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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.

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.