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Cyber

U.S. Army selects CACI for $48 million contract to deliver IT support services - News

May 02, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems CACI

ARLINGTON, Va. CACI International Inc has been selected to deliver information technology (IT) support services for the Army Architecture, Operations, Networks, and Space (AONS) Directorate of the U.S. Army Chief Information Officer (CIO)/G-6. The five-year contract is worth approximately $48 million.

Radar/EW

Charles River Analytics to build injury-prediction tool for U.S. Army - News

May 02, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Charles River Analytics

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Charles River Analytics announced that it has secured a contract from the U.S. Army to produce a traumatic-injury prediction tool for the U.S. Army that is aimed at reducing the number of preventable combat and noncombat deaths by addressing challenges faced by military and civilian first responders, combat lifesavers, and medics.

Cyber

Engility wins $170 million NASA contract for safety and test systems - News

May 02, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Engility Holdings

CHANTILLY, Va. Intgrated engineering and systems company Engility has won the recompete of the Systems and Software Assurance Services contract from NASA?s Goddard Space Flight Center. Engility will assist NASA?s Independent Verification and Validation program (IV & V) support missions to explore Earth and the universe, including future expeditions to the moon and to Mars.

Radar/EW

Lockheed Martin gains contracts to upgrade Japan's fleet of Apaches - News

May 01, 2017

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

BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin has won contracts to upgrade the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M?TADS/PNVS) system for Japan's fleet of AH-64DJP Apache attack helicopters.

Comms

DARPA invites potential proposals for future programs - News

May 01, 2017

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

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Sciences Office (DSO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) -- an office that identifies and pursues high-risk, high-payoff research initiatives across a broad spectrum of science and engineering disciplines -- has announced that it will host Discover DSO Day (D3) on June 15 with the aim of sharing research concepts and engaging with potential proposers to gain new insights for possible future programs.

Cyber

Lockheed Martin selects Guartime Federal to provide cyber technology - News

May 01, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

FORT WORTH, Texas. Guardtime Federal will continue its role as a key supplier for Lockheed Martin to integrate a variety of cyber-related elements into systems engineering processes, supply chain risk management, and software development efforts.

Cyber

'Hack the Air Force' broadens participation to include partner nations - News

May 01, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. U.S. Air Force officials are inviting vetted computer security specialists from across the U.S. and select partner nations to participate in the challenge: "Hack the Air Force." The effort expands on the Department of Defense (DoD) initiative, "Hack the Pentagon."

Comms

DoD foreign military sales growing due to technology advancements, modernization - News

April 28, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

SANTA CLARA, Calif. Technology advances and increase competition will compel the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to invest in streamlining foreign military sales (FMS) to international partners, and weapons suppliers to develop and manufacture innovative products at competitive prices. Frost & Sullivan analysts point to factors such as the need to modernize equipment, continuing unrest in the Middle East, tensions in South China Seas, and an increased capability to spend after the global recession are driving growth.

Avionics

Bell Helicopter Canada chooses Curtiss-Wright cockpit voice/flight-data technology - News

April 28, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Curtiss-Wright Bell Textron

ASHBURN, Va. Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions has been selected by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited to provide the Curtiss-Wright cockpit voice and flight-recorder technology to upgrade the cockpit electronics in the Canadian Armed Forces? fleet of Bell CH-146 Griffon multirole utility helicopters.

Cyber

Macaulay-Brown helps Air Force trim, compress data files - News

April 28, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems MacAulay-Brown, Inc.

DAYTON, Ohio. Engineering and cybersecurity firm MacAulay-Brown has announced a new approach to thinning hyperspectral image data for evaluation by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC). Under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), data thinned at different levels will be evaluated by AFLCMC for compatibility testing with existing tools used by the U.S. Air Force to analyze hyperspectral data.

Cyber

IARPA kicks off quantum enhanced computing program - News

April 28, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)

WASHINGTON. The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) -- an organization that operates within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence -- has announced the launch of a multiyear research effort to develop special-purpose algorithms and hardware to harness quantum effects to surpass conventional computing. If the research is able to transition to production, technology developed under the Quantum Enhanced Optimization (QEO) program will provide a plausible path to performance beyond what is possible with today?s computers.

Unmanned

Navy tests SM-6 weapon on road to full operational capability - News

April 27, 2017

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

PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Hawaii. The Navy reports successful execution of four flight tests of the surface-to-air Standard Missile-6 Block I (SM-6 Blk I) off the Hawaiian coast; the tests were conducted at the beginning of April.

Comms

Air Force awards Raytheon $375 million initial contract to modernize command and control centers - News

April 27, 2017

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

HAMPTON, Va. The U.S. Air Force Materiel Command has awarded Raytheon Co. a contract with an initial value of up to $375 million to sustain and modernize the Air and Space Operations Center Weapon System (AOC WS). Under the contract, Raytheon will update the existing AOC WS baseline software and develop and deploy new software upgrades to improve air and space command and control operations.

Comms

General Atomics completes heat treatment on experimental fusion reactor's central solenoid module - News

April 27, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics

SAN DIEGO. General Atomics (GA) reports that it has accomplished a key portion needed for the fabrication of the ITER [International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor] Central Solenoid, as GA engineers and technicians officially completed heat treatment of the first module. The Central Solenoid ? an integral component of ITER?s unprecedented fusion facility ? is planned to stand more than five stories tall and will be the world?s most powerful pulsed superconducting magnet.

Avionics

Lockheed Martin upgrades F-35 logistics system - News

April 27, 2017

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

BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin has been given the green light to install the next iteration of the Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) in F-35 Lightning II aircraft based at U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy F-35 sites. Along with a variety of improvements to the system's baseline, the upgrade enhances the ALIS's ability to manage forward operations and sustainment.