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DARPA Launch Challenge targets early 2020 launch after three teams complete qualification phase - News

April 15, 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) announced that three competitors completed the qualification phase for the Agency's Launch Challenge and will attempt to launch to low-Earth orbit from two different U.S. locations.

Comms

Army-vehicle sensor suite upgrade awarded to FLIR Systems - News

April 15, 2019

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

ARLINGTON, Va. FLIR Systems has received an award from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) in support of the Nuclear Biological Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle Sensor Suite Upgrade (NBCRV SSU) program for the U.S. Army.

Radar/EW

Sensor systems acquisition services from CACI to go to U.S. Army - News

April 15, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems CACI

ARLINGTON, Va. CACI International has won a $71 million task order to provide sensor systems acquisition services to the U.S. Army Program Executive Office (PEO); the five-year contract represents new work in CACI?s Surveillance and Reconnaissance market area.

Radar/EW

LCS 36 & 38 to be equipped with Saab's Sea Giraffe AMB naval radar - News

April 15, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Saab

SYRACUSE, N.Y. U.S. General Dynamics officials selected Saab's Sea Giraffe AMB naval radar, designated AN/SPS-77, for installation on the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ships LCS 36 and LCS 38.

Avionics

Northrop Grumman garners $3.2 billion multiyear E-2D Hawkeye aircraft production contract - News

April 12, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. U.S. Navy officials selected Northrop Grumman Corp. for the purchase of 24 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft under a multiyear procurement (MYP) contract valued at approximately $3.2 billion.

Radar/EW

Next-gen airborne EW aircraft from L3 ordered by Australia's royal air force - News

April 11, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3 Technologies

NEW YORK. L3 Technologies has entered into an agreement with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) to deliver four aircraft with next-generation airborne electronic warfare (EW) capability. The prime contract has an estimated value of more than $1 billion.

Comms

Northrop Grumman selected to develop sensing capabilities under DARPA's PALS program - News

April 11, 2019

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

BALTIMORE. Northrop Grumman will develop prototype sensing capabilities using undersea organisms to assist in passively detecting and tracking undersea threats for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biological Technology Office.

Comms

Boeing, Australian Space Agency sign agreement to expand space market - News

April 10, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Officials at Boeing and the Australian Space Agency signed a Statement of Strategic Intent to help advance the agency?s goals to expand Australia?s domestic space industry.

Cyber

Perspecta Labs DEDUCE can identify network disruptions under DARPA EdgeCT program - News

April 10, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Perspecta Labs

CHANTILLY, Va. Perspecta Inc.'s innovating applied research unit, Perspecta Labs, has received a $5.7 million contract modification for continued work on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Edge-Directed Cyber Technologies for Reliable Mission Communication (EdgeCT) program.

Radar/EW

USAF ground-based electronic warfare support to continue by Harris - News

April 09, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3Harris Technologies

MELBOURNE, Fla. U.S. Air Force (USAF) officials selected Harris Corp. to continue its support services on USAF's ground-based electronic warfare (EW) systems and infrastructure.

Cyber

DARPA schedules second ERI summit emphasizing impact on semiconductor industry - News

April 09, 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 are kicking off the second annual Electronics Resurgence Initiative (ERI) in Detroit, Michigan on July 15 through the 17th. The summit will allow electronics innovators to share their vision for the future, review technical progress, and provide input into future research directions.

Radar/EW

Space-debris system to get an upgrade from USAF, Raytheon consortium - News

April 08, 2019

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

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and a consortium of technology firms led by Raytheon have joined forces to modernize and simplify the aging Space Defense Operations Center, a 1990s-era system that tracks and monitors space debris.

Radar/EW

DARPA requests AI, synthetic technologies in fourth OFFSET sprint - News

April 08, 2019

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Officials at the Defense Agency Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are soliciting creative proposals for the fourth swarm sprint in its OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program.

Comms

Combat-vehicle order for $132.1 million from U.S. Army received by Leonardo DRS - News

April 08, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leonardo DRS

ARLINGTON, Va. Leonardo DRS has received its first production delivery order for the next-generation of U.S. Army mission command computing systems, called the Mounted Family of Computer Systems (MFoCS) II.

Comms

Space robotics market will surpass $3.5 billion by 2025, study says - News

April 08, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Global Market Insights

SELBYVILLE, Del. The market for space robotics will grow from $2 billion in 2018 to approximately $3.5 billion by 2025, according to a 2019 Global Market Insights, Inc. report, "Space Robotics Market Size By Solution (Product [Rovers / Landers, Probes, Arms / Manipulator Systems], Software, Services), By Application (Deep Space [Space Exploration, Space Transportation], Near Space [Space Exploration, Space Transportation]), By End-Use (Commercial, Government), Industry Analysis Report, Regional Outlook (U.S., Canada, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Russia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, Israel, South Africa), Application Potential, Price Trend, Competitive Market Share & Forecast, 2019 ? 2025."