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Radar/EW
Cobham to deliver electronic warfare, threat simulation training under NATO contract - News
January 16, 2018
BOURNEMOUTH, United Kingdom. Officials at the Special Mission business unit at Cobham received a follow-on contract to delivery operational readiness training to NATO for up to five years.
Unmanned
CRA to build hands-free robotic interface for U.S. Army - News
January 16, 2018
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Intelligent-systems developer Charles River Analytics (CRA) has announced a follow-on contract to build a hands-free human-machine interface (HMI) for the U.S. Army. The contract will be in force for two years and is valued at $1 million.
Comms
U.S. Special Forces choose Viasat for $350 million networking, comms upgrade - News
January 16, 2018
CARLSBAD, Calif. Communications provider Viasat Inc.has won an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract with the U.S. Special Operations Forces to provide advanced equipment, systems, services, and support to modernize the units' ground/air situational awareness; tactical data links; terrestrial networking; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR); tactical satellite communications; information assurance; network management; and cybersecurity. The contract has an initial ceiling of $350 million.
Cyber
DARPA program aims to make network-connected systems less vulnerable - News
January 15, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched a new program it calls Configuration Security (ConSec) that aims to develop a system to automatically generate, deploy, and manage inherently more secure configurations of components and subsystems for end-use in military platforms.
Radar/EW
Ballistic missile testing, modeling, & simulation work part of $641 million contract with MDA - News
January 15, 2018
TEWKSBURY, Mass. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) officials selected Raytheon for an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to perform ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) tests related activities for multiple radar platforms that includes planning, executing, and analyzing sensor performance in BMDS flight tests and ground tests for each test event defined in the BMDS integrated master test plan. The contract has a max valued of $641,758,000.
A.I.
Human/AI collaborations improve via Army Research Laboratory program - News
January 15, 2018
ORLANDO, Fla. U.S. Army Research Laboratory scientists completed the Autonomy Research Pilot Initiative (ARPI) and developed ways to improve collaborations between humans and artificially intelligent agents.
Comms
Romanian army signs $1 billion-plus contract for armored wheeled vehicles - News
January 15, 2018
MADRID. General Dynamics European Land Systems has signed an agreement with the armed forces of Romania to deliver up to 227 PIRANHA 5 eight-wheeled armored vehicles in six different configurations.
Comms
DARPA Hallmark program aims to better manage space assets - News
January 12, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Hallmark program -- which the agency describes as a plan to develop revolutionary tools and technologies to plan, assess, and execute U.S. military operations in space -- has completed initial research and awarded Phase 1 contracts to 11 organizations. DARPA is now seeking additional technologies for potential inclusion in the Hallmark program.
Radar/EW
Aegis Ashore system, long-range radar paired to boost intelligence, situational awareness - News
January 12, 2018
BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin reports that it has connected key components of its Aegis Ashore and Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) technologies, with a demonstration of the technologies' joint ability to increase the operational performance, efficiency, and reliability of Aegis Ashore.
Unmanned
DARPA taps Raytheon for CODE's Phase 3 development - News
January 11, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials selected Raytheon to complete the development of the agency's Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program during Phase 3.
Avionics
Rockwell Collins to provide supply chain management support at Robins Air Force Base maintenance depot - News
January 11, 2018
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Officials at Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) tapped Rockwell Collins to provide support for the Robins Air Force Base maintenance depot under a $22 million contract.
Unmanned
ESA plans to explore Mars using lasers - News
January 11, 2018
PARIS. The European Space Agency (ESA) is now investigating how lasers would be best used in future space missions.
Comms
Boeing donates $10 million to support veterans' programs and services - News
January 11, 2018
DALLAS. Boeing has awarded $10 million to the George W. Bush Institute's Military Service Initiative in support of veterans' programs and services. The Boeing donation is part of a $30 million multiyear investment intended to support veteran recovery and rehabilitation programs and military transition services.
Unmanned
U.S. Navy to evaluate Saab's anti-submarine warfare system through FCT program - News
January 10, 2018
WASHINGTON. U.S. Navy officials will evaluate Saab's anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training system, the AUV62-AT, through the Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) Program. The demonstration is planned for summer 2018, with an option to continue testing into 2019.
Radar/EW
Aerospace instrumentation technology contract won by Curtiss-Wright - News
January 10, 2018
CHARLOTTE, N.C. U.S. Air Force officials tapped Curtiss-Wright Corp. for a a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at $86 million to provide its aerospace instrumentation technology for use on the High Speed Data Acquisition System (HSDAS) program at the Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) ? Air Force Test Center (AFTC) .
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