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USAF taps Viasat for Link 16 MIDS LVT support services - News

June 22, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems ViaSat

CARLSBAD, Calif. U.S. Air Force (USAF) officials selected Viasat Inc. for an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract worth up to $42 million for the purchase of supplemental units, maintenance, and support services for Viasat's AN/USQ-140(V) Multifunctional Information Distribution Systems (MIDS) Low Volume Terminals (LVT).

Radar/EW

Canadian Forces to upgrade naval MASS countermeasure systems - News

June 22, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rheinmetall Waffe Munition

D?SSELDORF, Germany. Canadian Forces officials selected Rheinmetall to upgrade the Canadian navy's Multi Ammunition Softkill System (MASS), a countermeasure system installed on its Halifax-class frigates. The contract is worth an estimated CAD20 million ($15 million).

Unmanned

R&D and energy companies teaming on drone research to protect infrastructure, security concerns - News

June 22, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems SRC Xcel Energy

SYRACUSE, New York. Not-for-profit research and development company SRC, Inc. is partnering with Xcel Energy to deploy state-of-the-art unmanned aerial system (UAS) detection technology to protect critical infrastructure.

Cyber

USAF awards $50 million cyber support task order - News

June 22, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems ICF

FAIRFAX, Va. Consulting and digital services provider ICF has won a new task order from the U.S. Air Force to provide comprehensive cyber support across the Air Force enterprise.

Radar/EW

USMC Amphibious Combat Vehicles bid won by BAE Systems, Iveco Defence Vehicles - News

June 21, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems Iveco Defence Vehicles

STAFFORD, Va. U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) officials selected BAE systems and teammate Iveco Defence Vehicles to deliver 30 Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV), with options for a total of 204 vehicles. The contract for the initial 30 vehicles is estimated at $198 million, but if all options are exercised the contract's value is worth up to $1.2 billion.

Radar/EW

Ensuring microelectronics are counterfeit resistant, goal of Navy R&D - News

June 21, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

INDIANAPOLIS. A new cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) will drive the development of trusted microelectronics that are are counterfeit resistant and immune to a wide variety of attacks. The Indiana Innovation Institute (IN3) and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) have joined forces with Purdue University and Indiana University under the CRADA.

Unmanned

MQ-8C Fire Scout begins operational testing onboard the USS Coronado - News

June 21, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

PACIFIC OCEAN. U.S. Navy officials announced the newest unmanned helicopter, the MQ-8C Fire Scout, began operational testing onboard the USS Coronado (LCS-4) this week off the coast of San Diego.

Unmanned

Missile Defense Agency awards technical and engineering contract to MacB - News

June 21, 2018

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

DAYTON, Ohio. Engineering and cybersecurity consultancy MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB) has won a technical and engineering services contract from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA).

Cyber

DISA awards SETI unrestricted competition pool to 14 large companies, totaling $7.5 billion - News

June 21, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Defense Information Systems Agency

FORT MEADE, Md. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) recently awarded its $7.5 billion Systems Engineering, Technology, and Innovation (SETI) contracts to 14 large businesses as it works to streamline engineering expertise to research, design, develop, integrate, and optimize critical Department of Defense (DOD) information technology capabilities, systems, and solutions.

Unmanned

U.S. Navy designates Rhode Island's NUWC as DoD spot for maritime innovation - News

June 21, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NEWPORT, Rhode Island. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport announced a three-year agreement with the Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium (UTIC -- Middletown, Rhode Island) under which UTIC will develop and implement leading-edge undersea and maritime technologies for the U.S. Navy.

Cyber

Army National Training Center Mission Support contract won by Raytheon - News

June 20, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

ORLANDO, Fla.U.S. Army Contracting Command officials in Orlando, Floria selected Raytheon for the U.S. Army National Training Center Mission Support contract. The cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for mission support services. The cost-plus-incentive-fee contract totals an estimated $161 million.

Comms

Navy, National Intelligence University sign R&D maritime tech EPA - News

June 20, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WEST BETHESDA, Md. U.S. Navy and National Intelligence University (NIU) officials signed an Education Partnership Agreement (EPA) that will focus on research and development (R&D) efforts on maritime technology and experimentation.

Cyber

Human/AI teaming collaboration coming from ARL, IEEE Brain collaboration - News

June 20, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Army Research Laboratory

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. Officials at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Brain Initiative (IEEE brain) in conjunction with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) are engaging with the scientific community with a newly developed web presence in an effort to strategize scientific and engineering approaches for future effective human-artificial intelligence (AI) teaming.

Comms

Contract signed with Kratos to enable government satellite users to roam - News

June 20, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

SAN DIEGO. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., under its Kratos RT Logic subsidiary, has won an award from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, MILSATCOM Systems Directorate, Advanced Concepts Division, for the Pilot Phase 2 program that will develop an enterprise solution to increase the capacity and resiliency of wideband satellite communications (SATCOM).

Radar/EW

U.S. Army will use L3's next-gen night-vision binocular goggles - News

June 20, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3 Technologies

NEW YORK. L3 Technologies has been awarded a three-year, $391 million contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command to provide soldiers with next-generation binocular night vision goggles to enhance mobility for ground forces.