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Radar/EW
U.S. Navy awards Raytheon additional $402 million contract for SPY-6 radars - News
March 15, 2019
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems has won a modification worth $402.6 million to a previously awarded U.S. Navy contract to exercise options for Air and Missile Defense Radar Program (AMDR) low-rate initial production (LRIP); the modification will provide for three AMDR LRIP units.
Unmanned
U.S. Army chooses QinetiQ North America for small ground robot project - News
March 15, 2019
WALTHAM, Mass. QinetiQ North America (QNA) has garnered an initial contract to build a new small unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) for the U.S. Army, an initiative that marks one of the first UGV programs of record for the Army..
Avionics
BAE Systems mission computer will run processing technology from Teledyne e2v, Wind River, and CoreAVI - News
March 14, 2019
AEROSPACE TECH WEEK 2019 -- MUNICH. Teledyne e2v, Wind River, and CoreAVI announced that they will provide key technologies for BAE Systems? new mission computer, which serves as the central hub that processes all mission-critical data on an aircraft.
Avionics
Best in Show awards selected at Aerospace Tech Week - News
March 13, 2019
MUNICH, Germany. Avionics Design is excited to announce today the winners of Aerospace Tech Week Best in Show Award contest, which we?re holding this week for exhibitors at Aerospace Tech Week in Munich, Germany. Contest winners ? drawn from exhibitors at the event ? are recognized for the improved performance and innovation they bring to aerospace applications.
Avionics
AdaCore announces extended support for Wind River VxWorks - News
March 12, 2019
AEROSPACE TECH WEEK 2019 -- MUNICH. Software-development and -verification tool company AdaCore has announced the roadmap of its flagship GNAT Pro Ada Development Environment for the latest version of the Wind River VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS), with immediate support for the ARM 64-bit processor.
Avionics
CoreAVI, Airbus Defence and Space partner to bring GPU compute for autonomous systems to market - News
March 12, 2019
AEROSPACE TECH WEEK 2019 -- MUNICH. CoreAVI and Airbus Defence and Space have joined forces to enable the use of GPU compute in airborne systems and applications that require the highest RTCA DO178C/EUROCAE ED-12C DAL A safety certifications.
A.I.
Charles River Analytics to advance AI tools for military combat medicine - News
March 11, 2019
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. The U.S. Army awarded Charles River three related contracts to design artificial intelligence-based components for an Automated Ruggedized Combat Casualty Care (ARC3) system.
A.I.
Advancing AI solutions is part of Carnegie Mellon, ARL $72 million research agreement - News
March 11, 2019
ADELPHI, Md. Officials at the Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory, the U.S. Army's corporate laboratory (ARL), announced that Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) will lead a consortium of multiple universities to work in collaboration with the Army lab to accelerate research and development (R&D) of advanced algorithms, autonomy, and artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance national security and defense.
Cyber
Leidos wins $962 million U.S. Navy cybermission engineering contract - News
March 11, 2019
RESTON, Va. Leidos has won a $962 million contract from the U.S. Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWARSYSCEN) Atlantic to provide engineering and information warfare services for cybermissions.
A.I.
DARPA seeks info on 3-D mapping, surveying tools for SubT Challenge - News
March 11, 2019
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking information on state-of-the-art technologies and methodologies for advanced mapping and surveying in support of its Subterranean (SubT) Challenge, during which the agency is working on ways in which georeferenced data ? geographic coordinates tied to a map or image ? can improve the speed and accuracy of warfighters in time-sensitive active combat operations and disaster-related missions in the subterranean domain -- or underground.
Unmanned
Autonomous aircraft market to be worth $23.7 billion by 2030, study says - News
March 11, 2019
NORTHBROOK, Ill. The autonomous aircraft market is projected to grow from an estimated $3.6 billion in 2018 to $23.7 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 17.06 percent during the period covered, according to a market study from MarketsandMarkets, "Autonomous Aircraft Market by Technology (Increasingly Autonomous, and Fully Autonomous), End Use (Commercial, Combat & ISR, Cargo, Passenger Air Vehicle, Personal Air Vehicle, Air Medical Services), Component, and Region -- Global Forecast 2030."
Unmanned
Northrop Grumman receives $322.5 million to proceed development of anti-radiation missiles - News
March 08, 2019
LOS ANGELES. U.S. Navy officials awarded $322.5 million to Northrop Grumman Corp. for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile-Extended Range (AARGM-ER) program.
Unmanned
Air Force awards funding to 51 companies at Pitch Day - News
March 08, 2019
NEW YORK. At the Inaugural Air Force Pitch Day event, U.S. Air Force officials selected 51 companies and released an initial award of up to $158,000 to each company totaling $8.75 million.
Unmanned
JWARN contract with DCS includes software development, R&D support - News
March 07, 2019
ALEXANDRIA, Va. DCS Corp. will provide technical development of the Joint Warning and Reporting Network (JWARN) program for the Joint Program Manager Information Systems (JPM IS) in San Diego, California. The five-year contract is worth approximately $50.2 million.
Unmanned
USAF XQ-58 Valkyrie UAV completes first flight - News
March 07, 2019
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The U.S. Air Force XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator completed its maiden flight at the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona.
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Low-germanium thermal-imaging lens introduced by MKS
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SYSGO will support SAETA II program with European safety-critical software
June 15, 2026
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Integrated DO-178C multicore certification solution will debut from Rapita, Wind River
June 09, 2026
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MOSA aligned integrated crew stations to be shown by IEE at Eurosatory 2026
June 09, 2026
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Airborne ISR market projected to reach $21.40 billion by 2031, study says
June 26, 2026
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GUEST BLOG: Space-based sensing -- The backbone of Golden Dome’s next era of homeland defense
June 26, 2026
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Raytheon closes $1.1 billion AIM-9X missile contract with U.S. Navy
June 26, 2026
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Radar production and test capacity to be expanded in the Netherlands by Thales
June 23, 2026
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The military’s real AI revolution is happening in the dirt
June 16, 2026
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Artificial intelligence tools to be integrated into HENSOLDT MDOcore platform
June 10, 2026
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AI-enabled, SOSA aligned 3U VPX board launched by Kontron
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USSOCOM increasingly transforming into its own service, SOF Week reveals
May 21, 2026
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High-resolution imaging satellites to be built for Vantor by BAE Systems
June 25, 2026
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Communications systems to be supplied for German forces by L3Harris
June 25, 2026
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Power, cooling challenges shape next wave of combat-vehicle electronics, Curtiss-Wright official says
June 24, 2026
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Comms satellites bid wins Boeing $2 billion Space Force contract
June 24, 2026