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Cyber

Rockwell Collins gets go-ahead for detailed design work on Navy tactical training tool - News

June 20, 2018

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

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the Tactical Combat Training System Increment II (TCTS Inc. II) program it undertook with the U.S. Navy and has obtained approval to begin detailed design work on the system.

Unmanned

U.S. Department of the Interior awards first-ever contract for small UAS services - News

June 20, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

BINGEN, Wash. Unmanned systems and software company Insitu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boeing, has won a first-of-its kind contract from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to provide fire-suppression services within the contiguous 48 states and Alaska using its ScanEagle unmanned sircraft dystem (UAS).

Comms

Trump Administration signs space directive policy, announces sixth military branch - News

June 19, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. President Donald J. Trump signed the Space Policy Directive ? 3 (SPD-3) this week, which aims to place the U.S. as the lead in traffic management and mitigating space debris. The formal signing happened at a meeting with the National Space Council where he directed Department of Defense (DoD) and Pentagon officials to create a new military branch aptly named the Space Force.

Radar/EW

Thales tapped to upgrade Australia's Collin-class submarine sonar systems - News

June 19, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Thales

LA DEFENSE, France. Australian government officials selected Thales to perform sonar system upgrades on all six Collins submarines. The contract with Thales is valued at $230 million, but is part of a $542 million Australian government-approved project to upgrade the Collins-class sensor capabilities.

Avionics

North American Surveillance Systems acquired by MAG Aerospace - News

June 19, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems North American Surveillance Systems, Inc. (NASS)

FAIRFAX, Va. Aerospace company North American Surveillance Systems, Inc. (NASS) and its related entities have been acquired by MAG Aerospace.

Radar/EW

Army orders 771 additional FMTVs from Oshkosh Defense - News

June 19, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Oshkosh Defense

OSHKOSH, Wis. Officials at the U.S. Army Contracting Command placed four additional orders with Oshkosh Defense, LLC. for a total of 771 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV).

Cyber

NASA awards advanced computing services contract with potential for 10 years, $1.2 billion - News

June 19, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems InuTeq, LLC.

BELTSVILLE, Md. InuTeq LLC, the federal subsidiary of ASRC, has won the NASA Advanced Computing Services (NACS) contract. The single-award hybrid contract has a one-year base, followed by nine one-year options, with a potential value of approximately $1.2 billion.

Radar/EW

Telephonics multimode radar selected for Coast Guard Spartan surveillance platform - News

June 18, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Telephonics Corporation

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. Officials at the Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division selected Telephonics Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corp., to deliver its APS-143C(V)3 as the multimode radar system for the U.S. Coast Guard's (USCG) HC-27J Spartan medium-range maritime surveillance platform.

Cyber

USMC awards contract to modernize training environment for convoy operations - News

June 18, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Arotech Corporation

ANN ARBOR, Mich. FAAC Incorporated, a subsidiary of Arotech Corp.?s Training and Simulation Division, has won a competitive contract from Marine Corps Systems Command Program Manager Training System to modernize the U.S. Marine Corps? Combat Convoy Simulators (CCS).

Cyber

Thales, Microsoft announce defense cloud platform for armed forces - News

June 18, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Thales Microsoft

LA DEFENSE, France. Multinational defense and cybersecurity contractor Thales has announced a partnership with Microsoft under which the companies will build a cloud platform designed to help armed forces and other defense clients store and secure classified and sensitive data within their information technology infrastructure.

Unmanned

Norway F-35A JSM completes phase of testing with USAF team support - News

June 18, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. Norway's F-35A Joint Strike Missile (JSM) completed testing by a team of U.S. Air Force engineers, test pilots, and Norwegian government and industry personnel from the 416th Test Flight Squadron.

Radar/EW

Leonardo DRS nabs MFoCS II contract to support computing modernization efforts - News

June 15, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leonardo DRS

ARLINGTON, Va. U.S. Army officials tapped Leonardo DRS, Inc. to produce the next-generation of mission command computing systems called the Mounted Family of Computer Systems (MFoCS) II to support the Army's modernization strategy for tactical platforms, including ground combat vehicles, and command posts. The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract is worth up to $841.3 million.

Cyber

IARPA prize challenge involves fusion algorithms to improve facial recognition - News

June 15, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. In partnership with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) officials launched the Fusion of Face Recognition Algorithms (FOFRA) prize challenge, which aims to improve recognition of face images through fusing the outputs of multiple algorithms applied to the same input imagery.

Cyber

Project aims to drastically improve computing by improving topological material, reducing noise - News

June 15, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems HRL Laboratories Boeing General Motors

MALIBU, Calif. Research and development lab HRL Laboratories -- a joint venture of Boeing and General Motors -- is embarking on a project aimed at developing topological building blocks that will keep fragile quantum information safe from environmental effects.

Unmanned

Drone risk tolerance assessment in national airspace becomes focal point in report - News

June 15, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. A newly released congressionally mandated report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine states that introducing drone operations into U.S. airspace can provide substantial benefits to society, such as preventing derailments, inspecting cell phone towers, delivering medical devices to patients in cardiac distress, and assisting firefighters.