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Unmanned

Raytheon nabs $63.3 million DARPA contract for hypersonic weapons program - News

March 07, 2019

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

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon has signed a $63.3 million contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to continue to develop a ?tactical boost glide? (TBG) hypersonic weapons program.

Unmanned

FLIR Systems finalizes acquisition of Endeavor Robotics - News

March 07, 2019

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

WILSONVILLE, Ore. Mar. 4, 2019-- FLIR Systems has completed its previously announced acquisition of Endeavor Robotic Holdings -- a leading developer of battle-tested, tactical unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) for the global military, public safety, and critical infrastructure markets -- from Arlington Capital Partners for $382 million in cash.

Avionics

Boeing completes acquisition of ForeFlight - News

March 06, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

CHICAGO. Web-based aviation application supplier, ForeFlight has been acquired by Boeing.

A.I.

DARPA modernizes SBIR/STTR program to increase award opportunities - News

March 06, 2019

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

ARLINGTON, Va.The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is now planning on releasing Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) opportunities on an out-of-cycle basis, separate from the three pre-determined announcements traditionally issued directly through the Department of Defense (DoD). The change is expected to reduce the overall time from opportunity announcement to contract award.

Comms

ARL scientists use 3-D printing to fabricate ultra-strong metal parts from powder - News

March 05, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Army Research Laboratory

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. Researchers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory (ARL) are confident that soldiers needing replacement parts will be able to turn to 3-D printers in the future to rapidly deliver reliable and ultra-strong metal parts.

Radar/EW

U.S. Army awards Raytheon a deal to deliver EO/IR surveillance towers to Middle East nation - News

March 05, 2019

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

DULLES, Va. Raytheon will deliver advanced surveillance towers to a Middle Eastern nation to help protect that nation's borders and military installations, according to the terms of a recent contract awarded to Raytheon by the U.S. Army.

Avionics

S-70M Black Hawk helicopter receives FAA type certification in the Restricted Category - News

March 05, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

ATLANTA. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials granted Sikorsky?s S-70M Black Hawk helicopter the FAA?s type certification in the Restricted Category.

Radar/EW

Army CREW Duke system to receive updated RMI kits under $20 million contract - News

March 05, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems SRCTec, LLC

SYRACUSE, N.Y. SRCTec, LLC will deliver reliability, maintainability, and improvement (RMI) kits to update the AN/VLQ-12 countermeasures set under a $20 million U.S. Army contract.

Avionics

Helmet mounted display systems selected for the Army's Air Soldier System - News

March 05, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Elbit Systems

HAIFA, Israel. U.S. Army officials selected Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a Elbit Systems Ltd. subsidiary, to provide a wide field of view Common Helmet Mounted Display (CHMD) system.

Comms

ManTech to acquire Kforce Government Solutions - News

March 05, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems ManTech

HERNDON, Va. Officials at ManTech International Corp. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kforce Government Solutions, Inc. (KGS), formerly a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kforce, Inc. for $115 million in cash.

Radar/EW

Army integrates countermeasures, sensor into MAPS framework - News

March 04, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

ORLANDO, Fla. The U.S. Army completed the integration of three countermeasures and a cueing sensor into the Modular Active Protection Systems (MAPS) framework with the support from Lockheed Martin and its industry partners. The integration was completed during a six-week "rodeo" conducted at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

Unmanned

Next generation of radar sensors to be developed by Northrop Grumman - News

March 04, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. U.S. Army officials selected Northrop Grumman Corp. to develop the AN/APR-39E(V)2, the next generation of radar threat warning sensors.

A.I.

DARPA to leverage quantum devices to help solve complex optimization problems - News

March 04, 2019

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

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is launching the Optimization with Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum devices (ONISQ) program to exploit quantum information processing before fully fault-tolerant quantum computers exist.

Cyber

BAE Systems selected to bid in $898 million IDIQ cyber engineering contract - News

March 04, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

MCLEAN, Va. BAE Systems will be able to compete for future cyber engineering task orders awarded under a seven and a half-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ), U.S. Navy contract.

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy places $5.5 million follow-on order for DRFM jammers - News

March 01, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Mercury Systems

ANDOVER, Mass. U.S. Navy officials released an additional $5.5 million in funds to Mercury Systems for follow-on orders against its previously announced $152 million five-year sole-source basic ordering agreement (BOA) to deliver advanced Digital Radio Frequency Memory (DRFM) jammers.