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Radar/EW
Sensor systems acquisition services from CACI to go to U.S. Army - News
April 15, 2019
ARLINGTON, Va. CACI International has won a $71 million task order to provide sensor systems acquisition services to the U.S. Army Program Executive Office (PEO); the five-year contract represents new work in CACI?s Surveillance and Reconnaissance market area.
Radar/EW
LCS 36 & 38 to be equipped with Saab's Sea Giraffe AMB naval radar - News
April 15, 2019
SYRACUSE, N.Y. U.S. General Dynamics officials selected Saab's Sea Giraffe AMB naval radar, designated AN/SPS-77, for installation on the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ships LCS 36 and LCS 38.
Avionics
Northrop Grumman garners $3.2 billion multiyear E-2D Hawkeye aircraft production contract - News
April 12, 2019
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. U.S. Navy officials selected Northrop Grumman Corp. for the purchase of 24 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft under a multiyear procurement (MYP) contract valued at approximately $3.2 billion.
Radar/EW
Next-gen airborne EW aircraft from L3 ordered by Australia's royal air force - News
April 11, 2019
NEW YORK. L3 Technologies has entered into an agreement with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) to deliver four aircraft with next-generation airborne electronic warfare (EW) capability. The prime contract has an estimated value of more than $1 billion.
Comms
Northrop Grumman selected to develop sensing capabilities under DARPA's PALS program - News
April 11, 2019
BALTIMORE. Northrop Grumman will develop prototype sensing capabilities using undersea organisms to assist in passively detecting and tracking undersea threats for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biological Technology Office.
Comms
Boeing, Australian Space Agency sign agreement to expand space market - News
April 10, 2019
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Officials at Boeing and the Australian Space Agency signed a Statement of Strategic Intent to help advance the agency?s goals to expand Australia?s domestic space industry.
Cyber
Perspecta Labs DEDUCE can identify network disruptions under DARPA EdgeCT program - News
April 10, 2019
CHANTILLY, Va. Perspecta Inc.'s innovating applied research unit, Perspecta Labs, has received a $5.7 million contract modification for continued work on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Edge-Directed Cyber Technologies for Reliable Mission Communication (EdgeCT) program.
Radar/EW
USAF ground-based electronic warfare support to continue by Harris - News
April 09, 2019
MELBOURNE, Fla. U.S. Air Force (USAF) officials selected Harris Corp. to continue its support services on USAF's ground-based electronic warfare (EW) systems and infrastructure.
Cyber
DARPA schedules second ERI summit emphasizing impact on semiconductor industry - News
April 09, 2019
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials are kicking off the second annual Electronics Resurgence Initiative (ERI) in Detroit, Michigan on July 15 through the 17th. The summit will allow electronics innovators to share their vision for the future, review technical progress, and provide input into future research directions.
Radar/EW
Space-debris system to get an upgrade from USAF, Raytheon consortium - News
April 08, 2019
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and a consortium of technology firms led by Raytheon have joined forces to modernize and simplify the aging Space Defense Operations Center, a 1990s-era system that tracks and monitors space debris.
Radar/EW
DARPA requests AI, synthetic technologies in fourth OFFSET sprint - News
April 08, 2019
ARLINGTON, Va. Officials at the Defense Agency Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are soliciting creative proposals for the fourth swarm sprint in its OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program.
Comms
Combat-vehicle order for $132.1 million from U.S. Army received by Leonardo DRS - News
April 08, 2019
ARLINGTON, Va. Leonardo DRS has received its first production delivery order for the next-generation of U.S. Army mission command computing systems, called the Mounted Family of Computer Systems (MFoCS) II.
Comms
Space robotics market will surpass $3.5 billion by 2025, study says - News
April 08, 2019
SELBYVILLE, Del. The market for space robotics will grow from $2 billion in 2018 to approximately $3.5 billion by 2025, according to a 2019 Global Market Insights, Inc. report, "Space Robotics Market Size By Solution (Product [Rovers / Landers, Probes, Arms / Manipulator Systems], Software, Services), By Application (Deep Space [Space Exploration, Space Transportation], Near Space [Space Exploration, Space Transportation]), By End-Use (Commercial, Government), Industry Analysis Report, Regional Outlook (U.S., Canada, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Russia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, Israel, South Africa), Application Potential, Price Trend, Competitive Market Share & Forecast, 2019 ? 2025."
Avionics
Avionics suite for Canadian armed forces CF-18 fleet to get support from Peraton - News
April 08, 2019
HERNDON, Va. Peraton has won a one-year contract extension for the Canadian armed forces CF-18 Avionics Optimized Weapon System Support program -- valued at $30 million -- to continue its support for the CF-18 fighter fleet.
A.I.
Army-funded research focuses on AI teaming to dynamically complete tasks - News
April 05, 2019
ABERDEEN, Md. University and Army Research Laboratory (ARL) scientists published a new research paper in Science Advances that looks at soldier brain activity during specific tasks for ways to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) teaming to dynamically complete tasks.
Avionics
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Unmanned
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Defense Innovation Unit adds Silvus SC4400E radio to Blue UAS Framework
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Building a layered, aware PNT architecture for the modern battlespace
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Beyond GPS: HORDE PNT for contested environments
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Beyond GNSS/GPS: magnetic navigation and multisensor resilience in contested skies
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Power under pressure: Meeting the military’s surging energy demands
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