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Radar/EW

Third-gen infrared night vision tech to be developed for U.S. Army - News

April 06, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company DRS Technologies

TUCSON, Ariz. DRS Technologies and Raytheon will engineer, manufacture, and develop the 3rd Generation Forward Looking Infrared B-Kit for the U.S. Army. The four-year contract with an additional two-year option is worth an estimated $56 million.

A.I.

Endeavor Robotics established after its breakaway from iRobot - News

April 06, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Endeavor Robotics

BEDFORD, Mass. iRobot's defense and security business sale has closed for up to $45 million in total consideration, including a contingent payment based on reaching previously agreed milestones.

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy sonobuoy contract won by Sparton & Ultra Electronics joint venture - News

April 05, 2016

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Sparton Navigation & Exploration Ultra Electronics Holdings and Sparton Corporation

COLUMBIA CITY, Indiana & SCHAUMBURG, Illinois. Officials at Sparton Corp. and Ultra Electronics Holdings plc announced their ERAPSCO joint venture won subcontracts from the U.S. Navy worth about $53.7 million to manufacture sonobuoys, to enable greater sensor capability for the Navy in anti-submarine warfare applications.

Avionics

Avionics development contract won by Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc. - News

April 04, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts, will provide development and operations support to the Engineering Directorate at NASA?s Johnson Space Center in Houston under the Advanced Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) and Avionics Technology Development and Analysis II contract valued at $38.7 million.

Unmanned

DARPA selects four teams for its Gremlins program - News

April 01, 2016

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Phase 1 contracts of DARPA?s Gremlins program were distributed to four teams led by Composite Engineering, Inc. in Roseville, California; Dynetics, Inc. in Huntsville, Alabama; General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. in San Diego, California; and Lockheed Martin Corp. in Dallas, Texas.

Radar/EW

One more Littoral Combat Ship ordered by Navy - News

April 01, 2016

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

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy contracted a Lockheed Martin led team one fully funded Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Included in the contract is funding for seaframe construction, testing, and systems integration.

Comms

NASA budget cuts human exploration, increases CubeSat, R&D dollars - News

March 31, 2016

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

WASHINGTON. The Obama Administration?s Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 budget request for NASA cuts into human space flight funding while tripling finding for CubeSat, increasing investment in earth sciences, research and development (R&D). The overall budget request of $19 billion is down about $300,000 from FY 2016. Below are some highlights.

Radar/EW

Marine Corps squadron receives first variant of Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System - News

March 30, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 233 operating the AV-8B Harrier received the first fixed-wing aircraft variant of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS).

Radar/EW

Space Fence radar test site opens in New Jersey - News

March 30, 2016

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

MOORESTOWN, New Jersey. Lockheed Martin officials announced the opening of a Space Fence radar array test site in Moorestown, New Jersey. This facility is representative of the larger Gallium Nitride (GaN)-based system now under construction on the Marshall Islands, specifically Kwajalein Island. The U.S. Air Force Space Fence will monitor objects in space.

Radar/EW

Test evaluation & support team 2 contract won by Jacobs - News

March 29, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

PASADENA, Calif. NASA?s White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) near Las Cruces, New Mexico will receive test and evaluation services from Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. under a contract valued at $400 million.

Cyber

Cybersecurity market valued at $81.4 billion globally - News

March 29, 2016

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

LONDON. Analysts at visiongain see the cybersecurity market's global value reaching $81.4 billion in 2016 led by companies such as Northrop Grumman Corp., Lockheed Martin Corp., and Intel. Cybersecurity submarkets included in the analysis are: network security, data security, endpoint security, application security, cloud security; and identity & access management.

Comms

DARPA's new grand challenge focuses on a collaborative electromagnetic spectrum - News

March 28, 2016

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

ARLINGTON, Va. The Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) aims to imbue radios with advanced machine-learning capabilities so they can develop strategies that optimize the use of the wireless spectrum. In this new Grand Challenge announced by DARPA officials, the agency will reward teams that develop smart systems that collaborate and maximize the flow of radio frequency (RF) signals.

Avionics

Army rotorcraft blade control tech developed by Army Research Lab - News

March 28, 2016

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

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland. U.S. Army researchers at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) performed a live-fire test on a rotor blade that has individual blade control technology.

Comms

First upgraded Assault Amphibious Vehicle delivered to Marine Corps - News

March 25, 2016

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

QUANTICO, Virginia. Science Applications International Corp. officials announced delivery the first Assault Amphibious Vehicle Survivability Upgrade (AAV SU) to U.S. Marine Corps Base Quantico this month. It will be the first of 10 AAV SU vehicles scheduled for delivery for testing to the Marine Corps by May.