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A.I.

DARPA program seeks to teach machines common sense - News

October 18, 2018

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

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) has launched the Machine Common Sense (MCS) program to explore recent advances in cognitive understanding, natural language processing, deep learning, and other areas of artificial intelligence (AI) research in an effort to crack the code of a critical component lacking in AI ? human-style common sense.

Comms

U.S. Army tasks SNC to develop MEDHUB system - News

October 17, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Sierra Nevada Corporation

SPARKS, Nev. U.S. Army officials selected Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) to develop develop the capability to capture and store critical patient status and treatment information for up to six patients on a single device, and communicate the information securely from the point-of-injury and throughout transport to the receiving medical treatment facility.

A.I.

Altair acquires simulation design firm SIMSOLID - News

October 17, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Altair Engineering

TROY, Mich. Design-software maker Altair Engineering has acquired SIMSOLID, whose products work on CAD assemblies to provide fast, accurate, and robust structural simulation without requiring geometry simplification, cleanup, or meshing.

Avionics

Helicopter market in military, public-service sectors to recover gradually to 2026 - News

October 17, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

SAN ANTONIO, Texas. The market for military and public-services helicopters is facing a slow recovery globally, following nearly 10 years of stagnation and delayed programs in key regions, according to a new study from Frost & Sullivan, "Global Military and Public Services Helicopters Market, Forecast to 2026."

Radar/EW

GaN-based radar from Lockheed Martin reaches technical milestone prior to delivery to MDA - News

October 17, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

MOORESTOWN, N.J. Lockheed Martin reports that its Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) has completed a closed-loop satellite track with tactical hardware and software; the test marks a major milestone, as the LRDR program continues to meet its technical goals and works toward its expected 2020 delivery to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in Clear, Alaska.

Radar/EW

Leonardo DRS selected for multiple IDIQ contracts to support ground combat electro-optical/infrared systems - News

October 17, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leonardo DRS

ARLINGTON, Va. Officials at Leonardo DRS announced the receipt of multiple contracts for the Department of Defense (DoD) Electro-Optical/Infrared programs totaling up to $800 million.

Comms

Esterline to be acquired by TransDigm for approximately $4 billion - News

October 17, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems TransDigm Group Incorporated

CLEVELAND, OH and BELLEVUE, WA. TransDigm Group Incorporated officials entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Esterline Technologies Corp. TransDigm expects the acquisition to be financed primarily through cash on hand and the incurrence of new term loans, and currently anticipates the acquisition to be modestly accretive to TransDigm?s adjusted earnings per share within the first year of ownership.

Unmanned

DARPA's OFFSET third swarm sprint focuses on human-swarm teaming - News

October 16, 2018

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials are soliciting proposals for a third swarm sprint under the OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET)program. The third swarm sprint will focus on human-swarm teaming and swarm tactics.

Comms

NASA and KBRWyle team on geodesy precision-measuring effort - News

October 16, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems KBR

HOUSTON. KBRwyle -- the global government services arm of KBR, Inc. -- has won a $48 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to construct, deploy, and commission the next-generation Space Geodesy (SG) Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) ground systems.

Radar/EW

Enhanced projectile from U.S. Army/Raytheon team defeats targets in hard-to-reach spots - News

October 15, 2018

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

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon and the U.S. Army recently completed development of a new capability for cannon artillery by upgrading the combat-proven Excalibur precision-guided projectile: The team's Excalibur Shaped Trajectory (EST) variant will enable soldiers to eliminate targets in hard-to-reach locations by selecting the projectile's terminal or final phase attack angle.

Comms

Harris Corporation and L3 Technologies to merge - News

October 15, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3 Technologies

MELBOURNE, Fla and NEW YORK. Defense contractors Harris Corporation and L3 Technologies have agreed to combine in an all-stock merger of equals.

A.I.

NGA tasks DAC to implement machine learning algorithms for analytics program - News

October 12, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Decisive Analytics Corporation

ARLINGTON, Va. Officials at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded DECISIVE ANALYTICS Corp. (DAC) a contract to implement semantic machine learning algorithms for the Advanced Geospatial Analytics program.

Radar/EW

U.S. Army's AN/TPQ-53 radar to transition to GaN - News

October 12, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

SYRACUSE, N.Y. U.S. Army officials modified an existing contract with Lockheed Martin to insert Gallium Nitride (GaN) into the AN/TPQ-53 (Q-53) radar as part of the full rate production configuration.

Radar/EW

SPY-6 radar from Raytheon tracks ballistic missile through intercept and multiple targets at once - News

October 12, 2018

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

TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon's AN/SPY-6(V) radar, continuing in testing to demonstrate its integrated air and missile defense capability against multiple targets, recently detected, acquired, and tracked multiple targets from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii.

Cyber

H-1N aerial gunnery simulation contract with Kratos extended for additional year - News

October 12, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

SAN DIEGO. KBR Wyle officials extended a contract with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. for an additional year to deliver H-1N Aerial Gunnery Simulation Training for the U.S. Air Force at the Kratos Aircrew Training Center (KATC) in Orlando, Florida.