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Comms

Romanian army signs $1 billion-plus contract for armored wheeled vehicles - News

January 15, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics

MADRID. General Dynamics European Land Systems has signed an agreement with the armed forces of Romania to deliver up to 227 PIRANHA 5 eight-wheeled armored vehicles in six different configurations.

Comms

DARPA Hallmark program aims to better manage space assets - News

January 12, 2018

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) Hallmark program -- which the agency describes as a plan to develop revolutionary tools and technologies to plan, assess, and execute U.S. military operations in space -- has completed initial research and awarded Phase 1 contracts to 11 organizations. DARPA is now seeking additional technologies for potential inclusion in the Hallmark program.

Radar/EW

Aegis Ashore system, long-range radar paired to boost intelligence, situational awareness - News

January 12, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin reports that it has connected key components of its Aegis Ashore and Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) technologies, with a demonstration of the technologies' joint ability to increase the operational performance, efficiency, and reliability of Aegis Ashore.

Unmanned

DARPA taps Raytheon for CODE's Phase 3 development - News

January 11, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials selected Raytheon to complete the development of the agency's Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program during Phase 3.

Avionics

Rockwell Collins to provide supply chain management support at Robins Air Force Base maintenance depot - News

January 11, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Officials at Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) tapped Rockwell Collins to provide support for the Robins Air Force Base maintenance depot under a $22 million contract.

Unmanned

ESA plans to explore Mars using lasers - News

January 11, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems European Space Agency

PARIS. The European Space Agency (ESA) is now investigating how lasers would be best used in future space missions.

Comms

Boeing donates $10 million to support veterans' programs and services - News

January 11, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

DALLAS. Boeing has awarded $10 million to the George W. Bush Institute's Military Service Initiative in support of veterans' programs and services. The Boeing donation is part of a $30 million multiyear investment intended to support veteran recovery and rehabilitation programs and military transition services.

Unmanned

U.S. Navy to evaluate Saab's anti-submarine warfare system through FCT program - News

January 10, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Saab

WASHINGTON. U.S. Navy officials will evaluate Saab's anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training system, the AUV62-AT, through the Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) Program. The demonstration is planned for summer 2018, with an option to continue testing into 2019.

Radar/EW

Aerospace instrumentation technology contract won by Curtiss-Wright - News

January 10, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Curtiss-Wright

CHARLOTTE, N.C. U.S. Air Force officials tapped Curtiss-Wright Corp. for a a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at $86 million to provide its aerospace instrumentation technology for use on the High Speed Data Acquisition System (HSDAS) program at the Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) ? Air Force Test Center (AFTC) .

Unmanned

Navy tests joint air-to-ground missile on AH-1Z helicopter - News

January 10, 2018

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

NAVAL AIR STATION, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The U.S. Navy recently successfully completed its first Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) flight test, using the AH-1Z "Viper" attack helicopter, in a demo at Patuxent River.

Unmanned

AFRL and Leidos to collaborate on electro-optical sensing technology - News

January 10, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos

RESTON, Va. Engineering/science/IT company Leidos won a prime contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to provide sensor technology under the Electro-Optical Combined Hyperspectral Imaging, Infrared Search and Track, and Long Range Imaging (EO-CHIL) program. The single-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract has an 87-month performance period and a total contract ceiling of $47 million.

Unmanned

IARPA awards Phase II of $10.7 million contract to remotely detect explosives, other toxic threats - News

January 09, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. Block MEMS/Engineering has been awarded Phase II of a contract with the Intelligence Advanced Research Programs Activity (IARPA) Program for the standoff detection of explosives and toxic chemical threats. IARPA chose Block for Phase II in a competitive down-selection process.

Radar/EW

Thales integrates Kontron's 6U VPX blade computer into radar application - News

January 09, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kontron

TOULON, France. A 6U VPX dual eight-core Intel Xeon D processor blade computer made by embedded computing and Internet of Things company Kontron has been successfully integrated and tested in a radar application by defense electronics corporation Thales.

Radar/EW

CASA radar: Detecting danger at a distance - News

January 09, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems HRL Laboratories

MALIBU, Calif. Research and development lab HRL Laboratories has announced the development of a high-resolution, low-power radar antenna array (coded aperture subreflector array or CASA) that the company says can potentially see weapons or explosives concealed on a person at tactically safe distances. HRL Laboratories is owned by The Boeing Company and General Motors; the R&D lab specializes in research into sensors and materials, information and systems sciences, applied electromagnetics, and microelectronics.

Avionics

Oman will upgrade software subsystems on its F-16 - News

January 08, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

WASHINGTON. State Department officials approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Oman of items and services to support an incremental Operational Flight Profile (OFP) software upgrade for F-16 subsystems, as well as Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), and secure communications equipment for Mode 5 operations for an estimated cost of $62 million.