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Radar/EW

HHI garners $15.2 billion multiship contract to build Ford-class carriers - News

February 06, 2019

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

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. U.S. Navy officials modified an existing contract with Huntington Ingalls Industries' (HHI) Newport News Shipbuilding division for a multiship contract valued at $15.2 billion. HHI will design and construct two Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers designated Enterprise CVN 80 and CVN 81.

Avionics

L3 to leverage B-2 aircrew training system under $120 million contract - News

February 06, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3 Technologies

NEW YORK. L3 Technologies officials signed a $120 million contract to continue training U.S. Air Force (USAF) B-2 pilots, maintainers, and weapons-loading personnel using its B-2 Aircrew Training System.

Radar/EW

C4ISR and control systems on U.S. Coast Guard cutters to come from Northrop Grumman - News

February 06, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Northrop Grumman Corp. has won production and long lead time materials (LLTM) contracts for the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) C4ISR [command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance] and control systems, in concert with Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG).

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy's AN/SPY 6(V) tracks ballistic missile target in flight test - News

February 05, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

KAUAI, Hawaii. The U.S. Navy reports the Raytheon-built AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) tracked a ballistic missile target, completing final development flight tests.

Radar/EW

BAE Systems expands facilities to support electronic warfare programs - News

February 05, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

MANCHESTER, N.H. Defense contractor BAE Systems is expanding operations into Manchester, New Hampshire with a series of strategic investments in its facilities and workforce to prepare for continuing and projected business growth. When the new Manchester facility is fully staffed, the campus will house up to 800 employees primarily focused on supporting the company?s electronic warfare programs

Unmanned

Robotic systems contract for $90 million signed between QinetiQ and U.S. Army - News

February 05, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems QinetiQ North America

WALTHAM, Mass. QinetiQ North America (QNA) announced that it has signed a $90 million ID/IQ contract to support the overall sustainment actions of the Tactical Adaptable Light Ordnance Neutralization (TALON) family of robotic systems for the U.S. Army.

Avionics

Boeing NeXT VTOL craft completes first flight - News

February 04, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Aurora Flight Sciences

MANASSAS, Va. Boeing reports that it has successfully completed the first test flight of its autonomous passenger air vehicle (PAV) prototype, known as Boeing NeXt.

Comms

DoD places $27.9 million order with FLIR for all-hazard detection and alert systems - News

February 04, 2019

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

WILSONVILLE, Ore. FLIR Systems, Inc. has received a delivery order for 24 U.S. Army chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear dismounted reconnaissance sets, kits, and outfits (CBRN DR-SKO) systems, under a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in support of the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) DR-SKO Program of Record.

A.I.

CAML program aims to improve human/machine partnerships - News

February 01, 2019

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

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) launched the Competency-Aware Machine Learning (CAML) program, which aims to develop machine learning systems that continuously assess their own performance in time-critical, dynamic situations and communicate that information to human team-members in an easily understood format.

Avionics

U.S. Navy signs $2.4 billion P-8A Poseidon contract with Boeing - News

February 01, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

ARLINGTON, Va. Boeing signed a $2.4 billion production contract with the U.S. Navy for the development of the next 19 P-8A Poseidon aircraft.

Avionics

GECO Avionics acquired by Mercury Systems - News

January 31, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Mercury Systems

ANDOVER, Mass. Officials at Mercury Systems, inc. completed the acquisition of safety-critical avionics and mission computing solutions provider, GECO Avionics, LLC.

Unmanned

Robot system upgrades and sustainment contract won by Endeavor Robotics - News

January 31, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Endeavor Robotics

BOSTON. U.S. Army officials selected Endeavor Robotics for a firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to modernize and maintain its existing fleet of robot platforms. The five-year contract is potentially worth $32.4 million.

Unmanned

F-Model missiles begin full rate production to replace the FGM-148E - News

January 31, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

ORLANDO, Fla. Department of Defense (DoD) officials selected Raytheon/Lockheed Martin's Javelin Joint Venture for the production of 2,100 F-Model (FGM-148F) missiles.

Cyber

Perspecta Labs tests cyber-weapon hunting tech in DARPA's power cybersecurity exercise - News

January 30, 2019

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

CHANTILLY, Va. Perspecta Labs -- a research unit at Perspecta Inc. -- participated in seven-day exercise under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency?s (DARPA) Liberty Eclipse Phase II exercise in collaboration with the Department of Energy and the Department of Homeland Security to test grid recovery tools during a staged, multi-faceted cyberattack on a U.S. power grid.

Radar/EW

Lockheed Martin to leverage Silent CROW to develop cyber/EW system - News

January 30, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, Maryland. Lockheed Martin officials signed a Prototype Project Agreement through an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) with Consortium Management Group (CMG) on behalf of Consortium for Command, Control and Communications in Cyberspace (C5). The contract is valued at $18 million.