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Radar/EW
DARPA DREaM program on track to develop new GaN transistors for use in radar, radio communications - News
March 14, 2018
MALIBU, Calif. Research and development laboratory HRL Laboratories is working with the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) to develop the next generation of gallium nitride (GaN) transistors with dramatically improved linearity and reduced power consumption for use in electronic devices in such applications as radio communications and radar.
Comms
Viasat SATCOM demo opens gateway to offer over 100Mbps speeds for military applications - News
March 13, 2018
WASHINGTON. Viasat officials conducted a ViaSat-2 satellite communications (SATCOM) demonstration showing a number of cloud-based government applications. The demonstration - attended by U.S. Armed forces representatives - enabled over 100Mbps speeds on the ViaSat-2 satellite system. Viasat is now offering these capabilities to for government, defense, and military applications.
Radar/EW
Lockheed Martin completes TPS-77 Multi-Role Radar site acceptance test - News
March 13, 2018
RIGA, Latvia. Lockheed Martin officials announced they met on-time delivery of the first three radars to the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Latvia with a successful site acceptance test of the third TPS-77 Multi-Role Radar (TPS-77 MRR).
Comms
University, NSWC Dahlgren partnership seeks to further 3-D manufacturing research, tech - News
March 13, 2018
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Students and professors at the University of Virginia (UVA) and engineers and scientists from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) are working together through the Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) to develop a better understanding of the capabilities and limitations of additive manufacturing (3-D printing).
Avionics
U.S. Army orders 35 UH-72A Lakota helicopters from Airbus Helicopters - News
March 13, 2018
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas. Airbus Helicopters, Inc. recently won a contract valued at approximately $273 million to deliver 35 additional UH-72A Lakota rotary-wing aircraft to the U.S. Army.
Radar/EW
Global electronic warfare market to reach $30.32 billion by 2022, study says - News
March 12, 2018
NORTHBROOK, Ill. The electronic warfare (EW) market is projected to grow from an estimated $24.20 billion in 2017 to $30.32 billion by 2022, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.61 percent during that time period, according to a new market study, "Electronic Warfare Market by Capability (Electronic Support, Electronic Attack, Electronic Protection), Platform (Airborne, Naval, Ground, Space), Product (EW Equipment, EW Operational Support), and Region - Global Forecast to 2022" from MarketsandMarkets.
Unmanned
Missile Defense Agency signs $80 million contract with Lockheed Martin-led team for ballistic re-entry vehicles - News
March 12, 2018
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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).
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Raytheon closes $1.1 billion AIM-9X missile contract with U.S. Navy
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Radar production and test capacity to be expanded in the Netherlands by Thales
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Anduril and Booz Allen will join forces to increase security, lethality for SOF teams
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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
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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
June 24, 2026