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Avionics
Boeing selects NAI's flight control computer for its RASCAL helicopter - News
November 16, 2018
BOHEMIA, N.Y. Boeing officials selected North Atlantic Industries' (NAI) dual-redundant, Flight Control Computer (FCC) for the RASCAL Research Helicopter.
Radar/EW
DARPA dives into developing high-bandwidth optical signaling technologies - News
November 15, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are launching a new program called Photonics in the Package for Extreme Scalability (PIPES), which aims to enable future system scalability by developing high-bandwidth optical signaling technologies for digital microelectronics.
Unmanned
Republic of Korea to receive Global Hawk training, sustainment services - News
November 15, 2018
HERNDON, Va. Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) officials tapped Northrop Grumman to provide contractor logistics support (CLS) to the Republic of Korea?s Global Hawks, which are high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
A.I.
Human/machine interaction and the autonomous future - News
November 15, 2018
NEWPORT, R.I. Human/ machine interaction technologies took center stage at year?s U.S. Navy Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX). The event, which took place during August 2018 in Newport, Rhode Island, showcase innovative and next-generation defense technologies in action, giving the end user a glimpse into the near future.
Unmanned
Drone AI challenge launches via Herox platform, global participants encouraged - News
November 14, 2018
OTTAWA. Lockheed Martin's AlphaPilot Innovation Challenge has officially launched through the HeroX platform and is accepting applications in the U.S. and around the world, officials announce. Deadline for entires is February 28, 2019.
Cyber
DARPA taps Perspecta to develop technologies under ConSec program - News
November 13, 2018
CHANTILLY, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials selected Perspecta Labs, a research unit at Perspecta Inc., to support the Agency's Configuration Security (ConSec) program. The contract is valued at $5.4 million consisting of three phases over a three-and-a-half year performance period.
Comms
Army MIB technical support contract won by BAE Systems - News
November 13, 2018
MCLEAN, Va. U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) officials selected BAE Systems to provide technical, functional, and general support to the 116th Military Intelligence Brigade (MIB).
Avionics
CH-47F Chinook helicopter fleet to receive avionics upgrades, repairs - News
November 13, 2018
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Officials at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) Logistics Center (ALC) selected Rockwell Collins to provide current component upgrades and additional component repair capabilities for the Common Avionics Architecture Systems (CAAS) on the Army?s CH-47F Chinook helicopter fleet. The contract spans over a five year period.
Radar/EW
Potential launch sites and first competitors selected for DARPA program - News
November 13, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials announced the potential launch locations for the Agency's Launch challenge. The 18 chosen competitors will receive information about the final launch sites, payloads, and targeted orbit in the weeks prior to each launch.
Radar/EW
OpFires program to develop a ground-launched tactical weapons delivery system - News
November 13, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. Aerojet Rocketdyne, Exquadrum, and Sierra Nevada Corp. have been selected to develop and demonstrate a ground-launched system enabling hypersonic boost glide weapons to penetrate modern enemy air defenses and rapidly and precisely engage critical time sensitive targets.
Avionics
Black Hawk helicopters to get upgrades of blades, controls, systems - News
November 12, 2018
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Calspan Systems Corp. has won a $6 million contract from Siemens Government Technologies to upgrade the U.S. Army?s Helicopter Blade Balance Stand, which is located at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Avionics
Webcast: Certifying avionics COTS hardware & software to DAL A on Nov 14 at 11 am Est - News
November 09, 2018
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona. Avionics systems are getting more complex and more dependent on commercial processing technologies and software tools it is crucial that these commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software solutions be certified to Design Assurance Level (DAL) A. In a webcast, titled "Certifying Avionics COTS Hardware & Software to DAL A," on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 11 am Est. industry experts will cover the benefits of safety certification of COTS technology via building blocks such as GPU hardware certification, reuse of common APIs, multicore processing for safety critical applications, designing avionics graphical applications, and more.
Comms
Kratos moves to Phase 4 in USAF MILSATCOM study - News
November 08, 2018
SAN DIEGO. Engineers at Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. completed the third phase of a pathfinder study for migrating the Command and Control System ? Consolidated (CCS-C) ground system to the Enterprise Ground Services (EGS) architecture. CCS-C currently operates a fleet of over 20 Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) satellites in four different constellations.
Comms
USAF places order of NSA-certified Mini Crypto devices from Viasat - News
November 08, 2018
CARLSBAD, Calif. U.S. Air Force officials placed an order with Viasat Inc. for 1,000 National Security Agency (NSA)-certified Mini Crypto devices under a Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract.
Unmanned
Nuclear R and D detonation, detection systems contract won by Perspecta - News
November 07, 2018
CHANTILLY, Va. Mission-services and operations contractor Perspecta Inc. has won a prime contract from the U.S. Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) to continue work on the Expert Scientific and Analytical Support (ESAS) II program. The award -- with a ceiling value of $49.8 million -- has a two-year base period and two additional two-year option periods.
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MOSA based avionics test solution garners $12.5 million USAF contract
March 06, 2026
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Scramjet-powered hypersonic aircraft to launch from Virginia
February 25, 2026
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Helmet display and tracking system to be supplied for Israeli Black Hawk helicopters by Elbit
February 25, 2026
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Rugged data-storage contracts signed by One Stop Systems
February 19, 2026
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TEWS Technologies releases VNX+ carrier board for use with QMC modules
March 06, 2026
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Uncrewed communications tech market to reach $4 billion by 2030, study says
March 05, 2026
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Uncrewed aircraft system tested in Arctic NATO exercise by Shield AI
March 04, 2026
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Directed energy and space manufacturing expansion planned in New Mexico by AeroVironment
March 04, 2026
Radar/EW
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Modern Defense Systems Require Durable Field Test Solutions with Laboratory Precision
March 02, 2026
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SRC wins contract under Missile Defense Agency SHIELD program
March 02, 2026
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Hypersonic weapon garners Castelion $50 million U.S. Navy contract
February 27, 2026
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Senseeker Machining Company Acquires Axis Machine
February 11, 2026
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Radiation-tolerant parts from Micross debut for satellite, space use
March 04, 2026
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PODCAST: Military aftermarket suppliers, counterfeit parts, component recreation
March 03, 2026
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Satellite communication systems to be supplied to Israel by Orbit
February 27, 2026
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Armored 6x6 vehicles delivered to German armed forces by Patria
February 24, 2026