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Radar/EW

EW contract through Harris Corp. gets $400 million ceiling increase - News

August 07, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Harris Corporation

MELBOURNE, Fla. Harris Corporation has been awarded a $400 million increase to the ceiling value of a single-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to supply electronic warfare (EW) systems for international F-16 fighters in a push to help protect allied aircraft against evolving radar and electronic threats. The new ceiling value is $491 million.

Avionics

U.S. State Dept. approves possible foreign military sale of four Black Hawks to Latvia - News

August 07, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Latvia of four UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and related equipment for an estimated cost of $200 million.

Radar/EW

High-energy laser development ongoing for U.S. Army by Dynetics and partners - News

August 07, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Dynetics

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Engineering/IT company Dynetics, along with its partners, is operating under a $10 million contract to continue development for the next phase of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command's (SMDC) High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator (HEL TVD) program, a 100-kilowatt class laser weapon system.

Radar/EW

Common Hardware Systems-5 contract valued at $3.9 billion won by General Dynamics - News

August 06, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics

FAIRFAX, Va. Officials at the U.S. Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground tapped General Dynamics Missions Systems (GDMS) for the Common Hardware Systems-5 (CHS-5) Program. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract consists of a three-year base contract with two one-year options, for a maximum potential contract ceiling of $3.9 billion.

Unmanned

Navy selects 23 organizations to bid in UUV R&D program - News

August 06, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Southwest Research Institute

SAN ANTONIO. U.S. Navy officials selected 23 organization including Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to support unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) research and development (R&D) under a $800 million contract over the next five years.

Cyber

Attain selected for development, deployment of secure web services in CESO PMO program - News

August 06, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Attain, LLC.

MCLEAN, Va. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) officials selected technology consulting firm Attain, LLC. for the Compartmented Enterprise Services Organization (CESO) Program Management Office (PMO) to deliver mission-essential services across the Department of Defense (DoD), the intelligence community, and the civilian government.

Radar/EW

Raytheon opens new radar development facility - News

August 06, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon officials announced the opening of a new radar development facility in Andover, Massachusetts. The $72 million, 30,000 square foot facility features advanced automation technology to support complex radar testing and integration.

Comms

U.S. Navy satellite system gets go-ahead for expanded operational use - News

August 03, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy announced that U.S. Strategic Command has approved the next-generation narrowband satellite communication system. The five-satellite on-orbit system is called the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS).

A.I.

Behavior-modeling tools under development with Missile Defense Agency - News

August 03, 2018

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

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Intelligent-systems developer Charles River Analytics has obtained additional funding from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to build behavior modeling capabilities for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).

Comms

SAIC's follow-on Navy contract covers engineering support services for tactical networks - News

August 02, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems SAIC

RESTON, Va. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific officials selected Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) to continue to provide engineering services to the U.S. Navy?s afloat and ashore assets. The contract is worth approximately $116 million.

Radar/EW

Navy tasks QinetiQ to demo sidescan sonar technology - News

August 02, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems QinetiQ North America

WALTHAM, Mass. Officials at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division (NSWC PCD), selected QinetiQ North America (QNA) to demonstrate advanced, low power, sidescan sonar technology under a contract that will leverage the company's DOLPHIN technology.

Radar/EW

NASA awards two SBIR grants to Vorago Technologies for research into rad-hard technology - News

August 02, 2018

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

AUSTIN, Texas. Vorago Technologies -- a maker of extreme-temperature and radiation-hardened embedded electronics -- has won two NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grants.

Comms

$717 billion Defense Authorization Bill for FY 19 passes Congress with bipartisan support, says DoD - News

August 02, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) reports the passage of the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with bipartisan support: a vote of 87-10 in the Senate and 359-54 in the House. The FY19 NDAA authorizes a $717 billion national defense budget that builds up the U.S. military, increases lethality, strengthens strategic alliances and partnerships, and reforms the way the military conducts business.

Radar/EW

Mercury Systems acquires Germane Systems for $45 million - News

August 01, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Mercury Systems

ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems officials announced the acquisition of Germane Systems, LC.

Cyber

U.S. DoD awards $551 million contract for COTS cybersecurity products and services - News

August 01, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems McAfee

ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded has awarded three companies spots on a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) worth up to $551 million over five years to provide McAfee cybersecurity products across the DoD.