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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.

Comms

Next-gen satellite constellations from SSL will carry Northrop Grumman space navigation systems - News

March 05, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. Northrop Grumman Corp. has won a contract from space technology design/build firm Space Systems Loral (SSL) to supply its space navigation system for SSL's next-generation satellite constellation.

Radar/EW

IARPA project aims to develop superconducting circuit-design tools - News

March 05, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)

WASHiNGTON. The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) -- an organization within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence -- announced what it calls the ?SuperTools? program, a multiyear research effort to develop comprehensive software tools for designing and analyzing superconducting electronics circuits.

Unmanned

USAF signs $96 million task order with Polaris Alpha for ISR, software operations - News

March 05, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Polaris Alpha

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Defense and intelligence contractor Polaris Alpha has won $96 million in U.S. Air Force task orders that involve work in software development, maintenance, and enhancements for command-and-control and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations.

Unmanned

NAVAIR inks $24.3 million in contract mods for unmanned aerial drone systems - News

March 02, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command has signed a $24.3 million contract modification with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' Unmanned Systems Division (USD) to exercise an option for the low-rate initial production of the Subsonic Aerial Target BQM-177A and technical data.

Avionics

U.S. Navy, Boeing sign contract to modernize F/A-18 Super Hornet fleet - News

March 02, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

ST. LOUIS. Boeing has finalized a contract with the U.S. Navy to modernize the Navy's fleet of 568 F/A-18 aircraft, which is intended to extend the life of existing Super Hornets from 6,000 to 9,000-plus flight hours.

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy adds USS Manchester to the LCS fleet - News

March 02, 2018

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

MOBILE, Ala. U.S. Navy officials accepted delivery of the littoral combat ship (LCS), USS Manchester (LCS-14). Delivery marks the official transfer of LCS 14 from the shipbuilder, an Austal USA-led team, to the Navy. It is the final milestone prior to commissioning, which is planned for May in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Radar/EW

USMC approves early field of G/ATOR systems - News

March 02, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) officials approved early field of Northrop Grumman's AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR). This milestone follows the delivery of the final Lot 1 and Lot 2 Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) G/ATOR system to the Marines. The USMC will field their first two systems by delivering them to Marine Air Control Squadrons 1 and 2 for operational use.