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Comms

SRI International, MarketsandMarkets collaboration aims to bring holistic view of the effects of emerging tech - News

August 28, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

CHICAGO. SIR International and MarketsandMarkets officials are teaming up to deliver more comprehensive marketplace and revenue intelligence, analyses, research and development services to clients across the globe in all industries, advanced technologies, and information sciences.

Radar/EW

Naval Research Lab, MacB team up to design and test pulsed power sources - News

August 28, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems MacAulay-Brown, Inc.

DAYTON, Ohio. The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Plasma Physics Division will be working with MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB), an Alion company, to research, design, develop, integrate, and test pulsed power sources.

Unmanned

Precision-guided munitions added to NATO allies' toolkit - News

August 28, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

BRUSSELS. The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) recently received the first lot of Precision Guided Munitions (PGMs), a group of weapons acquired through a NATO project involving 11 allies and one NATO partner at a cost of approximately $20 million.

Comms

Tactical-communications market to reach $15.4 billion in value by 2028 - News

August 28, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

LONDON. The global tactical-communications market is expected to be valued at approximately $13.0 billion in 2018 and will grow at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 1.7 percent, to a value of approximately $15.4 billion by 2028, according to a market study from Strategic Defence Intelligence, "The Global Tactical Communications Market 2018-2028."

Unmanned

Advances in micro-UAS tech made via Army, Bell CRADA - News

August 27, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Bell Textron

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. U.S. Army Research Laboratory and Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc company, researchers collaborated to advance development of a micro unmanned aerial system (UAS). The UAS is a miniature, lightweight reconnaissance vehicle that soldiers can carry onto the battlefield and deploy in a confined space.

Radar/EW

Future USS Sioux City, USS Wichita delivered to U.S. Navy - News

August 27, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

MARINETTE, Wis. U.S. Navy officials accepted delivery of the future USS WICHITA (LCS 13) and USS SIOUX CITY (LCS 11), two Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs), during a ceremony at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard.

Unmanned

Gremlins program adds power conversion component via Milpower Source - News

August 27, 2018

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

BELMONT, N.H. Dynetics?selected Milpower Source, Inc. as a subcontractor for the Defense Research Projects?Agency (DARPA) Gremlins program.

Cyber

Navy selects Kratos for $980 million training systems contract - News

August 24, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

SAN DIEGO. Officials at the Naval Air Warfare Center Training System Division (NAWCTSD) tapped Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (KTOS) for the indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) Training Systems Contract IV (TSC IV).

Avionics

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. to manufacture 29 AH-1Z aircraft - News

August 24, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Bell Textron

FORT WORTH, Texas. Department of Defense (DoD) officials modified an existing contract with Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. in Forth Worth, Texas for the manufacture and delivery of 29 Lot 15 production AH-1Z aircraft in support of the Marine Corps H-1 upgrade program. The contract is worth $509,750,754.

Comms

Free flight demonstrations in MALD-X project complete - News

August 23, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. A Department of Defense (DoD) team including the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering's Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO), with Air Force Miniature Air Launch Decoy (MALD) Program Office, and Naval Air Warfare Center Point Mugu completed a series of free flight demonstration under the MALD-X project this month.

Radar/EW

Holt's IP core product achieves formal MIL-STD-1553 validation - News

August 23, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Holt Integrated Circuits

MISSION VIEJO, Calif. Officials at Holt Integrated Circuits received formal MIL-STD-1553 RT validation of its HI-6300 MIL-STD-1553 / MIL-STD-1760 IP core from Test Systems Inc., an independent Air Force testing service for MIL-STD-1553 hardware.

Comms

DARPA, Northrop Grumman data-link demo showcased 100 Gpbs over 20 kilometers - News

August 23, 2018

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

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Northrop Grumman Corp. engineers set a new standard for wireless transmission by operating a data link at 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) over a distance of 20 kilometers in a city environment.

Avionics

U.S. Air Force F-16 avionics product support contract won by Leidos - News

August 22, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos

RESTON, Va. Officials at the U.S. Air Force Sustainment Center selected Leidos to provide single-point integration services for F-16 fighter jet avionics shops. The single-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract has a three-year base period, two one-year option periods, and a total contract ceiling of $620 million. Work will take place at Hill Air Force base in Utah.

Comms

U.S. Air Force program focuses on improving T&E processes for all DoD weapons systems - News

August 22, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems MacAulay-Brown, Inc.

DAYTON, Ohio. Officials at MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB) received a $47 million task order by the U.S. Air Force Installation Contracting Agency (AFICA), under the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Information Analysis Center?s (DoD IAC), Defense Systems Technical Area Task (DS TAT) Multi-Award Contract (MAC).

Cyber

ManTech-led team to build prototype for cloud-based persistent cyber training program - News

August 22, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems ManTech

HERNDON, Va. U.S. Army officials selected ManTech to collaboratively develop with four other companies a prototype for the U.S. Army?s Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE) through an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) with Consortium Management Group, Inc. (CMG) on behalf of Consortium for Command, Control and Communications in Cyberspace (C5).