Industry News

Comms

Esterline to be acquired by TransDigm for approximately $4 billion - News

October 17, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems TransDigm Group Incorporated

CLEVELAND, OH and BELLEVUE, WA. TransDigm Group Incorporated officials entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Esterline Technologies Corp. TransDigm expects the acquisition to be financed primarily through cash on hand and the incurrence of new term loans, and currently anticipates the acquisition to be modestly accretive to TransDigm?s adjusted earnings per share within the first year of ownership.

Unmanned

DARPA's OFFSET third swarm sprint focuses on human-swarm teaming - News

October 16, 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 are soliciting proposals for a third swarm sprint under the OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET)program. The third swarm sprint will focus on human-swarm teaming and swarm tactics.

Comms

NASA and KBRWyle team on geodesy precision-measuring effort - News

October 16, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems KBR

HOUSTON. KBRwyle -- the global government services arm of KBR, Inc. -- has won a $48 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to construct, deploy, and commission the next-generation Space Geodesy (SG) Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) ground systems.

Radar/EW

Enhanced projectile from U.S. Army/Raytheon team defeats targets in hard-to-reach spots - News

October 15, 2018

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

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon and the U.S. Army recently completed development of a new capability for cannon artillery by upgrading the combat-proven Excalibur precision-guided projectile: The team's Excalibur Shaped Trajectory (EST) variant will enable soldiers to eliminate targets in hard-to-reach locations by selecting the projectile's terminal or final phase attack angle.

Comms

Harris Corporation and L3 Technologies to merge - News

October 15, 2018

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

MELBOURNE, Fla and NEW YORK. Defense contractors Harris Corporation and L3 Technologies have agreed to combine in an all-stock merger of equals.

A.I.

NGA tasks DAC to implement machine learning algorithms for analytics program - News

October 12, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Decisive Analytics Corporation

ARLINGTON, Va. Officials at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded DECISIVE ANALYTICS Corp. (DAC) a contract to implement semantic machine learning algorithms for the Advanced Geospatial Analytics program.

Radar/EW

U.S. Army's AN/TPQ-53 radar to transition to GaN - News

October 12, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

SYRACUSE, N.Y. U.S. Army officials modified an existing contract with Lockheed Martin to insert Gallium Nitride (GaN) into the AN/TPQ-53 (Q-53) radar as part of the full rate production configuration.

Radar/EW

SPY-6 radar from Raytheon tracks ballistic missile through intercept and multiple targets at once - News

October 12, 2018

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

TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon's AN/SPY-6(V) radar, continuing in testing to demonstrate its integrated air and missile defense capability against multiple targets, recently detected, acquired, and tracked multiple targets from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii.

Cyber

H-1N aerial gunnery simulation contract with Kratos extended for additional year - News

October 12, 2018

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

SAN DIEGO. KBR Wyle officials extended a contract with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. for an additional year to deliver H-1N Aerial Gunnery Simulation Training for the U.S. Air Force at the Kratos Aircrew Training Center (KATC) in Orlando, Florida.

Radar/EW

Missile-warning and protection system passes international live trials, companies say - News

October 12, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leonardo Thales

ROME and PARIS. Leonardo and Thales revealed that their end-to-end missile-warning and protection system has been proven highly effective in recent live-fire scenarios, demonstrating the system?s ability to quickly defend against incoming missiles.

Comms

EELV Launch Service agreements signed by U.S. Air Force with three domestic companies - News

October 12, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force announced the award of three Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Launch Service Agreements: to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, and United Launch Alliance.

Radar/EW

U.S. Army completes testing on Raytheon-built upgraded Stinger missile - News

October 11, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

TUCSON, Ariz. U.S. Army engineers completed qualification testing for a new proximity fuze that enhances the Raytheon-build Stinger missile. During recent testing at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, the weapon system scored a 100 percent hit rate against a variety of targets. The missiles were shoulder- and vehicle-launched.

Unmanned

MQ-1C UAS from GA-ASI completes follow-on test & evaluation for U.S. Army - News

October 10, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) -- in cooperation with the U.S. Army -- recently completed Follow-On Test & Evaluation (FOT&E) for its MQ-1C ER Gray Eagle Extended Range unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Testing began in early June 2018 and spanned 644 flight hours during the testing period.

Comms

Tactical computing for U.S. Army, new-style computing at the edge in PacStar announcements - News

October 10, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems PacStar

AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. PacStar has introduced its PacStar Modular Data Center (MDC), a high-performance expeditionary solution that enables warfighters to access and deploy data-center-class computing and storage at the edge of tactical networks.

A.I.

Bringing data analytics, AI, ML to combat training - News

October 10, 2018

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

AUSA 2018--WASHINGTON. Training-services company Zen Technologies USA (Washington, D.C.) will partner with Paladin AI (Montreal, Canada) to develop technology that brings adaptive training to combat training systems.