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Syntonic Microwave, The Athena Group acquired by Mercury Systems - News

April 19, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Mercury Systems

ANDOVER, Mass. Officials at Mercury Systems, Inc. announced the acquisitions of The Athena Group, Inc. (Athena) and Syntonic Microwave LLC (Syntonic) for an all-cash price valued at $46 million in total.

Comms

Joint rapid-prototyping project between ATLAS Space and DoD will result in secure satcom platform - News

April 18, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems ATLAS Space Operations

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. ATLAS Space Operations has signed an agreement with the Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to develop its LINKS platform in a rapid-prototyping fashion that will deliver a complete satellite communications platform tailored to the U.S. Air Force?s Multi-Band Multi-Mission requirements, as outlined by the Space and Missile Systems Center?s Range and Network Systems Division.

A.I.

USAF selects Geospark Analytics to develop Hyperion platform - News

April 18, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Geospark Analytics

HERNDON, Va. U.S. Air Force officials selected Geospark Analytics to continue development of its Hyperion's threat and risk assessment APIs for integration into Command, Control, Communication, Intelligence, and Networks (C3I&N) systems.

Unmanned

Counter-UAS solution selected by DLA to support USSOCOM requirements - News

April 18, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Citadel Defense Company

SAN DIEGO. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) officials selected Citadel Defense Co. for its counter-unmanned aerial systems (counter-UAS) mobile systems to support U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) requirements. The contract is valued at $1 million.

Radar/EW

BAE Systems releases 360 multifunction sensor for military vehicle protection - News

April 18, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

AUSTIN, Texas. BAE Systems officials released its 360 Multifunction Vehicle Protection (MVP) Sensor as part of the company?s integrated vehicle protection system (VPS) suite, which provides improved visibility, situational awareness, threat warning, and countermeasures to protect armored vehicles and crews.

Unmanned

Navy's MQ-25 UAS to be equipped with Cubic's SATCOM modem & common data link - News

April 17, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cubic

SAN DIEGO. Boeing officials selected Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS), a Cubic Corp. business division, to supply its Wideband Satellite Communications (SATCOM) modem system and Line-of-Sight (LOS) Common Data Link (CDL) system for the MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling program.

Comms

Night vision camera prototypes to be delivered by SRI International - News

April 17, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems SRI International

MENLO PARK, Calif. SOSSEC, Inc. officials, on behalf of the Night Vision and Electronic Sensor Directorate (NVESD), selected SRI International's to deliver digital night vision camera prototypes to support the U.S. Army's Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program.

Comms

Viasat integrates Concurrent Multiple Reception capabilities to its Link 16 products - News

April 17, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems ViaSat

CARLSBAD, Calif. Viasat Inc. engineers added Concurrent Multiple Reception (CMR) capabilities to the company's Link 16 products. CMR enables a Link 16 radio to receive multiple messages simultaneously versus legacy radios that can only receive one message at a time.

Avionics

Collins Aerospace to serve as mission systems integrator for Army FVL project - News

April 17, 2019

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

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Collins Aerospace has won a spot as one of three mission systems integrators for the U.S. Army's Joint Multi Role (JMR) Mission Systems Architecture Demonstration (MSAD) program.

Unmanned

Japan requests SM-3 missiles in FMS valued at $1.15 billion - News

April 16, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

WASHINGTON. State Department officials approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Japan of up to 56 Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB missiles for an estimated cost of $1.15 billion.

Comms

Mission-management system, satcom hub for Boeing's USAF contract awarded to Hughes - News

April 16, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Hughes Network Systems

GERMANTOWN, Md. Broadband satellite provider Hughes Network Systems has won a contract from Boeing to develop mission management, system control, networking, and ground hub capabilities in support of an antijam satellite communications capability for the U.S. Air Force?s Protected Tactical Enterprise Service (PTES) program.

Radar/EW

Alion to support JSTARS program under $21 million task order - News

April 16, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Alion Science and Technology

WASHINGTON. Officials at the U.S. Air Force, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) selected Alion Science and Technology for a $21 million task order under the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) Pool 3 contract. This task order has a 12-month base plus three option years period of performance.

Avionics

In-flight health monitoring system from UEI chosen for USAF aircraft - News

April 16, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems United Electronic Industries (UEI)

WALPOLE, Mass. United Electronic Industries (UEI) announced that its UEI-HUMS1 in-flight health monitoring system has been released for production delivery to Tyonek Global Services, and subsequent installation onto United States Air Force (USAF) aircraft.

Comms

DARPA Launch Challenge targets early 2020 launch after three teams complete qualification phase - News

April 15, 2019

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced that three competitors completed the qualification phase for the Agency's Launch Challenge and will attempt to launch to low-Earth orbit from two different U.S. locations.

Comms

Army-vehicle sensor suite upgrade awarded to FLIR Systems - News

April 15, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems FLIR Systems, Inc.

ARLINGTON, Va. FLIR Systems has received an award from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) in support of the Nuclear Biological Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle Sensor Suite Upgrade (NBCRV SSU) program for the U.S. Army.