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Comms

Thales, Cubic partner for UK training and simulation bid - News

March 02, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cubic

SAN DIEGO. Cubic Global Defense (CGD), a Cubic Corp. business division, is teaming up with Thales in the U.K. to bid for the Training and Simulation Systems Programme (TSSP) Joint Fires Synthetic Training (JFST) project.

Unmanned

U.S. Navy orders high-energy laser weapons for shipboard use - News

March 01, 2018

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

BOTHELL, Wash. Lockheed Martin won a U.S. Navy contract valued initially at $150 million -- with options worth up to $942.8 million -- for the development, manufacture, and delivery of two high-power laser weapon systems that will integrate intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and counter-unmanned aerial system (counter-UAS) capabilities.

Unmanned

Royal navy's Type 26 combat ship will be equipped with Lockheed Martin's MK 41 VLS - News

March 01, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

HAVANT, England. Officials at BAE Systems selected Lockheed Martin to equip the Royal navy's new Type 26 Global Combat Ship with the MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS).

Radar/EW

Surface & submarine program budget highlights - News

February 28, 2018

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. Funding slated for major shipbuilding and maritime systems totals $33.4 billion under the Department of Defense (DoD) Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 acquisition funding request, an increase of $2.7 billion over the FY 2018 request. Included below are updates on programs such as the CVN 78 Gerald R. Ford Class aircraft carrier, Arleigh Burke class destroyers, the Columbia class submarine, and more.

A.I.

Airbus/IBM venture designing first AI assistant for astronauts - News

February 28, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Airbus IBM

BREMEN, Germany. Airbus and IBM are developing CIMON (Crew Interactive MObile CompanioN), an artificial intelligence (AI)-based assistant for astronauts for the DLR Space Administration in Germany (The German Aerospace Center [German: Deutsches Zentrum f?r Luft- und Raumfahrt or DLR] is the national center for aerospace, energy and transportation research of the Federal Republic of Germany.)

Radar/EW

DoD funding highlights: Ground vehicles - News

February 28, 2018

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. Funding slated for major ground systems totals $15.9 billion under the Department of Defense (DoD) Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 acquisition funding request, an increase of $4.7 billion over the FY 2018 request. Included below are updates on ground programs such as the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, the Abrams Main Battle Tank, the Stryker family of vehicles, and more.

Comms

Dept. of Homeland Security contracting for biometric ID services - News

February 28, 2018

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

MACLEAN, Va. Northrop Grumman Corp. has won a $95 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) to develop the first two increments of the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) system. Northrop Grumman's role during the 42-month project will be systems developer and integrator.

Unmanned

DoD fighter, bomber, UAS, helicopter budget procurement highlights - News

February 28, 2018

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. Funding slated for major aircraft and related systems totals $55.2 billion under the Department of Defense (DoD) Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 acquisition funding request an increase of about $6 billion from the FY 2018 request. Included below are updates on programs such as the F-35, B-21 Bomber, F-15, V-22 Osprey, the AH-64E Apache, and more.

Comms

CRADA: Improving safety, performance of lithium-ion batteries - News

February 27, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Naval Surface Warfare Center - Crane Division

CRANE, Ind. Purdue University and the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) signed a new Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), which aims to align modeling efforts at Purdue with testing capabilities at NSWC Crane to achieve the common goal of improving the safety and performance of lithium-ion batteries.

Comms

DoD announces open source software experiment - News

February 27, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) recently announced the launch of Code.mil, an open source initiative that allows software developers around the world to collaborate on unclassified code written by federal employees in support of DoD projects.

Comms

U.S. Army orders several thousand mobile satellite transceivers for battlefield use - News

February 27, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Comtech Telecommunications

MELVILLE, N.Y. Comtech Telecommunications Corp. won an initial $11.7 million order to immediately provide several thousand of its next generation MT-2025 mobile satellite transceivers in support of the U.S. Army's Blue Force Tracking-2 (BFT-2) system.

Comms

U.S. Navy signs $492 million in contract options for nuclear subs - News

February 27, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Navy

LYNCHBURG, Va. Nuclear-component company BWXT reports that its BWXT Nuclear Operations Group has signed contract options totaling approximately $492 million with the the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program for the manufacture of naval nuclear-reactor components.

Unmanned

Boeing, Oerlikon partner to standardize 3-D printing process - News

February 26, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Oerkilon

CHICAGO. Switzerland company, Oerlikon and Boeing entered into a five-year collaboration agreement to develop standard materials and processes for metal-based additive manufacturing, also known as 3-D printing. The program aims to standardize and speed up the adoption of 3-D printing for aerospace applications.

Unmanned

Global market for military counter-UAV systems will reach $1.223 billion by 2026, says one scenario in market study - News

February 26, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Market Forecast

AMSTERDAM. The global market for military counter-unmanned aerial vehicles (C-UAVs) will grow from its current $379 million to $1.223 billion by 2026, according to one scenario in the report "Global Counter-UAV (C-UAV) Systems Market Forecast to 2026" from Market Forecast. The overall combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.8 percent would hold fairly consistent over the whole period.

Comms

KBR acquires SGT in move to expand support for high-priority missions - News

February 26, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems KBR

HOUSTON. Government-services contractor KBR has agreed to acquire Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Inc. (SGT), a company that provides technology solutions, engineering services, mission operations, and scientific/ IT software in the U.S. government-services market. SGT has a distinguished heritage delivering technology solutions and services to the U.S. government for space programs, national security and civilian operations.