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A.I.

AI to augment soldier's strength, endurance via new exoskeleton contract with Lockheed Martin - News

November 29, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

ORLANDO, Fla. Officials at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC) selected Lockheed Martin to enhance the ONYX exoskeleton for future soldier demonstrations under a new contract valued at $6.9 million.

Radar/EW

IRST21 Block II sensor system contract won by Lockheed Martin - News

November 29, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing Lockheed Martin

ORLANDO, Fla. Prime contractor Boeing has tapped Lockheed Martin for phase II of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block II Infrared Search and Track (IRST) program for the U.S. Navy. The contract is valued at $108 million.

A.I.

Artificial Intelligence Colloquium aims to foster collaborative efforts in defense community - News

November 28, 2018

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Agency Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials are expanding their efforts in the artificial intelligence (AI) field by hosting an Artificial Intelligence Colloquium (AIC) from March 6-7, 2019 in Alexandria, Virginia.

Radar/EW

OpenVPX computing module featuring 40 Gigabit Ethernet released by Kontron - News

November 28, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kontron

WASHINGTON. Officials at Kontron released the new VX305C-40G 3U OpenVPX single board computer (SBC) module for military sensor platforms and high performance embedded computing (HPEC) applications.

Cyber

Military AR market to reach $1.4 billion by end of 2018, will continue growth - News

November 28, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

LONDON. The military augmented-reality (AR) market will reach $1.4 billion by the end of 2018, according to a new report from Visiongain titled "Military Augmented Reality (MAR) Technologies Market Report 2018-2028."

Radar/EW

ELINT data-collection systems will ID signals of interest, even on the move - News

November 28, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems D-TA Systems, Inc.

AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM AND CONVENTION, WASHINGTON, DC. D-TA Systems, Inc. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and Centennial, Colorado) is highlighting the MFEL-1000, a compact and portable ELINT [electronic intelligence] solution that includes built-in 6 TB (expandable to 18 TB) SSD data storage for I/Q data collection.

A.I.

Data-driving machine learning algorithms to be developed by BAE Systems for DARPA program - News

November 27, 2018

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

BURLINGTON, Mass. U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials selected BAE Systems for a contract valued at $9.2 million to develop new, data-driving machine learning algorithms for its Radio Frequency Machine Learning System (RFMLS) program.

Unmanned

Ethernet switch for space-constrained mobile military platforms introduced by MilSource - News

November 27, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM AND CONVENTION, WASHINGTON, DC. MilSource announced the availability of Techaya?s MILTECH 907, an ultracompact five-port military-grade managed gigabit Ethernet switch, at the 55th Annual AOC International Symposium and Convention.

Radar/EW

Small-form-factor recorders from Pentek aimed at extreme environments - News

November 27, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Pentek, now part of Mercury

AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM AND CONVENTION, WASHINGTON, DC. Pentek, Inc., announced the most recent addition to the Talon RTX 25xx series, a new high-performance small-form-factor (SFF) recorder product line aimed at use in extreme operating environments including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), aircraft pods, space-constrained equipment bays, military vehicles, and harsh outdoor environments

Comms

Video/graphics cards emerge from Abaco Systems and EIZO Rugged Solutions collab - News

November 27, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Abaco Systems

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Abaco Systems today announced the rugged 3U VPX GR2 and GR4 video and graphics cards, aimed at use in military and defense applications as well as challenging commercial/industrial applications.

Cyber

GDIT will provide commercial cloud services to U.S. Navy - News

November 26, 2018

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

FAIRFAX, Va. General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) has signed a $22.4 million blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with the U.S. Navy's Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS), under which CSRA LLC, a managed affiliate of GDIT, will deliver commercial cloud services for the U.S. Navy to accelerate cloud adoption.

Comms

Elbit Systems acquires IMI Systems for $495 million - News

November 26, 2018

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

HAIFA, Israel. International high-tech contractor Elbit Systems has completed its acquisition of defense-systems company IMI Systems (Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel) for a purchase price of approximately $495 million (NIS 1.8 billion), with an additional payment of approximately $27 million (NIS 100 million) contingent upon IMI meeting agreed performance goals.

Unmanned

U.S. Marine Corps buys 32 small UAS "eyes in the sky" from InstantEye Robotics - News

November 26, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems InstantEye Robotics

ANDOVER, Mass. InstantEye Robotics has secured a contract with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) in support of PMA-263, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) Program Office, to field 32 InstantEye Mk-3 GEN5-D1 SUAS systems (64 aircraft) in response to an urgent-needs request by the Marine Corps for field-user evaluation.

Radar/EW

SIGINT contract for $413 million signed between U.S. Army and CACI Int'l. - News

November 21, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems CACI

ARLINGTON, Va. CACI International has won a $413 million prime contract from the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM) on behalf of the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD) to provide support for ground-based intelligence and communications systems within the Army?s TROJAN STRONG family of systems (FoS).

Comms

Nanosatellites will extend communications reach for military forces - News

November 21, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The U.S. Navy has launched a nanosatellite from the Vandenberg Air Force Base that is intended to expand the range of ultra-high frequency (UHF) communications into the polar regions.