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Unmanned
University UAV design wins award with custom payload featuring Teledyne's Genie cameras - News
August 03, 2017
WATERLOO, Canada. The University of Toronto Aerospace Team?s (UTAT) UAV and Aerial Robotics Divisions won an award for the design and performance of their custom-built unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which flew autonomous search patterns while capturing images at approximately 200 feet above the ground.
Cyber
DiSTI to continue support for the U.S. Army's UH-72A Lakota virtual maintenance trainer - News
August 03, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. U.S. Army officials opted for a second year of Interim Contractor Support (ICS) for the the UH-72A Lakota Virtual Maintenance Trainer (VMT) with DiSTI Corp. The initial $4.4 million contract on the UH-72A included the development of a VMT to provide students the ability to familiarize and practice maintenance tasks in an interactive 3-D game-like envrionment.
Cyber
Market study: Live, virtual training will drive DoD training and simulation market to 2021 - News
August 03, 2017
SAN ANTONIO, Tx. The pace of adoption of live, virtual, constructive or mixed-reality training is picking up and continues to drive investment and innovation in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) training and simulation market, according to a recent study from analyst Frost & Sullivan?s Defense Growth Partnership Subscription titled "US DoD Training and Simulation Market, Forecast to 2021."
Comms
LGS Innovations wins $7.5 million DARPA dispersed computing contract - News
August 02, 2017
HERNDON, Va. Communications-solution provider LGS Innovations announced that it has been awarded a four-year, $7.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under the Dispersed Computing (DCOMP) program.
Unmanned
Chemring Countermeasures wins Army contract to deliver infrared decoy flares - News
August 02, 2017
TOONE, Tenn. U.S Army Garrison officials at Rock Island Arsenal selected Chemring Countermeasures USA, a Chemring Group PLC subsidiary, for a contract to deliver M206, MJU-7A/B, and MJU-10/B infrared decoy flares.
Comms
Air Force Research Lab calls for innovative alternative-energy options - News
August 02, 2017
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Advanced Power Technology Office (APTO) has issued a call for innovative alternative energy and energy-efficient technology solutions in a broad agency announcement, published recently on the Federal Business Opportunities website.
Comms
ManTech selected to support DARPA's scientific, engineering, & technical assistance program - News
August 02, 2017
HERNDON, Va. Officials at ManTech International Corp. received a multi-year indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contact from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Strategic Technologies Office (STO).
Radar/EW
Oshkosh Defense receives $195 million Joint Light Tactical Vehicle order - News
August 02, 2017
OSHKOSH, Wis. U.S. Army officials ordered additional Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) from Oshkosh Defense. The order includes 748 vehicles and 2,359 installed and packaged kits for the program. It is valued at more than $195 million.
Unmanned
Air Force tests Minuteman III missile with launch from Vandenburg AFB - News
August 02, 2017
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. A team of Air Force Global Strike Command personnel from the 90th Missile Wing (headquartered at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming) launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) equipped with a single test reentry vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on August 2 at 2:10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time.
Comms
Navy, Oak Ridge unveil first 3-D printed submarine hull - News
August 01, 2017
OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY, Tenn. The U.S. Navy recently unveiled the military's first 3D-printed submarine hull, a joint project between the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF), the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE), and the U.S. Navy?s Disruptive Technology Lab.
Cyber
Researchers discover burstiness and strong memory combination in cyber intrusions - News
August 01, 2017
ADELPHI, Md. U.S Army Research Laboratory (ARL) researchers discovered that the process of intrusion detection in computer networks exhibits a significant degree of burstiness as well as strong memory.
Radar/EW
GA-EMS will begin testing on 10 megajoule railgun - News
August 01, 2017
SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that its new 10 megajoule (MJ) medium-range, multimission railgun system has completed final assembly and factory-acceptance test and will be transported to Dugway Proving Ground in Utah to begin testing.
Unmanned
Study predicts global antidrone market will reach $1.5 billion by 2023 - News
August 01, 2017
SEATTLE. The worldwide market for antidrone technology is expected to grow from $342.6 million in 2016 to $1.5 billion by 2023, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25.9 percent, between 2017 and 2023, according to new research from MarketsandMarkets.
Avionics
Boeing sets up new avionics and electronics unit - News
July 31, 2017
CHICAGO. Aerospace company Boeing has announced the creation of a new group that will make flight controls and other electronics for military and civilian aircraft that are currently made by outside suppliers.
Comms
Cubic outfits Australian air force with combat training information pods - News
July 31, 2017
SAN DIEGO. Cubic Global Defense reports that it has outfitted the Royal Australian Air Force?s (RAAF's) Hawk 127 fleet with more than 60 P5 Combat Training Systems (CTS/TCTS) with Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) pods.
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Airborne command aircraft delivered to U.S. Air Force by L3Harris
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Low-germanium thermal-imaging lens introduced by MKS
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SYSGO will support SAETA II program with European safety-critical software
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Integrated DO-178C multicore certification solution will debut from Rapita, Wind River
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Airborne ISR market projected to reach $21.40 billion by 2031, study says
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GUEST BLOG: Space-based sensing -- The backbone of Golden Dome’s next era of homeland defense
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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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Artificial intelligence tools to be integrated into HENSOLDT MDOcore platform
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AI-enabled, SOSA aligned 3U VPX board launched by Kontron
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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
June 24, 2026