Industry News

Radar/EW

FPGA boards featuring NanoRF module released by Annapolis Micro Systems, TE Connectivity - News

July 12, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Annapolis Micro Systems TE Connectivity

ANNAPOLIS, Md. Annapolis Micro Systems and TE Connectivity teamed up to release three new high performance FPGA [field-programmable gate array] boards featuring the NanoRF module, which is designed to fit into the VITA 67.3 form factor and supports 70 GHz bandwidth, with more than double the RF contact density of existing VITA 67 solutions.

Avionics

CPI division will replace radomes on USAF B-52 aircraft - News

July 12, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Radant Technologies Division of Communications & Power Industries (CPI)

PALO ALTO, Calif. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation officials selected the Radant Technologies Division of Communications & Power Industries (CPI) for a two-year contract to replace existing radomes on the U.S. Air Force B-52 aircraft. The firm-fixed price contract is worth approximately $4.1 million.

A.I.

Reducing the data demands of machine learning is the focus of DARPA initiative - News

July 12, 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 announced a new initiative it calls Learning with Less Labels (LwLL), in which the agency will research new machine learning (ML) algorithms that require greatly reduced amounts of information to train or update.

Avionics

New avionics decks chosen for F-5 adversary-support training fleet - News

July 12, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Tactical Air Support, Inc. (TACAIR)

OLATHE, Kan. Garmin International, a unit of Garmin Ltd., has been selected by defense contractor Tactical Air Support, Inc. (TacAir) to install the Garmin tandem integrated flight deck for TacAir's fleet of supersonic F-5 fighter aircraft.

Radar/EW

RF research to get support from new $24 million contract, says AFRL - News

July 11, 2018

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

McLean, VA. Defense intelligence company Altamira Technologies has been awarded a contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for $24.6 million to provide next-generation radio frequency (RF) sensing technologies through advanced research and development of RF systems and subsystems.

Unmanned

Contract with KBRwyle enables technical, engineering support for Patriot missile - News

July 11, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems KBR

HOUSTON. Professional-services and technology firm KBR announced that its global government services business, KBRwyle, has been awarded a $133 million task order by the U.S. Army's Lower Tier Project Office to provide technical and engineering services to the Patriot missile system.

Radar/EW

Contract extension covers maintenance system development for Navy's MK 99 FCS - News

July 11, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Mikros Systems Corporation

PRINCETON, N.J. U.S. Navy officials extend a contract with Mikros Systems Corp. to continue to develop to Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) systems for the Navy?s MK 99 Fire Control System (FCS). The follow-on contract is worth $2.5 million.

Avionics

Enhanced Link Navigation System prototype completes flight test - News

July 11, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3 Technologies

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. L3 Technologies and CTSi engineers completed flight-testing of the Enhanced Link Navigation System (ELNS), an integrated communication and navigation system for use in highly contested and GPS-denied environments.

Comms

L3 looks to strengthen its C6ISR portfolio with new acquisitions - News

July 11, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3 Technologies

NEW YORK. L3 Technologies officials entered into definitive agreement to acquire Azimuth Security and Linchpin Labs, two information security businesses that will strengthen L3?s existing C6ISR [Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber-Defense and Combat Systems, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance].

Cyber

Guardtime Federal, Lockheed Martin to focus on aircraft cyber resiliency - News

July 10, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin Guardtime Federal

FORT WORTH, Texas. Guardtime Federal and Lockheed Martin officials are expanding their partnership to integrate a variety of integrity and cyber-related capabilities into Lockheed Martin aircraft products and processes.

Comms

Viasat installs tactical terminal in USMC AV-8B Harrier II aircraft - News

July 10, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems ViaSat

CARLSBAD, Calif. Officials at Viasat Inc. announced the 1,000th KOR-24A Small Tactical Terminal (STT) production unit shipped with the latest one installed in the U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft. In addition to shipping the 1,000th production unit, Viasat is steadily increasing production deliveries to 50 per month in response to growing market demand.

Cyber

DLT to provide Oracle software and services to USN, USMC users - News

July 10, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems DLT Solutions

HERNDON, Va. Department of the Navy (DoN) officials selected DLT Solutions for a five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with an Unlimited License Agreement (ULA) and Catalog to provide Oracle software and services to the U.S. Navy (USN) and U.S. Marine Corps (USMC). The contract is worth up to $379 million.

Cyber

Immersive training contract signed for $128 million between U.S. Army, Northrop Grumman - News

July 10, 2018

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

HERNDON, Va. Northrop Grumman has won a contract worth $128 million from the U.S. Army to continue providing support for the Army's Mission Command Training Center (MCTC) as it embarks on a new program, called Mission Training Complex Contractor Support (MTCCS - III Corps), which will provide mission command training for a range of unified land operations in a contemporary operating environment.

Cyber

Logistics contract worth $48 million to manage weapons and ordnance for U.S. Navy awarded to CACI Int'l. - News

July 10, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems CACI

ARLINGTON, Va. National-security IT provider CACI International has won a $48 million task order to provide engineering and technical related services (ETRS) to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division.

Unmanned

Combat-decoy contract signed for approximately $42 million - News

July 10, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Chemring Countermeasures USA (CCM USA)

CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. Chemring Countermeasures USA (CCM USA) -- a subsidiary of global defense technology company Chemring Group -- has won two contracts totaling approximately $42 million to deliver weapons decoys and countermeasures for the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force.