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Working to extend mobile battery life for soldiers in the field - News

August 08, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

ADELPHI, Md. Teams from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) have joined forces to develop solutions that would extend the battery life of GPS gear, mobile phones, field laptops, and other technologies that soldiers use in the field.

Unmanned

Lockheed Martin making progress on radical shrinking of space telescopes - News

August 07, 2017

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

PALO ALTO, Calif. Lockheed Martin recently revealed the first images from an experimental, ultra-thin optical instrument it has been working on, revealing that it may be possible to shrink space telescopes to a tiny fraction of the size of today's systems while maintaining equivalent resolution.

Avionics

Tablets approved for trial run under DoD classified mobility program - News

August 07, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Defense Information Systems Agency

FORT MEADE, Md. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) officials are expanding the use of 8-inch tablet computers in a new pilot program under the Department of Defense Mobility Classified Capability-Secret (DMCC-S) Program.

Cyber

Simulation training services contract for Royal Australian navy won by Cubic - News

August 07, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cubic

SAN DIEGO. Officials at Cubic Global Defense, a Cubic Corp. business unit, announced that its Cubic Defence Australia unit received a four-year contract valued at $7.11 million (AUD $9 million) from the Royal Australian navy (RAN) for the development and delivery of local and distributed simulation-enabled training events.

Radar/EW

DARPA office unveils "mosaic warfare" approach to future conflicts - News

August 07, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA?s) Strategic Technology Office (STO) recently unveiled its updated approach to winning or deterring future conflicts, a strategy it is calling "mosaic warfare."

Radar/EW

Kratos awarded $23 million radar system contract - News

August 07, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

SAN DIEGO. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced that its Modular Systems Division (MSD) recently received a contract award worth approximately $23 million for hardware and specialized modular systems that will support a strategic surveillance radar system.

Comms

Harris to support Army test events with its Falcon III HMS Manpack radios - News

August 04, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Harris Corporation

ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S. Army officials placed an order with Harris Corp. for its multi-channel Falcon III HMS Manpack radios to support two U.S. Army test events.

Radar/EW

USMC G/ATOR system completes developmental testing - News

August 04, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. The U.S. Marine Corps Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) Block 1 completed live developmental testing with support from the Navy's Surface Combat Systems Center (SCSC) at Wallops Island from April 10 to June 21.

Comms

Lockheed Martin building new satellite-production facility near Denver - News

August 04, 2017

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

DENVER. Lockheed Martin has begun initial construction of a new facility -- located on the company's Waterton Canyon campus near Denver, Colorado -- that will produce next-generation satellites.

Cyber

U.S. Army Research Lab grants ICF $93 million to handle defensive cybersecurity operations - News

August 04, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems ICF

FAIRFAX, Va. Consulting and technology-services provider ICF has won a contract valued at as much as $93 million from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to support ARL's Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) and ongoing defensive cybersecurity research. The contract terms include both base and option periods.

Comms

NASA miniaturizing century-old component for use on CubeSats - News

August 04, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

GREENBELT, Md. A team of NASA scientists and engineers from the Goddard Space Flight Center is working on a project to upgrade and miniaturize the electronics on a prototype instrument, called the Concentration vs. Height for an Orbiting Electromagnetic Sounder -- dubbed ECHOES -- that would be used to ?sound? the ionosphere from either a ground-based observatory or, ultimately, from a constellation of CubeSats.

Unmanned

Lockheed Martin obtains $161 million tactical-missile contract from U.S. Army - News

August 03, 2017

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

BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin has secured a contract worth $161.4 million from the U.S. Army to produce 150 tactical-missile systems and guided-missile launch assemblies under the Army Tactical Missile System (ATacMS) Guided Missile and Launching Assembly (GMLA) Service Life Extension Program.

Comms

U.S. Army selects Rockwell Collins for HMS Manpack radio follow-on contract - News

August 03, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins officials received a follow-on contract from the U.S. Army Program Executive Office C3T to produce 101 Handheld, Manpack, and Small Form Factor (HMS) Manpack radios and ancillaries beginning this month.

Unmanned

University UAV design wins award with custom payload featuring Teledyne's Genie cameras - News

August 03, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WATERLOO, Canada. The University of Toronto Aerospace Team?s (UTAT) UAV and Aerial Robotics Divisions won an award for the design and performance of their custom-built unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which flew autonomous search patterns while capturing images at approximately 200 feet above the ground.

Cyber

DiSTI to continue support for the U.S. Army's UH-72A Lakota virtual maintenance trainer - News

August 03, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems DiSTI Corporation

ORLANDO, Fla. U.S. Army officials opted for a second year of Interim Contractor Support (ICS) for the the UH-72A Lakota Virtual Maintenance Trainer (VMT) with DiSTI Corp. The initial $4.4 million contract on the UH-72A included the development of a VMT to provide students the ability to familiarize and practice maintenance tasks in an interactive 3-D game-like envrionment.