Industry News

Radar/EW

Raytheon's StormBreaker weapon begins operational testing - News

July 24, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

Cyber

Neuromorphic digital synaptic super computer is unveiled by IBM, AFRL - News

July 24, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems IBM

ROME RESEARCH LABS, New York. IBM and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) officials showcased the world's largest neuromorphic digital synaptic super computer at AFRL's Information Directorate Advanced Computing Applications Lab in Rome, New York.

Comms

U.S. Army adds $12.5 million-plus to comms contracts with Comtech - News

July 24, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Comtech Telecommunications

MELVILLE, N.Y. Comtech Telecommunications announced that its Command & Control Technologies group -- part of Comtech?s Government Solutions segment -- received orders in excess of $12.5 million on the previously announced three-year $123.6 million contract to provide ongoing sustainment services for the AN/TSC-198A SNAP [Secret Internet Protocol Router (SIPR) and Non-classified Internet Protocol Router (NIPR) Access Point] very small aperture terminals (VSATs).

Comms

NAWCAD contracts for rapid response electronic communications systems - News

July 24, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems CACI

ARLINGTON, Va. National-security IT provider CACI International recently won a task order -- with a ceiling value of $122 million -- from the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM) to develop advanced electronic communications systems in support of the Special Communications Mission Solutions (SCMS) division of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD).

Radar/EW

Lockheed Martin will start work on multimission combatant ship for Saudi Arabia - News

July 23, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

WASHINGTON. U.S. Government officials awarded Lockheed Martin an Undefinitized Contract Action (UCA) for the production of the Multi-Mission Surface Combatant (MMSC) for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The contract calls for four MMSCs and totals an estimated $450 million.

Radar/EW

L3, Leonardo, Ultra team up to offer ASW acoustic system - News

July 23, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3 Technologies

FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom. Officials at L3 technologies, Ultra Electronics Command & Sonar Systems, and Leonardo will collaborate to offer an antisubmarine warfare (ASW) acoustic system based on Leonardo?s new lightweight Ultra-LIght SonicS Enhanced System (ULISSES) processor.

Unmanned

USAF signs $109 million contract for unmanned aerial target drone system - News

July 23, 2018

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

SAN DIEGO. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has signed a one-year sole-source, single- award, firm-fixed-price contract worth $109 million to supply the U.S. Air Force with the Kratos BQM-167A high-performance, jet-powered unmanned aerial target drone system.

A.I.

Joint program aims to enable autonomous systems to learn for life - News

July 23, 2018

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

MALIBU, Calif. HRL Laboratories and the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) are teaming to develop what could be a breakthrough in machine-learning architecture for autonomous systems.

Unmanned

UAV spending accounts for large piece of revenue in high-altitude aeronautics platform station market - News

July 23, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

FREMONT, Calif. The increasing competitive advantages of high-altitude aeronautics platform stations (HAAPS) over conventional and terrestrial-based systems have made them essential for use in both military and commercial applications, according to a new report from BIS Research, "Global High-Altitude Aeronautics Platform Station (HAAPS) Market: Focus on Platform (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Airships, Balloons, Tethered Aerostats and Tethered Drones), Payload, and End-Users -- Analysis and Forecast, 2018-2028."

Unmanned

Ground-based ballistic missile defense systems market to reach $15.39 billion in 2018, says forecast - News

July 23, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

LONDON. Global expenditure on ground-based ballistic missile defense systems will total upwards of $15.39 billion during 2018, according to a new report from Visiongain, "Ground Based Ballistic Missile Defence Systems Market Report 2018-2028."

Avionics

NASA and French aerospace center to collaborate on supersonic travel, sonic boom research - News

July 20, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

WASHINGTON. NASA has signed a research agreement with France's Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales (ONERA), the French national aerospace research center, to mount a project that could make supersonic passenger flights over land practical and dramatically reduce travel time in the U.S. or anywhere in the world.

Unmanned

DARPA competitors day scheduled for the Subterranean challenge, winner takes $2 million home - News

July 20, 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 will host a competitors day on September 27, 2018, to communicate the vision and timeline of the DARPA Subterranean (SubT) Challenge, engage potential competitors, and provide a space for technical and operational exchange.

Cyber

Cybersecurity task order to support USAF Central command won by Applied Insight - News

July 20, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Applied Insight

WASHINGTON. U.S. Air Force (USAF) officials selected Applied Insight for a cybersecurity task order to support the Air Force Central Command. The task order is valued at $5,257,472 and includes a base year, two one-year options, and an option to extend services.

Avionics

UAE F-16 aircraft will see flight control upgrades from BAE Systems - News

July 20, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin BAE Systems

ENDICOTT, N.Y. Lockheed Martin officials selected BAE Systems to deliver flight controls in order upgrade the next-generation F-16 aircraft for the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Comms

USAF signs $29.8 million contract for KC-135 audio systems sustainment - News

July 20, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Orbit Communication Systems

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. Tracking-based communications company Orbit Communication Systems has won a contract from the U.S. Air Force for $29.8 million to provide systems sustainment for the for the several thousand ADAS [airborne digital-controlled audio system] units currently installed on USAF KC-135 aircraft.