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Radar/EW
Military display systems contract signed worth more than $8.7 million - News
February 16, 2018
CARLSBAD, Calif. Specialized military display maker Palomar Display Products has been awarded three contracts totaling more than $8.7 million to deliver military display systems for the M1 Abrams tank, M2/M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, and Light Armored Vehicle (LAV).
Comms
DoD to host Industry Day for cloud computing project - News
February 15, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) will host host an Industry Day for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) Cloud acquisition on March 7, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia.
Cyber
Hack the Air Force 2.0 invites 26 countries to participate, reports 106 vulnerabilities - News
February 15, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO. Officials at HackerOne released the results of the second Hack the Air Force bug bounty challenge. Hack the Air Force 2.0 is part of the Department of Defense?s (DoD) Hack the Pentagon crowd-sourced security initiative. Twenty-seven trusted hackers participated in the Hack the Air Force bug bounty challenge ? reporting 106 valid vulnerabilities and earning $103,883.
Cyber
Cybersecurity compliance for ballistic missile defense system contract won by DECISIVE ANALYTICS - News
February 15, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) officials selected DECISIVE ANALYTICS for a $59.5 million contract to provide cybersecurity compliance and risk management for the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS).
A.I.
Keeping military personnel in the field safe from infectious agents - News
February 15, 2018
SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) won a 12-month contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a next-generation portable diagnostic platform for military personnel to quickly self-perform testing for a variety of infectious diseases in the field.
Unmanned
Oshkosh receives $476 million contract for FMTV A2 variant vehicles - News
February 14, 2018
OSHKOSH, Wis. Officials at the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) selected Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corp. company, for a firm fixed price requirements contract spanning up to seven ordering years for the Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) A2 variant.
Radar/EW
Finnish forces' airborne surveillance system achieves operational capability - News
February 14, 2018
DENVER. The Finnish Defense Forces achieved final operational capability of the Lockheed Martin-built "Dragon Shield" airborne surveillance system. The milestone was achieved after the final flight test of the system, which evaluated compliance of the aircraft to civilian and military airworthiness requirements as well as system requirements verification.
Unmanned
Participants wanted for UAV swarm-based tactics test bed - News
February 14, 2018
BALTIMORE, Md. Northrop Grumman Corp. -- in its role as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Phase 1 Swarm Systems Integrator for the Agency?s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program -- is set to launch its first open-architecture test bed and is seeking participants to create and test their own swarm-based tactics on the platform. In this project, Northrop Grumman is teamed with Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI) and the Interactive Computing Experiences Research Cluster, directed by Dr. Joseph LaViola at the University of Central Florida.
Avionics
Contract aims to increase safety, health of aviation personnel - News
February 14, 2018
PASADENA, Calif. Engineering consulting firm Tetra Tech has won a $40 million, single-award contract from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Aerospace Medicine (AAM) to develop a new information system for tracking and analyzing medical information associated with pilots, air-traffic controllers, and other aviation-related personnel.
A.I.
Flight test demos semi-autonomous software in contested environments - News
February 13, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), in association with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), completed a 11-day flight test with BAE Systems' newly developed semi-autonomous software that allows better management and control of air-to-air and air-to-ground combat in contested environments.
Avionics
DoD FY 2019 budget proposal overview - News
February 13, 2018
WASHINGTON. Department of Defense (DoD) officials released a breakdown of the proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget request, which puts aside $686 billion for the Department. The recently enacted Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 lifts the budgetary caps in order for the military to be resourced at a funding level commensurate with the DoD's mission.
Comms
DARPA awards $4.7 million grant to transform augmented-reality glasses - News
February 13, 2018
NEW YORK. An interdisciplinary team from Columbia University School of Engineering is working with colleagues at Stanford, UMass Amherst, and Trex Enterprises Corp. to develop an alternative solution for use in augmented reality (AR) glasses.
Comms
ARL selects ICF as one of two awardees for information and computational sciences ID/IQ - News
February 13, 2018
FAIRFAX, Va. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has chosen global consulting and digital services provider ICF as one of two awardees eligible to compete for scientific and engineering support services under a new indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy releases final RFP for DDG 51 Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers - News
February 12, 2018
WASHINGTON. U.S. Navy officials released the final request-for-proposal (RFP) for the DDG 51 Fiscal Years (FY) 2018 - 2022 Multiyear Procurement (MYP) for Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.
Avionics
Singapore and FAA civil officials sign revised aviation safety agreement - News
February 12, 2018
WASHINGTON. Officials with the U.S. Department of Transportation?s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), attending the Singapore Airshow this week, signed a revised Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement that will enhance the two countries long-standing cooperation in airworthiness.
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