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A.I.
British army, SparkCognition team up to streamline AI applications for defense - News
October 04, 2017
AUSTIN. British army and SparkCognition officials entered an agreement to provide a collaborative thought leadership on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in future warfare. This partnership focuses on how operations can be streamlined using AI technologies today.
Unmanned
U.S. Army signs $74.7 million contract for land surveillance systems to aid mobile troops - News
October 04, 2017
WILSONVILLE, Ore. Infrared-camera design and manufacturing firm FLIR Systems has won a $74.7 million firm-fixed-price order from the U.S. Army to deliver TacFLIR surveillance cameras in support of the Army's EO/IR-Force Protection (FP) program. The Army will purchase the systems through Army Contracting Command, Redstone.
Cyber
U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command signs cybersecurity team to $81.3 million contract - News
October 04, 2017
FAIRFAX, Va. General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, will lead a team to provide enterprise IT and cybersecurity services to the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division. The single-award, task order contract has a potential value of approximately $81.3 million for five years.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy orders multimode radars for Coast Guard patrol cutters - News
October 04, 2017
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Saab Defense and Security has obtained a contract from the U.S. Navy to provide its Sea Giraffe Agile Multi Beam (AMB), Multi-Mode Radar (MMR) for deployment with the U.S. Coast Guard. The value of the initial order -- covering the procurement of two systems -- amounts to $16.8 million but with options for additional radars the contract may be worth as much as $118.5 million.
Cyber
U.S. Navy tasks Charles River Analytics to build cyber-resilient framework - News
October 03, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. U.S. Navy officials opted for a follow-on contract with Charles River Analytics Inc. to build a cyber-resilient framework. The two-year contract for Embedded Architecture for Cyber-resilience (EAC) is valued close to $750,000, with two possible contract options for an additional $1.25 million.
Comms
Order to develop tactical communications network received by Harris - News
October 03, 2017
MELBOURNE, Fla. Officials at Harris Corp. received a $260 million order to develop an integrated tactical communications network as part of an Asia-Pacific country?s modernization program.
Avionics
Defense Logistics Agency awards $31.5 million contract for helmet-mounted HUD - News
October 03, 2017
FORT WORTH, Texas. Elbit Systems of America has garnered an additional component contract worth $31.5 million from the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime to provide Aviator Night Vision Imaging System Head-Up Displays (ANVIS HUD). Work on the systems will be performed over a two-year period.
Radar/EW
General Atomics acquires electromechanical technologies company - News
October 03, 2017
SAN DIEGO. General Atomics announced that it has acquired Syntronics (Fredericksburg, Virginia), a developer and manufacturer of custom electromechanical technologies including projectile and missile guidance systems, in-flight and ground-based shock-resistant instrumentation, and related software technologies. The acquired company will become part of General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems Group (GA-EMS).
Radar/EW
DARPA reports its new radar sensor captures real-time video in any weather - News
October 03, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Officials from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) report that the agency's Video Synthetic Aperture Radar (ViSAR) program recently completed flight tests, successfully demonstrating a new sensor that can capture real-time video through clouds.
Comms
Solidyn Solutions is acquired by Polaris Alpha - News
October 02, 2017
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Officials at Polaris Alpha completed the acquisition of Solidyn Solutions, enhancing its space-based solutions portfolio. The acquisition formally closed on September 27, 2017. Terms of the acquisition are not being released.
Radar/EW
USAF signs $35.5 million contract to aid operation, maintenance of phased-array radar system - News
October 02, 2017
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.Technical services provider Summit Technical Solutions (STS) has won the Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization Systems (PARCS) Operations, Maintenance, and Logistical Support (OM&S) contract from the United States Department of the Air Force, with work to begin immediately.
Unmanned
Engineers, students in U.K. team to design adaptable UAVs - News
October 02, 2017
CRANFORD, Bedfordshire, England. Students from Cranfield University (Cranfield, U.K.) have teamed with engineers from BAE Systems to design a new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology that can alternate between fixed-wing and rotary-wing flight modes during the same mission.
Radar/EW
Mikros receives $2.4 million Navy order for its ADEPT systems - News
September 29, 2017
PRINCETON, N.J. Officials at Mikros Systems Corp. received a second production order under its recent multi-year $35 million contract with the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Indiana. The latest order is valued at $2.4 million.
Avionics
Air Force contracts for additional mobility and combat-command software - News
September 29, 2017
DALLAS. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has signed a continuation contract with Jacobs Engineering Group for Jacobs to continue development on its United States Air Force Communication, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) software, which supports the USAF fleet of Air Mobility and Air Combat Command aircraft. The contract is valued at $34.6 million over five years if all options are exercised.
Unmanned
U.S. Army taps Bren-Tronics to deliver its 24V 6T Lithium-Ion batteries - News
September 29, 2017
COMMACK, N.Y. The U.S. Army Contracting Command through the National Advanced Mobility Consortium (NAMC) tasked Bren-Tronics, Inc. to provide automated manufacturing of military 24V 6T Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) batteries. The total contract is valued at an estimated $6.2 million.
Avionics
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