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Avionics

Wind River releases Helix Virtualizing Platform - News

February 27, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Wind River

ALAMEDA, Calif. Officials at Wind River released the Helix Virtualization Platform (Helix Platform), which combines the company's commercial real-time operating system (RTOS) and embedded Linux distribution into an edge compute software platform.

Radar/EW

U.S. Army ballistic-missile test site signs $502 million contract with RGNext - News

February 26, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems RGNext

STERLING, Va. RGNext -- a joint venture between Raytheon's Intelligence, Information, and Services business and General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) -- has signed a $502 million, 10-year contract to operate the U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site. RGNext will manage space-vehicle and ballistic-missile launches and missile-defense tests conducted from islands in the 750,000-square-mile Pacific Ocean range. Under the $502-million, 10-year contract,

Unmanned

Sonar system market to grow to $3.7 billion by 2023, study says - News

February 26, 2019

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

NORTHBROOK, Ill. The sonar system market is projected to grow from $2.6 billion in 2018 to $3.7 billion by 2023, at a combined annual growth rate of 7 percent during that period, according to a recent study from MarketsandMarkets, "Sonar System Market by Product Type (Hull Mounted, Stern Mounted, Sonobuoy, DDS), Application (Commercial, Defense), Platform (Ship Type, Airborne), End User (Line Fit, Retrofit), Solution (Hardware, Software), Region - Global Forecast to 2023."

Comms

Army signs five-year license deal with production of Ravenwood's FlexTrain system - News

February 25, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Ravenswood Solutions

FREMONT, Calif. Officials at the Army Contracting Command ? Orlando (ACC-ORL) selected Ravenswood Solutions for the production of two brigade-sized FlexTrain instrumentation systems and a five-year license to use Ravenswood's associated ORION software. The sole source contract is valued at $39.9 million.

Radar/EW

Textron, IMSAR-led team demo synthetic aperture radar equipped on the Aerosonde UAS - News

February 22, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems IMSAR Textron

HUNT VALLEY, Md. IMSAR and Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. business unit, team up to to integrate and demonstrate the IMSAR?s NSP-3 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) system on Textron Systems? Aerosonde small unmanned aircraft system (SUAS)

Comms

BAE Systems to start initial production of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle - News

February 22, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. BAE Systems received two contract modifications from the U.S. Army for the low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV). The contract is worth up to $575 million to support the U.S. Army?s Armored Brigade Combat Teams (ABCT) missions.

Unmanned

United Launch Alliance wins three-mission contract from USAF - News

February 21, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems United Launch Alliance

CENTENNIAL, Colo. United Launch Alliance (ULA) has won a firm fixed-price contract from the U.S. Air Force to launch three missions on the company?s Atlas V rocket; the contract resulted from a competitive award under the Air Force?s Phase 1A procurement strategy.

Radar/EW

Lockheed Martin, Diehl, Saab team up to develop the Falcon air defense weapon system - News

February 21, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin Saab Diehl Defence

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates. Lockheed Martin, Diehl Defence, and Saab officials announced the Falcon air defense weapon system as the short and medium-range air defense solution for current and emerging threats.

Cyber

Perspecta to provide cyberspace operations support to ARCYBER - News

February 20, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Perspecta Labs

CHANTILLY, Va. U.S. government services provide Perspecta Inc. received the U.S. Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER) Cyberspace Operations Support task order. The program represents new work for the company and has a one-year base and four, one-year options, with a maximum ceiling value of $905,700,984.

Cyber

GDIT to support FAA's DVARS program design and implementation efforts - News

February 20, 2019

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

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials tasked General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) to design, implement, install, and maintain their Data, Visualization, Analysis and Reporting System (DVARS). The single-award, indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract holds a total estimated value of $99 million. It includes a two-year base period with five one-year options.

Unmanned

NASA taps organizations for final phase UAS traffic management system - News

February 20, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

WASHINGTON. The Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems in Las Vegas and the Lone Star UAS Center for Excellence & Innovation in Corpus Christi, Texas will host the final phase of NASA's four-year series technical demonstrations involving small unmanned aerial systems (UASs).

A.I.

DARPA launches new AI program to create systems that react to novelty in open worlds - News

February 19, 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 launched the Science of Artificial Intelligence and Learning for Open-world Novelty (SAIL-ON) program, which intends to research and develop the underlying scientific principles and general engineering techniques and algorithms needed to create artificial intelligence (AI) systems that act appropriately and effectively in novel situations that occur in open worlds.

Radar/EW

HENSOLDT to equip German Corvettes with its radar, IFF systems - News

February 18, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems HENSOLDT

ULM, Germany. The German procurement authority BAAINBw [Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support] has selected HENSOLDT to deliver a second batch of its TRS-4D Rotator naval radar and its MSSR 2000 ID friend-or-foe identification system (IFF) to equip the German navy?s K130 corvettes.

A.I.

Strike weapons system engineering support contract won by SimVentions - News

February 18, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Simventions

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. U.S. Navy officials selected SimVentions to provide systems engineering, software development, and test and evaluation capabilities to the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), Weapons Control and Integration Department, Strike Weapons Systems Division, as well as to various Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) programs and projects.

Cyber

USAF information-security project worth $77 million awarded to VMD Corp. - News

February 18, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems VMD Corp.

FARIFAX, Va. VMD Corp., a systems integrator and IT-security contractor, has won a $77 million contract from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to support the USAF Office of Information Dominance and Chief Information Officer (SAF/CIO A6) in its cyberspace-protection mission.