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Comms

Harris to deliver MUOS SATCOM upgrades for USMC's manpack radios - News

January 14, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3Harris Technologies

ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S. Marine Corps. (USMC) Officials placed a $75 million order with Harris Corp. to deliver Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) narrowband satellite communication (SATCOM) upgrades to the service?s Falcon III AN/PRC-117G manpack radio fleet.

Unmanned

LITENING targeting pod contract valued at $1.3 billion won by Northrop Grumman - News

January 11, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. U.S. Air Force officials selected Northrop Grumman for LITENING advanced targeting pod sustainment, production, software, and upgrades. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract is valued at $1.3 billion.

Avionics

USAF accepts Pegasus tanker delivery, deficiencies to be addressed with remote vision system - News

January 11, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

ARLINGTON, Va. U.S. Air Force officials accepted the first KC-46A Pegasus tanker from The Boeing Company. This is a major milestone for the next generation tanker and will allow Airmen to begin operational testing and flight training, Air Force officials report.

Comms

Vertex Aerospace to continue logistics support for USAF C-12 program - News

January 11, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Vertex Aerospace

MADISON, Miss. Mississippi-based company Vertex Aerospace will continue logistic support for the U.S. Air Force (USAF) C-12 program under a follow contract valued approximately $35 million and an estimated cumulative value of $70 million.

Radar/EW

Additional TROPHY active protection systems order placed with Leonardo DRS/Rafael team - News

January 11, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leonardo DRS

ARLINGTON, Va. Department of Defense (DoD) officials tasked Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. and partner Leonard DRS inc. to deliver additional TROPHY active projection systems to the U.S. Army and Marine Corps.

Comms

Lockheed Martin signs on to continue GPS GCS modernization efforts - News

January 11, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Lockheed Martin officials signed a contract with the U.S. Air Force to continue to sustain and further modernize the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite constellation?s ground control system through 2025.

A.I.

CRA employs deep learning algorithms to extend detection capabilities in TOPGUN effort - News

January 10, 2019

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

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) tasked Charles River Analytics Inc. to build a maritime defense tool for the Topside Optical Processing for Global Unmanned Navy (TOPGUN) effort. The 18-month program is valued at $1.6 million.

Radar/EW

Army signs $714 million order to upgrade additional M1A1 Abrams tanks - News

January 09, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. U.S. Army officials tasked General Dynamics Land Systems, a General Dynamics business unit, to upgrade 174 additional M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks to the state-of-the-art M1A2 System Enhancement Package Version 3 (SEPv3) configuration. The contract is valued at $714 million.

Comms

SPA nabs follow-on $20 million Office of Naval Research contract - News

January 09, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA)

ALEXANDRIA, Va. Office of Naval Research (ONR) officials selected Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) for a follow-on contract valued at $20 million over the next five years.

Avionics

Spanish army to get complete helicopter fleet upgrade from Boeing - News

January 09, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

PHILADELPHIA. Boeing has signed an agreement with the government of Spain to upgrade all 17 of Spain?s CH-47D Chinook helicopters to the F-model configuration, adding features such as the digital automatic flight-control system, common avionics architecture system, and advanced cargo handling. The upgrades will be performed to align Spain's helicopters with those of other nations.

Comms

Envistacom to build Phoenix satellite system prototypes in Army modernization efforts - News

January 08, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Envistacom

ATLANTA, Ga. Officials at the U.S. Army Program Executive Office Command Control Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T) selected Envistacom for the Prototype Project Subagreement through an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) with Consortium Management Group (CMG) on behalf of Consortium for Command, Control and Communications in Cyberspace (C5) to develop the upgraded Phoenix satellite system prototypes, in an effort to modernize the U.S. Army tactical satellite communications platform.

Unmanned

IMT Vislink to deliver airborne video downlink solution to USAF - News

January 08, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems IMT Vislink

SARASOTA, Fla. U.S. Air Force (USAF) officials selected xG Technology's business unit, IMT Vislink, to supply airborne video downlink solutions under a $900,000 order. The follow-on order is part of a previously announced contract announced in May 2018 originally valued at $1.4 million.

Unmanned

UGV market to grow to $7.0 billion globally by 2025, study says - News

January 07, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Markets and Markets

NORTHBROOK, Ill. The global market for unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) is projected to grow from $2.7 billion in 2018 to $7.0 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 14.81 percent, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets, "Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) Market by Application (Military (ISR, EOD, Combat Support, Transportation), Commercial (Firefighting, CBRN, Physical Security, Oil & Gas), Mobility, Size, System, Mode of Operation, and Region -- Global Forecast to 2025."

A.I.

AI program aims to generate actionable understanding, predict outcome of events - News

January 07, 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) launched the Knowledge-directed Artificial Intelligence Reasoning Over Schemas (KAIROS) program, which seeks to create a schema-based artificial intelligence (AI) capability to enable contextual and temporal reasoning about complex real-world events in order to generate actionable understanding of these events and predict how they will unfold.

Avionics

Game-based maintenance training solution developed for USAF aircraft - News

January 07, 2019

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

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. U.S. Air Force (USAF) officials selected Charles River Analytics Inc., developer of intelligent systems solutions, to develop the Evaluation-Driven Active Guide for Learning Maintenance Events (EAGLE).