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Cyber
USAF contracts with KBRWyle for support on cyberthreats, air-traffic safety - News
March 19, 2018
HOUSTON. Professional services/technology firm KBR Inc. has won a $34.1 million task order from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to provide analytical and engineering weapons systems support to assist the USAF with air-traffic safety and cyberthreats.
Unmanned
SpaceX, ULA secure USAF launch service contracts - News
March 16, 2018
LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. U.S. Air Force officials selected Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) and United Alliance Launch (ULA) for two Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) launch service contracts, which provide the government with total launch solution for these missions that includes launch vehicle production, mission integration, launch operations, and spaceflight certification. These missions are planned to be launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station or Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
A.I.
DARPA program aims to clarify adversaries' intentions during simmering conflicts - News
March 16, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA?s) Strategic Technology Office has announced a new program it calls COMPASS, which stands for Collection and Monitoring via Planning for Active Situational Scenarios.
A.I.
ONR sponsors sleep/decision-making link research - News
March 16, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. Officials at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global are sponsoring new research by Professor Sean Drummond at the Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences (MICCN) in Australia. The goal is to find a link between sleep and decision-making skills.
Cyber
Connected naval gun tests successfully for protection from cybersabotage - News
March 16, 2018
ROME. Defense and security company Leonardo announced that its OTO 76/62 Super Rapid (SR) naval gun has been successfully run through an extensive vulnerability assessment campaign, thereby ensuring that the gun will be resilient to cyberattacks in the future.
Avionics
Special Ops aircrew training contract goes to Lockheed Martin - News
March 16, 2018
ORLANDO. Lockheed Martin has won a contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide comprehensive training support services for Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC); Lockheed Martin will support schoolhouse operations for various crew positions across multiple mission design series aircraft, aircrew training, and support for AFSOC Special Operation Forces (SOF) aircrews and assets.
Comms
U.S. Army selects proposals for virtual military training software - News
March 15, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Army has chosen a team consisting of Real-Time Innovations, Tenosar Corporation, and SimBlocks.io to design software for the U.S. Army Synthetic Training Environment (STE) Program. The proposed solutions are for the Global Terrain/One World Terrain (OWT) project, which is designed to aid the Department of Defense (DoD) in creating the most realistic, flexible, and accurate representation of rural and urban environments for troop training.
Unmanned
Endeavor Robotics receives $9.2 million order for its small unmanned ground vehicles - News
March 15, 2018
BOSTON. U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) tapped Endeavor Robotics to deliver additional Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles (SUGVs) under a $9.2 million oder.
Comms
DISA taps 20 companies for ENCORE III IT solutions program - News
March 15, 2018
WASHINGTON. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) officials selected 20 companies under the ENCORE III information technology (IT) solutions program. The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract has a ceiling value of $17.5 billion where companies will compete for task orders to provide a full range of IT solutions and services.
Comms
Companies finalize alliance for small-sat manufacture - News
March 15, 2018
SEATTLE. The Space Alliance -- a group formed by Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio, and Leonardo -- announced that it has officially taken a minority stake in Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries after having received all government approvals for the transaction.
Comms
Qatar government chooses COTS software from Boeing subsidiary for logistics, business readiness - News
March 15, 2018
SAN DIEGO. Boeing subsidiary Tapestry Solutions has signed a five-year agreement to implement an advanced Enterprise Resource Planning/Logistics Management Information System (ERP/LMIS) for the Qatar armed forces that will maximize readiness for troops on land, air,and sea.
A.I.
ARL scientists demo factors integers at faster pace, computing architectures have more options in SWaP-constrained environments - News
March 14, 2018
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. Scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) are leveraging emerging brain-like computer architectures for an age-old number-theoretic problem known as integer factorization. The resulting factor is that Army scientists are opening up a new solution space that moves away from traditional computing architectures and towards devices that are able to operate within extreme size, weight, and power (SWaP)-constrained environments.
Avionics
U.S. Army helicopter upgrade program to implement Techaya switch for enhanced networking - News
March 14, 2018
LOS ANGELES. MilSource, the sole distributor for Techaya ruggedized switching and routing solutions in the U.S., announced that Techaya was selected by a leading defense systems integrator to provide its MILTECH 912 to implement advanced Ethernet switching and networking capabilities for a U.S. Army helicopter upgrade program.
Avionics
Terma, Scandinavian Avionics team up to open Avionics Test Center - News
March 14, 2018
COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Terma and Scandinavian Avionics officials announced they are teaming up to form the Avionics Test Center in Denmark to support the F-35 fighter aircraft maintenance capabilities.
Unmanned
State Dept. greenlights $270 million Sidewinder sale to UAE - News
March 14, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) -- worth a potential $270.4 million -- of Raytheon-built AIM-9X-2 Sidewinder Block II missiles, related components, and services from the U.S. government.
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Radar production and test capacity to be expanded in the Netherlands by Thales
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USSOCOM increasingly transforming into its own service, SOF Week reveals
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High-resolution imaging satellites to be built for Vantor by BAE Systems
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Communications systems to be supplied for German forces by L3Harris
June 25, 2026
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Power, cooling challenges shape next wave of combat-vehicle electronics, Curtiss-Wright official says
June 24, 2026
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Comms satellites bid wins Boeing $2 billion Space Force contract
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