Industry News

Cyber

Rohde & Schwarz cyber unit acquires security firm DenyAll - News

January 11, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

MUNICH. Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity has announced its acquisition of DenyAll, a Paris-based web application security and vulnerability management vendor. The DenyAll deal is intended to expand Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity's current stable of network and endpoint security and management products.

Radar/EW

Harris Corp. tapped for $91 million in EW systems on RMAF fleet - News

January 11, 2017

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

MELBOURNE, Fla. Harris Corporation has won a $91 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to provide its AN/ALQ-211 Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite (AIDEWS) systems to the Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) for installation on the RMAF's fleet of F-16 aircraft.

Unmanned

DoD approves Raytheon's SM-6 missile for international sales - News

January 10, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TUCSON, Ariz. U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) officials approved the release of Raytheon Company's Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) to several international customers.

Unmanned

DoD signs underwater drone contract with Teledyne SeaBotix - News

January 10, 2017

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

SAN DIEGO. Teledyne SeaBotix has won a multimillion dollar U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) operational capability upgrade contract for underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The observation-class ROVs are used by mobile explosive ordnance disposal units around the world.

Unmanned

DoD demonstrates large autonomous microdrone swarm - News

January 10, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The Department of Defense (DoD), in partnership with the Strategic Capabilities Office (SOC) and Naval Air Systems Command, has successfully demonstrated one of the world?s largest microdrone swarms, which showed advanced swarm behaviors such as collective decisionmaking, adaptive formation flying, and self-healing.

Radar/EW

U.S. Coast Guard to receive Airbus Defense and Space's AN/SPS-75 radar - News

January 10, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Airbus Defence & Space

HERNDON, Va. Under contract with its affiliate Airbus DS Electronics and Border Security GmbH, Airbus Defense and Space, Inc. will provide the TRS-3D Baseline D multi-mode radar (MMR) to Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Coast Guard's ninth National Security Cutter (NSC).

Cyber

Analytical operations support part of JIDO subcontract won by Leidos - News

January 09, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems CACI Leidos

RESTON, Va. CACI officials selected Leidos for a subcontract to support the Joint Improvised Threat Defeat Organization (JIDO) with analytical operations, intelligence, and training services.

Radar/EW

Naval Surface Warfare Center awards ManTech $87 million task order for combat weapons systems support - News

January 09, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems ManTech

HERNDON, Va. ManTech International has been granted a prime contract by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) to provide test and evaluation (T&E) support to its weapons and combat systems. The cost-plus-fixed-fee task order has a 12-month base period of performance and four 12-month option periods, with a potential total value to ManTech of $87 million.

Radar/EW

U.S. missile manufacturers experience surge in demand - News

January 09, 2017

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

WASHINGTON. Makers of precision-guided missiles and bombs -- including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and BAE Systems -- are hastening to keep up with demand as the U.S. military continues its aerial assault on Islamic State targets, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

Avionics

U.S. Navy officials accept delivery of 50th P-8A Poseidon aircraft - News

January 09, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. U.S. Navy officials accepted the 50th P-8A Poseidon (P-8A) aircraft at the Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, Florida. The P-8A program of record calls for a total requirement for 117 of the 737-based anti-submarine warfare jets. The fleet is expected to convert to the P-8A by Fiscal Year 2019.

Comms

DARPA's TUNA program will demonstrate prototype at sea - News

January 06, 2017

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

ARLINTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) engineers completed the initial phase of the Agency?s Tactical Undersea Network Architecture (TUNA) program, where they developed concepts and technologies that focus on restoring connectivity for U.S. Forces when tactical networks are taken offline. Engineers will now enter the next phase, which aims to demonstrate a prototype of the system at sea.

Radar/EW

L3 Wescam garners $90 million in EO/IR defense contracts - News

January 06, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3 WESCAM

BURLINGTON, Ontario. L3 Wescam -- a maker of electro-optic/infrared (EO/IR), laser imaging, and targeting sensor systems -- recently won defense contracts valued at more than $90 million. Key defense wins include systems for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Royal Australian Air Force, and Royal Thai Navy.

Unmanned

UAS claims world record for nonstop unrefueled flight - News

January 06, 2017

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

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Vanilla Aircraft -- a joint business effort backed by DARPA [Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency] and NAVAIR [U.S. Naval Air System Command] -- announced that its VA001 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) recently completed a nonstop, unrefueled, 56-hour flight. The flight was submitted for a world duration record for combustion-powered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the 50- to 500-kg subclass; a representative from the National Aeronautic Association was present to witness and verify the record.

A.I.

Air Force Research Lab selects BAE Systems to develop intelligence sharing tech - News

January 05, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

ARLINGTON, Va. BAE Systems will develop, deploy, and maintain cross domain solutions for safeguarding the sharing of sensitive information between government networks. The contract - with the U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) - extends over a five-year period and is valued an estimated $49 million.

Radar/EW

Sonobuoy Capability contract extended for Ultra Electronics - News

January 05, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Ultra Electronics Holdings and Sparton Corporation

GREENFORD, Middlesex. Ultra Electronics will continue to supply and produce sonobuoys for the Royal navy?s Merlin Mk2 Maritime Patrol helicopter fleet at its Command & Sonar Systems sonobuoy facility, based in Greenford, Middlesex. The contract extension is worth over an estimate $12 million (?9.7 million).