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ViaSat deploys end-to-end Link 16 comms system on Canadian naval frigates - News
September 05, 2017
CARLSBAD, Calif. Broadband services and technology company ViaSat announced that it has delivered an end-to-end Link 16 communications system to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) for its Halifax-class frigates.
Avionics
CH-53K King Stallion helicopter production to begin - News
September 04, 2017
STRATFORD, Conn. The Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Maryland, selected Lockheed Martin for a Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot 1 contract to build two production CH-53K King Stallion helicopters for the U.S. Marine Corps. The contract is worth $303,974,406 million.
A.I.
Air Force shares UAV software with focus on improved human/machine interface - News
September 01, 2017
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The 711th Human Performance Wing?s (711 HPW) Airman Systems Directorate entered into five information transfer agreements (ITAs) with commercial companies to share and provide access to its Vigilant Spirit Control Station (VSCS) software package, which allows operators to control multiple unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) at once.
Avionics
ManTech selected for $39.6 million NAVAIR diagnostic and safety testing contract - News
September 01, 2017
HERNDON, Va. U.S. Navy officials selected ManTech International Corp. for a $39.6 million contract with the Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) for Systems Integration, Diagnostics and Safety Hazard Testing services for the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).
Radar/EW
Littoral Combat Ship USS Little Rock completes acceptance trials - News
September 01, 2017
MARINETTE, Wis. The future USS Little Rock, the fifth Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) built by Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine, completed acceptance trials earning the right to fly brooms atop its mast signifying a clean sweep of the ship's sea trials.
Cyber
CACI obtains $51 million task order to develop software for Air Force cyber operations - News
September 01, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Information-systems provider CACI International has been awarded a $51 million task order to provide software development support to the 90th Cyberspace Operations Squadron (90th COS), a subordinate unit of the 24th Air Force, the Air Force?s component to U.S. Cyber Command. The three-year task order was awarded under the Air Force's Network-Centric Solutions-2 (NETCENTS-2) contract vehicle.
Avionics
State Dept. approves $360 million upgrade program for Australia's MH-60R helicopters - News
September 01, 2017
WASHINGTON. The U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Australia to support an upgrade program for its fleet of MH-60R multimission helicopters; the estimated cost of the program is $360 million.
Avionics
Dream Chaser undergoes captive carry test - News
September 01, 2017
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The Dream Chaser -- a reusable automated cargo lifting-body spaceplane being developed by Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems -- underwent a captive carry test at NASA?s Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards AFB on August 30. The test was part of the spacecraft?s Phase Two flight test efforts to advance the orbiter closer to space flight, according to a press release from SNC.
Comms
PICMG ratifies CompactPCI Serial Space specification - News
August 31, 2017
WAKEFIELD, Mass. PICMG officials announced that the CompactPCI Serial Space specification has been ratified by its members. It is a ruggedized version of CompactPCI Serial that specifically addresses the extreme environment requirements for outer space.
Radar/EW
Radar-simulator market to grow to $2.85 billion by 2022, says study - News
August 31, 2017
VANCOUVER, Wash. The radar simulator market is projected to grow from $2.21 billion in 2016 to $2.85 billion by 2022, at a CAGR [combined annual growth rate] of 4.36 percent, according to a new market study from MarketsandMarkets, "Radar Simulator Market by Product (System Testing, Operator Training), Application (Commercial, Military), Component (Hardware, Software), and Region - Global Forecast to 2022."
Avionics
USMC awards General Dynamics $105 million command and control contract - News
August 31, 2017
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded General Dynamics Mission Systems a full-rate production contract for the Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S) program, a command and control system that visually combines ground and aviation command and control data for greater situational awareness and faster decision-making.
Radar/EW
Navy, Lockheed Martin test Aegis Combat System against ballistic missiles - News
August 30, 2017
PACIFIC MISSILE FIRING RANGE, Hawaii. The USS John Paul Jones -- with support from the U.S. Navy, the Missile Defense Agency, and Lockheed Martin -- successfully fired two Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Dual I missiles against a medium-range ballistic missile target from the Aegis Combat System on August 29, according to Lockheed Martin officials.
Comms
AFRL awards BlackSky $16.4 million contract for intel brokering platform - News
August 30, 2017
SEATTLE. Spaceflight Industries reports that its BlackSky division has garnered a two-year, $16.4 million cost-plus-prime contract with the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to develop and deliver a cloud-based geospatial intelligence broker platform that will provide on-demand analytics, collection, and information services from global data sources.
Radar/EW
Army HMMWV foreign military sale valued at $2.2 billion for AM General - News
August 30, 2017
SOUTH BEND, Ind. Vehicle maker AM General has received a five-year, firm-fixed-price Foreign Military Sale (FMS) requirements contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command to manufacture approximately 11,560 new High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs, commonly known as the Humvee). The total value of the contract is approximately $2.2 billion.
Comms
BISim to deliver VBS3 perpetual licenses for U.S. Army games for training program of record - News
August 29, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. U.S. Army officials selected Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) to deliver perpetual licenses of Virtual Battlespace 3 (VBS3) and related services to its Games For Training (GFT) VBS3 Concurrency Program of Record. The contract spans over a five-year period.
Avionics
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The FACE Technical Standard: Enabling modular, open, and future-proof avionics systems
December 04, 2025
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Training and simulation systems to support Saab GlobalEye under new CAE agreement
November 21, 2025
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Next-gen pilot training system to be developed by Saab, Boeing, and BAE Systems
November 19, 2025
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KC-390 refueling capability validated with Gripen E in Brazilian test campaign
November 17, 2025
Unmanned
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Defense Innovation Unit adds Silvus SC4400E radio to Blue UAS Framework
December 12, 2025
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GUEST BLOG: Layered defense is key to the domestic threat posed by unmanned systems
December 12, 2025
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Uncrewed underwater vehicle market to grow 8% annually to 2030, study predicts
December 12, 2025
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BAE Systems signs new $1.7 billion precision-guidance contract with U.S. Navy
December 10, 2025
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GUEST BLOG: AI-powered transformations ahead -- three predictions for 2026
December 12, 2025
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GUEST BLOG: The next innovation in AI for defense -- autonomous purple teaming
December 12, 2025
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DISA chief to industry: 'your system is not interesting' without data sharing
December 11, 2025
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Generative AI, cognitive electronic warfare to anchor technical track at AOC 2025
December 04, 2025
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Building a layered, aware PNT architecture for the modern battlespace
December 05, 2025
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Beyond GPS: HORDE PNT for contested environments
December 04, 2025
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Beyond GNSS/GPS: magnetic navigation and multisensor resilience in contested skies
December 04, 2025
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Power under pressure: Meeting the military’s surging energy demands
December 04, 2025