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Unmanned

General Atomics to deliver lithium-ion battery system for DoD underwater vehicle - News

April 18, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems

SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) officials announced a contract with the Department of Defense (DoD) to deliver its Lithium-ion Fault Tolerant (LiFT) battery system for the Semi-Autonomous Hydrographic Reconnaissance Vehicle (SAHRV), a small, portable underwater vehicle (UUV).

Comms

DoD issues 23 contracts for multidisciplinary university research - News

April 17, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. Department of Defense (DoD) officials will issue 23 contract awards that total $163 million to academic institutions to perform multidisciplinary basic research. The awards are for a five-year period, subject to satisfactory research progress and the availability of funds.

Radar/EW

Coast Guard's Offshore Patrol Cutters to be equipped with hybrid electric drive technology - News

April 17, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leonardo DRS

Arlington, Va. Eastern Shipbuilding officials selected Leonardo DRS, Inc. to provide hybrid electric drive systems for the U.S. Coast Guard?s new fleet of Offshore Patrol Cutters. For the first nine systems, the contract is worth an estimated $10.7 million.

Unmanned

U.S. Navy demonstrates future mission control system in MQ-25 program - News

April 17, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. U.S. Navy officials completed its first demonstration in the MQ-25 program validating how the mission control system from an aircraft carrier will control and transmit information to an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) in the future.

Unmanned

Astrotech Space Operations wins NASA's commercial payload processing contract - News

April 14, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA Astrotech Space Operations, LLC

TITUSVILLE, Fla. Officials at NASA selected Astrotech Space Operations, LLC, located at Titusville, Florida, to provide commercial payload processing services for agency missions launching from NASA?s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Radar/EW

Moog wins follow-ons with Northrop Grumman, Marine Corps - News

April 14, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Moog Space and Defense Group Northrop Grumman Saab

EAST AURORA, N.Y. Moog Space and Defense Group has garnered contracts with both Northrop Grumman and Saab Defense to support the U.S. Marine Corps AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) program. G/ATOR is the first ground-based active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar to be developed by the U.S. Department of Defense.

Avionics

Navy and Coast Guard partner to extend life of Naval Academy's training craft - News

April 13, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) officials are partnering to implement a Service Life Extension Plan (SLEP) on up to five of the Yard Patrol (YP) 676 Class Training Craft.

Radar/EW

Curtiss-Wright delivers data acquisition flight units for NASA's Orion spacecraft - News

April 13, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Curtiss-Wright

COLORADO SPRINGS, Co. Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions officials delivered eight data acquisition flight units for integration into NASA?s Orion spacecraft that is planned for use in the Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), Orion?s second test flight in space. Curtiss-Wright expects to deliver the ninth and final MnACQ-2000 by the end of June 2017.

Radar/EW

BAE Systems wins position in $3 billion contract to develop next-gen space & missile defense - News

April 13, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

ARLINGTON, Va. U.S. Army officials selected BAE Systems for a position in a $3 billion indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to continue supporting the U.S. Army?s Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (SMDC/ARSTRAT).

Unmanned

Kongsberg contracts with Australia to upgrade Joint Strike Missile - News

April 12, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace

KONGSBERG, Norway. International technology contractor Kongsberg Gruppen has signed a contract with the Australian Department of Defense to install new radio frequency (RF) sensors on the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) carried aboard the F-35 fighter aircraft.

Radar/EW

Mercury Systems acquires Delta Microwave - News

April 12, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Mercury Systems

ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems, Inc. announced that it has acquired Delta Microwave of Oxnard, California. Delta designs and manufactures high-value radio frequency (RF), microwave, and millimeter wave subassemblies and components for the military and space markets.

Comms

Raytheon completes upgrades to processing system for JPSS satellite - News

April 12, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

AURORA, Colo. Engineers at Raytheon completed the upgrades and final testing of data transport and processing system for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPPS) Common Ground System (CGS), which provides weather and environmental data used by NASA, NOAA, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the agencies' international partners.

Avionics

U.S. Air Force extends F-16 service life - News

April 12, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

FORT WORTH, Texas. U.S. Air Force officials are extending the service life of the Lockheed Martin's F-16 from 8,000 to 12,000 equivalent flight hours.

Comms

B-Temia & Lockheed Martin enter agreement to license bionic augmentation technology - News

April 11, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin and B-Temia, Inc. officials entered into an agreement to license B-Temia's bionic augmentation technology called Dermoskeleton. Lockheed plans to use the licensed technology for its FORTIS exoskeleton program.

Avionics

Rockwell Collins continues to modernize military test ranges in second production lot contract - News

April 11, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins will support the second production lot of the Common Range Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS) for upgrading Air Force, Navy and Army test ranges under a Department of Defense (DoD) contract worth an estimated $21 million.