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Comms

U.S. Special Forces choose Viasat for $350 million networking, comms upgrade - News

January 16, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems ViaSat

CARLSBAD, Calif. Communications provider Viasat Inc.has won an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract with the U.S. Special Operations Forces to provide advanced equipment, systems, services, and support to modernize the units' ground/air situational awareness; tactical data links; terrestrial networking; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR); tactical satellite communications; information assurance; network management; and cybersecurity. The contract has an initial ceiling of $350 million.

Cyber

DARPA program aims to make network-connected systems less vulnerable - News

January 15, 2018

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

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched a new program it calls Configuration Security (ConSec) that aims to develop a system to automatically generate, deploy, and manage inherently more secure configurations of components and subsystems for end-use in military platforms.

Radar/EW

Ballistic missile testing, modeling, & simulation work part of $641 million contract with MDA - News

January 15, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TEWKSBURY, Mass. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) officials selected Raytheon for an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to perform ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) tests related activities for multiple radar platforms that includes planning, executing, and analyzing sensor performance in BMDS flight tests and ground tests for each test event defined in the BMDS integrated master test plan. The contract has a max valued of $641,758,000.

A.I.

Human/AI collaborations improve via Army Research Laboratory program - News

January 15, 2018

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

ORLANDO, Fla. U.S. Army Research Laboratory scientists completed the Autonomy Research Pilot Initiative (ARPI) and developed ways to improve collaborations between humans and artificially intelligent agents.

Comms

Romanian army signs $1 billion-plus contract for armored wheeled vehicles - News

January 15, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics

MADRID. General Dynamics European Land Systems has signed an agreement with the armed forces of Romania to deliver up to 227 PIRANHA 5 eight-wheeled armored vehicles in six different configurations.

Comms

DARPA Hallmark program aims to better manage space assets - News

January 12, 2018

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

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Hallmark program -- which the agency describes as a plan to develop revolutionary tools and technologies to plan, assess, and execute U.S. military operations in space -- has completed initial research and awarded Phase 1 contracts to 11 organizations. DARPA is now seeking additional technologies for potential inclusion in the Hallmark program.

Radar/EW

Aegis Ashore system, long-range radar paired to boost intelligence, situational awareness - News

January 12, 2018

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

BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin reports that it has connected key components of its Aegis Ashore and Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) technologies, with a demonstration of the technologies' joint ability to increase the operational performance, efficiency, and reliability of Aegis Ashore.

Unmanned

DARPA taps Raytheon for CODE's Phase 3 development - News

January 11, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials selected Raytheon to complete the development of the agency's Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program during Phase 3.

Avionics

Rockwell Collins to provide supply chain management support at Robins Air Force Base maintenance depot - News

January 11, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Officials at Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) tapped Rockwell Collins to provide support for the Robins Air Force Base maintenance depot under a $22 million contract.

Unmanned

ESA plans to explore Mars using lasers - News

January 11, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems European Space Agency

PARIS. The European Space Agency (ESA) is now investigating how lasers would be best used in future space missions.

Comms

Boeing donates $10 million to support veterans' programs and services - News

January 11, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

DALLAS. Boeing has awarded $10 million to the George W. Bush Institute's Military Service Initiative in support of veterans' programs and services. The Boeing donation is part of a $30 million multiyear investment intended to support veteran recovery and rehabilitation programs and military transition services.

Unmanned

U.S. Navy to evaluate Saab's anti-submarine warfare system through FCT program - News

January 10, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Saab

WASHINGTON. U.S. Navy officials will evaluate Saab's anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training system, the AUV62-AT, through the Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) Program. The demonstration is planned for summer 2018, with an option to continue testing into 2019.

Radar/EW

Aerospace instrumentation technology contract won by Curtiss-Wright - News

January 10, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Curtiss-Wright

CHARLOTTE, N.C. U.S. Air Force officials tapped Curtiss-Wright Corp. for a a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at $86 million to provide its aerospace instrumentation technology for use on the High Speed Data Acquisition System (HSDAS) program at the Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) ? Air Force Test Center (AFTC) .

Unmanned

Navy tests joint air-to-ground missile on AH-1Z helicopter - News

January 10, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Navy

NAVAL AIR STATION, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The U.S. Navy recently successfully completed its first Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) flight test, using the AH-1Z "Viper" attack helicopter, in a demo at Patuxent River.

Unmanned

AFRL and Leidos to collaborate on electro-optical sensing technology - News

January 10, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos

RESTON, Va. Engineering/science/IT company Leidos won a prime contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to provide sensor technology under the Electro-Optical Combined Hyperspectral Imaging, Infrared Search and Track, and Long Range Imaging (EO-CHIL) program. The single-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract has an 87-month performance period and a total contract ceiling of $47 million.