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Avionics

Dream Chaser undergoes captive carry test - News

September 01, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Sierra Nevada Corporation

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

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems PICMG

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

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

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

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics

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

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

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

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Spaceflight Industries

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

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems AM General

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

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Bohemia Interactive Simulations

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.

Comms

Comtech receives additional funding to deliver communications infrastructure - News

August 29, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Comtech Telecommunications

MELVILLE, N.Y. Comtech Telecommunications Corp. received a contract modification from the U.S. Army Program Executive Office (PEO) Command, Control, Communications-Tactical (C3T) to deliver enhanced communications infrastructure for U.S. forces in the Central Command (CENTCOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR).

Cyber

ViaSat to provide cybersecurity software to keep mobile devices secure - News

August 29, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems ViaSat

CARLSBAD, Calif. ViaSat Inc. officials announced it was awarded a production contract to provide ViaSat Mobile Dynamic Defense (MDD) cybersecurity software to protect and secure Tactical Local Area Network (TACLAN) Field Computing Device - Wearable (FCD-W) platforms.

Comms

Army Research Laboratory, UF team up to develop model for lighter armor - News

August 29, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Army Research Laboratory

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. University of Florida and U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) researchers teamed up to develop new light-weight ceramic materials that resist fracture. The end result can be used for personal protection and Army systems.

Comms

Charles River Analytics to lead study that aims to improve talent management in the Navy - News

August 28, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Charles River Analytics

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. U.S. Navy officials tasked Charles River Analytics Inc. to conduct a a program of study to improve talent management, including the training of individuals and staffing of Navy positions or billets.

Unmanned

SEMA ISR pilot and flight operations support contract won by IAP - News

August 28, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems IAP Worldwide Services, Inc.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. U.S. Army officials selected IAP Worldwide Services, Inc. to provide support to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) pilot and flight operations for the Fixed Wing Project Office overseas.

A.I.

Data Analytics Pathfinder contract won by MacAulay-Brown, Inc. - News

August 28, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Enlighten MacAulay-Brown, Inc.

LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Maryland. U.S. Air Force officials selected Enlighten IT Consulting (EITC), a MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB) company, to assist with development and implementation of analytics on the Big Data Platform (BDP) under the Data Analytics Pathfinder contract.

Radar/EW

New nuclear missile design concepts to be matured by Lockheed Martin, Raytheon - News

August 25, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin Raytheon Company

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. U.S. Air Force officials selected Lockheed Martin and Raytheon to mature design concepts and prove developmental technologies for the Long Range Stand Off (LRSO) missile program.