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Cubic Global Defense gains additional $16 million in game-based training for U.S. Navy - News
May 10, 2018
ORLANDO. Cubic Corp. announced that its Cubic Global Defense (CGD) business division received eight additional delivery orders -- totaling $16 million -- under an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to deliver immersive game-based courseware to support the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Cubic's Orlando facility is responsible for the development efforts of the Immersive Virtual Shipboard Environment (IVSE) for LCS, in tandem with the U.S. Navy's Ready Relevant Learning initiative.
Comms
Market study: C4ISR systems projected to reach an estimated $112.5 billion by 2023 - News
May 10, 2018
DETROIT. The market for C4ISR [command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance] systems is projected to grow at a higher rate than the total defense industry in the coming five years, to reach an estimated $112.5 billion in 2023, according to a new study from Stratview Research titled "C4ISR Systems Market by Platform Type (Land, Airborne, Naval, and Space), by Application Type, (Command and Control; Communication; Computers; Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance; and Electronic Warfare), by Solution Type (Products and Services), by End-User Type (Defense and Commercial), and by Region (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of the World), Trend, Forecast, Competitive Analysis, and Growth Opportunity: 2018-2023."
Cyber
Cybersecurity Compliance And Risk Management contract won by DAC - News
May 10, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) officials selected DECISIVE ANALYTICS Corp. (DAC) for a $59.4 million competitive contract to provide Cybersecurity Compliance and Risk Management (CCRM) under the Technical, Engineering, Advisory, and Management Support (TEAMS) acquisitions for a total period of performance of five years including options.
Avionics
Germany FMS calls for C-130J and KC-130J aircraft - News
May 10, 2018
WASHINGTON. State Department officials approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Germany of three C-130J-30 aircraft and three KC-130J aircraft for an estimated cost of $1.40 billion.
Avionics
USAF Light Attack Experiment kicks off second phase - News
May 09, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Air Force second phase of the Light Attack Experiment at Holloman Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico is now underway. Pilots are flying the Sierra Nevada/Embraer A-29 Super Tucano and the Textron Aviation AT-6B Wolverine during a three-month, live-fly experiment to gather additional information about aircraft capabilities, as well as partner nation interoperability, prior to a potential light attack purchase.
Unmanned
Testing, research aims to make UAS flight safer, enhance air-traffic management - News
May 09, 2018
AURORA, Colo. Raytheon will act as a key partner in the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance's project to develop the first and most advanced unmanned aircraft system (UAS)-testing airspace corridor in the U.S. in New York state.
Unmanned
U.S. Navy: Torpedo defense capability for LCS fleet completes testing - News
May 09, 2018
WASHINGTON. Officials from the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Modules (MM) program announced the completion of a two-day at-sea testing of the LCS's AN/SLQ-61 Lightweight Tow (LWT) Torpedo Defense Mission Module (TDMM).
Unmanned
U.S. Navy orders 7,000-plus additional APKWS laser-guided rockets - News
May 09, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. BAE Systems has received a $175 million contract from the U.S. Navy for more than 7,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser-guided rockets.
A.I.
DARPA chooses teams to develop approaches to machine learning, artificial intelligence - News
May 09, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected teams to work on its Lifelong Learning Machines (L2M) program, which the agency says seeks to develop fundamentally new machine learning (ML) approaches that allow systems to adapt continually to new circumstances without forgetting what they have previously learned.
Avionics
Boeing enters agreement to purchase KLX Inc. in all-cash transaction for $63 per share - News
May 08, 2018
CHICAGO. KLX, Inc. and Boeing officials entered a definitive agreement in which Boeing will acquire KLX Inc. to enhance its growing services business. The agreement comprises an all-cash transaction for $63 per share and the assumption of approximately $1 billion of net debt, totaling $4.25 billion.
Comms
DoD approves pilot program's second phase to prototype multimodem adaptor for future SATCOM operations - News
May 08, 2018
GERMANTOWN, Md. Broadband satellite networks and services provider Hughes Network Systems, LLC. received a follow-on contract to continue the second phase of a pilot study program to assess the feasibility of interoperability across multiple satellite communication (SATCOM) systems for the Department of Defense (DoD).
Unmanned
German navy will deploy Puma UAS to enhance safety and surveillance - News
May 08, 2018
MONROVIA, Calif. Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) manufacturer AeroVironment and ESG Elektroniksystem-und Logistik -- a German system and software house -- announced that the German navy has acquired the AeroVironment Puma maritime UAS.
Comms
U.S. Air National Guard will get force options-training systems at every base - News
May 08, 2018
SAN DIEGO. Combat-training and communications company Cubic Global Defense will supply the United States Air National Guard (ANG) with PRISim Suite PortableTrainer systems.
Unmanned
U.S. Army grants Lockheed Martin $828 million contract to produce precision-strike rockets, equipment - News
May 08, 2018
DALLAS. Lockheed Martin will proceed on Lot 13 production of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rockets and associated equipment under the terms of an $828 million (not-to-exceed) contract from the U.S. Army.
Unmanned
Optical seeker for precision-guided munitions to be developed by BAE Systems - News
May 07, 2018
NASHUA, N.H. Through the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials selected BAE Systems for a $13.1 million contract to demonstrate a new, optical seeker for precision-guided munitions for the Seeker Cost Transformation (SECTR) program.
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