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Radar/EW
Finnish forces' airborne surveillance system achieves operational capability - News
February 14, 2018
DENVER. The Finnish Defense Forces achieved final operational capability of the Lockheed Martin-built "Dragon Shield" airborne surveillance system. The milestone was achieved after the final flight test of the system, which evaluated compliance of the aircraft to civilian and military airworthiness requirements as well as system requirements verification.
Unmanned
Participants wanted for UAV swarm-based tactics test bed - News
February 14, 2018
BALTIMORE, Md. Northrop Grumman Corp. -- in its role as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Phase 1 Swarm Systems Integrator for the Agency?s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program -- is set to launch its first open-architecture test bed and is seeking participants to create and test their own swarm-based tactics on the platform. In this project, Northrop Grumman is teamed with Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI) and the Interactive Computing Experiences Research Cluster, directed by Dr. Joseph LaViola at the University of Central Florida.
Avionics
Contract aims to increase safety, health of aviation personnel - News
February 14, 2018
PASADENA, Calif. Engineering consulting firm Tetra Tech has won a $40 million, single-award contract from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Aerospace Medicine (AAM) to develop a new information system for tracking and analyzing medical information associated with pilots, air-traffic controllers, and other aviation-related personnel.
A.I.
Flight test demos semi-autonomous software in contested environments - News
February 13, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), in association with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), completed a 11-day flight test with BAE Systems' newly developed semi-autonomous software that allows better management and control of air-to-air and air-to-ground combat in contested environments.
Avionics
DoD FY 2019 budget proposal overview - News
February 13, 2018
WASHINGTON. Department of Defense (DoD) officials released a breakdown of the proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget request, which puts aside $686 billion for the Department. The recently enacted Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 lifts the budgetary caps in order for the military to be resourced at a funding level commensurate with the DoD's mission.
Comms
DARPA awards $4.7 million grant to transform augmented-reality glasses - News
February 13, 2018
NEW YORK. An interdisciplinary team from Columbia University School of Engineering is working with colleagues at Stanford, UMass Amherst, and Trex Enterprises Corp. to develop an alternative solution for use in augmented reality (AR) glasses.
Comms
ARL selects ICF as one of two awardees for information and computational sciences ID/IQ - News
February 13, 2018
FAIRFAX, Va. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has chosen global consulting and digital services provider ICF as one of two awardees eligible to compete for scientific and engineering support services under a new indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy releases final RFP for DDG 51 Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers - News
February 12, 2018
WASHINGTON. U.S. Navy officials released the final request-for-proposal (RFP) for the DDG 51 Fiscal Years (FY) 2018 - 2022 Multiyear Procurement (MYP) for Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.
Avionics
Singapore and FAA civil officials sign revised aviation safety agreement - News
February 12, 2018
WASHINGTON. Officials with the U.S. Department of Transportation?s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), attending the Singapore Airshow this week, signed a revised Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement that will enhance the two countries long-standing cooperation in airworthiness.
Comms
DoD awards cloud solutions, services contract with $950 million ceiling - News
February 12, 2018
HERNDON, Va. Global cloud systems integrator REAN Cloud has finalized a five-year contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for up to $950 million, in a deal aimed at enabling agencies within DoD to procure cloud solutions and services directly from REAN Cloud in a new, streamlined process.
Comms
General Dynamics to buy IT contractor CSRA in $6.8 billion deal - News
February 12, 2018
FALLS CHURCH, Va. General Dynamics announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with IT contractor CSRA under which General Dynamics will acquire all outstanding shares of CSRA; the transaction is valued at $9.6 billion, including the assumption of $2.8 billion in CSRA debt.
Radar/EW
Leveraging open-source tech to create flexible electronic systems - News
February 09, 2018
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) reports that it has developed the first-ever functional samples of flexible Arduino circuit board systems made by employing a flexible hybrid electronics manufacturing process. The AFRL led the project, with NextFlex, America?s Flexible Hybrid Electronics Institute, also on the team.
Radar/EW
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia selects Northrop Grumman for electronic warfare simulation contract - News
February 09, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. Officials at Northrop Grumman Corp. received a $75 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to deliver Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) support services to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Radar/EW
U.S., allies order upgrades to Patriot missile - News
February 09, 2018
DALLAS. The U.S. military and allied forces will upgrade their missile defense capabilities under a $524 million contract modification for production and delivery of Lockheed Martin's Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) and PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) interceptors. The contract modification adds on to the $944 million contract awarded in December 2017 for PAC-3 and PAC-3 MSE production and delivery.
Radar/EW
Thales selected to develop next-generation sonar system for French navy - News
February 08, 2018
LA DEFENSE, France. French defence procurement agency (DGA) officials selected Thales for a 42-month contract to conduct a set of studies and technological developments for a sonar system to be equipped on France's future third-generation nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SNLE 3G).
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IT infrastructure award announced by U.S. Air Force
February 12, 2026
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January 20, 2026
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Network-modernization contract for U.S. Space Force won by CACI International
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