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Radar/EW
General Dynamics receives $40.8 million contract modification for Aegis fire control - News
May 25, 2017
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems has received a $40.8 million modification to an existing contract that covers production of the MK 82/MK 200 Missile Fire Control System director controller equipment.
Radar/EW
Proposed AESA upgrade to Patriot missile defense passes testing milestone - News
May 25, 2017
WALTHAM, Mass. Raytheon's proposed upgrade to its Patriot Air and Missile Defense system has sustained more than 1,000 hours of operational testing in just over a year, which is half the time of a typical testing program.
Radar/EW
Army uses Northrop Grumman HAMMR to demo multi-mission capabilities - News
May 24, 2017
FALLS CHURCH, Va. The U.S. Army recently used Northrop Grumman's Highly Adaptable Multi-Mission Radar (HAMMR) system to demonstrate the Army's multi-mission capability at the 2017 counter-rocket, artillery, and mortar (C-RAM) test, held earlier this year at Yuma Proving Ground. With the HAMMR multi-mission sensor, Northrop Grumman aims to arm the warfighter with increased situational awareness, counterfire operations, air defense, early warning, and airspace management capabilities.
Unmanned
DARPA chooses Boeing to collaborate on next-generation spaceplane - News
May 24, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has chosen Boeing to collaborate on designing, building, and testing a technology demonstration vehicle for the Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) program.
Radar/EW
NI releases test system with ATE Core Configurations at NIWeek 2017 - News
May 24, 2017
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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