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Unmanned

Missile Defense Agency signs $80 million contract with Lockheed Martin-led team for ballistic re-entry vehicles - News

March 12, 2018

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

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Lockheed Martin will lead a team that will work on an $80.6 million fixed-price contract with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on modified ballistic re-entry vehicles and separation modules for missile defense tests.

Unmanned

U.S. DoD awards Booz Allen key role in $8.27 billion chemical/biological defense contract - News

March 09, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Booz Allen Hamilton

MCLEAN, Va. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Booz Allen Hamilton a key place on the $8.27 billion Joint Enterprise Research Development, Acquisition and Procurement (JE RDAP) contract.

Avionics

Contract aims to improve aircrew helmet systems, pilot safety - News

March 09, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Gentex Corp.

CARBONDALE, Penn. Gentex Corporation -- which produces personal protection and situational awareness solutions for defense forces, emergency responders, and industrial personnel -- has won a three-year contract from Bristow Helicopters (Dyce, Scotland) to manage and perform maintenance on their U.K. inventory of Gentex?s ALPHA 900 Cross Platform Helmet Systems.

Unmanned

Aerovironment UAS deal with Middle East country worth $44.5 million - News

March 09, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems AeroVironment, Inc.

MONROVIA, Calif. Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) company AeroVironment, Inc. recently announced that a major country in the Middle East has awarded the company a contract valued at $44.5 million to provide Puma II AE small UASs featuring the new Mantis i45 sensor.

Comms

European Iris program aims to modernize air traffic management by 2020 - News

March 08, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems European Space Agency

LONDON. European Space Agency (ESA) officials selected Inmarsat to develop satellite communication services that enable 4-D trajectory air traffic management in European airspace from 2020.

Comms

U.S. Army geospatial intelligence support contract won by Leidos - News

March 08, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos

RESTON, Va. U.S. Army officials selected Leidos to support geospatial requirements, standards, and systems across the service. The hybrid contract (cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) is worth an estimated $200 million.

A.I.

NASA taps into small businesses for tech development, research - News

March 08, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

WASHINGTON. Officials at NASA selected 128 proposals from American small businesses to advance research and technology in Phase II of its 2017 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.

Comms

Navy, Universities enter educational partnership to advance science, technical careers - News

March 07, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Navy

WEST BETHESDA, Md and INDIAN HEAD, Md. U.S. Navy officials entered into an educational partnership agreement with the University of Iowa and Morgan State University (MSU). The focus of each partnership will aid in the education experience of the students and advance science and technical careers.

Comms

DISA grants CSRA, Oracle provisional authorization for Impact Level 5 data - News

March 07, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Oracle Cloud

FORT MEADE, Md. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) officials granted CSRA LLC and Oracle Federal Managed Cloud Services a Department of Defense (DoD) Provisional Authorization (PA) for Impact Level 5 Systems (DoD PA IL5).

Unmanned

U.S. Army will work with Leidos on C4ISR support, testing - News

March 07, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos

RESTON, Va. IT/engineering company Leidos announced that it won a follow-on task order by the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide mission support services to the U.S. Army's Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Prototyping Integration and Testing Division (PI&TD).

Radar/EW

Australia to upgrade long-range coastal radar network with BAE Systems - News

March 07, 2018

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

CANBERRA, Australia. Australian government officials announced that BAE Systems Australia will lead a $1 billion project to upgrade the country?s long-range, high-frequency radar network.

Avionics

F-35B Lightning deploys with U.S. Navy ship, prepares for flight qualifications - News

March 06, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Navy

EAST CHINA SEA. U.S. Navy officials announced then first deployment of the F-35B Lightning II with a naval ship and a Marine Expeditionary Unit in the Indo-Pacific. For the first time, a detachment of F-35B Lightning II's with Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA-121) arrived aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) on March 5th.

Cyber

Cyber operations, infrastructure support contract for Air Combat Command won by Telos - News

March 06, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Telos

ASHBURN, Va. Security solutions provider Telos Corp. received the NETCENTS-2 Network Operations & Infrastructure Solutions small business contract, a five-year, $108 million contract to provide planning, infrastructure systems, networks operations and support for Air Combat Command.

Comms

FAA traffic control system will get a technical refresh from Raytheon - News

March 06, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

DULLES, Va. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials modified an existing contract with Raytheon to perform Technical Refresh 1 of the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS). The contract is worth an estimated $73 million.

A.I.

Army, university scientists look to create scientific discipline to assess battlefield information - News

March 06, 2018

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

ADELPHI, Md. U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and university scientists from Polytechnic Institute, Notre Dame, and the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign are looking to create social sensing as a scientific discipline. Army officials say this emerging science space will help commanders assess and comprehend the accuracy and true meaning of information on the battlefield.