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Cyber

IT contract worth $787 million signed for world's largest intranet, operated by U.S. Navy - News

September 18, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Perspecta Labs

CHANTILLY, Va. Information-technology (IT) services company Perspecta Inc. received a $787 million contract extension from the U.S. Department of the Navy to continue to provide IT services. The award calls for Perspecta to continue providing services for an additional year, through September 2019.

Avionics

USAF KC-135R legacy tankers gains real-time information capabilities in cockpit - News

September 17, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Collins Aerospace

WASHINGTON. U.S. Air Force (USAF) officials selected Rockwell Collins to advance advance communications capabilities for its KC-135R fleet with the implementation of a Real Time Information in the Cockpit (RTIC) system.

Radar/EW

GaN for radar and electronic warfare webcast Sept 20 at 11 am EDT - News

September 17, 2018

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Mercury Systems Qorvo

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona. The hottest RF and microwave technology in the military radar and electronic warfare community continues to be Gallium Nitride (GaN). The industry is still getting educated on all the possibilities that GaN brings to the design table from a performance standpoint especially in active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar systems. Experts from Mercury Systems and Qorvo will discuss these challenges in a webcast, titled "Benefits of GaN technology for Electronic Warfare and Radar Applications" on Thursday, Sept. 20, at 11 am EDT. They will cover how GaN components are changing the game for radar and electronic warfare designs and how best to leverage the technology.

Unmanned

USAF MQ-9 unmanned aircraft adds capability to automatically take-off and land - News

September 17, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

SAN DIEGO. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) MQ-9 Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) automatically took-off and landed in a demonstration held last month. The Automatic Takeoff and Landing Capability (ATLC) was developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to enhance mission capability.

Cyber

U.S. Navy to take delivery of integrated training tools from Mercury Systems - News

September 17, 2018

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

ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems has received a $20.5 million follow-on order from the U.S. Navy to deliver integrated subsystems in support of both Navy and Air Force training environments.

Avionics

P-8A Poseidon training system to get updated software, courseware - News

September 17, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

PLANO, Texas. U.S. Navy officials selected Boeing to update the courseware and software of the Navy's P-8A Poseidon training system. Under the four-year, $194 million contract, Boeing will upgrade devices at three locations for the U.S. Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force to reflect the latest configuration of the Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.

Comms

USAF SBIRS satellite achieves operational acceptance - News

September 14, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. U.S. Air Force officials announced the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (GEO-3) successfully achieved Air Force Space Command operational acceptance.

Avionics

NASA's supersonic aircraft to be equipped with CoreAVI's VkCore - News

September 13, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Core Avionics & Industrial, Inc. (COREAVI)

TAMPA, Fla. NASA officials selected Core Avionics & Industrial Inc. (CoreAVI) to provide its safety critical Vulkan driver ? VkCore SC ? for deployment into NASA?s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft.

A.I.

AI technologies the focus of DARPA's $2 billion "AI Next" campaign - News

September 13, 2018

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

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) unveiled a multiyear investment of more than $2 billion in new and existing artificial intelligence (AI) programs it is calling the ?AI Next? campaign.

Cyber

COTS cybersecurity spend to grow significantly in next five years, say analysts - News

September 13, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Spending on cybersecurity by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) will hum along at a healthy rate over the next five years, as firms continue to emphasize the acquisition of dual-use commercial technologies, according to a recent market study by Frost & Sullivan, "U.S. DoD Cybersecurity Market, Forecast to 2023."

Unmanned

Japan's Aegis BMD completes flight test with upgraded configuration - News

September 13, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Missile Defense Agency

PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Hawaii. Officials at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced the completion of an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) intercept flight test, in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, off the coast of Kauai in Hawaii.

A.I.

Machine learning algorithms used to find radio bursts in SETI initiative - News

September 12, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems SETI Institute

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. Researchers at the SETI Institute and the University of California, Berkeley SETI Research Center have applied machine learning techniques to detect 72 new fast radio bursts (FRBs) emanating from the "repeater" FRB 121102. The findings are part of the Breakthrough Listen initiative that aims to find signs of intelligent life in the universe.

Comms

U.S. government senior-leader aircraft to get Viasat global in-flight connectivity - News

September 12, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems ViaSat

CARLSBAD, Calif. Communications company Viasat has won an eight-year, firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to provide U.S. government senior leader and VIP aircraft with global in-flight broadband and connectivity services.

Avionics

Boeing wins $2.9 billion contract from U.S. Air Force for KC-46 tanker aircraft - News

September 12, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

EVERETT, Wash. Boeing has won a $2.9 billion contract from the U.S. Air Force for 18 KC-46A tanker aircraft, spares, support equipment, spare engines, and wing air refueling pod kits. With this fourth production lot, Boeing now is under contract to deliver 52 KC-46 tankers.

Comms

SAIC and Engility officials announce merger - News

September 11, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems SAIC

RESTON, Va. & CHANTILLY, Va. Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) and Engility Holdings Inc. officials entered into a definitive agreement under which SAIC will acquire Engility in an all-stock transaction valued at $2.5 billion ($2.25 billion net of the present value of tax assets).