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Avionics
Ball Aerospace to build prototype data-processing framework for U.S. Air Force - News
December 04, 2018
BOULDER, Colo. Ball Aerospace has been chosen by the U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to build an adaptable, open-source framework testbed to support ground processing needs.
Comms
BAE Systems secures contracts to integrate, sustain critical communications systems - News
December 04, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. Officials at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) selected BAE Systems for two single-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts that support the rapid integration and sustainment of command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems.
Radar/EW
Littoral combat ship beings testing of missile module ahead of schedule - News
December 04, 2018
NORFOLK, Va. U.S. Navy officials announced that initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) phase of the Surface-to-Surface Missile Module (SSMM) onboard the USS Detroit (LCS 7) has begun ahead of schedule.
Comms
SmallSat Express launch to study, among other things, rad-hard ICs in sun-synchronous orbit - News
December 03, 2018
VANDENBURG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. Among the payloads brought to space on the Spaceflight Industries/SpaceX SmallSat Express launch on December 3 were nine radation-hardened CMOS silicon die from Vorago Technologies.
A.I.
Extending and enhancing troops' situational awareness and coordination - News
December 03, 2018
MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER (TWENTYNINE PALMS), Calif. An initial test of the Squad X Experimentation program from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) successfully demonstrated the ability to extend and enhance the situational awareness of small, dismounted units, according to reports from DARPA officials.
Radar/EW
Missile warning, defense systems pact signed between U.S. Air Force, Engility - News
December 03, 2018
CHANTILLY, Va. Engility Holdings has signed a $71 million award with the U.S. Air Force to provide systems engineering and integration services to the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center Remote Sensing Systems Directorate (RSSD).
Radar/EW
Directed energy prototypes to be developed by Kratos - News
December 03, 2018
SAN DIEGO. Officials at Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced its Kratos Defense & Rocket Support Services (KDRSS) division was selected to develop prototype technologies, components, and subsystems for the enhancement of existing or new Directed Energy (DE) systems. The contract is valued at $29 million.
Radar/EW
Morocco FMS requests for 162 Abrams tanks valued at $1.259 billion - News
December 03, 2018
WASHINGTON. State Department officials approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Morocco of enhancements to 162 Abrams tanks for an estimated cost of $1.259 billion.
Radar/EW
Radar/EW
JLTV order valued at $1.69 billion placed by U.S. Army - News
November 30, 2018
OSHKOSH, Wis. U.S. Army officials placed a $1.69 billion order with Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corp. company, for 6,107 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) and associated installed and packaged kits.
Unmanned
UASs demonstrate autonomy and collaboration with minimal human interface - News
November 30, 2018
U.S ARMY, YUMA PROVING GROUND, Arizona. In a recent test series at Yuma Proving Ground, the in Arizona, the Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program sponsored by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA?) demonstrated the ability of CODE-equipped unmanned aerial systems (UASs) to adapt and respond to unexpected threats in an antiaccess area denial (A2AD) environment.
Avionics
United Technologies completes acquisition of Rockwell Collins, separates into three independent companies - News
November 29, 2018
FARMINGTON, Conn. United Technologies Corp. (UTC) has completed its previously announced acquisition of Rockwell Collins and announced its intention to separate its commercial businesses, Otis and Carrier (formerly CCS), into independent entities.
Radar/EW
Program aims to speed maturation of GaN IC technology - News
November 29, 2018
MALIBU, Calif. HRL Laboratories has reported progress on its project with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) that aims to to significantly advance the technology and manufacturing readiness levels of its leading-edge millimeter-wave (mm-wave) T3 gallium nitride (GaN) electronics.
Radar/EW
NASA awards $2.2 million contract for secondary surveillance radar at Wallops flight center - News
November 29, 2018
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. Telephonics Corp. has won a $2.2 million contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to replace and upgrade the agency?s existing Airport Surveillance Radar-8 (ASR-8) Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) systems at its Wallops Island Flight Center in Virginia.
Unmanned
DARPA CODE-enabled UAS completes demo in A2AD environment - News
November 29, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. Researchers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) completed a series of tests at the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona for the Agency's Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program. The test series demonstrated the ability of CODE-equipped unmanned aerial systems (UASs) to adapt and respond to unexpected threats in an anti-access area denial (A2AD) environment.
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