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Radar/EW

Australian navy's first Aegis-equipped Hobart-class destroyer concludes sea trial - News

March 15, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

ADELAIDE, Australia. Australia's navy and a team of industry partners recently completed five weeks of sea acceptance trials aboard the future HMAS Hobart, the first of Australia?s three new Aegis-equipped air warfare destroyers.

Cyber

DARPA selects BAE Systems to develop tech that restores electrical power after cyberattacks - News

March 14, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) BAE Systems

NASHUA, N.H. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials selected BAE Systems to develop technology designed to quickly restore power to the U.S. electric grid after failure caused by a cyberattack. The $8.6 million contract is part DARPA?s Rapid Attack Detection, Isolation, and Characterization Systems (RADICS) program.

Cyber

Leidos selected to expand emerging open systems architecture standards in ARFL program - News

March 14, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos

RESTON, Va. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) tasked Leidos to provide research and development (R&D) under an initial task order for the Mission Systems Open Architecture Science and Technology (MOAST) Program. The contract has a seven-year performance period and has a total shared ceiling value of approximately $48 million.

Avionics

Lockheed Martin's Airborne Multi-INT Lab gets new capabilities - News

March 14, 2017

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

BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin has upgraded its manned airborne testbed, the Airborne Multi-INT Lab (AML), in a bid to expedite the craft's ability to deliver real-time intelligence. Lockheed and partners use the AML to experiment with combinations of sensors, systems, and technologies to help customers develop ways to support a diverse range of contingency operations.

Cyber

Aptima and Milcord merger focuses on human-centered engineering for defense, intel - News

March 14, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Aptima

WOBURN, Mass. Aptima, a company that develops tools to enhance human-machine performance for the defense and intelligence communities, has announced its merger with Milcord, a government-technology company based in Waltham, Mass., specializing in knowledge management, human social-culture modeling, and cyberdefense. Under the agreement, Aptima will acquire Milcord?s portfolio of completed, active, and pending contracts and intellectual property developed under these contracts; the merged entity will continue under the Aptima corporate umbrella.

Comms

AFRL uses new Information Transfer Agreement to share software with industry - News

March 14, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Aerospace Systems Directorate reports that it has used Information Transfer Agreements (ITA) to transfer its Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration and Modeling (AFSIM) simulation and modeling tool to 80 industry partners for development and evaluation.

Comms

Mikros to deliver support services for U.S. Navy's diagnostic workstation - News

March 13, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Mikros Systems Corporation

PRINCETON, N.J. U.S. Navy officials selected Mikros Systems Corp. for a three-year contract to deliver engineering and technical support of the company's Adaptive Diagnostic Electronic Portable Testset (ADEPT) maintenance workstation.

Avionics

Republic of Korea's F-15K fleet sustainment contract won by Boeing - News

March 13, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

ST. LOUIS. Boeing officials received a five-year contract to continue long-term sustainment of the Republic of Korea Air Force?s (ROKAF) F-15K aircraft, supporting to the fleet?s readiness.

Cyber

Army tasks Charles River Analytics to build VR/AR training interface - News

March 13, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Charles River Analytics

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. U.S. Army officials tasked Charles River Analytics Inc. to build a virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) training interface as part of continued efforts in advanced, agile, customer-focused engineering. The two-year contract - from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory - is valued at approximately $500,000.

Comms

NASA presses forward with plans for cislunar human outpost - News

March 13, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

GREENBELT, Md. In an address at the recent American Astronautical Society Goddard Memorial Symposium, Bill Gerstenmaier -- NASA associate administrator for human exploration and operations -- told attendees that NASA is moving forward with plans for a cislunar ?gateway? outpost for future human missions, with decisions about how to develop it expected in the coming months. Gerstenmaier said that his agency is studying concepts for launching the first elements of the proposed outpost as secondary payloads on early flights of the Space Launch System (SLS).

Comms

KeyW enters agreement to purchase Sotera Defense Solutions - News

March 10, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems KeyW Holding Corporation

HANOVER, Md. KeyW Holding Corp. officials signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sotera Defense Solutions in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $235 million, inclusive of an expected $46 million net present value of acquired tax benefits. The transaction, approved by the boards of directors of both companies, has received the requisite approval of the Sotera shareholders, and, subject to other customary conditions, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2017.

Comms

DoD awards $47 million in defense-research equipment grants - News

March 10, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The Department of Defense (DoD) has announced awards -- totaling $47 million -- to 160 university researchers at 84 institutions, through its Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP). DURIP supports the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment for universities as they conduct cutting-edge defense research and associated graduate-student research training.

Comms

NASA selects 133 proposals to spur space, business innovation - News

March 09, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER/Moffett Field, Calif. NASA has selected 133 proposals -- valued at approximately $100 million total -- from U.S. small businesses to conduct research and develop technologies that will enable NASA's future missions into deep space and will ultimately benefit the U.S. economy. These proposals were selected under Phase II of NASA?s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.

Unmanned

Lockheed Martin tests updated JASSM - News

March 09, 2017

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

ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin announced that its updated Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) recently completed two successful product-verification flight tests at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

Radar/EW

Electromagnetic system R&D contract won by Leidos - News

March 09, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos

RESTON, Va. U.S. Air Force officials tasked Leidos to provide research and development (R&D) for electromagnetic systems under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at $38 million. This cost-plus-fixed-fee IDIQ contract has a five-year base period of performance that includes an initial cost-plus-fixed-fee task order for $11 million.