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MQ-8C Fire Scout begins operational testing onboard the USS Coronado - News

June 21, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

PACIFIC OCEAN. U.S. Navy officials announced the newest unmanned helicopter, the MQ-8C Fire Scout, began operational testing onboard the USS Coronado (LCS-4) this week off the coast of San Diego.

Unmanned

Missile Defense Agency awards technical and engineering contract to MacB - News

June 21, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems MacAulay-Brown, Inc.

DAYTON, Ohio. Engineering and cybersecurity consultancy MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB) has won a technical and engineering services contract from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA).

Cyber

DISA awards SETI unrestricted competition pool to 14 large companies, totaling $7.5 billion - News

June 21, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Defense Information Systems Agency

FORT MEADE, Md. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) recently awarded its $7.5 billion Systems Engineering, Technology, and Innovation (SETI) contracts to 14 large businesses as it works to streamline engineering expertise to research, design, develop, integrate, and optimize critical Department of Defense (DOD) information technology capabilities, systems, and solutions.

Unmanned

U.S. Navy designates Rhode Island's NUWC as DoD spot for maritime innovation - News

June 21, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NEWPORT, Rhode Island. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport announced a three-year agreement with the Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium (UTIC -- Middletown, Rhode Island) under which UTIC will develop and implement leading-edge undersea and maritime technologies for the U.S. Navy.

Cyber

Army National Training Center Mission Support contract won by Raytheon - News

June 20, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

ORLANDO, Fla.U.S. Army Contracting Command officials in Orlando, Floria selected Raytheon for the U.S. Army National Training Center Mission Support contract. The cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for mission support services. The cost-plus-incentive-fee contract totals an estimated $161 million.

Comms

Navy, National Intelligence University sign R&D maritime tech EPA - News

June 20, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WEST BETHESDA, Md. U.S. Navy and National Intelligence University (NIU) officials signed an Education Partnership Agreement (EPA) that will focus on research and development (R&D) efforts on maritime technology and experimentation.

Cyber

Human/AI teaming collaboration coming from ARL, IEEE Brain collaboration - News

June 20, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Army Research Laboratory

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. Officials at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Brain Initiative (IEEE brain) in conjunction with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) are engaging with the scientific community with a newly developed web presence in an effort to strategize scientific and engineering approaches for future effective human-artificial intelligence (AI) teaming.

Comms

Contract signed with Kratos to enable government satellite users to roam - News

June 20, 2018

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

SAN DIEGO. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., under its Kratos RT Logic subsidiary, has won an award from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, MILSATCOM Systems Directorate, Advanced Concepts Division, for the Pilot Phase 2 program that will develop an enterprise solution to increase the capacity and resiliency of wideband satellite communications (SATCOM).

Radar/EW

U.S. Army will use L3's next-gen night-vision binocular goggles - News

June 20, 2018

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

NEW YORK. L3 Technologies has been awarded a three-year, $391 million contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command to provide soldiers with next-generation binocular night vision goggles to enhance mobility for ground forces.

Cyber

Rockwell Collins gets go-ahead for detailed design work on Navy tactical training tool - News

June 20, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Collins Aerospace

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the Tactical Combat Training System Increment II (TCTS Inc. II) program it undertook with the U.S. Navy and has obtained approval to begin detailed design work on the system.

Unmanned

U.S. Department of the Interior awards first-ever contract for small UAS services - News

June 20, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

BINGEN, Wash. Unmanned systems and software company Insitu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boeing, has won a first-of-its kind contract from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to provide fire-suppression services within the contiguous 48 states and Alaska using its ScanEagle unmanned sircraft dystem (UAS).

Comms

Trump Administration signs space directive policy, announces sixth military branch - News

June 19, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. President Donald J. Trump signed the Space Policy Directive ? 3 (SPD-3) this week, which aims to place the U.S. as the lead in traffic management and mitigating space debris. The formal signing happened at a meeting with the National Space Council where he directed Department of Defense (DoD) and Pentagon officials to create a new military branch aptly named the Space Force.

Radar/EW

Thales tapped to upgrade Australia's Collin-class submarine sonar systems - News

June 19, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Thales

LA DEFENSE, France. Australian government officials selected Thales to perform sonar system upgrades on all six Collins submarines. The contract with Thales is valued at $230 million, but is part of a $542 million Australian government-approved project to upgrade the Collins-class sensor capabilities.

Avionics

North American Surveillance Systems acquired by MAG Aerospace - News

June 19, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems North American Surveillance Systems, Inc. (NASS)

FAIRFAX, Va. Aerospace company North American Surveillance Systems, Inc. (NASS) and its related entities have been acquired by MAG Aerospace.

Radar/EW

Army orders 771 additional FMTVs from Oshkosh Defense - News

June 19, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Oshkosh Defense

OSHKOSH, Wis. Officials at the U.S. Army Contracting Command placed four additional orders with Oshkosh Defense, LLC. for a total of 771 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV).