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Boeing, Air Force demo airborne networking system - News
May 09, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Boeing and the U.S. Air Force recently completed developmental flight testing on the Boeing-developed Talon HATE airborne networking system, which enables secure communications between multiple aircraft and ground stations.
Unmanned
Carnegie Robotics & Swift Navigation showcase Duro, a GNSS receiver at Xponential 2017 - News
May 09, 2017
DALLAS. Carnegie Robotics LLC and Swift Navigation partnered to develop their first joint product, Duro, a ruggedized version of Swift Navigation?s Piksi Multi dual-frequency RTK GNSS receiver. The release of the product was made at this year's Xponential, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International?s (AUVSI) conference.
Unmanned
Air Force X-37B space plane lands after record-breaking 718 days in orbit - News
May 08, 2017
NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. The Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle mission 4 (OTV-4) unmanned, reusable space plane landed at NASA?s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility on May 7, 2017, after an unprecedented 718 days on-mission.
Radar/EW
NAVAIR taps LCR Embedded Systems to support JEAT EW program - News
May 08, 2017
NORRISTOWN, Pa. LCR Embedded Systems has been chosen by Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to supply LCR's 3U VPX solution to support the NAVAIR Joint Electronic Advanced Technology (JEAT) program.
Avionics
First F-35B assembled outside the U.S. rolls off the line in Italy - News
May 08, 2017
CAMERI, Italy. Lockheed Martin has announced that the first short take-off/vertical landing version of the F-35 combat aircraft (the F-35B) ever assembled outside of the U.S. recently rolled out of its Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility in Italy.
Avionics
Curtiss-Wright releases VPX3-152 SBC for avionics applications at Xponential 2017 - News
May 08, 2017
DALLAS. Officials at Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions released its newest member of the DO-254 DAL A safety certifiable COTS single board computers (SBC) family at this year's Xponential, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International?s (AUVSI) conference in Dallas, Texas. The VPX3-152 is a rugged 3U OpenVPX board that features NXP's QorIQ T2080 multicore SOC.
Comms
Defense Logistics enterprise IT contract won by General Dynamics - News
May 08, 2017
FAIRFAX, Va. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) officials selected a business unit of General Dynamics, General Dynamics Information Technology, to support the DLA?s J6 Enterprise Technology Services program. The multiple award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract has a potential ceiling value of approximately $6 billion for a five-year base period with three option years.
Radar/EW
IARPA launches program focusing on rapid analysis of emerging nano-electronics - News
May 08, 2017
WASHINGTON. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity officials launched a new program, the Rapid Analysis of Various Emerging Nano-electronics (RAVEN), which focuses on developing tools to rapidly image current and future integrated circuit chips.
Avionics
Market study: Avionics market to be worth $92.85 billion worldwide by 2022 - News
May 05, 2017
VANCOUVER, Wash. The global avionics market is projected to grow from $62.22 billion in 2016 to $92.85 billion by 2022, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.90 percent over that time frame, according to a report from MarketsandMarkets.
Avionics
U.S. Air Force takes on-time delivery of first KC-10 CLS aircraft - News
May 05, 2017
NEW YORK. Communications and aerospace contractor L3 Technologies announced that it has delivered the first KC-10 aircraft under the U.S. Air Force (USAF) contractor logistics support (CLS) contract.
Unmanned
Market for target UAVs to reach $6.2 billion by 2022; defense sector will see highest growth - News
May 04, 2017
SEATTLE. The global market for target drones -- or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) used in the training of anti-aircraft crews -- is projected to grow from $3.79 billion in 2016 to $6.20 billion by 2022, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.55 percent during the forecast period, according to research from MarketsandMarkets.
Cyber
General Dynamics Mission Systems acquires division of Advatech Pacific, expands cyber portfolio - News
May 04, 2017
FAIRFAX, Va. Officials at General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) announced the acquisition of the electronics and communications division of Advatech Pacific that designs and manufactures tactical, cyber-secure and cross-domain products for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and international military customers.
Cyber
Cubic to continue training support for British army's weapon simulator systems - News
May 04, 2017
SAN DIEGO. British army officials tasked Cubic Global Defense, a business unit of Cubic Corp., to continue support and repair services to the Area Weapons Effects Simulator (AWES) at Salisbury Plain Training Area (SPTA) in the United Kingdom and at the British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) in Alberta, Canada. The contract is worth an estimated $35 million.
Comms
Vector Space Systems flight-tests model of satellite-launch vehicle using 3-D printed part - News
May 04, 2017
TUCSON, Ariz. Vector Space Systems has announced a successful test launch of the P-19H engineering model of its Vector-R launch vehicle, the initial flight of several upcoming launches that will enable Vector to evaluate critical technologies and functions of its family of Vector launch vehicles.
Comms
Congress approves $21 billion increase in FY 2017 defense budget - News
May 03, 2017
WASHINGTON. Congress has approved an additional $21 million in Department of Defense (DoD) funds. This increase comes after officials reached a deal to fund the Federal Government through September.
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