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Radar/EW
OpFires program to develop a ground-launched tactical weapons delivery system - News
November 13, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. Aerojet Rocketdyne, Exquadrum, and Sierra Nevada Corp. have been selected to develop and demonstrate a ground-launched system enabling hypersonic boost glide weapons to penetrate modern enemy air defenses and rapidly and precisely engage critical time sensitive targets.
Avionics
Black Hawk helicopters to get upgrades of blades, controls, systems - News
November 12, 2018
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Calspan Systems Corp. has won a $6 million contract from Siemens Government Technologies to upgrade the U.S. Army?s Helicopter Blade Balance Stand, which is located at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Avionics
Webcast: Certifying avionics COTS hardware & software to DAL A on Nov 14 at 11 am Est - News
November 09, 2018
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona. Avionics systems are getting more complex and more dependent on commercial processing technologies and software tools it is crucial that these commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software solutions be certified to Design Assurance Level (DAL) A. In a webcast, titled "Certifying Avionics COTS Hardware & Software to DAL A," on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 11 am Est. industry experts will cover the benefits of safety certification of COTS technology via building blocks such as GPU hardware certification, reuse of common APIs, multicore processing for safety critical applications, designing avionics graphical applications, and more.
Comms
Kratos moves to Phase 4 in USAF MILSATCOM study - News
November 08, 2018
SAN DIEGO. Engineers at Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. completed the third phase of a pathfinder study for migrating the Command and Control System ? Consolidated (CCS-C) ground system to the Enterprise Ground Services (EGS) architecture. CCS-C currently operates a fleet of over 20 Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) satellites in four different constellations.
Comms
USAF places order of NSA-certified Mini Crypto devices from Viasat - News
November 08, 2018
CARLSBAD, Calif. U.S. Air Force officials placed an order with Viasat Inc. for 1,000 National Security Agency (NSA)-certified Mini Crypto devices under a Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract.
Unmanned
Nuclear R and D detonation, detection systems contract won by Perspecta - News
November 07, 2018
CHANTILLY, Va. Mission-services and operations contractor Perspecta Inc. has won a prime contract from the U.S. Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) to continue work on the Expert Scientific and Analytical Support (ESAS) II program. The award -- with a ceiling value of $49.8 million -- has a two-year base period and two additional two-year option periods.
A.I.
Data automation, analytics, AI capabilities at core of Raytheon's contracts with NGA - News
November 07, 2018
DULLES, Va. Officials at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency selected Raytheon for two Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contracts to develop advanced data automation, analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. The contracts have a potential combined total value of up to $600 million.
Radar/EW
Sparton, Leidos join forces in Navy's acoustic countermeasure program - News
November 07, 2018
DELEON SPRINGS, Fla. Leidos Maritime Systems and Sparton Corp. teamed up to support the U.S. Navy's Acoustic Device Countermeasure (ADC) MK5 program.
Avionics
Super Stallion, Sea Dragon aircraft sustainment support contract won by Sikorsky - News
November 06, 2018
STRATFORD, Conn. Department of Defense (DoD) officials selected Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, for a performance-based logistics contract to provide supply and logistics support to the entire fleet of in-service CH-53E Super Stallions and MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopters in support of U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) missions. The contract is valued at an estimated $717 million.
Comms
DARPA mounts next phase of Electronics Resurgence Initiative - News
November 06, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has rolled out the second phase of its Electronics Resurgence Initiative (ERI) ? a five-year, upwards of $1.5 billion investment in the future of domestic electronic systems.
Unmanned
Lockheed Martin's Aerostat unmanned system incorporates Telephonics radar system - News
November 06, 2018
AKRON, Ohio. Engineers at Lockheed Martin completed the integration of Telephonics' RDR-1700B radar onto a 74K aerostat for land and sea missions.
Unmanned
More Patriot missile systems to ship to Romania - News
November 06, 2018
TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon has entered an agreement with the government of Romania and the U.S. Army to purchase of three additional Patriot Air and Missile Defense Systems from the U.S. Army. Similarly to when Romania bought its first Patriot missile system in May of 2018, the additional units were procured via the U.S. Department of Defense's foreign military sales (FMS) process.
Cyber
Cybersecurity tests complete for on the Raytheon-built GPS OCX - News
November 05, 2018
SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. The Raytheon-built Global Position System Next-Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX) completed cybersecurity vulnerability assessments that tested the system's ability to defend against both internal and external cyber threats.
Comms
SATCOM system integration support contract won by Hughes - News
November 05, 2018
GERMANTOWN, Md. U.S. Naval Air Systems (NAVAIR) officials tasked Hughes Network Systems, LLC to provide satellite communications (SATCOM) systems integration for the U.S. Coast Guard.
Radar/EW
ARL scientists make progress in quantum sensing research - News
November 02, 2018
ADELPHI, Md. U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) scientist are developing a new quantum sensor, which uses atoms that when excited rise to usually high energy levels.
Avionics
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