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Radar/EW

NI releases test system with ATE Core Configurations at NIWeek 2017 - News

May 24, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems NI (National Instruments)

AUSTIN. AT NIWeek 2017, National Instruments (NI) officials announced a new ATE Core Configurations, which delivers mechanical, power, and safety infrastructure to help users accelerate the design and build of automated test systems in industries that range from semiconductor, consumer electronics, aerospace, and automotive.

Avionics

Northrop Grumman to modernize U.S. Air Force GPS navigation systems - News

May 23, 2017

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

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. Northrop Grumman Corporation has garnered a contract from the U.S. Air Force to perform tasks relating to technology maturation and risk reduction in support of next-generation navigation systems.

Radar/EW

Navy awards Raytheon $28 million contract for new anti-sub radar - News

May 23, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon Company has earned a U.S. Navy contract to provide the new Variable Depth Sonar (VDS) for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) class. The VDS is intended to be a mission-critical antisubmarine warfare asset that will reside on and be deployed from LCSs to locate and track enemy submarines.

Radar/EW

Boeing upgrades radar on Saudi Arabia's AWACS fleet - News

May 23, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

OKLAHOMA CITY. Boeing has finished work on a series of upgrades to Saudi Arabia?s fleet of E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. Boeing's aim with these enhancements is to improve radar capabilities and reduce repair time for the airborne surveillance fleet by increasing the original equipment?s radar sensitivity and expanding the range for tracking targets.

Cyber

Army grants test and evaluation contract to Jacobs Engineering Group - News

May 22, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Jacobs

DALLAS. Jacobs Engineering Group has been granted the contract to support the United States Army Electronic Proving Ground Scientific and Engineering Support Services, which provides test and evaluation assistance for the Army and other Department of Defense (DoD) agencies. If all options are exercised, the Jacobs Engineering-Army contract will be worth excess of $130 million over five years.

Cyber

CACI awarded $21 million task order for naval cyber support - News

May 22, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems CACI

ARLINGTON, Va. CACI International Inc announced that it has been awarded a $21 million task order by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic to provide cybersecurity systems support to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) to enhance the security of industrial-control systems critical to the U.S. infrastructure. The two-year task order, awarded under the SPAWAR Integrated Cyber Operations contract vehicle, represents continuing business for CACI.

Comms

DARPA research furthers study into decision-making - News

May 22, 2017

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

PALO ALTO, Calif. Stanford University researchers funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Neuro Function, Activity, Structure, and Technology (Neuro-FAST) program have developed new optical imaging and analysis techniques that have provided insight into how the mammalian brain coordinates neural activity to complete voluntary behaviors.

Cyber

Face recognition challenge announced by IARPA - News

May 19, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)

WASHINGTON. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) officials announced the launch of the Face Recognition Prize Challenge (FRPC). IARPA is partnering with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the contest, which aims to improve recognition of face images acquired without capture constraints, in other words unconstrained images captured in the ?wild.?

Cyber

Booz Allen selected to support modernization of Navy's tactical networks - News

May 19, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Booz Allen Hamilton

McLean, Va. The Navy?s Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (PEO C4I) selected Booz Allen Hamilton for a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract valued an estimated $96.1 million to support the modernization of the Navy's tactical networks.

Avionics

NextGen jammer completes CDR, on track to meet warfighter requirements - News

May 19, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. In late April, engineers at the Airborne Electronic Attack Systems and EA-6B program office (PMA-234) completed a critical design review (CDR) for the AN/ALQ-249 Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) Increment (Inc) 1 Mid-band program at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.

Unmanned

Missile Defense Agency rounds out ballistic-missile interceptor plan - News

May 19, 2017

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

FORT BELVOIR, Va. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has finalized the third leg in its technology risk-reduction plan for the Multi-Object Kill Vehicle (MOKV), awarding Boeing a $58 million contract in a deal similar to those recently granted to Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.

Radar/EW

Industry team lays keel on 19th Navy littoral combat ship - News

May 19, 2017

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

MARINETTE, Wis. An industry team led by Lockheed Martin recently officially laid the keel for the U.S. Navy's 19th littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS St. Louis, in a ceremony held at Fincantieri Marinette Marine.

A.I.

Robotic copilot virtually flies, lands simulated Boeing 737 - News

May 18, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Aurora Flight Sciences

MANASSAS, Va. Aurora Flight Sciences recently demonstrated its work as part of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)?s Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program, when the Aurora ALIAS technology used the aircraft's existing 737 auto-landing system to autonomously land the aircraft safely by way of a flight simulator.

Comms

Lockheed Martin launches exoskeleton solution with newly licensed bionic augmentation tech - News

May 18, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

TAMPA, Fla. Lockheed Martin officials released a new exoskeleton solution. Using licensed Dermoskeleton bionic augmentation technology, the FORTIS Knee Stress Release Device (K-SRD)TM is a computer-controlled exoskeleton that counteracts overstress on the lower back and legs and increases mobility and load-carrying capability.

Cyber

DARPA teams make advances in the field of uncertainty quantification - News

May 18, 2017

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA)?s Enabling Quantification of Uncertainty in Physical Systems (EQUiPS) program has made advances in the field of uncertainty quantification ((UQ), which focuses on methods to estimate how accurate a prediction may be. The program aims to harnesses advanced math to quantify uncertainties in complex systems to be able to better design yet-to-be-built military systems.