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Radar to improve air traffic control at German military airfields - News

July 15, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems HENSOLDT

GERMANY. Progress is being made with the installation of Hensoldt?s Aerodrome Surveillance Radar, Series (ASR-S) for air traffic control modernization at German military airfields.

A.I.

AI-powered Squad X to go to battle alongside warfighters - News

July 15, 2019

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

WASHINGTON. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency?s (DARPA) Squad X Experimentation program aims to demonstrate a warfighting force with artificial intelligence as a true partner.

A.I.

AI game-theory research to better cybersecurity and medicine - News

July 15, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Carnegie Mellon University

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. U.S. Army game-theory research using artificial intelligence may help treat cancer and other diseases, improve cybersecurity, deploy soldiers and assets with more efficiency, and even win a poker game.

Unmanned

Patriot missiles purchased by Germany for NATO security - News

July 15, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

GERMANY. The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale of 50 Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC-3) missiles, plus parts and support, to Germany at an estimated cost of $401 million.

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AESA radar on B-52 bombers will get upgrade from Raytheon - News

July 12, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Raytheon will design, develop, produce, and sustain active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar systems for the entire U.S. Air Force B-52 fleet.

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Missile computers to be delivered to U.S. Navy by Raytheon - News

July 12, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon has won a $17.77 million firm-fixed-price contract to procure 114 High Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) command launch computers for the U.S. Navy.

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Quantum tech for DoD to be developed by IBM and AFRL - News

July 11, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

ROME, N.Y. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is embarking on efforts to partner with industry, academia, and the Department of Defense (DoD) to apply quantum information science to U.S. Air Force concerns and ensure capabilities.

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Missile defense capability contract awarded to Raytheon - News

July 11, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

WASHINGTON. Raytheon Company announced it was awarded two direct commercial sales contracts by the State of Qatar for additional integrated air and missile defense capability.

A.I.

Deep learning research by NSWC Crane engineer to help electronic warfare capabilities - News

July 11, 2019

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Naval Surface Warfare Center - Crane Division

CRANE, Indiana. ? Research on how to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) for electronic warfare applications was completed by a Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) employee.

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Signals-intelligence contract for Army won by General Dynamics MIssion Systems - News

July 11, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics Mission Systems

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) won a $296.1 million cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command to produce Prophet Enhanced modernized signals-intelligence systems.

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Laser targeting system to be updated by Northrop Grumman - News

July 10, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a $17.6 million award from the U.S. Army to upgrade Target Locator Modules (TLMs).

Comms

U.S. Navy ships get additional work on intelligent-modeling systems - News

July 10, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Charles River Analytics

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Intelligent-systems developer Charles River Analytics (CRA) is getting the green light from from the U.S. Navy to move forward on a System for Naval Data Aggregation and Planning with Probabilistic Reasoning (SNAPPR), which CRA officials say creates probabilistic models of naval system components, the environment in which they operate, and the missions that they serve. CRA is partnering with Raytheon IDS for the three-year SNAPPR follow-on contract, which is valued at nearly $1.5 million.

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Military systems and artillery market to grow around 3.6% per year globally, study says - News

July 10, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Market Forecast

AMSTERDAM. The global market for military artillery and systems is expected to pass $76 billion during 2019- 2027, a combined annual growth rate of approximately 3.6%, according to a study by Market Forecast, "Global Artillery and Systems -- Market and Technology Forecast to 2027."

A.I.

Artificial intelligence tech use, subject of meeting between U.S. and Singapore defense officials - News

July 10, 2019

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Department of Defense?s (DOD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC)

SINGAPORE. Officials from the U.S. Department of Defense?s (DOD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) and Singapore?s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) got together for a a multi-day technology exchange to promote collaboration efforts involving artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR) applications. The meeting happened just prior to the Singapore Defence Technology Summit.

A.I.

Autonomous software sustainment solution introduced to DoD - News

July 09, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

WASHINGTON. The Department of Defense (DoD) often relies on complex software systems. The rapid pace of software innovation, requirements, and system security, however, requires continual updating. The Intent-Defined Adaptive Software (IDAS) aims to shift system costs and developer focus from maintenance to design and development.