Industry News

Radar/EW

Littoral combat ship sensors contract awarded to FLIR - News

August 19, 2019

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

WILSONVILLE, Ore. FLIR Surveillance Inc. received a $12.6 million contract for supplies, repairs, and upgrades to sensor systems aboard U.S. Navy littoral combat ships.

Comms

Global military vetronics market will see big gains in next 10 years, report says - News

August 16, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Visiongain

LONDON. Global investment and consolidation will continue to be strong over the long term in the military land vehicle electronics (vetronics) market, which totals $3.56 billion in 2019, according to a recent study by Visiongain, "Military Land Vehicle Electronics Market Report 2019-2029."

Unmanned

ROBOpilot unmanned air platform first flights conducted by AFRL - News

August 16, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The Air Force Research Laboratory and DZYNE Technologies Incorporated completed a two-hour initial flight of a Robotic Pilot Unmanned Conversion Program called ROBOpilot at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah.

Avionics

E-2D Hawkeye training systems contract won by Rockwell Collins - News

August 16, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Collins Aerospace

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins has received a $31 million contract for training systems on the E-2D Hawkeye airborne surveillance aircraft. The contract covers one E-2D Hawkeye Integrated Training System III Weapons Systems Trainer and one Aircrew Procedures Trainer, including necessary technical data.

Cyber

Cyberspace operations contract won by SAIC - News

August 15, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems SAIC

RESTON, Va. Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) won a $14 million contract with Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific supporting the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command to provide full spectrum cyberspace support.

Unmanned

Optionally piloted Black Hawk flies with Triumph sensors - News

August 15, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Triumph Group

BERWYN, Pa. Triumph Group joins Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, in announcing the first flight of the optionally piloted Black Hawk helicopter equipped with a fly-by-wire technology kit.

Unmanned

Hypersonic-missile R and D poised to disrupt conventional defense market, report says - News

August 15, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Jane's by IHS Market

LONDON. Ongoing research and development efforts in the hypersonic missile market is set to disrupt the defense market globally, according to recent data from Jane's/IHS Markit.

Cyber

USAF classified-network cyber modernization contract going to Perspecta - News

August 14, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Perspecta Labs

CHANTILLY, Va. Perspecta Inc. has won the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) Enterprise Modernization program from the United States Air Force Enterprise Information Technology and Cyber Infrastructure Division of the Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks (C3I&N) Program Executive Office (PEO).

Unmanned

New metal material discovery could strengthen military vehicles - News

August 14, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Army

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. A U.S. Army project discovery upends previous notions about how metals deform and could help guide the creation of stronger, more durable materials for military vehicles.

Unmanned

Submarine program support contract won by Curtiss-Wright - News

August 14, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Curtiss-Wright

EAST FARMINGDALE, N.Y. Curtiss-Wright Corporation announced that it has been awarded contracts valued in excess of $80 million to provide propulsion valves for the U.S. Navy?s Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine and Columbia-class submarines programs.

Avionics

King Stallion helicopters production contract won by Sikorsky - News

August 14, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company

STRATFORD, Conn. Sikorsky has been awarded a $107 million contract for early work on the next six CH-53K King Stallion helicopters for the U.S. Marine Corps. The contract covers long lead items for six low-rate initial production lot 4 helicopters.

Avionics

Night-vision system for aviators' helmets gets $22 million nod - News

August 13, 2019

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

FORT WORTH, Texas. Collins Elbit Vision Systems -- a joint venture between Collins Aerospace Systems and Elbit Systems of America -- has obtained a $22 million firm-fixed price contract for the production and delivery of Night Vision Cueing and Display (NVCD) systems for the U.S. Navy and for the governments of Australia and Switzerland.

A.I.

Machine-learning contract for space scenarios won by BAE Systems - News

August 13, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

UNITED KINGDOM. BAE Systems has been awarded a Phase 2 contract to develop machine-learning capabilities aimed to help the military gain better awareness of space scenarios for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

Unmanned

DARPA's advanced imaging systems to extend field of view - News

August 12, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

WASHINGTON. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has developed the Focal arrays for Curved Infrared Imagers (FOCII) program to expand upon the current commercial trend for visible sensor arrays by extending the capability to both large and medium format midwave (MWIR) and/or longwave (LWIR) infrared detectors.

Unmanned

Jet drone systems awards totaling $4.8 million won by Kratos - News

August 12, 2019

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

SAN DIEGO, Calif. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, National Security Solutions provider, announced that its Unmanned Systems Division has received approximately $4.8 million of awards for high-performance jet drones, spares for Kratos jet drones, support equipment for Kratos jet drones, and specialty composite components.