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A.I.

DARPA aims to develop defenses to thwart attempts to deceive machine learning algorithms - News

February 08, 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) created the Guaranteeing AI Robustness against Deception (GARD) program, which aims to develop a new generation of defenses against adversarial deception attacks on machine learning (ML) models.

A.I.

Navy releases funds to enhance DATEM, a real-time alert system - News

February 08, 2019

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

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. U.S. Navy officials released additional funding to Charles River Analytics to extend and enhance the company's Distributed Analysis Tool for Enterprise Monitoring (DATEM) full-scope prototype. The DATEM contract with options is valued at approximately $1.5 million over four years.

Unmanned

Ship Self Defense System ICS completes first live fire test with UAV - News

February 07, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TEWKSBURY, Mass. The U.S. Navy and Raytheon completed live first testing onboard a Self Defense Test Ship on the Ship Self Defense System (SSDS) Integrated Combat System (ICS) for the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). During testing, the system successfully engaged an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) target off the coast of California.

Avionics

BISim tasked to demo training virtual reality capabilities for British army - News

February 06, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Bohemia Interactive Simulations

FARNBOROUGH, U.K. British army officials tasked Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) to demonstrate the art of the possible using virtual reality, machine learning, and cloud computing for the Army?s Collective Training Transformation Program (CTTP). The pilot program has been made available through the Defence Innovation Fund, MOD investment into innovation

Radar/EW

Navy NTCDL system to incorporate Systel's rugged servers - News

February 06, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Systel, Inc.

SUGAR LAND, Texas. Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) rugged computing solutions provider Systel Inc. will deliver its rugged high-density computing servers to support the U.S. Navy's Network Tactical Common Data Link (NTCDL) system.

Radar/EW

HHI garners $15.2 billion multiship contract to build Ford-class carriers - News

February 06, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Huntington Ingalls Industries

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. U.S. Navy officials modified an existing contract with Huntington Ingalls Industries' (HHI) Newport News Shipbuilding division for a multiship contract valued at $15.2 billion. HHI will design and construct two Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers designated Enterprise CVN 80 and CVN 81.

Avionics

L3 to leverage B-2 aircrew training system under $120 million contract - News

February 06, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3 Technologies

NEW YORK. L3 Technologies officials signed a $120 million contract to continue training U.S. Air Force (USAF) B-2 pilots, maintainers, and weapons-loading personnel using its B-2 Aircrew Training System.

Radar/EW

C4ISR and control systems on U.S. Coast Guard cutters to come from Northrop Grumman - News

February 06, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Northrop Grumman Corp. has won production and long lead time materials (LLTM) contracts for the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) C4ISR [command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance] and control systems, in concert with Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG).

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy's AN/SPY 6(V) tracks ballistic missile target in flight test - News

February 05, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

KAUAI, Hawaii. The U.S. Navy reports the Raytheon-built AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) tracked a ballistic missile target, completing final development flight tests.

Radar/EW

BAE Systems expands facilities to support electronic warfare programs - News

February 05, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

MANCHESTER, N.H. Defense contractor BAE Systems is expanding operations into Manchester, New Hampshire with a series of strategic investments in its facilities and workforce to prepare for continuing and projected business growth. When the new Manchester facility is fully staffed, the campus will house up to 800 employees primarily focused on supporting the company?s electronic warfare programs

Unmanned

Robotic systems contract for $90 million signed between QinetiQ and U.S. Army - News

February 05, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems QinetiQ North America

WALTHAM, Mass. QinetiQ North America (QNA) announced that it has signed a $90 million ID/IQ contract to support the overall sustainment actions of the Tactical Adaptable Light Ordnance Neutralization (TALON) family of robotic systems for the U.S. Army.

Avionics

Boeing NeXT VTOL craft completes first flight - News

February 04, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Aurora Flight Sciences

MANASSAS, Va. Boeing reports that it has successfully completed the first test flight of its autonomous passenger air vehicle (PAV) prototype, known as Boeing NeXt.

Comms

DoD places $27.9 million order with FLIR for all-hazard detection and alert systems - News

February 04, 2019

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

WILSONVILLE, Ore. FLIR Systems, Inc. has received a delivery order for 24 U.S. Army chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear dismounted reconnaissance sets, kits, and outfits (CBRN DR-SKO) systems, under a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in support of the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) DR-SKO Program of Record.

A.I.

CAML program aims to improve human/machine partnerships - News

February 01, 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) launched the Competency-Aware Machine Learning (CAML) program, which aims to develop machine learning systems that continuously assess their own performance in time-critical, dynamic situations and communicate that information to human team-members in an easily understood format.