Industry News

Radar/EW

U.S. Army moves to field-test MAPS tank-protection sensors, system - News

March 27, 2018

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

ORLANDO. Lockheed Martin has moved onto a next-phase contract with the U.S. Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) to continue maturing the Modular Active Protection Systems (MAPS) controller base kit hardware and software -- a system of sensors, software, and additional hardware designed to protect heavy military vehicles and their occupants.

Unmanned

U.S. Army awards potential $112 million follow-on munitions logistics contract - News

March 26, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos

RESTON, Va. Science and technology contractor Leidos will continue to provide logistics services to the 1st Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) in support of U.S. Army Central (ARCENT), the Army component of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).

Radar/EW

$161 million in electronic jamming equipment for F/A-18s in U.S., Australia - News

March 23, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Harris Corporation

MELBOURNE, Fla. Harris Corporation has won a contract modification worth $161 million to supply the next production lot of electronic jammers to protect U.S. Navy and Australian F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet aircraft against electronic threats.

Radar/EW

Foundation for U.S. ballistic-missile defense system upgraded, modernized - News

March 23, 2018

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

DENVER. Lockheed Martin reports that the group of systems that enables the disparate elements of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) to function as a complete global defense network has completed an overhaul and modernization project.

Radar/EW

Thales selects Interface Concept's ComEth4510a for radar application - News

March 22, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Interface Concept

QUIMPER, France. Thales engineers have integrated Interface Concept's ComEth4510a, a 6U OpenVPX Gigabit & 10/40 Gigabit L3+ Ethernet switch and IP Router in a radar application.

Avionics

Study: Global military avionics market will reach nearly $38 billion by 2025 - News

March 22, 2018

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

AMSTERDAM. The global market for military avionics, estimated at approximately $32.77 billion in 2018, is expected to grow to $37.90 billion by 2025, a combined annual growth rate of 2 percent during the forecast period, according to a research report from Market Forecast titled ?Global Military Avionics Market to 2025.?

Radar/EW

Navy releases two-ship RFP to HHI in order to define cost savings - News

March 21, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Huntington Ingalls Industries

WASHINGTON. U.S. Navy officials released a CVN 80/81 two-ship buy Request for Proposal (RFP) to Huntington Ingalls Industries - Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) to further define the cost savings achievable with a two-ship buy.

Comms

U.S. Army taps businesses to enhance training and maintenance program - News

March 21, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin Cubic PULAU Corp.

ORLANDO, Fla. The Army Contracting Command ? Orlando, in support of the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) awarded the Army TADSS Maintenance Program (ATMP) contract to Lockheed Martin, Cubic Global Defense, PULAU Corp., as well as several large and small businesses that specialize in Training Aids, Devices, Simulators and Simulations (TADSS) maintenance and sustainment, through a mobile, technology-enabled workforce.

Comms

U.S. Army places $97 million order for BAE Systems night-vision, thermal-weapon sight tools - News

March 21, 2018

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

ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Army has placed two orders with BAE Systems (Nashua, New Hampshire) totaling $97 million for new night-vision goggles and thermal weapon sights; together the tools will enable soldiers to rapidly and covertly acquire targets in all kinds of weather and lighting conditions.

Unmanned

U.S. Army exercise successfully demos directed energy counter-UAV system - News

March 21, 2018

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

FORT SILL, Okla. A recent U.S. Army exercise saw 45 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and drones knocked out of the sky after a high-power microwave and laser dune buggy from Raytheon advanced engaged and destroyed them.

Comms

Hypres, UMass partner to link low-power superconductors to standard electronics - News

March 20, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems HYPRES

ELMSFORD, New York. Superconductor IC maker HYPRES recently partnered with the University of Massachusetts Amherst to accomplish a high-speed, energy-efficient digital data link between superconducting ICs and standard room-temperature electronics.

Cyber

DoD awards five-year cybersecurity training contract with Chiron Technology Services - News

March 20, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Chiron Technology Services

COLUMBIA, Md. Cyber services and training company Chiron Technology Services has won a five-year, sole-source contract from the Department of Defense (DoD) to deliver cyber training that supports the readiness of U.S. military forces to operate at top efficiency in cyberspace.

Comms

Luxembourg's first military satellite now operational - News

March 20, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems GovSat

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. GovSat-1, Luxembourg?s first military satellite, has now become operational following its January 31 launch on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

A.I.

DARPA creates N3 program to achieve high levels of brain-systems communications - News

March 20, 2018

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Agency (DARPA) officials created the Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology (N3) program to achieve high levels of brain-system communications. Officials hope that at the end of the four-year effort, the program will conclude with a demonstration of a bidirectional system being used in a defense-relevant task that could include human-machine interactions with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), active cyberdefense systems, or other properly instrumented Department of Defense (DoD) systems.

Unmanned

Navy looks to develop game to recruit unmanned vehicle operators - News

March 20, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR)

ARLINGTON, Va. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is sponsoring the StealthAdapt project, which aims to identify individuals with the right skills to be an unmanned vehicles (UxV) operator. The Naval Aerospace Medical Institute and software company Adaptive Immersion Technologies are teaming up to for this project and will develop a computer game to identify these individuals.