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Avionics

Greek P-3B aircraft to start computing modernization efforts - News

January 29, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems CP Technologies

SAN DIEGO. CP Technologies -- formerly known as Chassis Plans -- received a contract to modernize and update the mission control computers in the Greek P-3B aircraft used by the Hellenic navy and air force.

Cyber

B.E.A.T. and Enlighten IT partner under cyber analytics USAF contract - News

January 29, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Enlighten Business Enabled Acquisition & Technology (B.E.A.T. LLC)

LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Maryland. Enlighten IT Consulting, LLC -- a business unit at MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB), an Alion company -- is partnering with Business Enabled Acquisition & Technology (B.E.A.T. LLC) on a contract award for the U.S. Air Force (USAF).

Radar/EW

SubT intergeneration challenge to test concept of first nine teams - News

January 29, 2019

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Nine teams qualified to compete in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Subterranean (SubT) Challenge.

Avionics

Avionics GPU, display solution released by CoreAVI, NAI, and DDC-I partnership - News

January 29, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Core Avionics & Industrial, Inc. (COREAVI) North Atlantic Industries DDC-I

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Core Avionics & Industrial (CoreAVI), Arm, North Atlantic Industries (NAI), and DDC-I partnered to deliver an integrated safety-critical display and Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) computing solution designed for next-generation avionics systems.

Comms

MilSource releases Techaya MILTECH 8P rugged USB charger - News

January 29, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems MilSource

LOS ANGELES. MilSource officials released the Techaya?s MILTECH 8P, an ultra-compact rugged USB charger for mobile military platforms such as tanks, planes, armored, and personnel vehicles.

Comms

DARPA's mini-antenna will test emerging sensor and satellite concepts in LEO - News

January 25, 2019

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

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is readying for a late-February 2019 launch of a prototype antenna it calls the Radio Frequency Risk Reduction Deployment Demonstration (R3D2); the prototype is intended to space-qualify a new type of membrane reflectarray antenna. The antenna, made of an extremely thin Kapton membrane, is packed tightly stowed for launch and then deploys to its full size of 2.25 meters in diameter once it reaches low Earth orbit (LEO).

A.I.

NGA awards BAE Systems five-year contract for intel, analytics support - News

January 25, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

FORT BELVOIR, Va. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded BAE Systems a five-year, $250 million contract to continue providing full-motion Video (FMV) advanced analytic services, training, and intelligence production support to the agency; NGA's task in this area is to analyze FMV feeds to provide actionable intelligence in the pursuit of national security.

Radar/EW

Navy completes unmanned systems integration testing on board USS Independence - News

January 25, 2019

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

SAN DIEGO. The U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Module Program completed shipboard integration testing of two unmanned systems on board USS Independence (LCS 2).

Radar/EW

SEWIP Block 3 production to begin following Milestone C decision - News

January 24, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

BALTIMORE. Northrop Grumman Corp. received authorization to proceed with low rate initial production (LRIP) of the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 systems following a successful Milestone C decision for the SEWIP Block 3 AN/SLQ-32(V)7 program.

A.I.

Charles River Analytics creates tool to help AI communicate effectively with humans - News

January 23, 2019

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

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Developer of intelligent systems solutions, Charles River Analytics Inc. created the Causal Models to Explain Learning (CAMEL) approach under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) effort.

Radar/EW

Lockheed Martin, Fincantieri to build 16th Freedom-variant LCS - News

January 23, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Navy officials released funding for the construction of the 16th Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) under a fixed-price-incentive-fee contract with Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM).

Cyber

Cybersecurity efforts underway for USAF Global Hawk ground control stations - News

January 23, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

DULLES, Va. Raytheon officials received a subcontract to deploy sustainment and cybersecurity experts around the world to support the ground control systems and onboard sensors used by the U.S. Air Force fleet (USAF) of RQ-4 Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft.

Cyber

CACI selected to assist NSWCDD with computer program engineering services - News

January 23, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems CACI

ARLINGTON, Va. CACI International Inc. signed a $73 million prime contract to provide computer program engineering services to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD).

Unmanned

French Armed Forces to start using FLIR's nano-UAS for military operations - News

January 22, 2019

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

WILSONVILLE, Ore. Officials at the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) selected FLIR Systems, Inc. to support the French Operational Pocket Drone (DrOP) program with a contract valued at $89 million.

A.I.

'Swarm and Search AI Challenge' launched by U.S., U.K. research institutes - News

January 22, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base U.K. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. Officials at the U.K. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the Wright Brothers Institute, and the University of Dayton Research Institute launched an artificial intelligence (AI) challenge that will conclude with a final showdown on March 29 - 31, 2019.