Industry News

Radar/EW

Raytheon demos missile-defense capabilities for U.S. Army at LTAMDS sense-off - News

May 22, 2019

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

U.S. ARMY WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. Raytheon has completed technical testing during the U.S. Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) sense-off at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, during which Raytheon demonstrated its readiness to deliver mission-critical LTAMDS capability to the U.S. Army.

Cyber

Cyberintelligence lapses in many orgs due to time, personnel, and funding shortages, study finds - News

May 22, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Carnegie Mellon University

PITTSBURGH. Many organizations lack sufficient personnel, time, and funding to build a cyberintelligence team, according to the findings in a report on cyberintelligence practices released by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University.

Comms

Secure comms and satellite contract worth $14.9 million signed between U.S. Army, Peraton - News

May 20, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Peraton

HERNDON, Va. Tactical cybersecurity company Peraton has won a five-year, $14.9 million ground-based midcourse defense (GMD) secure communications operations and maintenance (SCOM) contract with the U.S. Army, 59th Signal Battalion.

Cyber

Defensive cyber operations accord signed between U.S. Army and Intelligent Waves - News

May 20, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Intelligent Waves

RESTON, Va. Information-technology provider Intelligent Waves has won an Eagle Shield Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) from the U.S. Army in support of Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO).

Avionics

$1.3 billion contract for heavy-lift helicopters signed between U.S. Marine Corps, Sikorsky - News

May 20, 2019

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

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND -- PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has awarded Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, a $1.3 billion Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lots 2 and 3 contract for 12 aircraft, namely the U.S. Marine Corps CH-53K King Stallion.

Avionics

Avionics market to grow to $86.9 billion by 2024, driven by next-gen flight management systems, study says - News

May 20, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Markets and Markets

NORTHBROOK, Ill. The avionics market around the world is expected to grow from $68.5 billion in 2019 to $86.9 billion by 2024, at a CAGR of 4.86% during the forecast period, according to a study available from MarketsandMarkets, "Avionics Market by End User, System, Platform And Region - Global Forecast to 2024."

Avionics

New airborne research aircraft debuted by NRL - News

May 16, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Navy's science and technology research squadron, Scientific Development Squadron ONE (VXS-1), recently unveiled the UV-18 ?Twin Otter? as the newest addition to the squadron?s fleet of aircraft research platforms.

Comms

Military wearables market to reach $6.4 billion by 2025, study says - News

May 16, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Markets and Markets

NORTHBROOK, Ill. The market for military wearables is projected to grow from $4.2 billion in 2019 to $6.4 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 7.17% from 2019 to 2025, according to a study from MarketsandMarkets, "Military Wearables Market by End User (Land, Airborne, and Naval), Technology (Communication and Computing, Connectivity, Navigation, Vision & Surveillance, Exoskeleton, Power & Energy Management), Wearable Type, Region -- Global Forecast to 2025."

Unmanned

Anti-submarine warfare training system selected by U.K. royal navy - News

May 14, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Saab Qinetiq

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. U.K.?s Royal Navy selected Saab and QinetiQ to deliver an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training system. Delivery is expected to take place in 2019.

Radar/EW

USMC G/ATOR passes initial operational test and evaluation - News

May 14, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

BALTIMORE. Northrop Grumman officials announced that the U.S. Marine Corps' (USMC) AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) Blocks 1 and 2 passed Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E).

Radar/EW

Cooperative engagement capability for U.S. Navy to be provided by Raytheon - News

May 13, 2019

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TEWKSBURY, Massachusetts. Raytheon in Largo, Florida, won a contract to design agent and engineering services efforts to support the U.S. Navy's Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC).

Radar/EW

CACI to leverage signal processing framework on new TENCAP technologies - News

May 10, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems CACI

ARLINGTON, Va. Officials at the General Services Administration?s Federal Systems Integration and Management Center selected CACI International Inc. for a $415 million contract to design and deploy new technologies for the U.S. Army?s Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities (TENCAP) office.

Unmanned

Harris to supply its open systems COTS processor for the MQ-25 program - News

May 10, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3Harris Technologies

MELBOURNE, Fla. Harris will supply its mission management open systems processor to Boeing under a contract to support the U.S. Navy's MQ-25 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) refueling program

Unmanned

Raytheon garners OTA agreement to deliver Naval Strike Missiles to USMC - News

May 09, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TUCSON, Ariz. U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command tapped Raytheon to integrate the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) into the U.S. Marine Corps' (USMC) existing force structure under a $47.59 million Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement.

A.I.

AlphaDogfight Trials challenge kicks off new DARPA AI-focused program - News

May 09, 2019

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are launching the Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program, which aims to increase warfighter trust in autonomous combat technology by using human-machine collaborative dogfighting as its initial challenge scenario.