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Comms

Harris Corporation and L3 Technologies to merge - News

October 15, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3 Technologies

MELBOURNE, Fla and NEW YORK. Defense contractors Harris Corporation and L3 Technologies have agreed to combine in an all-stock merger of equals.

A.I.

NGA tasks DAC to implement machine learning algorithms for analytics program - News

October 12, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Decisive Analytics Corporation

ARLINGTON, Va. Officials at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded DECISIVE ANALYTICS Corp. (DAC) a contract to implement semantic machine learning algorithms for the Advanced Geospatial Analytics program.

Radar/EW

U.S. Army's AN/TPQ-53 radar to transition to GaN - News

October 12, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

SYRACUSE, N.Y. U.S. Army officials modified an existing contract with Lockheed Martin to insert Gallium Nitride (GaN) into the AN/TPQ-53 (Q-53) radar as part of the full rate production configuration.

Radar/EW

SPY-6 radar from Raytheon tracks ballistic missile through intercept and multiple targets at once - News

October 12, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon's AN/SPY-6(V) radar, continuing in testing to demonstrate its integrated air and missile defense capability against multiple targets, recently detected, acquired, and tracked multiple targets from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii.

Cyber

H-1N aerial gunnery simulation contract with Kratos extended for additional year - News

October 12, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

SAN DIEGO. KBR Wyle officials extended a contract with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. for an additional year to deliver H-1N Aerial Gunnery Simulation Training for the U.S. Air Force at the Kratos Aircrew Training Center (KATC) in Orlando, Florida.

Radar/EW

Missile-warning and protection system passes international live trials, companies say - News

October 12, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leonardo Thales

ROME and PARIS. Leonardo and Thales revealed that their end-to-end missile-warning and protection system has been proven highly effective in recent live-fire scenarios, demonstrating the system?s ability to quickly defend against incoming missiles.

Comms

EELV Launch Service agreements signed by U.S. Air Force with three domestic companies - News

October 12, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force announced the award of three Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Launch Service Agreements: to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, and United Launch Alliance.

Radar/EW

U.S. Army completes testing on Raytheon-built upgraded Stinger missile - News

October 11, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

TUCSON, Ariz. U.S. Army engineers completed qualification testing for a new proximity fuze that enhances the Raytheon-build Stinger missile. During recent testing at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, the weapon system scored a 100 percent hit rate against a variety of targets. The missiles were shoulder- and vehicle-launched.

Unmanned

MQ-1C UAS from GA-ASI completes follow-on test & evaluation for U.S. Army - News

October 10, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) -- in cooperation with the U.S. Army -- recently completed Follow-On Test & Evaluation (FOT&E) for its MQ-1C ER Gray Eagle Extended Range unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Testing began in early June 2018 and spanned 644 flight hours during the testing period.

Comms

Tactical computing for U.S. Army, new-style computing at the edge in PacStar announcements - News

October 10, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems PacStar

AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. PacStar has introduced its PacStar Modular Data Center (MDC), a high-performance expeditionary solution that enables warfighters to access and deploy data-center-class computing and storage at the edge of tactical networks.

A.I.

Bringing data analytics, AI, ML to combat training - News

October 10, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Zen Technologies

AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. Training-services company Zen Technologies USA (Washington, D.C.) will partner with Paladin AI (Montreal, Canada) to develop technology that brings adaptive training to combat training systems.

Unmanned

U.S. Army Next-Generation Combat vehicle announced by Raytheon, Rheinmetall Defence - News

October 09, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. Raytheon and Rheinmetall Defence announced that they are joining forces to meet the U.S. Army's requirement for the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV)-Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program.

Radar/EW

Advanced threat protection for aircraft debuted by BAE Systems - News

October 09, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. BAE Systems debuted its Smart D2 system, a next-generation threat-management technology named for its ability to dispense countermeasures and defend military aircraft.

Unmanned

UAS, tactical missile system focus of AeroVironment, General Dynamics partnership - News

October 08, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. General Dynamics Land Systems (GD) and AeroVironment, Inc. officials announced a new strategic relationship at this year's AUSA event to produce integrated and effective tactical unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and tactical missile systems (TMS) for armored ground combat vehicles.

Radar/EW

Raytheon chosen to advance in U.S. Army Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor competition - News

October 08, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. Raytheon Co. (Waltham, Mass.) is advancing in the U.S. Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) competition and now enters the Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) phase of the program.