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Unmanned
U.S. Army receives ATACMS missile delivery from Lockheed Martin - News
August 11, 2017
DALLAS. U.S Army officials received the first Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missile from Lockheed Martin.
Unmanned
Kratos tests, intros UAS with enhanced capabilities - News
August 11, 2017
SAN DIEGO. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions recently completed a series of flight tests on the next version of its UTAP-22 Mako unmanned aerial system (UAS) that was first introduced and demonstrated in late 2015.
Radar/EW
KeyW awarded $24 million AFRL contract for sensor, ISR research - News
August 11, 2017
HANOVER, Md. Security-solutions provider KeyW has received a contract worth $24 million from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to conduct research in multisensor, multidomain fusion, including radio frequency, electro-optical and infrared sensing, and exploitation for airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR).
Comms
Harris Corp. delivers navigation payload for third GPS III satellite - News
August 11, 2017
MELBOURNE, Fla. Harris Corporation has delivered the third of 10 planned advanced navigation payloads to Lockheed Martin for inclusion on the U.S. Air Force GPS III Space Vehicle 3 (GPS III SV03) satellite later this year.
Avionics
Rockwell Collins to deliver visual display system to support French air force FOMEDEC program - News
August 10, 2017
OTTAWA, Ontario. CAE officials selected Rockwell Collins to deliver a visual display system for the Pilatus PC-21 simulators under the French air force FOMEDEC training program.
Cyber
Hack the Air Force concludes reporting 207 resolved vulnerabilities - News
August 10, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO. HackerOne officials released the results of the Hack the Air Force bug bounty program. White-hat hackers found 207 valid vulnerabilities and more than $130,000 in bounties where awarded. This is the first time that the bounty challenge was open to international hackers, which welcomed participants from United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Avionics
Air Force conducts Light Attack Experiment to test new industry offerings - News
August 10, 2017
HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N. M. Air Force senior leaders and international visitors met at Holloman Air Force Base recently to observe some flights as part of the ongoing Light Attack Experiment.
Radar/EW
Leonardo DRS obtains additional $58 million contract for mounted military computer systems - News
August 10, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Leonardo DRS announced today that it has received an additional $58 million in orders from the U.S. Army Mission Command Program Office to supply updated combat computing systems called the Mounted Family of Computer Systems (MFoCS).
Unmanned
Endeavor Robotics receives delivery order for 32 small unmanned ground vehicles - News
August 09, 2017
CHELMSFORD, Mass. Robotics company Endeavor Robotics received a delivery order for 32 small unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) to the U.S. Armed Forces. The UGVs will be equipped with the company's uPoint Multi-Robot Control System, which consists of an Android-based, rugged, tablet controller and Persistent Systems' MPU5 Radio network.
Unmanned
USS Nimitz flight operations interfered by Iranian drone - News
August 09, 2017
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz had its flight operations interrupted by an Iranian QOM-1 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), U.S. Central Command officials say. This is the 13th unsafe or unprofessional interaction between U.S. and Iranian maritime forces in 2017.
A.I.
Charles River Analytics team to build virtual data scientist assistant for DARPA - News
August 09, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Intelligent-systems developer Charles River Analytics has signed a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) to build a virtual data scientist assistant -- known as "Eve" -- to aid in solving real-world analytical problems.
A.I.
SparkCognition to develop AI decision-making technology for USAF, DoD - News
August 09, 2017
AUSTIN, Texas. Cognitive-computing firm SparkCognition has signed a contract with DIUx [Defense Innovation Unit Experimental] to develop Stage 1 of what it calls "Project Quantum" to augment senior-level decisions quantitatively. DIUx is a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) organization focused on accelerating commercial technologies to the U.S. military.
Comms
USAF, Lockheed Martin rolling out upgraded SDR-enabled GPS stations - News
August 09, 2017
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force have begun the process of installing modernized receivers containing software-defined radio (SDR) technology to help the U.S. Air Force maintain the accuracy of Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite signals; three of the six planned Lockheed Martin-developed receivers are now online. GPS monitoring stations are globally-dispersed, fixed-position sites that monitor GPS satellite signals and help maintain their navigation and positioning accuracy for users around the world.
Radar/EW
Self-diagnosing sensors for aircraft applications released by Honeywell - News
August 08, 2017
FORT MILL, S.C. Officials at Honeywell released a new series of self-diagnosing sensors designed to improve the performance of aircraft systems and reduce maintenance costs associated with false readings. The Integral Health Monitoring (IHM) series proximity sensors can detect when a sensor has been damaged or otherwise impacted.
Comms
Air Force taps Northrop Grumman to upgrade radio terminals in E-8C Joint STARS fleet - News
August 08, 2017
MELBOURNE, Fla. U.S. Air Force officials selected Northrop Grumman Corp. to upgrade existing radio terminals aboard the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) fleet and replace them with Air Force Tactical Receive System-Ruggedized (AFTRS-R) terminals.
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