Industry News

Unmanned

Small solar UAS deemed compliant, says Canadian transport authority - News

October 05, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Silent Falcon UAS Technologies

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The Silent Falcon small unmanned aerial system (sUAS) from Silent Falcon UAS Technologies has been added to Transport Canada?s list of ?Compliant Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)?, a distinction allowing Silent Falcon to issue Statements of Conformity to its Canadian customers seeking to become what Canada calls Compliant UAV Operators.

Comms

C4ISR training services to be provided by Huntington Ingalls Industries - News

October 04, 2017

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

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. The Technical Solutions division at Huntington Ingalls Industries? received a $25 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, multiple-award contract from the U.S. Navy to provide training services for tactical afloat shipboard, ashore and submarine command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems.

A.I.

British army, SparkCognition team up to streamline AI applications for defense - News

October 04, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems SparkCognition

AUSTIN. British army and SparkCognition officials entered an agreement to provide a collaborative thought leadership on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in future warfare. This partnership focuses on how operations can be streamlined using AI technologies today.

Unmanned

U.S. Army signs $74.7 million contract for land surveillance systems to aid mobile troops - News

October 04, 2017

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

WILSONVILLE, Ore. Infrared-camera design and manufacturing firm FLIR Systems has won a $74.7 million firm-fixed-price order from the U.S. Army to deliver TacFLIR surveillance cameras in support of the Army's EO/IR-Force Protection (FP) program. The Army will purchase the systems through Army Contracting Command, Redstone.

Cyber

U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command signs cybersecurity team to $81.3 million contract - News

October 04, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics Information Technology

FAIRFAX, Va. General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, will lead a team to provide enterprise IT and cybersecurity services to the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division. The single-award, task order contract has a potential value of approximately $81.3 million for five years.

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy orders multimode radars for Coast Guard patrol cutters - News

October 04, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Saab

SYRACUSE, N.Y. Saab Defense and Security has obtained a contract from the U.S. Navy to provide its Sea Giraffe Agile Multi Beam (AMB), Multi-Mode Radar (MMR) for deployment with the U.S. Coast Guard. The value of the initial order -- covering the procurement of two systems -- amounts to $16.8 million but with options for additional radars the contract may be worth as much as $118.5 million.

Cyber

U.S. Navy tasks Charles River Analytics to build cyber-resilient framework - News

October 03, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Charles River Analytics

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. U.S. Navy officials opted for a follow-on contract with Charles River Analytics Inc. to build a cyber-resilient framework. The two-year contract for Embedded Architecture for Cyber-resilience (EAC) is valued close to $750,000, with two possible contract options for an additional $1.25 million.

Comms

Order to develop tactical communications network received by Harris - News

October 03, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Harris Corporation

MELBOURNE, Fla. Officials at Harris Corp. received a $260 million order to develop an integrated tactical communications network as part of an Asia-Pacific country?s modernization program.

Avionics

Defense Logistics Agency awards $31.5 million contract for helmet-mounted HUD - News

October 03, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Elbit Systems of America

FORT WORTH, Texas. Elbit Systems of America has garnered an additional component contract worth $31.5 million from the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime to provide Aviator Night Vision Imaging System Head-Up Displays (ANVIS HUD). Work on the systems will be performed over a two-year period.

Radar/EW

General Atomics acquires electromechanical technologies company - News

October 03, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems

SAN DIEGO. General Atomics announced that it has acquired Syntronics (Fredericksburg, Virginia), a developer and manufacturer of custom electromechanical technologies including projectile and missile guidance systems, in-flight and ground-based shock-resistant instrumentation, and related software technologies. The acquired company will become part of General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems Group (GA-EMS).

Radar/EW

DARPA reports its new radar sensor captures real-time video in any weather - News

October 03, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

ARLINGTON, Va. Officials from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) report that the agency's Video Synthetic Aperture Radar (ViSAR) program recently completed flight tests, successfully demonstrating a new sensor that can capture real-time video through clouds.

Comms

Solidyn Solutions is acquired by Polaris Alpha - News

October 02, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Polaris Alpha

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Officials at Polaris Alpha completed the acquisition of Solidyn Solutions, enhancing its space-based solutions portfolio. The acquisition formally closed on September 27, 2017. Terms of the acquisition are not being released.

Radar/EW

USAF signs $35.5 million contract to aid operation, maintenance of phased-array radar system - News

October 02, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Summit Technical Solutions

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.Technical services provider Summit Technical Solutions (STS) has won the Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization Systems (PARCS) Operations, Maintenance, and Logistical Support (OM&S) contract from the United States Department of the Air Force, with work to begin immediately.

Unmanned

Engineers, students in U.K. team to design adaptable UAVs - News

October 02, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems Cranfield University

CRANFORD, Bedfordshire, England. Students from Cranfield University (Cranfield, U.K.) have teamed with engineers from BAE Systems to design a new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology that can alternate between fixed-wing and rotary-wing flight modes during the same mission.

Radar/EW

Mikros receives $2.4 million Navy order for its ADEPT systems - News

September 29, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Mikros Systems Corporation

PRINCETON, N.J. Officials at Mikros Systems Corp. received a second production order under its recent multi-year $35 million contract with the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Indiana. The latest order is valued at $2.4 million.