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Cyber

Perspecta Labs to demo multimodal DDoS defense solution under DARPA XD3 program - News

February 14, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Perspecta Labs

CHANTILLY, Va. Perspecta Labs -- a research unit at Perspecta Inc. -- will continue its research and development (R&D) work on cyber defenses against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under a new contract modification worth up to $2.7 million, dependent on successful completion of milestones.

A.I.

Applied Insight strengths AI, analytics portfolio with new acquisitions - News

February 14, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Applied Insight

WASHINGTON. Applied Insight officials -- back by The Acacia Group -- announced the acquisition of Applied Technology Group (ATG) and Stratus Solutions. These acquisitions strengthen Applied Insight?s advanced cloud, analytics, and artificial intelligence capabilities.

A.I.

Robbins-Gioia wins $50 million contract to support USAF IT eval, maturation - News

February 14, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Robbins-Gioia

ALEXANDRIA, Va. The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $50 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to consulting firm Robbins-Gioia (RG), under which RG will aid the Air Force in finding more effective and efficient ways to support Air Force business operations and refine the development of requirements supporting the service's information technology across all 38 mission areas.

Comms

Best in Show awards selected at WEST 2019 - News

February 13, 2019

SAN DIEGO. Military Embedded Systems is excited to announce today the winners of our Best in Show Award contest, which we?re holding this week for our supporters exhibiting at the 28th annual WEST 2019 naval conference and exposition. Contest winners ? drawn from military embedded systems exhibitors at the event ? are recognized for the improved performance and innovation they bring to military technology applications.

Comms

DARPA adds PARC and GMU to its ConSec program - News

February 13, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

PALO ALTO, Calif. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) officials selected the Palo Alto Research Center, Inc. (PARC, a Xerox company) and George Mason University (GMU) to work under the agency's Configuration Security program (ConSec).

Radar/EW

Saab seals deal with France for Giraffe AMB support services - News

February 13, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Saab

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. The French Ministry of Defence?s Direction de la Maintenance A?ronautique (DMA?) signed a contract with Saab for surface-based radar system Giraffe AMB support services.

Avionics

Accelerating supersonic travel is goal of Boeing, Aerion partnership - News

February 13, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing Aerion Supersonic

CHICAGO. Boeing and Aerion are partnering to accelerate advancements in supersonic travel, officials announce.

Unmanned

FLIR Systems agrees to add Endeavor Robotics to it's unmanned system portfolio - News

February 13, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems FLIR Systems, Inc.

WILSONVILLE, Ore. Officials at FLIR Systems, Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Endeavor Robotic Holdings, Inc., a developer of tactical unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) for the global military, public safety, and critical infrastructure markets, from Arlington Capital Partners for $385 million in cash.

A.I.

U.S. DoD outlines strategy regarding artificial intelligence - News

February 13, 2019

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

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has released the summary of its strategy on artificial intelligence (AI) -- called "Harnessing AI to Advance Our Security and Prosperity -- in which the DoD outlines how it will leverage AI into the future.

Radar/EW

DARPA explores development of HPEC for virtual training environments - News

February 13, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has created the Digital RF Battlespace Emulator (DBRE) program, which is aimed at developing of high-capacity computing with extremely low latency to power virtual test beds for complex RF systems.

Radar/EW

Navy releases $184 million in funds under SEWIP Block 2 contract - News

February 12, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

SYRACUSE, N.Y. The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $184 million firm-fixed-price modification to exercise options for full rate production of Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 2 systems.

Unmanned

Digital ELINT sensor completes demo onboard MQ-9 Predator - News

February 12, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

SAN DIEGO. Raytheon Deutschland GmbH (based in Freising, Germany) and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) collaborated to demonstrate the performance of the newly developed Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) sensor called the Advanced Radar Detection System (ARDS). The payload was integrated in a wing-mounted pod and test-flown on an MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA).

A.I.

Machine learning aids early detection of anomalies in cybersecurity analysis from Frost & Sullivan - News

February 12, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Frost & Sullivan

SANTA CLARA, Calif. Frost & Sullivan?s analysis titled "Envisioning the Next-Generation Cybersecurity Practices," presents an overview of cybersecurity in enterprises and analyzes the drivers and challenges to the adoption of best practices in cybersecurity. It also covers the technologies impacting the future of cybersecurity and the main purchase factors.

Unmanned

Army study find autonomous machines increases cooperation among individuals - News

February 12, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Army Research Laboratory

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. Researchers from the U.S. Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory, the Army's Institute for Creative Technologies and Northeastern University (NU) collaborated in a new research study that suggests the use of autonomous machines increases cooperation among individuals.

A.I.

Army scientists find catch-22 in using AI with military applications - News

February 12, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Army Research Laboratory

ADELPHI, Md. The U.S. Army is collaborating with researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSC) to test the hypothesis that many people trust their own abilities far more than that of an artificial intelligence (AI) entity and its effects in military applications.