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DoD FY 2018 Navy ship and submarine modernization & procurement funding - News

June 30, 2017

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. Funding slated for major shipbuilding and maritime systems totals $30.4 billion under the Department of Defense (DoD) Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 acquisition funding request, an increase of $3.4 billion over the FY 2017 request.

Comms

Ground system funding in FY 2018 DoD budget - News

June 30, 2017

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. Funding slated for major ground systems totals $11.2 billion under the Department of Defense (DoD) Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 acquisition funding request, an increase of $1.4 billion over the FY 2017 request.

Comms

Manned & unmanned aircraft procurement & modernization: FY 2018 DoD budget - News

June 30, 2017

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. Funding slated for major aircraft and related systems totals $49.9 billion under the Department of Defense (DoD) Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 acquisition funding request an increase of $4.6 billion from the FY 2017 request.

Radar/EW

Lockheed Martin selects Verotec rack cases to outfit Multi Scout armored vehicles for U.K. - News

June 29, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Verotec

MANCHESTER, N.H. Verotec has been chosen by Lockheed Martin to provide custom 19-inch, 6U, 600 mm deep rack cases to house part of the intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) system in the next-generation AJAX armored fighting vehicles developed for the British army. The AJAX program is a project headed by General Dynamics UK.

Radar/EW

L3 Technologies business unit wins U.S. Army fuze contract worth as much as $230 million - News

June 29, 2017

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

NEW YORK. L3 Technologies announced today that its L3 Electronic Business segment has been awarded an initial $89.2 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army to supply M783 point detonating/delay (PD/DLY) mortar fuzes and M734A1 multioption fuze for mortars (MOFM). The multiyear contract has a base award and four option years, which -- if fully exercised -- could potentially exceed $230 million.

Unmanned

U.S. Navy awards $35.5 million target drone contract to Kratos - News

June 29, 2017

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

SAN DIEGO. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' Unmanned Systems Division (USD) has been awarded an amendment to a previously awarded contract to exercise an option for Low Rate Initial Production Year 1 (LRIP 1) from the U.S. Navy for BQM-177A Subsonic Aerial Target (SSAT) drone systems. The SSAT LRIP 1 order has an initial value of $34.5 million; coincident with the LRIP 1 order, Kratos also won the contract to provide contractor logistics support (CLS), with the initial value of the CLS award at $2.53 million for fiscal 2017.

Radar/EW

Vorago wins two NASA rad-hard innovation grants - News

June 29, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

AUSTIN, Texas. NASA has awarded Vorago Technologies two Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grants to develop semiconductor devices that are hardened against the effects of radiation and extreme temperature.

Unmanned

Northrop Grumman delivers mid-boom assemblies for space telescope - News

June 28, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

CARPINTERIA, Calif. Northrop Grumman has delivered the mid-boom assemblies for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope; the two boom assemblies will help deploy the large sunshield once the Webb is in orbit.

Cyber

IARPA awards $12.5 million contract to improve biometrics - News

June 28, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)

MENLO PARK, Calif. The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) Odin Program has awarded research and engineering firm SRI International a four-year, $12.5 million contract to research and develop "dynamic biometrics" able to better detect attempts to evade or deceive biometric security systems, such as fingerprint, iris, and face scanners. The ability to detect these deceptions focuses on a critical weakness in current generation biometric security systems; boosting detection would expand biometric use cases beyond low-risk applications.

Comms

U.S. Army to receive Raytheon's foreign language translation software - News

June 27, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. U.S. Army officials selected Raytheon BBN Technologies, a Raytheon Co. subsidiary, to deliver its foreign language translation software. The contract is worth an estimated $4 million.

Avionics

NASA's supersonic X-plane completes preliminary design review - News

June 27, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

WASHINGTON. NASA and Lockheed Martin engineers completed the preliminary design review (PDR) of its Quiet Supersonic Transport (QueSST) aircraft design. QueSST is the initial design stage of NASA?s planned Low Boom Flight Demonstration (LBFD) experimental airplane, which is also known as an X-plane.

Comms

MIDS JTRS Lot 5 & 5A production contracts won by ViaSat - News

June 27, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems ViaSat

CARLSBAD, Calif. U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) officials awarded ViaSat Inc. with Lot 5 and Lot 5A contracts to deliver Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) terminals to the U.S. Navy and Air Force. The contract is worth an estimated $88.3 million.

Comms

AT&T and Leidos team up to transform DoD's network to a software-defined network - News

June 26, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Defense Information Systems Agency Leidos

RESTON, Va. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) officials tasked Leidos to automate private networking services. Under the task order, Leidos will team with AT&T to help transform the Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN) to a software-defined network.

Radar/EW

Metal Shark wins $54 million FMS contract to build coastal patrol vessels - News

June 26, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Metal Shark

JEANERETTE, La. U.S. Navy officials selected Metal Shark to build near Coastal Patrol Vessels (NCPVs) for United States partner nations through the Department of Defense Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. The contract is potentially worth an estimated $54 million.

Avionics

U.S. Army's Apache AH-64 completes flight test with high energy laser - News

June 26, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

MCKINNEY, Texas. The U.S. Army Apache Program Management Office collaborated with the U.S. Special Operations Command and Raytheon to complete a flight test of a high energy laser system onboard an Apache AH-64 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The demonstration marks the first time that a fully integrated laser system engaged and fired on a target from a rotary-wing aircraft over a wide variety of flight regimes, altitudes, and air speeds, officials say.