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PICMG ratifies CompactPCI Serial Space specification - News
August 31, 2017
WAKEFIELD, Mass. PICMG officials announced that the CompactPCI Serial Space specification has been ratified by its members. It is a ruggedized version of CompactPCI Serial that specifically addresses the extreme environment requirements for outer space.
Radar/EW
Radar-simulator market to grow to $2.85 billion by 2022, says study - News
August 31, 2017
VANCOUVER, Wash. The radar simulator market is projected to grow from $2.21 billion in 2016 to $2.85 billion by 2022, at a CAGR [combined annual growth rate] of 4.36 percent, according to a new market study from MarketsandMarkets, "Radar Simulator Market by Product (System Testing, Operator Training), Application (Commercial, Military), Component (Hardware, Software), and Region - Global Forecast to 2022."
Avionics
USMC awards General Dynamics $105 million command and control contract - News
August 31, 2017
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded General Dynamics Mission Systems a full-rate production contract for the Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S) program, a command and control system that visually combines ground and aviation command and control data for greater situational awareness and faster decision-making.
Radar/EW
Navy, Lockheed Martin test Aegis Combat System against ballistic missiles - News
August 30, 2017
PACIFIC MISSILE FIRING RANGE, Hawaii. The USS John Paul Jones -- with support from the U.S. Navy, the Missile Defense Agency, and Lockheed Martin -- successfully fired two Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Dual I missiles against a medium-range ballistic missile target from the Aegis Combat System on August 29, according to Lockheed Martin officials.
Comms
AFRL awards BlackSky $16.4 million contract for intel brokering platform - News
August 30, 2017
SEATTLE. Spaceflight Industries reports that its BlackSky division has garnered a two-year, $16.4 million cost-plus-prime contract with the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to develop and deliver a cloud-based geospatial intelligence broker platform that will provide on-demand analytics, collection, and information services from global data sources.
Radar/EW
Army HMMWV foreign military sale valued at $2.2 billion for AM General - News
August 30, 2017
SOUTH BEND, Ind. Vehicle maker AM General has received a five-year, firm-fixed-price Foreign Military Sale (FMS) requirements contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command to manufacture approximately 11,560 new High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs, commonly known as the Humvee). The total value of the contract is approximately $2.2 billion.
Comms
BISim to deliver VBS3 perpetual licenses for U.S. Army games for training program of record - News
August 29, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. U.S. Army officials selected Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) to deliver perpetual licenses of Virtual Battlespace 3 (VBS3) and related services to its Games For Training (GFT) VBS3 Concurrency Program of Record. The contract spans over a five-year period.
Comms
Comtech receives additional funding to deliver communications infrastructure - News
August 29, 2017
MELVILLE, N.Y. Comtech Telecommunications Corp. received a contract modification from the U.S. Army Program Executive Office (PEO) Command, Control, Communications-Tactical (C3T) to deliver enhanced communications infrastructure for U.S. forces in the Central Command (CENTCOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR).
Cyber
ViaSat to provide cybersecurity software to keep mobile devices secure - News
August 29, 2017
CARLSBAD, Calif. ViaSat Inc. officials announced it was awarded a production contract to provide ViaSat Mobile Dynamic Defense (MDD) cybersecurity software to protect and secure Tactical Local Area Network (TACLAN) Field Computing Device - Wearable (FCD-W) platforms.
Comms
Army Research Laboratory, UF team up to develop model for lighter armor - News
August 29, 2017
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. University of Florida and U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) researchers teamed up to develop new light-weight ceramic materials that resist fracture. The end result can be used for personal protection and Army systems.
Comms
Charles River Analytics to lead study that aims to improve talent management in the Navy - News
August 28, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. U.S. Navy officials tasked Charles River Analytics Inc. to conduct a a program of study to improve talent management, including the training of individuals and staffing of Navy positions or billets.
Unmanned
SEMA ISR pilot and flight operations support contract won by IAP - News
August 28, 2017
ALEXANDRIA, Va. U.S. Army officials selected IAP Worldwide Services, Inc. to provide support to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) pilot and flight operations for the Fixed Wing Project Office overseas.
A.I.
Data Analytics Pathfinder contract won by MacAulay-Brown, Inc. - News
August 28, 2017
LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Maryland. U.S. Air Force officials selected Enlighten IT Consulting (EITC), a MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB) company, to assist with development and implementation of analytics on the Big Data Platform (BDP) under the Data Analytics Pathfinder contract.
Radar/EW
New nuclear missile design concepts to be matured by Lockheed Martin, Raytheon - News
August 25, 2017
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. U.S. Air Force officials selected Lockheed Martin and Raytheon to mature design concepts and prove developmental technologies for the Long Range Stand Off (LRSO) missile program.
Cyber
Cybersecurity support contract for the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command won by General Dynamics - News
August 25, 2017
FAIRFAX, Va. U.S. Navy officials selected General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, for the Sustainment of Meteorology, Oceanographic and Geospatial Information and Services Programs, Systems and Information Systems contract. The single award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract has a value of approximately $52 million over five years.
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Raytheon closes $1.1 billion AIM-9X missile contract with U.S. Navy
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Radar production and test capacity to be expanded in the Netherlands by Thales
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Simulation and sensor-modeling technology firm acquired by Shield AI
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The military’s real AI revolution is happening in the dirt
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AI-enabled, SOSA aligned 3U VPX board launched by Kontron
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Cyber support contract with USAF won by Tyto Athene
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Cybersecurity provider Valiant Solutions acquires AI-enabled security company
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U.S. Air Force engages Rise8 to support readiness, supply-chain initiative
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Why Military AI Needs a “Trust Layer” (video)
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Space network technologies garner AiRanaculus $5 million NASA contract
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High-resolution imaging satellites to be built for Vantor by BAE Systems
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Communications systems to be supplied for German forces by L3Harris
June 25, 2026
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Power, cooling challenges shape next wave of combat-vehicle electronics, Curtiss-Wright official says
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