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Unmanned
Laser-guided rocket launcher concept can support combat operations - News
October 11, 2017
WASHINGTON--AUSA. Arnold Defense has introduced FLETCHER, a land-vehicle-mounted, laser-guided, 2.75-inch rocket launcher concept to the U.S. defense market at the Association of the United States Army Exhibition (AUSA).
Unmanned
Off-the-shelf brakes introduced, intended for heavy armored vehicles - News
October 11, 2017
WASHINGTON--AUSA. Specialist brake and caliper maker Alcon introduced its new CIR55 custom heavy armored vehicle brake caliper into the U.S. defense market at the Association of the United States Army Exhibition (AUSA). The recently introduced CIR55 has been designed and developed to fit 8x8-type military vehicles operating at 30 to 40-plus metric tons, gross vehicle mass (GVM).
Unmanned
AeroVironment to continue expansion of Blackwing UAS program under $2.5 million contract - News
October 11, 2017
WASHINGTON. At Association of the United States Army (AUSA) annual meeting and exposition, AeroVironment, Inc. officials announced the receipt of a contract award from the U.S. Navy on September 29, 2017 for continuation and expansion of its Blackwing small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) program.
Unmanned
BAE Systems receives $59.5 million order for its APKWS guidance kits - News
October 11, 2017
HUDSON, N.H. U.S. Navy officials opted for additional Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) guidance kits to transform unguided 2.75-inch (70-millimeter) rockets into laser-guided precision munitions. The new contract is worth an estimated $59.5 million.
Radar/EW
VITA and ANSI ratify air flow through cooling standard for VPX - News
October 10, 2017
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. VITA, the trade association for standard computing architectures serving critical and intelligent embedded computing systems markets, announces the ratification by ANSI and VITA of ANSI/VITA 48.8-2017, ?Mechanical Standard for Electronic VPX Plug-in Modules Using Air Flow Through Cooling.? The standard has completed the VITA and ANSI processes, reaching full recognition under guidance of VITA.
Avionics
USSOCOM avionics support contract won by Rockwell Collins - News
October 09, 2017
WASHINGTON. Officials at the Technology Application Contracting Office (TAKO) selected Rockwell Collins to provide avionics repair and logistics, field service support and spares management for the company's Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS), including expanded roles in field service and repair chain management for other installed avionics.
Comms
ST Kinetics, SAIC team up to develop ground combat vehicle prototype - News
October 06, 2017
RESTON, Va. ST Kinetics and Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) are partnering to rapidly develop combat vehicle prototypes to meet the U.S. Army?s need as part of the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program. The goal is to develop and integrate a vehicle that offers the Army an innovative solution that provides infantry forces access to combat environments in 21st century operations.
Unmanned
DoD robotic systems contract won by Endeavor Robotics - News
October 06, 2017
CHELMSFORD, Mass. Officials at Endeavor Robotics received the U.S. Department of Defense?s (DoD) Man Transportable Robotic System Increment II (MTRS Inc. II) contract. It is worth an estimated $100 million with an additional $58 million worth of deliverables.
Unmanned
Air Force awards contracts to update ICBM airborne launch-control system - News
October 06, 2017
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah. The Air Force recently awarded a pair of contracts aimed at upgrading the system that enables an aircraft to control the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from a silo in the ground. The three-year contracts were awarded to Lockheed Martin Space Systems (Littleton, Colorado), and Rockwell Collins (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
Comms
Army awards $979 million contract for new landing craft - News
October 06, 2017
PORTLAND, Ore. Pacific Northwest shipbuilder Vigor has won a contract -- totaling as much as $979 million over 10 years -- to build the U.S. Army?s Maneuver Support Vessel (Light), MSV(L), a new generation of landing craft for the U.S. Army. The Vigor MSV(L) design will replace the Army's fleet of aging LCM-8 "Mike" boats.
Comms
DARPA initiates consortium for on-orbit servicing of satellites - News
October 05, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials initiated the first phase of the Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS) program. Advanced Technology International (ATI), based in Summerville, South Carolina, is leading the first phase of the contract to dive into the "rules of the road" concept widely accepted in the way people and vehicles travel.
Unmanned
First task order awarded on Army high-energy-laser contract - News
October 05, 2017
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. QWK Integrated Solutions, a joint venture of defense contractor Vencore and engineering and IT provider Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, has won the High Energy Laser Technical Vehicle Demonstrator (HEL TVD) task order on the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (USASMDC/ARSTRAT), Design, Development, Demonstration and Integration (D3I) program Domain 1 contract.
Comms
University, Army researchers: We've generated the fastest-ever light pulse - News
October 05, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. Researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF) have generated what is being deemed the fastest light pulse ever developed.The 53-attosecond pulse, produced by professor Zenhgu Chang -- UCF trustee chair and professor in the Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers, College of Optics and Photonics, and Department of Physics together with his engineering group at the university, beats the team's record of a 67-attosecond extreme ultraviolet light pulse set in 2012. (One attosecond is one-quintillionth of a second.)
Unmanned
Small solar UAS deemed compliant, says Canadian transport authority - News
October 05, 2017
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The Silent Falcon small unmanned aerial system (sUAS) from Silent Falcon UAS Technologies has been added to Transport Canada?s list of ?Compliant Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)?, a distinction allowing Silent Falcon to issue Statements of Conformity to its Canadian customers seeking to become what Canada calls Compliant UAV Operators.
Comms
C4ISR training services to be provided by Huntington Ingalls Industries - News
October 04, 2017
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. The Technical Solutions division at Huntington Ingalls Industries? received a $25 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, multiple-award contract from the U.S. Navy to provide training services for tactical afloat shipboard, ashore and submarine command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems.
Avionics
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WILDSTAR 3AE1 3U OpenVPX FPGA Processor for SIGINT, C5ISR, electronic warfare
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Multifunction radio frequency system demonstrator to be developed under European project led by Indra
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Over-the-horizon radar transmit subsystem ordered for homeland defense from OSI Systems
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Mission data center to be established in Belgium by QinetiQ
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April 28, 2026
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