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Avionics

NAVAIR signs $47 million ManTech contract for heavy-lift helicopter tech support - News

July 31, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems ManTech

HERNDON, Va. Technology services provider ManTech announced a four-year, $47 million award with the U.S. Information Analysis Center (DoD IAC) Defense Systems Technical Area Task (DS TAT) multiaward contract to provide technical support and collaboration for the U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) H-53 heavy lift helicopter program (PMA-261).

Radar/EW

GaN ground radar now operational for Marine Corps - News

July 31, 2018

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

BALTIMORE, Md. Northrop Grumman reports that it has delivered the first AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) to the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) that incorporates advanced high power and high efficiency gallium nitride (GaN) antenna technology, further improving the system?s operational capabilities.

Avionics

Navy aircraft launch and recovery systems progress through tests - News

July 31, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The U.S. Navy reports that its Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) continue to progress through comprehensive test programs.

A.I.

Predicting geopolitical events with greater accuracy the goal of IARPA, Raytheon project - News

July 30, 2018

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

Unmanned

Unmanned battlefield convoys to get prototypes, testing - News

July 30, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

DALLAS. Lockheed Martin has won a contract with the U.S. Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) to act as the Integrated Systems Developer for its Expedient Leader Follower (ExLF) program.

Comms

Army tasks General Dynamics to upgrade 100 M1A1 Abrams tanks - News

July 30, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. U.S. Army officials selected General Dynamics Land Systems to upgrade an additional 100 M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks to the M1A2 System Enhancement Package Version 3 (SEPv3) configuration.

Unmanned

Army researchers create 3D shape-shifting robotics that can crawl, roll, jump - News

July 27, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

ADELPHI, Md. The Army's Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN), located at MIT, developed a 3D printing platform that can enable both the modeling and design of complex magnetically actuated devices.

Comms

Deepwave releases AI radio developed for RF deep learning applications - News

July 27, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Deepwave Digital, Inc.

PHILADELPHIA. Deepwave Digital, Inc. officials released the Artificial Intelligence Radio - Transceiver (AIR-T), a software-defined radio (SDR) designed and developed for radio frequency (RF) deep learning applications.

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy receives 150th shipboard IFF antenna from BAE Systems - News

July 27, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

HUDSON, N.H. To date, U.S. Navy officials received 150 OE-120 Identification Friend-or-Foe (IFF) antennas from BAE Systems used by sailors to identify friendly aircraft and vessels, and supports shipboard air traffic management systems for both IFF and secondary surveillance radars.

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy orders additional Sea Giraffe AMB radar units - News

July 27, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Saab

SYRACUSE, N.Y. Saab has received an additional order from the U.S. Navy to supply the Sea Giraffe AMB multimode radar (MMR) system for the U.S. Coast Guard?s newest class of ship, the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC).

Radar/EW

Army chooses contractor for sensors, night vision applications - News

July 26, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems MicroTech

TYSON'S CORNER, Va. MicroTech has been chosen as a prime contractor to the U.S. Army Rapid Acquisition for Materials for Prototyping (RAMP) contract, a $192 million multiple award contract that develops, prototypes, evaluates, and provides worldwide technical and field support of advanced research and development (R&D) and specialized sensors for the Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) and other agencies.

Radar/EW

Army looks to SRC for next-generation electronic warfare systems - News

July 25, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems SRC, Inc.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. U.S. Army officials tapped SRC, Inc. for a $32 million contract to deliver next-generation, multimission electronic warfare systems.

Cyber

Silicon Valley startup company is selected for a $37.6 million cyber contract - News

July 25, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Expanse

SAN FRANCISCO. Officials at the U.S. Navy's Space and Warfare Command selected cybersecurity startup Qadium for a $37.6 million cyber contract.

Comms

MIDS-LVT block Upgrade 2 retrofit order awarded to Viasat - News

July 25, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems ViaSat

CARLSBAD, Calif. Telecommunications company Viasat has won a six-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the U.S. government -- valued at up to $85.5 million -- for Block Upgrade 2 (BU2) hardware and software upgrades and support services to their Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Low Volume Terminal (MIDS-LVT) Link 16 radio sets.

Cyber

Using intelligent systems to enhance troops' operational effectiveness - News

July 25, 2018

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

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Charles River Analytics is leading a team that aims to build a toolkit for the U.S. Army to help analyze fatigue and other stressors that can negatively affect mission outcomes.