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Naval trainer brings AR/VR, hands-on training right to the waterfront - News

March 26, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Navy

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. The U.S. Navy is currently using the the Carrier-Advanced Reconfigurable Training System (C-ARTS) system -- a customized mobile training facility -- to deliver traditional classroom training, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and "mixed-reality" training to sailors and soldiers at pierside.

Radar/EW

U.S. Missile Defense Agency reports successful test of ground-based ICBM interceptors - News

March 26, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Missile Defense Agency

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) reports that it successfully launched two ground-based interceptors (GBIs) in rapid succession on Monday, March 25 from Vandenberg Air Force Base (California) against a simulated intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launched from a test site on the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific.

Cyber

Air Force 'white hat' event focused on its REMIS maintenance system - News

March 25, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Air Force Northrop Grumman

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. U.S. Air Force officials announced at that the Reliability and Maintainability Information System program office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, underwent an intentional hack by certified ethical hackers hired under a contract to conduct an analysis of what would happen if an insider ?went rogue.?

A.I.

DARPA teams up with NSF to develop ASICs tailored for machine learning applications - News

March 25, 2019

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

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Agency Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and National Science Foundation (NSF) are teaming up to collaborate on a new program titled: Real Time Machine Learning (RTML), which seeks to reduce the design costs associated with developing Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) tailored for emerging machine learning (ML) applications by developing a means of automatically generating novel chip designs based on ML frameworks.

A.I.

DARPA program studies use of AI to generate more effective human-machine teaming - News

March 25, 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) is studying the basic machine "social skills" that will be needed to generate effective human-machine collaboration.

Radar/EW

Radar from Raytheon said to double U-2 surveillance range for USAF - News

March 25, 2019

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

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Raytheon is working on development of a new version of the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) that flies on the U-2 Dragon Lady aircraft, under the terms of a $320 million undefinitized contract from the U.S. Air Force.

Comms

RF microwave control components from Comtech to go to U.S. military - News

March 22, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Comtech Telecommunications

MELVILLE, N.Y. Comtech Telecommunications announced that its New York-based subsidiary, Comtech PST Corp. -- part of Comtech?s Government Solutions segment -- received a $2.3 million contract award for RF microwave control components from a major domestic prime contractor.

Comms

Army National Guard adds 739 new HMMWVs under $89 million contract - News

March 22, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems AM General

SOUTH BEND, Ind. U.S. Army National Guard officials selected manufacturer of light tactical vehicles, AM General, to deliver 739 new M1152A1 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs) as a part of their modernization initiatives under a contract valued at $89 million.

Comms

Navy to host outreach events to establish new connections with small businesses - News

March 22, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Navy

ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Navy is hosting a trio of outreach events through its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, in conjunction with the University of Massachusetts Lowell Research Institute (UML RI), in Lowell, Massachusetts, April 8-11, 2019.

Avionics

Boeing receives $4 billion multiyear contract for 78 F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet aircraft - News

March 21, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. U.S. Navy officials signed a multiyear procurement (MYP) contract with Boeing for 78 F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet aircraft that includes 72 aircraft between fiscal years 2019-2021 and six from fiscal year 2018.

Unmanned

Leidos to provide aviation systems readiness support to NAVAIR - News

March 21, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos

RESTON, Va. U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) officials selected Leidos to provide flexible, ready, and rapidly deployable capabilities for aviation systems worldwide. The multiple award, hybrid contract has a five-year base period of performance with five optional years, and a total potential value of $12.6 billion.

Radar/EW

Subsystem testing complete for the Navy's Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar - News

March 21, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TEWKSBURY, Mass. The U.S. Navy's Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) completed subsystem testing at Raytheon's Near Field Range in Sudbury, Massachusetts.

Comms

DARPA's RSPACE program moves to Phase 3 to improve air battlespace awareness - News

March 21, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

BURLINGTON, Mass. BAE Systems is moving to Phase 3 under the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program titled Resilient Synchronized Planning and Assessment for the Contested Environment (RSPACE). Under the Phase 3 contract, worth approximately $3.1 million, BAE Systems will continue developing autonomy software to improve the resiliency of air mission planning for the military.

A.I.

DARPA program: Progress seen on lifelong learning for machines - News

March 20, 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) Lifelong Learning Machines (L2M) program reports some progress toward its goal of developing computer systems that can learn continuously and become increasingly expert while performing tasks.

A.I.

Autonomous adaptable software systems under development by Charles River Analytics, partners - News

March 20, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Charles River Analytics

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Intelligent-systems developer Charles River Analytics is partnering with the University of Southern California, Harvard University, the University of Birmingham, and Metron Scientifc to develop a program called Probabilistic Representation of Intent Commitments to Ensure Software Survival (PRINCESS).