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Avionics

United Launch Alliance chooses design for next-generation avionics - News

December 06, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3 Technologies

NEW YORK. Avionics and aerospace contractor L3 Technologies has signed an agreement with United Launch Alliance (ULA) to become the exclusive provider of avionics and related services for ULA's new Vulcan Centaur rocket system. The contract calls for L3 to deliver an estimated $1 billion-plus in mission-critical systems and services over a 10-year period.

Comms

Updated M-code GPS tested on B-2 bomber - News

December 06, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Air Force

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The U.S. Air Force recently held a series of successful flight tests of its next-generation military-code (M-code) GPS using a Raytheon receiver aboard a B-2 Spirit (also known as a stealth bomber) at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

Avionics

Air Force KC-46A aircraft completes first flight test - News

December 06, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

EVERETT, Wash. Boeing completed the first flight and airborne tests of the future U.S. Air Force KC-46A, which took off from Paine Field and landed approximately three-and-one-half hours later.

A.I.

U.S. Navy LCS adds predictive maintenance analytics after installation - News

December 05, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Mikros Systems Corporation

FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. Engineers at Mikros Systems Corp. completed ship and shore installation, as well as testing of the company's ADEPT Distance Support Sensor Suite (ADSSS) on the Littoral Combat Ship USS Independence (LCS-2).

Unmanned

NATO purchases laser training rounds from Lockheed Martin - News

December 05, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

ARCHBALD, Pa. Officials at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) selected Lockheed Martin for a five-year agreement to purchase Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds (ELGTRs) on behalf of member countries.

Unmanned

MQ-9 UAS successfully used in antisubmarine demonstration - News

December 05, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

SAN DIEGO. During a recent U.S. naval exercise, an MQ-9 Predator B remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) successfully detected and tracked remotely submerged contacts; the MQ-9's contractor, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), participated in the demo of the RPA's new maritime patrol capabilities.

Radar/EW

Moving toward superconducting supercomputing for intel community - News

December 05, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. A team led by Raytheon BBN Technologies -- under the auspices of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) Cryogenic Computing Complexity program -- is working to develop prototype cryogenic memory arrays and a scalable control architecture that is aimed at use in a new generation of energy-efficient superconducting supercomputers.

Avionics

NAVAIR looks to VR for enhanced flight-simulation training - News

December 04, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUNXET, Md. The U. S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is opting to use virtual reality (VR) technology to build flight simulation trainers that are deployable, improve fidelity, make better use of actual training flights, and more cost-effective.

Radar/EW

Companies partner to provide AESA radar to Spain, international navies - News

December 04, 2017

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

BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin and technology company Indra (Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain) recently signed an agreement that extends the companies' exclusive relationship to develop of a state-of-the-art S-band active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the Spanish Navy?s F-110 program; the pact also establishes a framework to move ahead with commercialization of this solid-state radar for other anti-air-warfare opportunities worldwide.

Cyber

MacB will support streamlining efforts for AFRL Enterprise Business System - News

December 04, 2017

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

DAYTON, Ohio. Officials at the Defense (DoD) Information Analysis Center?s (IAC) Cybersecurity Technical Area Task (TAT) tapped MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB) to provide support to the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) Enterprise Business System (EBS) under a five-year, $37 million task order.

Comms

MRAP vehicle sustainment support contract won by ManTech - News

December 04, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems ManTech

HERNDON, Va. U.S. Army officials selected ManTech International Corp. for a five-year Vehicle Engineering Maintenance and Operations Support (VEMOS) contract worth an estimated $847 million.

Cyber

Office of Naval Research awards GrammaTech $9 million for cyber-hardening research - News

December 02, 2017

GrammaTech GrammaTech

ITHACA, N.Y. GrammaTech, Inc., a leading developer of commercial embedded software assurance tools and advanced cybersecurity solutions, announced today that it has been awarded a $9 million, three-year contract from the Office of Naval Research, a division of the United States Department of the Navy, to perform research and development into cutting-edge techniques for hardening and modernizing legacy software.

Unmanned

Air Force Research Lab opens AgilePod data to commercial community - News

December 01, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has opened up the technical data package for its AgilePod to the wider intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) community in an attempt to further the development of compatible sensor products.

Comms

GSA signs contracts for up to $50 billion on governmentwide mission-related IT systems and support - News

December 01, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Services Administration (GSA)

WASHINGTON. The General Services Administration (GSA) -- the independent agency that manages and supports the basic functioning of U.S. federal agencies -- recently announced its long-awaited awards on the Alliant 2 governmentwide acquisition contract (GWAC) for IT services and service-based solutions.

Unmanned

Air Force places $85 million order for programmable fuzes with Kaman - News

December 01, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kaman Corporation

BLOOMFIELD, Conn. U.S. Air Force officials tapped Kaman Corp.'s aerospace business unit for a $85 million contract to deliver Joint Programmable Fuzes (JPF) for the Air Force and 18 foreign militaries.