELVILLE, N.Y. Comtech Telecommunications announced that its Command & Control Technologies group -- part of Comtech?s Government Solutions segment -- received orders in excess of $12.5 million on the previously announced three-year $123.6 million contract to provide ongoing sustainment services for the AN/TSC-198A SNAP [Secret Internet Protocol Router (SIPR) and Non-classified Internet Protocol Router (NIPR) Access Point] very small aperture terminals (VSATs).
Comms
NAWCAD contracts for rapid response electronic communications systems - News
July 24, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. National-security IT provider CACI International recently won a task order -- with a ceiling value of $122 million -- from the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM) to develop advanced electronic communications systems in support of the Special Communications Mission Solutions (SCMS) division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD).
Radar/EW
Lockheed Martin will start work on multimission combatant ship for Saudi Arabia - News
July 23, 2018
WASHINGTON. U.S. Government officials awarded Lockheed Martin an Undefinitized Contract Action (UCA) for the production of the Multi-Mission Surface Combatant (MMSC) for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The contract calls for four MMSCs and totals an estimated $450 million.
Radar/EW
L3, Leonardo, Ultra team up to offer ASW acoustic system - News
July 23, 2018
FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom. Officials at L3 technologies, Ultra Electronics Command & Sonar Systems, and Leonardo will collaborate to offer an antisubmarine warfare (ASW) acoustic system based on Leonardo?s new lightweight Ultra-LIght SonicS Enhanced System (ULISSES) processor.
Unmanned
USAF signs $109 million contract for unmanned aerial target drone system - News
July 23, 2018
SAN DIEGO. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has signed a one-year sole-source, single- award, firm-fixed-price contract worth $109 million to supply the U.S. Air Force with the Kratos BQM-167A high-performance, jet-powered unmanned aerial target drone system.
A.I.
Joint program aims to enable autonomous systems to learn for life - News
July 23, 2018
MALIBU, Calif. HRL Laboratories and the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) are teaming to develop what could be a breakthrough in machine-learning architecture for autonomous systems.
Unmanned
UAV spending accounts for large piece of revenue in high-altitude aeronautics platform station market - News
July 23, 2018
FREMONT, Calif. The increasing competitive advantages of high-altitude aeronautics platform stations (HAAPS) over conventional and terrestrial-based systems have made them essential for use in both military and commercial applications, according to a new report from BIS Research, "Global High-Altitude Aeronautics Platform Station (HAAPS) Market: Focus on Platform (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Airships, Balloons, Tethered Aerostats and Tethered Drones), Payload, and End-Users -- Analysis and Forecast, 2018-2028."
Unmanned
Ground-based ballistic missile defense systems market to reach $15.39 billion in 2018, says forecast - News
July 23, 2018
LONDON. Global expenditure on ground-based ballistic missile defense systems will total upwards of $15.39 billion during 2018, according to a new report from Visiongain, "Ground Based Ballistic Missile Defence Systems Market Report 2018-2028."
Avionics
NASA and French aerospace center to collaborate on supersonic travel, sonic boom research - News
July 20, 2018
WASHINGTON. NASA has signed a research agreement with France's Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales (ONERA), the French national aerospace research center, to mount a project that could make supersonic passenger flights over land practical and dramatically reduce travel time in the U.S. or anywhere in the world.
Unmanned
DARPA competitors day scheduled for the Subterranean challenge, winner takes $2 million home - News
July 20, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials will host a competitors day on September 27, 2018, to communicate the vision and timeline of the DARPA Subterranean (SubT) Challenge, engage potential competitors, and provide a space for technical and operational exchange.
Unmanned
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