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Unmanned

Sonobuoy subcontracts signed in multiple countries with Ultra Electronics - News

August 14, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Ultra Electronics Holdings and Sparton Corporation

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. and COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. Ultra Electronics (USSI) -- a subsidiary of Ultra Electronics Holdings and Sparton Corporation has won subcontracts valued at $9.3 million from its ERAPSCO/Sonobuoy TechSystems joint venture.

Unmanned

Hypersonic weapon contract won by Lockheed Martin - News

August 14, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

ARLINGTON, Va. U.S. Air Force officials tasked Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control to begin designing a second hypersonic weapon prototype for the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) effort.

Radar/EW

C4ISR and EW contract for U.S. Army signed by Spectranetix - News

August 14, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Spectranetix

SUNNYVALE, Calif. Systems developer Spectranetix won a $28.7 million contract with the U.S. Army to deliver a C4ISR/EW [command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance/electronic warfare], Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) EW, offensive cyber, and signals intelligence (SIGINT) solution.

Unmanned

Army FMS contract details artillery rocket system for international users - News

August 14, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

DALLAS. U.S. Army officials selected Lockheed Martin to produce High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers and associated hardware for an international customer. The foreign military sales (FMS) contract is worth approximately $218 million.

Unmanned

Sweden agrees to purchase Lockheed Martin's PAC-3 MSE missile - News

August 13, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

DALLAS. Sweden and U.S. officials formalized an agreement for Sweden to purchase Lockheed Martin's Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles and related support equipment. Once the contract is signed, Sweden will become the sixth international customer to sign an agreement to procure PAC-3 MSE.

Cyber

Hack the Marine Corps bug bounty program announced - News

August 13, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems HackerOne

SAN FRANCISCO. U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and HackerOne officials launched the Department?s sixth bug bounty program, Hack the Marine Corps. The bug bounty challenge will focus on Marine Corps? public-facing websites and services in order to harden the defenses of the Marine Corps Enterprise Network (MCEN). The bug bounty program will conclude on August 26, 2018.

Radar/EW

HENSOLDT completes radar installation for Australian air traffic control - News

August 13, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems HENSOLDT

MUNICH, Germany. The Royal Australian air force, through the Department of Defense, purchased nine ASR-NG based Fixed Defence Air Traffic Control Surveillance Sensors and one Operational Maintenance Trainer (OMT) from HENSOLDT. The purchase order is for the FDATCSS program, which is also referred to as AIR 5431 Phase 2. Engineers completed the second Final System site installation joining one Interim System and another already installed Final System.

Unmanned

Army's THAAD power component potentially to get boost with Leonardo DRS system - News

August 10, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leonardo DRS

OBVPARLINGTON, Va. U.S. Army officials tasked Leonardo DRS, Inc. to demonstrate its On-Board Vehicle Power (OBVP) on Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile battery command and control, and launcher vehicles. The electrical power system improvements will give air defense operators immediate access to electrical power directly from a vehicle?s power train.

Cyber

SafeDocs program launches aiming to share electronic data safely - News

August 10, 2018

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials launched a new program dubbed Safe Documents (SafeDocs), which aims to improve software's ability to detect and reject invalid or maliciously crafted input data, without impacting the key functionality of new and existing electronic data formats.

Unmanned

Sweden officials sign agreement to purchase for Patriot system - News

August 10, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Sweden government officials will purchase Raytheon's Patriot air and missile defense system from the U.S. Army. The agreement, formally referred to as a Letter of Offer and Acceptance, paves the way for Sweden's Patriot force to rapidly reach Initial Operational Capability (IOC).

Radar/EW

Royal Thai air force taps Saab to upgrade command and control system - News

August 09, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Saab

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Royal Thai air force officials tapped Saab to upgrade Thailand?s national air command and control system, which is based on Saab?s 9AIR C4I.

Cyber

DiSTI among award winners in U.S. Navy training systems contract - News

August 09, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems DiSTI Corporation

ORLANDO, Fla. U.S. Navy officials selected DiSTI Corp. for the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division?s (NAWCTSD) Training Systems Contract IV (TSC IV) Multiple Award Contract (MAC). The TSC IV MAC is inclusive of all awarded contracts and ordering periods and has a not-to-exceed value of $980,000,000.

Radar/EW

Warfighter subsystems the focus of U.S. Navy $8.4 million order from Mercury Systems - News

August 09, 2018

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

ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems has received an $8.4 million follow-on order -- against a previously announced $152 million five-year sole source basic ordering agreement (BOA) -- to complete subsystem engineering development in support of the U.S. Navy?s training environment.

Comms

MacAulay-Brown, Inc. to be acquired by Alion Science and Technology - News

August 08, 2018

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

MCLEAN, Va. Officials at Alion Science and Technology Corp., a portfolio company of Veritas Capital, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB).

Comms

NASA selects 20 R & D proposals from small businesses in technology transfer program - News

August 08, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

WASHINGTON. NASA has chosen 20 research and technology proposals from 19 small businesses in the U.S. -- valued at $15 million -- from 19 American small businesses. Each of the businesses is partnering with research institutions for Phase II of NASA?s competitive Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program.