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Avionics

Australian army extends avionics support contract on its CH-47F Chinook fleet - News

June 11, 2018

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

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins has extended its contract with the Australian army to provide avionics support for Australian fleet of CH-47F Chinook helicopters. The performance-based logistics (PBL) contract extends to 2020.

Comms

Contract aims to research, develop additive technologies for next-gen tactical shelters and air assets - News

June 08, 2018

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

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) has won two subaward contracts -- worth a total of $1 million -- from Northeastern University, supporting the Army Research Laboratory, in the area of shelters and military structures.

Comms

Payload deal will enable highly protected comms for warfighters in north polar region - News

June 08, 2018

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

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. Northrop Grumman has signed a $429 million contract with the U.S. Air Force to provide a payload that will enable highly protected communications for warfighters operating in the north polar region (above 65 degrees north).

Cyber

Navy pilots to get intuitive mission planning tools from Charles River Analytics - News

June 08, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Charles River Analytics

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. U.S. Navy officials tapped Charles River Analytics for the the Intuitive User Interfaces for Task-Tailored Planning (INTUIT) contract, in which they will create mission planning tools for Navy pilots. The two-year contract is valued at $750,000.

Comms

Smartronix, CTC enter partnership to leverage capabilities and resources collectively - News

June 08, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Concurrent Technologies Smartronix

HOLLYWOOD, Md. Concurrent Technologies Corp. (CTC) and Smartronix officials established a strategic business partnership to leverage their capabilities and resources collectivity to deliver increased value to their worldwide government and commercial clients.

Comms

B5 Systems will manufacture radio interface technology to record audio during missions - News

June 07, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. Air Force officials report that the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) 711th Human Performance Wing signed a non-exclusive patent licensing agreement with B5 Systems, which will result in a new handheld audio recording system for military operations and training.

Avionics

USAF places $69 million programmable fuze order with Kaman - News

June 07, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kaman Corporation

BLOOMFIELD, Conn. The Aerospace segment of Kaman Corp. received the first oder under Option 14 of its current Joint Programmable Fuze (JPF) contract with the U.S. Air Force (USAF). This order has an expected value of approximately $69 million for the procurement of JPFs for the USAF and 10 foreign militaries.

Comms

Orbital ATK acquisition complete, now known as Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems - News

June 07, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Orbital ATK is now officially part of Northrop Grumman and will be known as Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, officials announced. Northrop Grumman officials completed the acquisition this week.

Avionics

Agreement will deliver hardware and software for electromagnetic launch system for Navy ships - News

June 07, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems QinetiQ North America

Waltham, Mass. QinetiQ North America (QNA) announced that it has completed negotiations on a contract originally received from General Atomics (GA) in 2017 that arranges for delivery of control hardware and software for the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) to be installed on the Navy?s third Ford-class aircraft carrier, the future Enterprise (CVN 80).

Unmanned

U.S. Air Force signs $928 million contract with Lockheed Martin to develop hypersonic missile system - News

June 07, 2018

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

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with the U.S. Air Force -- worth a potential $928 million -- to develop a new missile that will travel more than five times faster than the speed of sound to overcome enemy defenses.

Radar/EW

Navy's Virginia-class subs to get new payload tubes - News

June 06, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

LOUISVILLE, Ky. BAE Systems has won a contract to produce payload tubes for two of the U.S. Navy?s new Virginia-class (SSN 774) submarines to support increased firepower on the Block V version of the attack subs.

Cyber

NGA awards Janus Geography data management contract - News

June 06, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Altamira Technologies

SPRINGFIELD, Va. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded a prime contractor position on its 10-year Janus Geography contract to data management and security firm Altamira Technologies (McLean, Virginia).

Cyber

Navy launches CCORI program, begins risk assessment and cyber readiness inspection - News

June 06, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. U.S. Navy officials announced that the U.S. Fleet Cyber Command's (FCC) Office of Compliance and Assessment (OCA) is launching its Command Cyber Operational Readiness Inspections (CCORI) program. This marks the first time type of inspection will be directed and conducted by the Navy as service cyber component of U.S. Cyber Command.

Comms

Harris delivers fifth navigation payload for USAF GPS III satellite program - News

June 06, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin Harris Corporation

MELBOURNE, Fla. Lockheed Martin officials received the fifth of ten navigation payloads from Harris Corp. for the U.S. Air Force (USAF) GPS III satellite program.

Comms

DoD signs five-year BPA with SES for medium Earth orbit satellite services - News

June 05, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems SES Government Solutions

LUXEMBOURG. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) signed a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with SES Government Solutions (SES GS) for medium Earth orbit (MEO) low-latency High Throughput Satellite (HTS) services.