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Avionics

Republic of Korea's F-15K fleet sustainment contract won by Boeing - News

March 13, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

ST. LOUIS. Boeing officials received a five-year contract to continue long-term sustainment of the Republic of Korea Air Force?s (ROKAF) F-15K aircraft, supporting to the fleet?s readiness.

Cyber

Army tasks Charles River Analytics to build VR/AR training interface - News

March 13, 2017

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

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. U.S. Army officials tasked Charles River Analytics Inc. to build a virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) training interface as part of continued efforts in advanced, agile, customer-focused engineering. The two-year contract - from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory - is valued at approximately $500,000.

Comms

NASA presses forward with plans for cislunar human outpost - News

March 13, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

GREENBELT, Md. In an address at the recent American Astronautical Society Goddard Memorial Symposium, Bill Gerstenmaier -- NASA associate administrator for human exploration and operations -- told attendees that NASA is moving forward with plans for a cislunar ?gateway? outpost for future human missions, with decisions about how to develop it expected in the coming months. Gerstenmaier said that his agency is studying concepts for launching the first elements of the proposed outpost as secondary payloads on early flights of the Space Launch System (SLS).

Comms

KeyW enters agreement to purchase Sotera Defense Solutions - News

March 10, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems KeyW Holding Corporation

HANOVER, Md. KeyW Holding Corp. officials signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sotera Defense Solutions in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $235 million, inclusive of an expected $46 million net present value of acquired tax benefits. The transaction, approved by the boards of directors of both companies, has received the requisite approval of the Sotera shareholders, and, subject to other customary conditions, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2017.

Comms

DoD awards $47 million in defense-research equipment grants - News

March 10, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The Department of Defense (DoD) has announced awards -- totaling $47 million -- to 160 university researchers at 84 institutions, through its Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP). DURIP supports the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment for universities as they conduct cutting-edge defense research and associated graduate-student research training.

Comms

NASA selects 133 proposals to spur space, business innovation - News

March 09, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER/Moffett Field, Calif. NASA has selected 133 proposals -- valued at approximately $100 million total -- from U.S. small businesses to conduct research and develop technologies that will enable NASA's future missions into deep space and will ultimately benefit the U.S. economy. These proposals were selected under Phase II of NASA?s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.

Unmanned

Lockheed Martin tests updated JASSM - News

March 09, 2017

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

ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin announced that its updated Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) recently completed two successful product-verification flight tests at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

Radar/EW

Electromagnetic system R&D contract won by Leidos - News

March 09, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos

RESTON, Va. U.S. Air Force officials tasked Leidos to provide research and development (R&D) for electromagnetic systems under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at $38 million. This cost-plus-fixed-fee IDIQ contract has a five-year base period of performance that includes an initial cost-plus-fixed-fee task order for $11 million.

Comms

Additive manufacturing may solve future logistic support issues - News

March 08, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. Defense Logistics Agency Aviation commander, - a field activity of the Defense Logistics Agency(DLA) - visited the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to learn about advances in materials sciences and potential uses for additive manufacturing (or 3-D printing) for legacy systems in the U.S. Army. For future logistics support, additive manufacturing printing may hold the key, officials say.

Comms

Field repairable & transparent armor developed by Naval Research Laboratory - News

March 08, 2017

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

WASHINGTON. U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) research chemists developed and patented a transparent thermoplastic elastomer armor to reduce weight, inherent in most bullet-resistant glass, while maintaining ballistic properties.

Radar/EW

Navy reports successful missile test fire - News

March 08, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy reports that it has conducted a successful structural test firing of the Surface to Surface Missile Module (SSMM) from Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Detroit (LCS 7) off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia.

Radar/EW

U.S. Air Force signs radar contract for more accurate air drops - News

March 08, 2017

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

WALTHAM, Mass. QinetiQ North America (QNA) announces a $3 million contract win from the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) for its Wind Profiling Portable Radar (WiPPR) technology. The QinetiQ WiPPR, says the company, can offer the Air Force the near-real-time wind measurements that it needs to enable C-130 and C-17 air crews to airdrop critical supplies more accurately and quickly to U.S. ground forces in remote or difficult-to-access locations.

Radar/EW

FLIR lands $54.2 million delivery order for hazard recon kits - News

March 08, 2017

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

WILSONVILLE, Ore. FLIR Systems has received a delivery order for 50 U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Dismounted Reconnaissance Sets, Kits, and Outfits (CBRN DR-SKO) systems, under a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), in support of the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) DR-SKO Program of Record.

Radar/EW

DCS, consortium to expand computational neuroscience research for Army - News

March 07, 2017

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

ALEXANDRIA, Va. A consortium of enterprises led by DCS Corp. has been awarded a $15 million ceiling increase to the Cognition and Neuroergonomics Collaborative Technology Alliance (CaN CTA) cooperative agreement aimed at expanding research into computational neuroscience for the U.S. Army. The recent increase brings the total potential value of the cooperative agreement to $65 million; in addition, DCS is also the prime contractor on the companion contract for technology transition, with a potential total value of $80 million.

Radar/EW

Leonardo DRS to acquire quantum cascade laser-based tech company - News

March 07, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leonardo DRS

ROME. Leonardo DRS, a Leonardo U.S. subsidiary company, signed a definitive agreement to purchase Daylight Solutions, Inc., a developer and supplier of quantum cascade laser products and technology.