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Unmanned
GA-ASI to host grand opening of UAS training facility - News
August 08, 2017
GRAND FORKS, N.D. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is hosting the grand opening of its Flight Test and Training Center?s new permanent hangar at the Grand Sky Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Business Park near Grand Forks, N.D., on August 21.
Avionics
Air Force, Boeing agree on deal for two new Air Force One 747-8 aircraft - News
August 08, 2017
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a contract modification that will pave the way for the Air Force to purchase two commercial 747-8 aircraft to replace the two aging VC-25A Boeing 747-200 presidential support aircraft.
Comms
Working to extend mobile battery life for soldiers in the field - News
August 08, 2017
ADELPHI, Md. Teams from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) have joined forces to develop solutions that would extend the battery life of GPS gear, mobile phones, field laptops, and other technologies that soldiers use in the field.
Unmanned
Lockheed Martin making progress on radical shrinking of space telescopes - News
August 07, 2017
PALO ALTO, Calif. Lockheed Martin recently revealed the first images from an experimental, ultra-thin optical instrument it has been working on, revealing that it may be possible to shrink space telescopes to a tiny fraction of the size of today's systems while maintaining equivalent resolution.
Avionics
Tablets approved for trial run under DoD classified mobility program - News
August 07, 2017
FORT MEADE, Md. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) officials are expanding the use of 8-inch tablet computers in a new pilot program under the Department of Defense Mobility Classified Capability-Secret (DMCC-S) Program.
Cyber
Simulation training services contract for Royal Australian navy won by Cubic - News
August 07, 2017
SAN DIEGO. Officials at Cubic Global Defense, a Cubic Corp. business unit, announced that its Cubic Defence Australia unit received a four-year contract valued at $7.11 million (AUD $9 million) from the Royal Australian navy (RAN) for the development and delivery of local and distributed simulation-enabled training events.
Radar/EW
DARPA office unveils "mosaic warfare" approach to future conflicts - News
August 07, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA?s) Strategic Technology Office (STO) recently unveiled its updated approach to winning or deterring future conflicts, a strategy it is calling "mosaic warfare."
Radar/EW
Kratos awarded $23 million radar system contract - News
August 07, 2017
SAN DIEGO. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced that its Modular Systems Division (MSD) recently received a contract award worth approximately $23 million for hardware and specialized modular systems that will support a strategic surveillance radar system.
Comms
Harris to support Army test events with its Falcon III HMS Manpack radios - News
August 04, 2017
ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S. Army officials placed an order with Harris Corp. for its multi-channel Falcon III HMS Manpack radios to support two U.S. Army test events.
Radar/EW
USMC G/ATOR system completes developmental testing - News
August 04, 2017
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. The U.S. Marine Corps Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) Block 1 completed live developmental testing with support from the Navy's Surface Combat Systems Center (SCSC) at Wallops Island from April 10 to June 21.
Comms
Lockheed Martin building new satellite-production facility near Denver - News
August 04, 2017
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
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
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
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
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.
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