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Avionics

CMV-22B variant support services added to V-22 platform contract with Bell Boeing - News

January 21, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

PHILADELPHIA. Officials at the Bell Boeing Joint Program Office signed a firm-fixed-price requirements contract for performance-based logistics (PBL) and engineering support for the V-22 platform. The 11-month base contract with four one-year option periods is valued approximately $143.8 million.

A.I.

AI, machine learning boosting supply chain analytics market - News

January 21, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Markets and Markets

NORTHBROOK, Ill. MarketsandMarkets officials released the report titled: "Supply Chain Analytics Market by Software (Supplier Performance Analytics, Demand Analysis and Forecasting, and Inventory Analytics), Services, Deployment Model, Organization Size, Industry Vertical, and Region - Global Forecast to 2023."

Radar/EW

Raytheon selected to repair F/A-18 aircraft radar systems - News

January 21, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

ALTHAM, Mass. U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) officials placed a delivery order in the approximate amount of $24.3 million for the repair of the APG 65/73 radar systems in support of the F/A-18 aircraft.

Radar/EW

Land-based radar support contract won by Saab - News

January 21, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Saab

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. U.K. Minitry of Defence (MoD) officials signed a contract with Saab for support and services related to the land-based Giraffe AMB radar systems. The contract period runs from 2019 to 2024.

Comms

DARPA launches GAPS to create physical guarantees when exchanging secure data - News

January 21, 2019

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials kicked of the Guaranteed Architecture for Physical Security (GAPS) program, which aims to develop hardware and software architectures that can provide physically provable guarantees around high-risk transactions, or where data moves between systems of different security levels.

Cyber

HII agrees to acquire Fulcrum IT Services - News

January 21, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Huntington Ingalls Industries

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Officials Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) entered into an agreement to acquire Fulcrum IT Services, LLC, an information technology and government consulting company headquartered in Centreville, Virginia.

Radar/EW

Lockheed Martin continues LRASM production in $172 million contract - News

January 18, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

ORLANDO, Fla. U.S. Navy and Air Force officials signed a $172 million contract with Lockheed Martin for the continued production of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM).

Comms

SiOnyx to deliver night vision cameras for IVAS program - News

January 18, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems SiOnyx, LLC

BEVERLY, Mass. U.S. Army officials selected SiOnyx, LLC. to deliver its digital night vision cameras for the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program. The contract is worth $19.9 million.

Radar/EW

F/A-18 classic Hornet fleet begins AESA radar upgrade in 2020 - News

January 18, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) officials selected Raytheon's APG-79(v)4 AESA radar to equip its F/A-18C/D classic Hornet fleet.

Avionics

Avionics from Collins Aerospace will ride on NASA's QueSST demonstrator aircraft - News

January 17, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Collins Aerospace

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Collins Aerospace has been selected by Lockheed Martin to provide avionics for NASA's new X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft; Lockheed Martin is developing the X-59 in order for NASA to collect data that could make supersonic commercial travel over land possible through low-sonic-boom technology.

Avionics

Tactical Air Support's F-5AT aircraft to incorporate Curtiss-Wright's data recorder, computer - News

January 17, 2019

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

ASHBURN, Va. Tactical Air Support, Inc. officials signed a contract with Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions -- a Curtiss-Wright business unit -- to provide a cockpit accessible rugged data recorder and a pre-integrated mission computer to upgrade its fleet of F-5AT Tiger II military supersonic tactical fighters.

Comms

USMC's communication system to be upgraded in new IWRP agreement - News

January 17, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Advanced Technology International (ATI)

CHARLESTON, S.C. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic selected Advanced Technology International (ATI) for the first prototype project agreement (PPA) under the Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) for the Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP). The contract is valued at $1.3 million.

Radar/EW

High-power amplifiers selected for U.S. Navy's Next Generation Jammer - News

January 17, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Comtech PST Corp.

MELVILLE, N.Y. Northrop Grumman officials placed a multimillion dollar order with Comtech PST Corp. -- Comtech Telecommunications Corp.'s subsidiary -- to provide solid-state, high-power RF amplifier systems for use on the U.S. Navy?s Next Generation Jammer ? Low Band (NGJ-LB) Demonstration of Existing Technologies (DET).

Comms

SAIC, Engility complete merger - News

January 16, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems SAIC

RESTON, Va. & CHANTILLY, Va. Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) officials announced the completion of its merger with Engility Holdings, Inc. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Engility became a wholly-owned subsidiary of SAIC.

Unmanned

Torpedo-countermeasure contract for up to $36 million signed by Leidos, U.S. Navy - News

January 16, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos

RESTON, Va. Leidos has signed a contract with the U.S. Navy?s Naval Sea Systems Command to develop torpedo countermeasure technologies for submarine defense. If all options are exercised, the single-award, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract has a two-year base period of performance, three one-year option years, and a potential value of approximately $36 million.