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Unmanned

NASA tests 3-D printed component on RS-25 engine for SLS - News

December 15, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Aerojet Rocketdyne

NASA/JOHN C. STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne (a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.) completed hot-fire testing of an RS-25 rocket engine containing its largest additively manufactured component to date. Additive manufacturing is commonly referred to as 3-D printing.

Comms

Fiscal 2018 defense bill authorizes an increase in pay and troops - News

December 14, 2017

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

MCLEAN, Va. The Fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) authorizes an estimated $700 billion for the Defense Department, Military.com's Amy Bushatz reports. The bill includes $634 billion for the base budget and $66 billion for the war budget. President Donald Trump formally signed the 2018 defense bill earlier this week and Congress still needs to pass the accompanying appropriations bill to keep the government up and running.

Radar/EW

VNX standard is ratified by VITA organization - News

December 14, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems VITA Standards Organization

OKLAHOMA CITY. VITA officials announced that ANSI/VITA 74.0-2017 ? ?Compliant System Small Form Factor Module Base Standard,? commonly known as VNX, reached American National Standards Institute (ANSI) recognition. This standard has completed the VITA and ANSI processes reaching full recognition under guidance of the VITA Standards Organization (VSO).

Avionics

U.S. and EU expand cooperation in air-traffic safety, air-traffic control management - News

December 14, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

BRUSSELS. Officials from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and ambassadors to the European Union (EU) plus EU transport ministers recently signed amendments to two U.S.-EU agreements that will expand joint efforts on aviation safety and air-traffic management harmonization.

Comms

U.S. Air Force GPS III satellite completes factory mission readiness test - News

December 14, 2017

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

DENVER. The U.S. Air Force has finalized a factory mission readiness test (FMRT) on the first Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite along with the launch-and-checkout system (LCS) of an accompanying ground control platform built by Raytheon.

Unmanned

Navy helicopter demonstrates autonomous capabilities with use of tablet - News

December 13, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR)

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) completed the final helicopter flight demonstration with autonomous capability for the Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System (AACUS) program at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia.

Radar/EW

U.S. Army demos multidomain, joint-force weapons during live-air exercise - News

December 13, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Army Northrop Grumman

YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz. The U.S. Army and Northrop Grumman recently conducted the second phase of what the Army calls its Soldier Checkout Event (SCOE), during which it tested its Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS), during a live-air exercise.

Radar/EW

Australian navy to install Raytheon's anti-air warfare defense technology - News

December 13, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TEWKSBURY, Mass. Engineers at Raytheon completed the design, development, and testing of the company's Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) system, which will be installed onboard the Royal Australian navy?s HMAS Hobart expanding the ship's battlespace awareness.

Unmanned

Navy conducts LRASM test from a B-1B Lancer aircraft - News

December 13, 2017

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

POINT MUGU SEA TEST RANGE, Calif. The U.S. Navy recently completed another in a series of milestone test flights as it endeavors to fully test and certify its new Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), with a test flight from an Air Force B-1B Lancer on December 8 off the coast of southern California.

Unmanned

Equipment test shows off counter-UAV measures for airfields, battlefields - News

December 12, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems HENSOLDT

HAMBURG, Germany. Sensor company Hensoldt recently held a demonstration of its Xpeller counter-UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle] system as part of a larger exhibition on the Airbus airfield in Hamburg-Finkenwerder.

Comms

DoD selects Battelle team for microelectronics security research contract - News

December 12, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Batelle

COLUMBUS, Ohio. U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) officials tapped Battelle for two contracts worth an estimated $23 million to conduct research at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio in support of the Air Force Research Laboratory?s (AFRL) Sensors Directorate.

Radar/EW

U.S. Army Pacific Command issues $9 million task order for Kwajalein site - News

December 12, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems DdynCorp International

MCLEAN, Va. DynCorp International (DI) recently received a Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP IV) change order to the U.S. Army Pacific Command (PACOM) task order 06: Base Operation Services supporting the U.S. Army Garrison at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, in the South Pacific. The change order began December 1, 2017 and runs through February 28, 2018, with a total work authorization of $9 million.

Comms

Distributed mission operations center contract won by General Dynamics - News

December 12, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics Information Technology

FAIRFAX, Va. U.S. Air Force officials selected General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT)- a business unit of General Dynamics - for the Distributed Mission Operations Center ? Infrastructure, Development and Engineering support contract with a potential value of $47 million.

Comms

NRL R&D contract will focus on ocean dynamics and predictive oceanography - News

December 11, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Vencore

CHANTILLY, Va. U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) officials selected Vencore Inc. for a five-year, $23 million contract to conduct research and development (R&D) of ocean dynamics and predictive oceanography.

Radar/EW

Northrop Grumman to perform risk reduction for radar technology - News

December 11, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

BALTIMORE. Officials at the U.S. Army?s Lower Tier Program Office (LTPO) selected Northrop Grumman Corp. to perform risk reduction for radar technology and associated mission capabilities intended to replace the Army?s Patriot radars.