Industry News

Radar/EW

King Air 350ER ISR aircraft requested in $300 million FMS - News

October 05, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

WASHINGTON. Officials at the State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Canada for three King Air 350ER (extended range) aircraft with customer unique post-modifications for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) operations. Total estimated program cost is $300 million.

Unmanned

RQ-11B UAS $13 million order placed with AeroVironment - News

October 05, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems AeroVironment, Inc.

MONROVIA, Calif. U.S. Air Force officials selected AeroVironment, Inc. to deliver its RQ-11B Raven small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to support Latin American and Caribbean nations. The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract is worth an estimated $13 million.

Cyber

Nearly 150 security vulnerabilities found during Hack the Marine Corps Bug Bounty Challenge - News

October 05, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems HackerOne

ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and HackerOne, the leading hacker-powered security platform, announced the results of the DoD?s sixth public bug bounty program.

Unmanned

Better chemical detection for soldiers in the field -- Army signs $28.7 million contract with FLIR - News

October 05, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems FLIR Systems, Inc.

WILSONVILLE, Ore. Sensor maker FLIR Systems has won a contract valued at $28.7 million from the United States Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-D) in support of the Multi-Phase Chemical Agent Detector (MPCAD) program.

Comms

Algorithm will help locate humans, robots in GPS-denied environments, says ARL - News

October 05, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Army Research Laboratory

ADELPHI, Md. Scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) have developed a new algorithm that enables users to locate both humans and robots in GPS-denied areas.

A.I.

BAE Systems selected to bid in AI, machine learning R&D contract - News

October 04, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

MCLEAN, Va. Officials at the Defense Technical Information Center selected BAE Systems to compete for future research and development (R&D) task orders focusing in developing next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies.

Unmanned

USAF hypersonic flight research vehicle dubbed X-60A - News

October 04, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Generation Orbit Launch Services, Inc.

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. U.S. Air Force (USAF) officials designated the GOLauncher1 hypersonic flight research vehicle as X-60A. Generation Orbit Launch Services, Inc. is developing the vehicle under an Air Force Research Laboratory, Aerospace Systems Directorate, High Speed Systems Division contract.

Radar/EW

Northrop Grumman to upgrade 16 Joint STARS fleet central computers - News

October 04, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

MELBOURNE, Fla. Officials at the U.S. Air Force selected Northrop Grumman to upgrade the central computers on 16 aircraft in the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) fleet. The contract is worth $17.5 million.

Comms

Military space systems market set to grow to $28 billion by 2028, study says - News

October 04, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Visiongain

LONDON. Worldwide spending on various types of technology in the military space industry, measured at approximately reach $15.52 billion in 2018, will rise to $28 billion by 2028, according to a new market study, "Global Military Space Strategies and Technologies Market Report 2018-2028," published by Visiongain.

Comms

U.S. Army live-training systems to get refresh under $465 million General Dynamics contract - News

October 04, 2018

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

FAIRFAX, Va. General Dynamics has won a contract worth $465 million for the U.S. Army Life Cycle Product Line Management (LCPM) program from the U.S. Army Contracting Command (Orlando, Florida) to perform a technology refresh and upgrade of live training system, within the U.S. Army Live Training Transformation (LT2) product line..

Comms

Small satellite constellation aims to give ground troops situational awareness at affordable price - News

October 03, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TUCSON, Ariz. Defense Agency Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials received the first Raytheon-built Space Enabled Effects for Military Engagements (SeeMe) satellite.

Radar/EW

Advanced antiradiation guided missile contract signed by U.S. Navy, Northrop Grumman - News

October 03, 2018

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

LOS ANGELES. The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman Corp. have signed a $171 million contract for Lot 7 full rate production (FRP) of the AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM), a supersonic, air-launched tactical missile system, that upgrades legacy AGM-88 HARM systems with the capability to destroy enemy air defense missions.

Avionics

Netherlands will spend $1 billion-plus on AH-64 Apache fleet modernization - News

October 03, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

GILZE-RIJEN AIR BASE,Netherlands. Mich?le Hizon, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency Principal Director for Security Assistance, and Barbara Visser, State Secretary of Defense for the Netherlands, have signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) for the modernization of the Dutch fleet of AH-64D Apache combat helicopters under the Foreign Military Sales program.

Radar/EW

Infoscitex RDT&E contract aims to predict sensor performance across domains - News

October 02, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Infoscitex

DAYTON, Ohio. U.S. Air Force officials selected Infoscitex -- a subsidiary of DCS Corp. -- for the Mission Effects Analysis of Multi-Domain Sensing (MEAMS) contract to provide research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) support to the Sensing & Effects Analysis Branch (RYAA) of the Sensors Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).

A.I.

Marrying machine learning with 3D printing for more reliable parts - News

October 02, 2018

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

DENVER. Lockheed Martin and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) are embarking on a project that aims to explore how to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to train robots to independently oversee and optimize 3D printing of complex parts.