Industry News

Unmanned

Sweden officials sign agreement to purchase for Patriot system - News

August 10, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Sweden government officials will purchase Raytheon's Patriot air and missile defense system from the U.S. Army. The agreement, formally referred to as a Letter of Offer and Acceptance, paves the way for Sweden's Patriot force to rapidly reach Initial Operational Capability (IOC).

Radar/EW

Royal Thai air force taps Saab to upgrade command and control system - News

August 09, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Saab

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Royal Thai air force officials tapped Saab to upgrade Thailand?s national air command and control system, which is based on Saab?s 9AIR C4I.

Cyber

DiSTI among award winners in U.S. Navy training systems contract - News

August 09, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems DiSTI Corporation

ORLANDO, Fla. U.S. Navy officials selected DiSTI Corp. for the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division?s (NAWCTSD) Training Systems Contract IV (TSC IV) Multiple Award Contract (MAC). The TSC IV MAC is inclusive of all awarded contracts and ordering periods and has a not-to-exceed value of $980,000,000.

Radar/EW

Warfighter subsystems the focus of U.S. Navy $8.4 million order from Mercury Systems - News

August 09, 2018

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

ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems has received an $8.4 million follow-on order -- against a previously announced $152 million five-year sole source basic ordering agreement (BOA) -- to complete subsystem engineering development in support of the U.S. Navy?s training environment.

Comms

MacAulay-Brown, Inc. to be acquired by Alion Science and Technology - News

August 08, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems MacAulay-Brown, Inc.

MCLEAN, Va. Officials at Alion Science and Technology Corp., a portfolio company of Veritas Capital, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB).

Comms

NASA selects 20 R & D proposals from small businesses in technology transfer program - News

August 08, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

WASHINGTON. NASA has chosen 20 research and technology proposals from 19 small businesses in the U.S. -- valued at $15 million -- from 19 American small businesses. Each of the businesses is partnering with research institutions for Phase II of NASA?s competitive Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program.

Unmanned

Counter-UAS tech the focus of $48.5 million U.S. Navy contract with CACI - News

August 08, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems CACI

ARLINGTON, Va. IT security firm CACI International announced that it has won a $48.5 million single-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract with the U.S. Navy to provide integration, installation, sustainment, and engineering services to the Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) AIRWorks Rapid Development Capabilities Integrated Product team.

Comms

NATO approves upgraded satellite control software - News

August 08, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems ViaSat

CARLSBAD, Calif. Communications company Viasat announced that its commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Visual Integrated Satellite Communications Information, Operation and Networking (VISION) software has successfully passed NATO's First Article System Test (FAST).

Cyber

DARPA tasks BAE Systems to develop automated cyber defense tools - News

August 07, 2018

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials tapped BAE systems to develop data-driven, cyber-hunting tools that detect and analyze cyber threats to help protect extremely large enterprise networks. The contract for DARPA?s Cyber-Hunting at Scale (CHASE) Phase 1, 2, and 3 is valued at approximately $5.2 million.

Cyber

NSA to participate in Mercury Systems' first DAR technology forum - News

August 07, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Mercury Systems

ANDOVER, Mass. Officials at Mercury Systems, Inc. announced they are holding their first annual data-at-rest (DAR) technology forum for the Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) program with participation from the National Security Agency (NSA).

Comms

DoD DESI pilot program selects university-industry teams - News

August 07, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. Department of Defense (DoD) officials selected five university-industry teams to support the Defense Enterprise Science Initiative (DESI), a pilot program that will focus on accelerating the impact of basic research on defense capabilities.

Radar/EW

One Stop Systems, ATTO partner to add 32 Gb fibre option to Ion Accelerator 5.0 product line - News

August 07, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems One Stop Systems (OSS) ATTO Technology

ESCONDIDO, Calif. One Stop Systems, Inc. and ATTO Technology officials partnered to introduce an ATTO Technology 32 Gigabit (Gb) Fibre Channel option for One Stop Systems' Ion Accelerator 5.0 Flash Storage Array product line.

Radar/EW

EW contract through Harris Corp. gets $400 million ceiling increase - News

August 07, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Harris Corporation

MELBOURNE, Fla. Harris Corporation has been awarded a $400 million increase to the ceiling value of a single-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to supply electronic warfare (EW) systems for international F-16 fighters in a push to help protect allied aircraft against evolving radar and electronic threats. The new ceiling value is $491 million.

Avionics

U.S. State Dept. approves possible foreign military sale of four Black Hawks to Latvia - News

August 07, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Latvia of four UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and related equipment for an estimated cost of $200 million.

Radar/EW

High-energy laser development ongoing for U.S. Army by Dynetics and partners - News

August 07, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Dynetics

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Engineering/IT company Dynetics, along with its partners, is operating under a $10 million contract to continue development for the next phase of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command's (SMDC) High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator (HEL TVD) program, a 100-kilowatt class laser weapon system.