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Avionics

USAF places $69 million programmable fuze order with Kaman - News

June 07, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kaman Corporation

BLOOMFIELD, Conn. The Aerospace segment of Kaman Corp. received the first oder under Option 14 of its current Joint Programmable Fuze (JPF) contract with the U.S. Air Force (USAF). This order has an expected value of approximately $69 million for the procurement of JPFs for the USAF and 10 foreign militaries.

Comms

Orbital ATK acquisition complete, now known as Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems - News

June 07, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Orbital ATK is now officially part of Northrop Grumman and will be known as Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, officials announced. Northrop Grumman officials completed the acquisition this week.

Avionics

Agreement will deliver hardware and software for electromagnetic launch system for Navy ships - News

June 07, 2018

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

Waltham, Mass. QinetiQ North America (QNA) announced that it has completed negotiations on a contract originally received from General Atomics (GA) in 2017 that arranges for delivery of control hardware and software for the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) to be installed on the Navy?s third Ford-class aircraft carrier, the future Enterprise (CVN 80).

Unmanned

U.S. Air Force signs $928 million contract with Lockheed Martin to develop hypersonic missile system - News

June 07, 2018

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

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with the U.S. Air Force -- worth a potential $928 million -- to develop a new missile that will travel more than five times faster than the speed of sound to overcome enemy defenses.

Radar/EW

Navy's Virginia-class subs to get new payload tubes - News

June 06, 2018

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

LOUISVILLE, Ky. BAE Systems has won a contract to produce payload tubes for two of the U.S. Navy?s new Virginia-class (SSN 774) submarines to support increased firepower on the Block V version of the attack subs.

Cyber

NGA awards Janus Geography data management contract - News

June 06, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Altamira Technologies

SPRINGFIELD, Va. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded a prime contractor position on its 10-year Janus Geography contract to data management and security firm Altamira Technologies (McLean, Virginia).

Cyber

Navy launches CCORI program, begins risk assessment and cyber readiness inspection - News

June 06, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. U.S. Navy officials announced that the U.S. Fleet Cyber Command's (FCC) Office of Compliance and Assessment (OCA) is launching its Command Cyber Operational Readiness Inspections (CCORI) program. This marks the first time type of inspection will be directed and conducted by the Navy as service cyber component of U.S. Cyber Command.

Comms

Harris delivers fifth navigation payload for USAF GPS III satellite program - News

June 06, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin Harris Corporation

MELBOURNE, Fla. Lockheed Martin officials received the fifth of ten navigation payloads from Harris Corp. for the U.S. Air Force (USAF) GPS III satellite program.

Comms

DoD signs five-year BPA with SES for medium Earth orbit satellite services - News

June 05, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems SES Government Solutions

LUXEMBOURG. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) signed a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with SES Government Solutions (SES GS) for medium Earth orbit (MEO) low-latency High Throughput Satellite (HTS) services.

Cyber

Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity task order won by CACI - News

June 05, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems CACI

ARLINGTON, Va. Officials at CACI International Inc. received the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Dynamic and Evolving Federal Enterprise Network Defense - Group A (DEFEND A) task order to architect, engineer, and integrate advanced cybersecurity tools and processes for agencies within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Unmanned

U.S. Navy's UUV undergoes sea testing, now ready for operational evaluation - News

June 05, 2018

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

QUINCY, Mass. A team of engineers at General Dynamics Mission Systems completed all Sea Acceptance Testing (SAT) stages of the U.S. Navy's Knifefish, a Surface Mine Countermeasure (MCM) Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) system.

Comms

Chassis Plans acquired by Aeronautics Ltd. - News

June 05, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Aeronautics, Ltd.

SAN DIEGO. Rugged computer/display/storage company Chassis Plans has been acquired by Aeronautics Ltd., a designer of unmanned aerial system (UAS)-based defense and security solutions located in Yavne, Israel.

Comms

U.S. Navy solicits support proposals via SeaPort Next Generation - News

June 05, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy announced on June 1, 2018, that it is now accepting vendor proposals through its SeaPort Next Generation (SeaPort-NxG) electronic hub. SeaPort is the Navy Department's electronic platform for acquiring support services in 23 separate areas that include engineering, financial Management, and program management.

Comms

U.S. Air Force to add video data link radios to extend warfighters' comms reach - News

June 05, 2018

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

MELBOURNE, Fla. Harris Corporation has won a five-year, $130 million (ceiling), single-award contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop and deliver Hand Held Video Data Link (HH VDL) radios that will significantly increase situational awareness and connectivity for warfighters.

Radar/EW

Comtech recives contract modification to support U.S. Army PMMC, BFT2 programs - News

June 04, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Comtech Telecommunications

MELVILLE, N.Y. To support the U.S. Army Project Manager Mission Command (PMMC) and the Blue Force Tracking 2 (BFT-2) program, Consortium Management Group (CMG) officials modified an existing contract with Comtech Telecommunications Corps.'s command and control technologies group with a estimated value of $3.7 million.