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Radar/EW

U.S. Navy sensor module completes CDR, production begins - News

September 05, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Engineers at Northrop Grumman Corp. completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) phase of the U.S. Navy?s WSN-12 Inertial Sensor Module and will begin production of ten pre-production units.

Comms

CACI wins prime spot on naval management process streamlining contract - News

September 05, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems CACI

ARLINGTON, Va. CACI International has won a prime position on a multiple-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to support the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (DCNO) Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education (MPT&E) organization.

Cyber

L3 Technologies completes acquisition of Azimuth Security, Linchpin Labs - News

September 05, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3 Technologies

NEW YORK. L3 Technologies has completed its acquisition of information-security companies Azimuth Security (Sydney, Australia) and Linchpin Labs (Ottawa, Canada).

Avionics

Navy places order for avionics automated test systems from Lockheed Martin - News

September 04, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

ORLANDO, Fla. U.S. Navy officials tapped Lockheed Martin to build and deliver more than 200 electronic Consolidated Automated Support Systems (eCASS) to maximize aircraft readiness. The seven-year contract is worth approximately $500 million.

Unmanned

UUV launch and recovery system to be developed by LBI - News

September 04, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Naval Surface Warfare Center - Carderock Division

GROTON, Conn. Officials at the Combatant Craft Division (CCD) of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, in Norfolk, Virginia selected LBI to design and manufacture a launch and recovery system for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). The five-year contract has a total value of $5.4 million.

Unmanned

Unmanned aerial refueler for U.S. Navy to be built by Boeing - News

September 04, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

ST. LOUIS. Boeing has garnered a contract worth $805 million to build the U.S. Navy?s first operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft, the MQ-25 aerial refueler.

Cyber

Shipboard combat systems training the focus of $18.4 million Aptima contract - News

September 04, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Aptima

WOBURN, Mass. Engineering firm Aptima Inc. has won an $18.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee, five-year Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the The Naval Surface Warfare Center (Dahlgren, Virginia) for services relating to research and data collection on methods to measure student performance and design/development of an adaptive performance measurement framework for the Center for Surface Combat Systems.

Avionics

Advanced propulsion technology demo shows promise for future deep-space exploration - News

August 31, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Aerojet Rocketdyne

LOS ANGELES. Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully completed its early systems-integration test for NASA?s Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) program, a next-generation propulsion capability that will further enable missions to deep space.

Cyber

U.S. Army additionally funds injury-prediction tool for front-line troops - News

August 31, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Charles River Analytics

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Intelligent-systems developer Charles River Analytics has received additional funding from the U.S. Army to further build out a traumatic-injury prediction mobile app for front-line troops, which it calls Ensemble Prediction for Combat Casualty Care (EPIC3). Charles River says that the application can reduce the number of preventable deaths from battlefield injuries by resolving the issues faced by medics in the field.

Comms

DHS agile development contract to include Octo Consulting Group - News

August 30, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Octo Consulting Group

RESTON, Va. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials selected Octo Consulting Group (Octo) for the DHS Services Enabling Agile Delivery (SEAD) BPA contract. Onto is one out of nine companies selected to date for the contract that has a $300 million ceiling value over the next five years.

Avionics

Concept Development to be acquired by One Stop Systems - News

August 30, 2018

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

ESCONDIDO, Calif. One Stop Systems, Inc. (OSS) officials signed a definitive agreement to acquire Concept Development, Inc. (CDI), which specializes in the design and manufacture of high-performance in-flight entertainment systems for commercial aircraft. CDI?s capabilities include electrical, mechanical, and software design as well as extensive experience in test and certifications required for airborne systems.

Comms

GPS-based system for ground troops to be evaluated by U.S. Army - News

August 30, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Ravenswood Solutions

FREMONT, Calif. Ravenswood Solutions won a $1.3 million contract in support of the U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command [JMC -- a subordinate of the larger Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC)] -- for communications support services during a Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) to take place this fall at Fort Bliss, Texas, and the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

Avionics

F-35C Lightning II aircraft undergoes testing on carrier USS Abraham Lincoln - News

August 30, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy reports that F-35C Lightning II aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125 are conducting their Operational Test-1 (OT-1) with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 and Carrier Strike Group 12 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), currently underway in the Atlantic Ocean.

Avionics

FACE-conformant navigation systems to be installed on U.S. Navy, Marine aircraft through accord with Rockwell Collins - News

August 30, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Collins Aerospace

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins has secured a contract that will equip multiple U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps aircraft with safety-critical Required Navigation Performance Area Navigation (RNP-RNAV) capabilities through a contract issued by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Air Combat Electronics program office (PMA-209).

A.I.

Raytheon BBN's neural network will be able to explain itself - News

August 29, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Raytheon BBN Technologies is developing a neural network that explains itself for the Defense Research Project Agency's (DARPA) Explainable Artificial Intelligence program (XAI).