Industry News

Unmanned

UGV market to grow to $7.0 billion globally by 2025, study says - News

January 07, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Markets and Markets

NORTHBROOK, Ill. The global market for unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) is projected to grow from $2.7 billion in 2018 to $7.0 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 14.81 percent, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets, "Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) Market by Application (Military (ISR, EOD, Combat Support, Transportation), Commercial (Firefighting, CBRN, Physical Security, Oil & Gas), Mobility, Size, System, Mode of Operation, and Region -- Global Forecast to 2025."

A.I.

AI program aims to generate actionable understanding, predict outcome of events - News

January 07, 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) launched the Knowledge-directed Artificial Intelligence Reasoning Over Schemas (KAIROS) program, which seeks to create a schema-based artificial intelligence (AI) capability to enable contextual and temporal reasoning about complex real-world events in order to generate actionable understanding of these events and predict how they will unfold.

Avionics

Game-based maintenance training solution developed for USAF aircraft - News

January 07, 2019

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

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. U.S. Air Force (USAF) officials selected Charles River Analytics Inc., developer of intelligent systems solutions, to develop the Evaluation-Driven Active Guide for Learning Maintenance Events (EAGLE).

Unmanned

IR countermeasures contract signed between Northrop Grumman, U.S. Air Force - News

January 04, 2019

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

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman has received an initial $2.4 million task order for logistics support services from the U.S. Air Force, the first portion of a $3.6 billion indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) award for Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure (LAIRCM) systems and support.

Unmanned

Raytheon selects Elbit's TCLS for multispectral targeting system - News

January 04, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Elbit Systems

HAIFA, Israel. Raytheon officials selected Elbit Systems Ltd. subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America LLC, to provide Two Color Laser System (TCLS) for the Multi-Spectral Targeting System.

Avionics

Raytheon secures support, sustainment contract for Royal air force Shadow fleet - News

January 04, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

LONDON. Officials at the Ministry of Defence selected Raytheon UK to deliver support and sustainment services for the Royal air force's (RAF) Shadow aircraft fleet. The contract spans over the next 11 years and is valued at approximately $316 million (?250 million).

Radar/EW

Phase two of active protection system for Bradley Fighting Vehicle to proceed as planned - News

January 03, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics Elbit Systems

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS) -- together with Elbit Systems and a team from IMI -- will move forward with Phase II of the Iron Fist Light (IFL) Active Protection System (APS) for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle following the announcement of a positive Army Requirements Oversight Council (AROC) decision.

Radar/EW

EW simulation, training contract signed between Northrop Grumman and U.S. Air Force - News

January 03, 2019

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

BUFFALO, N.Y. Northrop Grumman Corp. and the U.S. Air Force have signed a $450 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract stipulating that Northrop Grumman will deliver its Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) anti-electronic warfare (EW) training systems to the Air Force.

Comms

First GPS III satellite successfully launched - News

January 02, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Air Force

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. The U.S. Air Force and mission partners reported a successful launch of the first Global Positioning Systems III satellite, accomplished December 23 from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral.

Comms

Wideband satcom contract signed between U.S. Army, Harris Corp. - News

January 02, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3Harris Technologies

MELBOURNE, Fla. The U.S. Army has awarded Harris Corp. a nearly $218 million follow-on contract to support wideband satellite operations centers and management sites that handle critical communications for troops around the world.

Comms

DARPA hosts preliminary competition before SC2 grand finale - News

January 02, 2019

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials held a second preliminary event of the Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) in December. Fifteen teams represented by members from across the academic, commercial, and defense industries gathered at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) to pit their intelligent radio designs against each other in a head-to-head competition.

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy taps General Dynamics to build fifth DDG 51 destroyer - News

December 27, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics

BATH, Maine. U.S. Navy officials selected General Dynamics Bath Iron Works -- a business unit of General Dynamics -- to build a fifth DDG 51 destroyer as part of the multiyear award announced in September.

Unmanned

PAC-3 missile contract for as much as $1.8 billion signed between Lockheed Martin, U.S. Army - News

December 26, 2018

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

BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin has signed a potential $1.8 billion contract to produce and deliver missile interceptor systems to the U.S. Army and foreign military sales customers.

From The Editor

U.S. Navy SPY-6 integration and support contract won by Raytheon - News

December 20, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

TEWKSBURY, Mass. U.S. Navy officials tapped Raytheon for air and missile defense radar AN/SPY-6(V) integration and production support efforts. The cost-plus-fixed fee, firm-fixed-price contract is worth approximately $114 million.