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Cyber

Market study: Live, virtual training will drive DoD training and simulation market to 2021 - News

August 03, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Frost & Sullivan

SAN ANTONIO, Tx. The pace of adoption of live, virtual, constructive or mixed-reality training is picking up and continues to drive investment and innovation in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) training and simulation market, according to a recent study from analyst Frost & Sullivan?s Defense Growth Partnership Subscription titled "US DoD Training and Simulation Market, Forecast to 2021."

Comms

LGS Innovations wins $7.5 million DARPA dispersed computing contract - News

August 02, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems LGS Innovations

HERNDON, Va. Communications-solution provider LGS Innovations announced that it has been awarded a four-year, $7.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under the Dispersed Computing (DCOMP) program.

Unmanned

Chemring Countermeasures wins Army contract to deliver infrared decoy flares - News

August 02, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Chemring Countermeasures USA (CCM USA)

TOONE, Tenn. U.S Army Garrison officials at Rock Island Arsenal selected Chemring Countermeasures USA, a Chemring Group PLC subsidiary, for a contract to deliver M206, MJU-7A/B, and MJU-10/B infrared decoy flares.

Comms

Air Force Research Lab calls for innovative alternative-energy options - News

August 02, 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) Advanced Power Technology Office (APTO) has issued a call for innovative alternative energy and energy-efficient technology solutions in a broad agency announcement, published recently on the Federal Business Opportunities website.

Comms

ManTech selected to support DARPA's scientific, engineering, & technical assistance program - News

August 02, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems ManTech U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

HERNDON, Va. Officials at ManTech International Corp. received a multi-year indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contact from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Strategic Technologies Office (STO).

Radar/EW

Oshkosh Defense receives $195 million Joint Light Tactical Vehicle order - News

August 02, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Oshkosh Defense

OSHKOSH, Wis. U.S. Army officials ordered additional Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) from Oshkosh Defense. The order includes 748 vehicles and 2,359 installed and packaged kits for the program. It is valued at more than $195 million.

Unmanned

Air Force tests Minuteman III missile with launch from Vandenburg AFB - News

August 02, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. A team of Air Force Global Strike Command personnel from the 90th Missile Wing (headquartered at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming) launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) equipped with a single test reentry vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on August 2 at 2:10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time.

Comms

Navy, Oak Ridge unveil first 3-D printed submarine hull - News

August 01, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY, Tenn. The U.S. Navy recently unveiled the military's first 3D-printed submarine hull, a joint project between the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF), the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE), and the U.S. Navy?s Disruptive Technology Lab.

Cyber

Researchers discover burstiness and strong memory combination in cyber intrusions - News

August 01, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

ADELPHI, Md. U.S Army Research Laboratory (ARL) researchers discovered that the process of intrusion detection in computer networks exhibits a significant degree of burstiness as well as strong memory.

Radar/EW

GA-EMS will begin testing on 10 megajoule railgun - News

August 01, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems

SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that its new 10 megajoule (MJ) medium-range, multimission railgun system has completed final assembly and factory-acceptance test and will be transported to Dugway Proving Ground in Utah to begin testing.

Unmanned

Study predicts global antidrone market will reach $1.5 billion by 2023 - News

August 01, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

SEATTLE. The worldwide market for antidrone technology is expected to grow from $342.6 million in 2016 to $1.5 billion by 2023, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25.9 percent, between 2017 and 2023, according to new research from MarketsandMarkets.

Avionics

Boeing sets up new avionics and electronics unit - News

July 31, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

CHICAGO. Aerospace company Boeing has announced the creation of a new group that will make flight controls and other electronics for military and civilian aircraft that are currently made by outside suppliers.

Comms

Cubic outfits Australian air force with combat training information pods - News

July 31, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cubic

SAN DIEGO. Cubic Global Defense reports that it has outfitted the Royal Australian Air Force?s (RAAF's) Hawk 127 fleet with more than 60 P5 Combat Training Systems (CTS/TCTS) with Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) pods.

Avionics

First aircraft launch and recovery performed aboard the newly commissioned USS Ford - News

July 31, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The U.S. Navy performed the first successful launch and recovery of a fighter jet aboard its newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), during a brief test event held July 28.

Comms

Call for papers issued for Aviation Electronics Europe conference - News

July 28, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

MUNICH, Germany. Aviation Electronics Europe (AEE) officials issued a call for papers for the annual AEE conference held in Europe on June 19 and 20, 2018. The deadline to submit abstracts for consideration is November 10, 2017.