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Unmanned
Rocket launchers contract awarded to Lockheed Martin - News
July 16, 2019
DALLAS, Texas. Lockheed Martin will produce High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers and associated hardware for the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, Romania, and Poland under a $492 million contract, marking Poland's first acquisition of HIMARS launchers.
Radar/EW
Radar to improve air traffic control at German military airfields - News
July 15, 2019
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
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
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
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.
Radar/EW
AESA radar on B-52 bombers will get upgrade from Raytheon - News
July 12, 2019
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.
Radar/EW
Missile computers to be delivered to U.S. Navy by Raytheon - News
July 12, 2019
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.
Radar/EW
Quantum tech for DoD to be developed by IBM and AFRL - News
July 11, 2019
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.
Radar/EW
Missile defense capability contract awarded to Raytheon - News
July 11, 2019
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
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.
Radar/EW
Signals-intelligence contract for Army won by General Dynamics MIssion Systems - News
July 11, 2019
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.
Unmanned
Laser targeting system to be updated by Northrop Grumman - News
July 10, 2019
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
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.
Radar/EW
Military systems and artillery market to grow around 3.6% per year globally, study says - News
July 10, 2019
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
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.
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