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Army MIB technical support contract won by BAE Systems - News

November 13, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

MCLEAN, Va. U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) officials selected BAE Systems to provide technical, functional, and general support to the 116th Military Intelligence Brigade (MIB).

Avionics

CH-47F Chinook helicopter fleet to receive avionics upgrades, repairs - News

November 13, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Collins Aerospace

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Officials at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) Logistics Center (ALC) selected Rockwell Collins to provide current component upgrades and additional component repair capabilities for the Common Avionics Architecture Systems (CAAS) on the Army?s CH-47F Chinook helicopter fleet. The contract spans over a five year period.

Radar/EW

Potential launch sites and first competitors selected for DARPA program - News

November 13, 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 announced the potential launch locations for the Agency's Launch challenge. The 18 chosen competitors will receive information about the final launch sites, payloads, and targeted orbit in the weeks prior to each launch.

Radar/EW

OpFires program to develop a ground-launched tactical weapons delivery system - News

November 13, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Aerojet Rocketdyne Exquadrum Sierra Nevada Corporation

ARLINGTON, Va. Aerojet Rocketdyne, Exquadrum, and Sierra Nevada Corp. have been selected to develop and demonstrate a ground-launched system enabling hypersonic boost glide weapons to penetrate modern enemy air defenses and rapidly and precisely engage critical time sensitive targets.

Avionics

Black Hawk helicopters to get upgrades of blades, controls, systems - News

November 12, 2018

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

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Calspan Systems Corp. has won a $6 million contract from Siemens Government Technologies to upgrade the U.S. Army?s Helicopter Blade Balance Stand, which is located at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Avionics

Webcast: Certifying avionics COTS hardware & software to DAL A on Nov 14 at 11 am Est - News

November 09, 2018

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

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona. Avionics systems are getting more complex and more dependent on commercial processing technologies and software tools it is crucial that these commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software solutions be certified to Design Assurance Level (DAL) A. In a webcast, titled "Certifying Avionics COTS Hardware & Software to DAL A," on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 11 am Est. industry experts will cover the benefits of safety certification of COTS technology via building blocks such as GPU hardware certification, reuse of common APIs, multicore processing for safety critical applications, designing avionics graphical applications, and more.

Comms

Kratos moves to Phase 4 in USAF MILSATCOM study - News

November 08, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

SAN DIEGO. Engineers at Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. completed the third phase of a pathfinder study for migrating the Command and Control System ? Consolidated (CCS-C) ground system to the Enterprise Ground Services (EGS) architecture. CCS-C currently operates a fleet of over 20 Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) satellites in four different constellations.

Comms

USAF places order of NSA-certified Mini Crypto devices from Viasat - News

November 08, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

CARLSBAD, Calif. U.S. Air Force officials placed an order with Viasat Inc. for 1,000 National Security Agency (NSA)-certified Mini Crypto devices under a Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract.

Unmanned

Nuclear R and D detonation, detection systems contract won by Perspecta - News

November 07, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Perspecta Labs

CHANTILLY, Va. Mission-services and operations contractor Perspecta Inc. has won a prime contract from the U.S. Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) to continue work on the Expert Scientific and Analytical Support (ESAS) II program. The award -- with a ceiling value of $49.8 million -- has a two-year base period and two additional two-year option periods.

A.I.

Data automation, analytics, AI capabilities at core of Raytheon's contracts with NGA - News

November 07, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

DULLES, Va. Officials at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency selected Raytheon for two Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contracts to develop advanced data automation, analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. The contracts have a potential combined total value of up to $600 million.

Radar/EW

Sparton, Leidos join forces in Navy's acoustic countermeasure program - News

November 07, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos Sparton Navigation & Exploration

DELEON SPRINGS, Fla. Leidos Maritime Systems and Sparton Corp. teamed up to support the U.S. Navy's Acoustic Device Countermeasure (ADC) MK5 program.

Avionics

Super Stallion, Sea Dragon aircraft sustainment support contract won by Sikorsky - News

November 06, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company

STRATFORD, Conn. Department of Defense (DoD) officials selected Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, for a performance-based logistics contract to provide supply and logistics support to the entire fleet of in-service CH-53E Super Stallions and MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopters in support of U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) missions. The contract is valued at an estimated $717 million.

Comms

DARPA mounts next phase of Electronics Resurgence Initiative - News

November 06, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has rolled out the second phase of its Electronics Resurgence Initiative (ERI) ? a five-year, upwards of $1.5 billion investment in the future of domestic electronic systems.

Unmanned

Lockheed Martin's Aerostat unmanned system incorporates Telephonics radar system - News

November 06, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

AKRON, Ohio. Engineers at Lockheed Martin completed the integration of Telephonics' RDR-1700B radar onto a 74K aerostat for land and sea missions.

Unmanned

More Patriot missile systems to ship to Romania - News

November 06, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon has entered an agreement with the government of Romania and the U.S. Army to purchase of three additional Patriot Air and Missile Defense Systems from the U.S. Army. Similarly to when Romania bought its first Patriot missile system in May of 2018, the additional units were procured via the U.S. Department of Defense's foreign military sales (FMS) process.