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Avionics

Accelerating supersonic travel is goal of Boeing, Aerion partnership - News

February 13, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing Aerion Supersonic

CHICAGO. Boeing and Aerion are partnering to accelerate advancements in supersonic travel, officials announce.

Unmanned

FLIR Systems agrees to add Endeavor Robotics to it's unmanned system portfolio - News

February 13, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems FLIR Systems, Inc.

WILSONVILLE, Ore. Officials at FLIR Systems, Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Endeavor Robotic Holdings, Inc., a developer of tactical unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) for the global military, public safety, and critical infrastructure markets, from Arlington Capital Partners for $385 million in cash.

A.I.

U.S. DoD outlines strategy regarding artificial intelligence - News

February 13, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has released the summary of its strategy on artificial intelligence (AI) -- called "Harnessing AI to Advance Our Security and Prosperity -- in which the DoD outlines how it will leverage AI into the future.

Radar/EW

DARPA explores development of HPEC for virtual training environments - News

February 13, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has created the Digital RF Battlespace Emulator (DBRE) program, which is aimed at developing of high-capacity computing with extremely low latency to power virtual test beds for complex RF systems.

Radar/EW

Navy releases $184 million in funds under SEWIP Block 2 contract - News

February 12, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

SYRACUSE, N.Y. The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $184 million firm-fixed-price modification to exercise options for full rate production of Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 2 systems.

Unmanned

Digital ELINT sensor completes demo onboard MQ-9 Predator - News

February 12, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

SAN DIEGO. Raytheon Deutschland GmbH (based in Freising, Germany) and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) collaborated to demonstrate the performance of the newly developed Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) sensor called the Advanced Radar Detection System (ARDS). The payload was integrated in a wing-mounted pod and test-flown on an MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA).

A.I.

Machine learning aids early detection of anomalies in cybersecurity analysis from Frost & Sullivan - News

February 12, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Frost & Sullivan

SANTA CLARA, Calif. Frost & Sullivan?s analysis titled "Envisioning the Next-Generation Cybersecurity Practices," presents an overview of cybersecurity in enterprises and analyzes the drivers and challenges to the adoption of best practices in cybersecurity. It also covers the technologies impacting the future of cybersecurity and the main purchase factors.

Unmanned

Army study find autonomous machines increases cooperation among individuals - News

February 12, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Army Research Laboratory

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. Researchers from the U.S. Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory, the Army's Institute for Creative Technologies and Northeastern University (NU) collaborated in a new research study that suggests the use of autonomous machines increases cooperation among individuals.

A.I.

Army scientists find catch-22 in using AI with military applications - News

February 12, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Army Research Laboratory

ADELPHI, Md. The U.S. Army is collaborating with researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSC) to test the hypothesis that many people trust their own abilities far more than that of an artificial intelligence (AI) entity and its effects in military applications.

Comms

Leonardo DRS set to build new engineering/manufacturing complex in Bridgeton, MO - News

February 11, 2019

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense contractor Leonardo DRS will build a new engineering-development and light-manufacturing facility and offices in Bridgeton, Missouri, to accommodate its growing Land Systems business line, with a target date for the new facility of early 2020.

Unmanned

U.S. Navy UUV to test GA-EMS Li-ion battery - News

February 11, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems

SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has been awarded a contract from Advanced Technology International (ATI) to develop and demonstrate a prototype lithium-ion fault-tolerant (LiFT) battery system to be used in the U.S. Navy?s prototype ?Snakehead? large-displacement unmanned undersea vehicle (LDUUV).

Radar/EW

L3 Technologies key member of team for Canadian combat-ship program - News

February 11, 2019

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

NEW YORK. L3 Technologies will be part of the team set to deliver the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) design contract by Irving Shipbuilding, which is the CSC prime contractor; L3 is a key partner with Lockheed Martin Canada (LMC) and BAE Systems on the Combat Ship team.

Unmanned

Navy receives first two AQS-24C mine hunting systems - News

February 11, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

ANNAPOLIS, Md. Northrop Grumman officials delivered the first two AQS-24C mine hunting systems to the U.S. Navy.

A.I.

DARPA aims to develop defenses to thwart attempts to deceive machine learning algorithms - News

February 08, 2019

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) created the Guaranteeing AI Robustness against Deception (GARD) program, which aims to develop a new generation of defenses against adversarial deception attacks on machine learning (ML) models.

A.I.

Navy releases funds to enhance DATEM, a real-time alert system - News

February 08, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Charles River Analytics

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. U.S. Navy officials released additional funding to Charles River Analytics to extend and enhance the company's Distributed Analysis Tool for Enterprise Monitoring (DATEM) full-scope prototype. The DATEM contract with options is valued at approximately $1.5 million over four years.