Industry News

Unmanned

"Game of Drones" demo to investigate, showcase new UAS capabilities - News

May 23, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Sierra Nevada Corporation

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada. Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) and its partners, Ascent Vision and RADA Technologies, will participate in the SOFWERX ThunderDrone Rapid Prototyping Event (RPE) III demonstration, to be held at Nellis Air Force Base in June 2018. SOFWERX is a Partnership Intermediary Agreement between Doolittle Institute and the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), created to investigate new technology for U.S. warfighters.

Cyber

Parsons agrees to acquire Polaris Alpha - News

May 23, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Parsons

PASADENA, Calif. Security and defense contractor Parsons has agreed to acquire defense/intelligence firm Polaris Alpha.

Radar/EW

JTAGS gets enhanced early missile warning capabilities in Japan - News

May 23, 2018

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

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan. The U.S. Army and Northrop Grumman Corp. report that they have deployed enhanced Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) capabilities in Japan in order to advance battlespace awareness and missile defense.

Avionics

F-35 electronic warfare systems readiness contract won by BAE Systems - News

May 22, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin BAE Systems

NASHUA, N.H. Lockheed Martin officials selected BAE Systems to ensure the readiness of critical electronic warfare (EW) systems on the F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. Under the five-year contract, BAE Systems will manage the supply chain and establish the infrastructure necessary to make sure the systems are mission capable and available to warfighters.

Cyber

Charles River Analytics is using game-theoretic tools to identify cyber vulnerabilities - News

May 22, 2018

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

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. For the Game-Theoretic Reasoning and Analysis of Vulnerability (GRAVITY) effort, Charles River Analytics is developing a cyber defense tool for the U.S. Air Force that will identifying vulnerabilities in strategic systems and increasing these systems? resilience to cyberattacks.

A.I.

NAWCAD engineer working with AI to sort radar interference - News

May 22, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIVISION, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. An engineer at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) is working on developing an artificial intelligence (AI) system that could potentially teach itself how to recognize and remove external interference from radar signals.

Unmanned

UAS win: $38 million for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions - News

May 22, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

SACRAMENTO, Calif. Security implementation company Kratos Defense & Security Solutions reports that its Unmanned Systems Division (KUSD) recently won approximately $38 million in high-performance unmanned aerial drone aircraft, systems, and related product contract awards.

Avionics

Graphics module aimed at use in avionics, video streaming, surveillance - News

May 21, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems EIZO Rugged Solutions

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. Ruggedized graphics/video company Eizo Rugged Solutions has released its Condor GR4 3U VPX 3G-SDI capture board, a rugged single-slot graphics/capture board with four 3G-SDI inputs and outputs that the company intends for use in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) applications such as avionics, manned and unmanned video streaming, and security/surveillance.

Unmanned

Raytheon next-gen mine-neutralization system leverages Sparton tech - News

May 21, 2018

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company Sparton Navigation & Exploration

DELEON SPRINGS, Florida. Sparton Corp. and Raytheon are joining hands design, test, and deploy the next-generation Barracuda Mine Neutralization system.

Unmanned

Turkish navy gets autonomous underwater vehicle upgrade from Teledyne Gavia - News

May 18, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Teledyne Gavia

REYKJAVIK, Iceland. Teledyne Gavia announced that it recently delivered Teledyne Blueview MB2250 modules and associated Teledyne PDS software for all Gavia autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) operated by the Turkish Navy Mine Countermeasures Command in Erdek, Turkey.

A.I.

DARPA, Polaris Alpha teaming to develop AI for the battlefield - News

May 18, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Polaris Government and Defense

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Technology provider Polaris Alpha has won a $2.3 million subcontract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as the agency seeks to develop new artificial intelligence (AI) tools for fast-changing battlefield environments.

Cyber

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers taps Leidos for a $239.5 million IT task order - News

May 17, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos

RESTON, Va. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama selected Leidos for a task order to deliver information technology (IT) support services to more than 37,000 USACE customers around the world.

Cyber

Full operational capability achieved by Cyber Mission Force - News

May 17, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cyber Command

FORT MEADE, Md. U.S. Cyber Command (Cybercom) officials announced that all 133 mission force teams achieved full operation capability ahead of schedule.

Cyber

U.S. Army contracts for predeployment training for troops - News

May 17, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos

RESTON, Va. Science and technology engineering firm Leidos has won a prime contract potentially worth $210 million from the U.S. Army Contracting Command ? Orlando to develop and provide simulated training environments for troops before they deploy to a battlefield environment.

Avionics

USMC takes delivery of first CH053 King Stallion helicopter from Sikorsky - News

May 17, 2018

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

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, reports that it delivered the first CH-53 King Stallion helicopter to the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), the first of an expected 200 helicopters for the Marines' fleet.