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A.I.

U.S. Army IT/engineering services contract worth $880 million won by CACI - News

June 20, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems CACI

ARLINGTON, Va. CACI International Inc. announced today it has secured an $880 million task order to provide information technology and engineering services to the U.S. Army?s Product Lead Reserve Component Automation System-Force Management System.

Unmanned

Raytheon's RAM missile upgraded and ready for U.S. Navy - News

June 20, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

PARIS AIR SHOW. The U.S. Navy successfully completed a series of guided flight tests for Raytheon's RAM Block 2A short-range, surface-to-air missile. Testing occurred at the Naval Air Warfare Center in China Lake, Calif., and from the Navy's self-defense test ship off the Southern California coast.

Radar/EW

Diehl Defence awards Elbit Systems $73 million contract to supply infrared systems for the German Air Force - News

June 20, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Elbit Systems

ISRAEL. Elbit Systems Ltd., international high technology company, announced it was awarded a $73 million contract from Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG, a German arms manufacturer, to provide J-MUSIC Directed Infrared Counter Measure (DIRCM) systems for the German Air Forces' Airbus A400M aircraft.

Comms

Small-sat design from Lockheed Martin chosen for NASA asteroid-imaging mission - News

June 20, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

DENVER. Lockheed Martin has been chosen to design dual small deep-space spacecraft to visit near-earth asteroids for the "Janus" mission, which is led by the University of Colorado Boulder.

Avionics

Space Coast to host Boeing Space and Launch HQ - News

June 19, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

ARLINGTON, Va. To strengthen collaboration and integration across its portfolio, Boeing is relocating the headquarters of its Space and Launch division to Titusville, on Florida?s revitalized Space Coast.

Avionics

Aerospace and military market forecasted at $8.7 trillion through 2028 by Boeing - News

June 19, 2019

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

PARIS AIR SHOW. Strong commercial aviation industry, Steady military spending combined with a growing commercial aviation sector promises growing aerospace and defense market, according to the Boeing Market Outlook (BMO), released this week at the Paris Air Show. Boeing experts forecast the market values at?$8.7 trillion?over the next ten years, up from?$8.1 trillion?a year ago.

Unmanned

Ancient comet dust found by NRL provides insights into the formation of the solar system - News

June 19, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

WASHINGTON. Materials science researchers with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have found a remnant of ancient dust from the early stages of the solar system inside a primitive meteorite, named La Paz Icefield 02342 after the location of its discovery in Antarctica.

Unmanned

Autonomous flight technology demonstrated by Collins Aerospace and Sikorsky at Paris Air Show - News

June 19, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Collins Aerospace Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company

PARIS AIR SHOW. Collins Aerospace Systems (a unit of United Technologies) and Sikorsky (a Lockheed Martin company) demonstrated fly-by-wire technology that enables autonomous flight for rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft.

Avionics

Saab selects power and controls systems from Collins Aerospace for Boeing T-X trainer - News

June 19, 2019

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

PARIS AIR SHOW. Saab has chosen Collins Aerospace Systems (a unit of United Technologies) to supply mission-critical power and controls systems for the Boeing T-X trainer, including the aircraft?s Power Take Off (PTO) shaft, Auxiliary Power Engine Control Unit (APECU), engine start system, and Main Electric Power Generation System (MEPGS).

Radar/EW

BAE Systems awards SRC Inc. contract to manufacture and deliver 40 CEAR Systems - News

June 19, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems SRC, Inc.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. SRC Inc., a research and development company, won a $5.2 million contract from BAE Systems to build and deliver 40 Common Electronic Attack Receiver (CEAR) systems. The 40 CEAR systems will be manufactured by SRCTec, LLC, an SRC subsidiary.

Comms

NASA SENSE contract worth $1.8 billion awarded to Peraton - News

June 19, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Peraton

HERNDON, Va. Peraton announced it has been awarded NASA's Space Exploration Network Services and Evolution (SENSE) contract. The contract has a five-year ordering period with a maximum value of $1.8 billion.

Radar/EW

Investments in C4ISR, network-centric warfare, and missile defense to drive global defense spending, study says - News

June 19, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Frost & Sullivan

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. Ongoing geopolitical tensions plus economic and industrial disruptions will drive a global arms race as military powers across the world recalibrate diplomacy, embrace new technology, and adjust their industrial policies, according to a study from Frost & Sullivan, "Global Defense Outlook, 2019."

Unmanned

MQ-9A fleet program for U.K. awards $90.9 million contract to GA-ASI - News

June 18, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

UNITED KINGDOM. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) has been awarded a $90.9 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the United Kingdom's MQ-9A Contractor Logistics Support Phase IV Program.

Unmanned

Test flights continue for Kratos Valkyrie UAV - News

June 18, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

SAN DIEGO, Calif. National-security technology provider Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has completed another in a series of test/demonstration flights of its XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

Unmanned

Ansys and Airbus to collaborate on autonomous flight to support Europe's Future Combat Air System - News

June 18, 2019

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

CANONSBURG, Pa. and OTTOBRUNN, Germany. Engineering-simulation company Ansys and aviation giant Airbus Defense and Space have announced that the pair will use an Ansys embedded-software solution to develop an advanced unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in support of Europe's Future Combat Air System (FCAS).