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Unmanned

Teams selected for Phase 1 of DARPA's mobile force protection program - News

August 22, 2017

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials selected three companies for Phase 1 of the Agency's Mobile Force Protection (MFP) program, which aims to expedite the development of counter small, unmanned aircraft systems (sUASs) capabilities and their near term introduction to the field.

Unmanned

Northrop Grumman, Boeing win new intercontinental ballistic missile system contracts - News

August 22, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. Air Force officials selected Boeing and Northrop Grumman for the Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction phase of its Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) weapon system program. The GBSD is the weapon system replacement for the aging LGM-30 Minuteman III ICBM.

Unmanned

MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft completes FAA-approved flight through national airspace - News

August 21, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

POWAY, Calif. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) reports that it flew a MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) from Laguna Airfield at Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona, through national airspace to its Gray Butte Flight Operations facility near Palmdale, California. The MQ-9B is a STANAG 4671 (NATO airworthiness standard for unmanned aircraft systems[UASs])-compliant version of the Predator B UAS line.

Unmanned

Navy achieves first free flight of LRASM tactical weapon - News

August 21, 2017

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

POINT MUGU SEA RANGE, Calif. The U.S. Navy, together with partner Lockheed Martin, recently conducted the first free-flight launch of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) from a B-1B Lancer over Point Mugu Sea Range in California.

Cyber

U.S. Cyber Command's status is raised to form a unified combatant command - News

August 18, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. Department of Defense (DoD) officials initiated the process to elevate the U.S. Cyber Command to a unified combatant command. The decision, at the direction of the President, is consistent with Title 10 of U.S. Code, section 167b, and the recommendation of the Secretary of Defense.

Radar/EW

Navy modifies contract with General Dynamics for R&D work on submarines - News

August 18, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics

GROTON, Conn. Officials at General Dynamics Electric Boat, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, received a contract modification by the U.S. Navy to provide research and development and lead-yard services. The contract is worth an estimated $115.3 million.

Radar/EW

DARPA conducts initial test for elevated sensor mast on commissioned Navy vessel - News

August 18, 2017

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

NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Florida. The Defense Advance Research Projects Agency's (DARPA?s) Towed Airborne Lift of Naval Systems (TALONS) research program recently demonstrated its prototype of a low-cost, elevated sensor mast aboard a commissioned U.S. Navy vessel for the first time, as the crew of USS Zephyr, a 174-foot Cyclone-class patrol coastal ship, evaluated the technology demonstration system over three days near Naval Station Mayport, Florida.

Radar/EW

USAF tests new radar receivers for combat rescue helicopters - News

August 18, 2017

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

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. Lockheed Martin recently attained Technical Readiness Level (TRL) 6 for its AN/APR-52 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) -- designed for use on the HH-60W U.S. Air Force Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) -- following a successful demonstration at the U.S. Air Force Integrated Demonstrations and Applications Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Cyber

Navy signs agreement with Purdue University to develop cybersecure energy storage systems - News

August 17, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Naval Surface Warfare Center - Crane Division

WASHINGTON. Purdue University officials entered into a new cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) with the aim to develop the next generation of high capacity, safe, reliable, and cybersecure energy storage systems.

Radar/EW

Naval maritime technologies highlighted at ANTX 2017 - News

August 17, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

PANAMA CITY, Florida and NEWPORT, R.I. Naval Sea Systems Command's Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) conducted Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) 2017 on August 15 and 16 concurrently at naval locations in Florida and Rhode Island.

Radar/EW

New aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth debuts in U.K. home port - News

August 17, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

PORTSMOUTH, England. The future flagship of Britain's navy, the future HMS Queen Elizabeth, sailed into her home port of Portsmouth for the first time on the morning of August 16.

Comms

NASA extends JPL contract to Q3 2018 - News

August 16, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

PASADENA, Calif. NASA has awarded a contract extension to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to extend the operations of NASA?s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL in Pasadena) through September 30, 2018.

Cyber

Study: Open-source intelligence assets growing in U.S., abroad - News

August 16, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The market for Open Source Intelligence (referred to as OSINT) is being driven by investments in OSINT capabilities and state-of-the-art OSINT systems by national security, homeland security, public safety, and defense organizations as they increase their monitoring and research capabilities in open web, deep web, and darknet, according to a recent report by Homeland Security Research Corp. (HSRC), called "OSINT Market & Technologies 2017-2022."

Comms

Craft arrives at ISS following successful NASA/SpaceX launch - News

August 16, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. Experiments intended for astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) arrived early Wednesday morning, August 16, following launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft two days prior.

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy reports successful AN/SPY-6(V) missile-defense test - News

August 16, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE, KAUAI, Hawaii. The U.S. Navy reports that it successfully conducted another ballistic missile defense (BMD) flight test at the end of July with the AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR).