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U.S. Army to receive Raytheon's foreign language translation software - News

June 27, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. U.S. Army officials selected Raytheon BBN Technologies, a Raytheon Co. subsidiary, to deliver its foreign language translation software. The contract is worth an estimated $4 million.

Avionics

NASA's supersonic X-plane completes preliminary design review - News

June 27, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

WASHINGTON. NASA and Lockheed Martin engineers completed the preliminary design review (PDR) of its Quiet Supersonic Transport (QueSST) aircraft design. QueSST is the initial design stage of NASA?s planned Low Boom Flight Demonstration (LBFD) experimental airplane, which is also known as an X-plane.

Comms

MIDS JTRS Lot 5 & 5A production contracts won by ViaSat - News

June 27, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems ViaSat

CARLSBAD, Calif. U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) officials awarded ViaSat Inc. with Lot 5 and Lot 5A contracts to deliver Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) terminals to the U.S. Navy and Air Force. The contract is worth an estimated $88.3 million.

Comms

AT&T and Leidos team up to transform DoD's network to a software-defined network - News

June 26, 2017

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

RESTON, Va. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) officials tasked Leidos to automate private networking services. Under the task order, Leidos will team with AT&T to help transform the Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN) to a software-defined network.

Radar/EW

Metal Shark wins $54 million FMS contract to build coastal patrol vessels - News

June 26, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Metal Shark

JEANERETTE, La. U.S. Navy officials selected Metal Shark to build near Coastal Patrol Vessels (NCPVs) for United States partner nations through the Department of Defense Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. The contract is potentially worth an estimated $54 million.

Avionics

U.S. Army's Apache AH-64 completes flight test with high energy laser - News

June 26, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

MCKINNEY, Texas. The U.S. Army Apache Program Management Office collaborated with the U.S. Special Operations Command and Raytheon to complete a flight test of a high energy laser system onboard an Apache AH-64 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The demonstration marks the first time that a fully integrated laser system engaged and fired on a target from a rotary-wing aircraft over a wide variety of flight regimes, altitudes, and air speeds, officials say.

Comms

iGov completes production test & evaluation under TACP-MCS program - News

June 23, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems iGov

RESTON, Va. Engineers at iGov completed Production Acceptance Test and Evaluation on the Tactical Air Control Party-Mobile Communications System (TACP-MCS) program. Officials say, more than 200 system requirements were tested successfully, including line-of-sight, range testing for voice, data, and video.

A.I.

Air Force Research Lab teaming with IBM on advanced neural-network chips - News

June 23, 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 and ARMONK, N.Y. The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has announced that it is collaborating with computing giant IBM on a novel brain-inspired supercomputing system powered by a 64-chip array of the IBM TrueNorth Neurosynaptic System.

Avionics

ViaSat garners multiyear contract for terminals used on Apache helicopters - News

June 23, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing ViaSat

CARLSBAD, Calif. Boeing has awarded broadband services and technology company ViaSat a multiyear contract to produce the KOR-24A Link 16 terminal, a two-channel small tactical terminal (STT) used in the U.S. Army's AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopter, for U.S. Army and International Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases. The base contract -- which calls for at least 534 terminals to be produced over the next four years -- will eventually contain options.

Comms

Leonardo wins NATO ground surveillance system bid - News

June 23, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leonardo

ROME. Defense and aerospace company Leonardo has been chosen to develop and deliver the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) Logistics Information System (ALIS) integrated logistics platform. Leonardo has already served as a member of the Northrop Grumman-led industrial team for the delivery of the NATO AGS Core System.

Radar/EW

Precision guided munition GPS receivers complete testing by Rockwell Collins - News

June 22, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins completed a series of seven ballistic and guided flight tests of the company's Military-Code (M-Code) Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers. Each test demonstrated live fire tracking for precision guided munitions.

Radar/EW

Radar mission integration support contract won by Gryphon Technologies - News

June 22, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Missile Defense Agency Gryphon Technologies LC

WASHINGTON. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) officials selected Gryphon Technologies, LC for a single award contract to provide Mission Integration services in support of the Sea-Based X-Band Radar as it conducts its mission.

Cyber

General Dynamics will develop incident-modeling software for U.S. Army - News

June 22, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics

FAIRFAX , Va. General Dynamics Information Technology has been awarded the Joint Effects Model (JEM) program contract by the U.S. Army Contract Command. JEM is the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD's) primary web-based software system for modeling the effects of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapon strikes and possible toxic industrial chemical and material incidents.

Avionics

U.S. Navy flight-deck systems will soon go digital - News

June 22, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

ARLINGTON, Va. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) TechSolutions program has sponsored the development of the Deployable Ship Integration Multitouch System (DSIMS) -- a mobile software package for use on the flight decks of ships including aircraft carriers -- that features a digital touchscreen image of a ship?s flight deck or hangar bay that can be used by ship personnel on a laptop or desktop computer.

Cyber

Northrop Grumman, UTC Aerospace announce technology pact - News

June 21, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman UTC Aerospace Systems

PARIS AIR SHOW. Northrop Grumman and UTC Aerospace Systems announced at the Air Show that they would be joining forces to collaborate on products and systems to better serve their joint customers.