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Deep space habitat prototype proposals sought by NASA - News

April 20, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

WASHINGTON. NASA officials are seeking proposals for the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 (NextSTEP-2) in support of the agency?s Journey to Mars mission. NextSTEP-2 requests industry proposals for concept studies and technology development projects in the areas of habitation, advanced propulsion, and small satellites.

Radar/EW

Northrop Grumman's IBCS engages multiple targets in Army missile test - News

April 19, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. The U.S. Army completed an engagement flight test with Northrop Grumman?s Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS), demonstrating the IBCS capability to identify, track, and engage multiple targets.

Unmanned

Flight tests will aid in developing FAA UAS regulations - News

April 19, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

WASHINGTON. Beginning the end of April through June, Honeywell, General Atomics Aeronautics Systems, Inc (GA-ASI), the RTCA Special Committee (SC)-228, and NASA will conduct the fourth flight test in a series of demonstrations that will help engineers validate and advance technologies for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) as they integrate into the National Airspace System (NAS).

Cyber

NSA crowns U.S. Military Academy in 16th cyberdefense exercise - News

April 18, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. National Security Agency (NSA) officials announced the U.S. Military Academy at West Point as the winner of the NSA's 16th Annual Cyber Defense Exercise (CDX). NSA's CDX - sponsored by NSA's Information Assurance Directorate (IAD) - challenged service academy teams to protect networks that were designed, built, and configured at their respective schools.

Radar/EW

Navy Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds contract won by Lockheed Martin - News

April 18, 2016

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

ARCHBALD, Pennsylvania. Lockheed Martin won a $25.8 million U.S. Navy contract to manufacture and deliver Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds (ELGTR) and also refurbish reusable shipping containers and provide the associated technical data, to eventually extend ELGTR production into late 2018.

Avionics

U.S. Army places remanufacturing order for 117 AH-64D Apaches - News

April 15, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

MESA, Ariz. U.S. Army officials placed a remanufacturing order with Boeing for 117 AH-64D Apaches to upgrade to the AH-64E configuration. The contract valued at an estimated $1.5 billion includes Longbow Crew Trainers, logistic support, and spares.

Comms

U.S. Air Force's NextGen GPS OCX completes first qualification test - News

April 14, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

AURORA, Colo. Raytheon engineers completed the Configuration Item Qualification Test (CIQT) of the U.S Air Force's Global Positioning System Next Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX). The testing was conducted with a government-provided GPS III satellite simulator.

Comms

Albany International completes acquisition of Harris' Aerostructures business - News

April 14, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Harris Corporation Albany International

MELBOURNE, Fla. Albany International completed the acquisition of Harris Corp.'s Aerostructures business unit for an estimated value of $210 million, including $187 million in cash at closing, as well as a $23 million capitalized lease.

Unmanned

UAV demonstrates optical sense-and-avoid capability - News

April 13, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

ARLINGTON, Va. DARPA?s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program completed flight tests with the sense-and-avoid (SAA) system integrated into an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). In the demonstration, the UAV detected and tracked in real-time a Cessna 172G aircraft.

Radar/EW

Lithium-ion battery completes testing on SOCOM undersea vehicle - News

April 12, 2016

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

SAN DIEGO. The U.S. Navy completed on-hull demonstration testing on a Special Operations Command (SOCOM) undersea vehicle with General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems's (GA-EMS) Lithium-ion Fault Tolerant (LiFT) battery. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division integrated the LiFT battery into the undersea vehicle.

Unmanned

DARPA & ONR to begin open-water testing on unmanned "Sea Hunter" ship - News

April 11, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

PORTLAND, Ore. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will begin open-water testing of the Agency?s Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program.

Radar/EW

Next phase of development begins for U.S. Navy's NextGen Jammer - News

April 11, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. U.S. Navy officials gave the go-ahead for the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) Increment 1 (Inc 1) to enter the next phase of development.

Avionics

Patriot Excalibur software contract won by Jacobs - News

April 08, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Jacobs

PASADENA, Calif. U.S. Air Force officials selected Jacobs Engineering Group to provide Patriot Excalibur (PEX) software and systems engineering support in a three-year contract valued at an estimated $36.5 million.

Unmanned

MQ-8C Fire Scout completes operational assessment with data link - News

April 07, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

SAN DIEGO. U.S. Navy's unmanned aerial system (UAS), MQ-8C Fire Scout - built by Northrop Grumman - completed an operational assessment with Cubic Global Defense?s Wide Band Line of Sight (WBLOS) data link system.

Radar/EW

Radar risk reduction efforts to begin for JSTARS Recap program - News

April 07, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman Raytheon Company

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems will begin radar risk reduction efforts for the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) Recap Program.