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Radar/EW

Australia FMS requests $185 million in upgrades to AEGIS system - News

June 28, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. State Department officials approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Australia of equipment associated with the integration of the CEAFAR 2 Phased Array Radar System with the AEGIS Combat System for an estimated cost of $185 million.

Comms

Samsung devices approved for use within DoD, USAF - News

June 28, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Samsung

RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) officials added Samsung Electronics America, Inc's Galaxy S9, S8 and Note8 on Android 8.0 Oreo to the Approved Products List (APL). At the heels of this announcement, U.S Air Force (USAF) officials also approved Samsung's Galaxy series smartphones and select handheld computing devices for use in the service.

Cyber

DARPA ready to kick off ERI summit, expands to include workshops - News

June 28, 2018

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are kicking off the first annual Electronics Resurgence Initiative (ERI) Summit from July 23-25 in San Francisco, California. The program is also expanding its agenda to add the ERI ?What?s Next? Technical Brainstorming Workshops.

Radar/EW

U.S. Army tanks to get active combat protection systems - News

June 28, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leonardo DRS

ARLINGTON, Va. Leonardo DRS has won a contract with the U.S. Army -- worth a reported $193 million -- to provide the Army with TROPHY active protection systems for its Abrams tanks to support immediate operational requirements.

Unmanned

Triton UAS sale to Australia reported by U.S. Navy - News

June 28, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Patuxent River, Md. The U.S. Navy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Australian government to purchase as many as six MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems (UASs).

Cyber

TPG Capital completes Wind River acquisition - News

June 27, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Wind River

ALAMEDA, Calif. Officials at TPG Capital completed the acquisition of Wind River. Terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.

Unmanned

Triton UAS will go to Australia's defense department - News

June 27, 2018

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

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. Northrop Grumman has sold a Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to Australia's defense department.

Comms

Warfighting gaps, advance defense capabilities covered in DoD contract - News

June 27, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Booz Allen Hamilton

MCLEAN, Va. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Booz Allen Hamilton a prime position on a $900 million contract to provide engineering and technical support to the Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Test and Evaluation (JT&E) program, which assesses joint military operations to identify warfighting gaps and recommend solutions for the joint force.

Radar/EW

Army looks to upgrade 116 Stryker vehicles to the A1 configuration - News

June 26, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics Land Systems

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. U.S. Army officials modified an existing contract with General Dynamics Land Systems to upgrade 116 Stryker flat-bottom vehicles to the Stryker A1 configuration. The modified contract is worth $258 million.

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy accepts delivery of future USS Indiana, the 16th Virginia-class submarine - News

June 26, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Huntington Ingalls Industries

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. U.S Navy officials accepted delivery of the nuclear-powered fast attack submarine by Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII). The future USS Indiana (SSN-789) is the 16th Virginia-class submarine built as part of the teaming agreement with General Dynamics Electric Boat and the eighth delivered by Newport News.

Comms

U.S. Air Force awards AFSPC-52 launch services contract to SpaceX - News

June 26, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND SPACE AND MISSILE SYSTEMS CENTER/LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, EL SEGUNDO, Calif. The U.S. Air Force has awarded an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) launch service contract worth $130 million to Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX, Hawthorne, California) to handle launch services to deliver an Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)-52 satellite to its intended orbit.

Unmanned

U.S. Army awards Lockheed Martin $364 million contract for ATACMS missiles - News

June 26, 2018

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

DALLAS. Lockheed Martin has won a $364 million production contract for Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles to be supplied to the U.S. Army and a Foreign Military Sales customer. The program will enable the military services to upgrade their existing Block 1 missiles with new technology and double their range, while extending the missiles' useful life by more than 10 years and providing the most update surface-to-surface missile capability.

Avionics

NASA acoustic tests claim 70 percent reduction in airframe noise - News

June 26, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

WASHINGTON. NASA reports that it has conducted a series of flight tests that successfully demonstrate technologies that achieve a significant reduction in the noise generated by aircraft and heard by communities near airports.

Avionics

Navy completes KC-130J weapon test with newly Harvest Hawk configuration - News

June 25, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. U.S. Navy officials announced the Tactical Airlift Program Office (PMA-207) Integrated Warfighting Capability (IWC) Weapons team completed a five-week developmental and integrated test (DT/IT) live fire event utilizing a newly configured KC-130J with the Harvest Hercules Airborne Weapons Kit (HAWK) Plus (HH+) installed. The results demonstrated the HH+ completed multiple sorties, demonstrating successful strikes on both fixed and moving targets.

Unmanned

Navy approves non-dilutive hardware integration funding to Aquabotix for unexploded ordnance solutions - News

June 25, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Aquabotix

FALL RIVER, Mass. U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) officials approved a non-dilutive hardware integration funding to Aquabotix Technology Corp. -- a UUV Aquabotix Ltd wholly-owned subsidiary -- to deliver a solution geared towards unexploded ordnance missions for the Navy.