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Unmanned

Counter-UAS tech the focus of $48.5 million U.S. Navy contract with CACI - News

August 08, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems CACI

ARLINGTON, Va. IT security firm CACI International announced that it has won a $48.5 million single-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract with the U.S. Navy to provide integration, installation, sustainment, and engineering services to the Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) AIRWorks Rapid Development Capabilities Integrated Product team.

Comms

NATO approves upgraded satellite control software - News

August 08, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems ViaSat

CARLSBAD, Calif. Communications company Viasat announced that its commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Visual Integrated Satellite Communications Information, Operation and Networking (VISION) software has successfully passed NATO's First Article System Test (FAST).

Cyber

DARPA tasks BAE Systems to develop automated cyber defense tools - News

August 07, 2018

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials tapped BAE systems to develop data-driven, cyber-hunting tools that detect and analyze cyber threats to help protect extremely large enterprise networks. The contract for DARPA?s Cyber-Hunting at Scale (CHASE) Phase 1, 2, and 3 is valued at approximately $5.2 million.

Cyber

NSA to participate in Mercury Systems' first DAR technology forum - News

August 07, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Mercury Systems

ANDOVER, Mass. Officials at Mercury Systems, Inc. announced they are holding their first annual data-at-rest (DAR) technology forum for the Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) program with participation from the National Security Agency (NSA).

Comms

DoD DESI pilot program selects university-industry teams - News

August 07, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. Department of Defense (DoD) officials selected five university-industry teams to support the Defense Enterprise Science Initiative (DESI), a pilot program that will focus on accelerating the impact of basic research on defense capabilities.

Radar/EW

One Stop Systems, ATTO partner to add 32 Gb fibre option to Ion Accelerator 5.0 product line - News

August 07, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems One Stop Systems (OSS) ATTO Technology

ESCONDIDO, Calif. One Stop Systems, Inc. and ATTO Technology officials partnered to introduce an ATTO Technology 32 Gigabit (Gb) Fibre Channel option for One Stop Systems' Ion Accelerator 5.0 Flash Storage Array product line.

Radar/EW

EW contract through Harris Corp. gets $400 million ceiling increase - News

August 07, 2018

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

MELBOURNE, Fla. Harris Corporation has been awarded a $400 million increase to the ceiling value of a single-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to supply electronic warfare (EW) systems for international F-16 fighters in a push to help protect allied aircraft against evolving radar and electronic threats. The new ceiling value is $491 million.

Avionics

U.S. State Dept. approves possible foreign military sale of four Black Hawks to Latvia - News

August 07, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Latvia of four UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and related equipment for an estimated cost of $200 million.

Radar/EW

High-energy laser development ongoing for U.S. Army by Dynetics and partners - News

August 07, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Dynetics

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Engineering/IT company Dynetics, along with its partners, is operating under a $10 million contract to continue development for the next phase of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command's (SMDC) High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator (HEL TVD) program, a 100-kilowatt class laser weapon system.

Radar/EW

Common Hardware Systems-5 contract valued at $3.9 billion won by General Dynamics - News

August 06, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics

FAIRFAX, Va. Officials at the U.S. Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground tapped General Dynamics Missions Systems (GDMS) for the Common Hardware Systems-5 (CHS-5) Program. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract consists of a three-year base contract with two one-year options, for a maximum potential contract ceiling of $3.9 billion.

Unmanned

Navy selects 23 organizations to bid in UUV R&D program - News

August 06, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Southwest Research Institute

SAN ANTONIO. U.S. Navy officials selected 23 organization including Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to support unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) research and development (R&D) under a $800 million contract over the next five years.

Cyber

Attain selected for development, deployment of secure web services in CESO PMO program - News

August 06, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Attain, LLC.

MCLEAN, Va. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) officials selected technology consulting firm Attain, LLC. for the Compartmented Enterprise Services Organization (CESO) Program Management Office (PMO) to deliver mission-essential services across the Department of Defense (DoD), the intelligence community, and the civilian government.

Radar/EW

Raytheon opens new radar development facility - News

August 06, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon officials announced the opening of a new radar development facility in Andover, Massachusetts. The $72 million, 30,000 square foot facility features advanced automation technology to support complex radar testing and integration.

Comms

U.S. Navy satellite system gets go-ahead for expanded operational use - News

August 03, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy announced that U.S. Strategic Command has approved the next-generation narrowband satellite communication system. The five-satellite on-orbit system is called the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS).

A.I.

Behavior-modeling tools under development with Missile Defense Agency - News

August 03, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Charles River Analytics

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Intelligent-systems developer Charles River Analytics has obtained additional funding from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to build behavior modeling capabilities for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).