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Avionics

Boeing enters agreement to purchase KLX Inc. in all-cash transaction for $63 per share - News

May 08, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

CHICAGO. KLX, Inc. and Boeing officials entered a definitive agreement in which Boeing will acquire KLX Inc. to enhance its growing services business. The agreement comprises an all-cash transaction for $63 per share and the assumption of approximately $1 billion of net debt, totaling $4.25 billion.

Comms

DoD approves pilot program's second phase to prototype multimodem adaptor for future SATCOM operations - News

May 08, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Hughes Network Systems

GERMANTOWN, Md. Broadband satellite networks and services provider Hughes Network Systems, LLC. received a follow-on contract to continue the second phase of a pilot study program to assess the feasibility of interoperability across multiple satellite communication (SATCOM) systems for the Department of Defense (DoD).

Unmanned

German navy will deploy Puma UAS to enhance safety and surveillance - News

May 08, 2018

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

MONROVIA, Calif. Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) manufacturer AeroVironment and ESG Elektroniksystem-und Logistik -- a German system and software house -- announced that the German navy has acquired the AeroVironment Puma maritime UAS.

Comms

U.S. Air National Guard will get force options-training systems at every base - News

May 08, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cubic

SAN DIEGO. Combat-training and communications company Cubic Global Defense will supply the United States Air National Guard (ANG) with PRISim Suite PortableTrainer systems.

Unmanned

U.S. Army grants Lockheed Martin $828 million contract to produce precision-strike rockets, equipment - News

May 08, 2018

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

DALLAS. Lockheed Martin will proceed on Lot 13 production of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rockets and associated equipment under the terms of an $828 million (not-to-exceed) contract from the U.S. Army.

Unmanned

Optical seeker for precision-guided munitions to be developed by BAE Systems - News

May 07, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) BAE Systems

NASHUA, N.H. Through the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials selected BAE Systems for a $13.1 million contract to demonstrate a new, optical seeker for precision-guided munitions for the Seeker Cost Transformation (SECTR) program.

Radar/EW

F-35 electronic warfare simulation testing solution delivered to U.S. Navy - News

May 07, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

BUFFALO, N.Y. U.S. Navy officials at NAWCWD Point Mugu took delivery of Northrop Grumman's multispectral testing solution that recreates accurate mission-like conditions in the laboratory and on the range for the F-35 aircraft.

Radar/EW

Air Force moves ahead with defendable space missile-warning capabilities - News

May 07, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force is moving to award two sole-source contracts for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) program, as it implements rapid-procurement practices. It is targeting the first Next-Gen OPIR launch in 2023.

Unmanned

InSight lander on its way to Mars - News

May 07, 2018

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

VANDENBURG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) spacecraft -- built by Lockheed Martin and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory -- launched early in the morning on May 5 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket and has officially begun its six-month long journey to Mars. The spacecraft is scheduled to arrive on the Red Planet on November 26, 2018.

Unmanned

U.S. Marine Corps signs $10 million contract for "throwable" robots - News

May 07, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Endeavor Robotics

CHELMSFORD, Mass. Endeavor Robotics -- a developer and manufacturer of small, lightweight unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) -- has signed a contract worth $10 million with the U.S. Marine Corps to provide the Marines with its small, throwable FirstLook robots.

Comms

ESA, partners investigate space photons' role in secure cryptography - News

May 04, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems SES Techcom

PARIS. The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed an agreement with satellite communications company SES Techcom (Luxembourg) to develop what they call "QUARTZ" [Quantum Cryptography Telecommunication System], a platform for quantum key distribution, and administer it from space.

Cyber

DARPA taps Charles River Analytics for space situational-awareness tool - News

May 04, 2018

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

CAMBRiDGE, Mass. Charles River Analytics (CRA) has won a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) worth $1.3 million to help U.S. military commanders better understand different types of potential threats in space.

Unmanned

Analysts: Military UAV demand key to growth in global airborne ISR market over next several years - News

May 04, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

LONDON. The global airborne ISR [intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance] market will rise at a compound annual growth rate CAGR of 4.67 percent during the period 2018-2022, according to a new study by Technavio, "Global Airborne ISR Market 2018-2022."

Avionics

USAF announces hosting locations for upcoming B-21 aircraft - News

May 03, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force has selected three existing bases at which the B-21 Raider will replace B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit aircraft beginning in the mid-2020s.

Unmanned

Study: Drone/UAV identification systems to grow at nearly 25 percent CAGR 2018-2022 - News

May 03, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

LONDON. A new market study from Technavio, "Global Drone Identification Systems Market 2018-2022," forecasts that the global drone identification systems market will grow at a combined annual growth rate [CAGR] of 24.25 percent during the study period, 2018-2022.