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Air Force awards $61 million IT contract to CSRA for global ISR mission - News
June 07, 2017
FALLS CHURCH, Va. The U.S. Air Force has awarded a five-year, $61 million contract to information-technology provider CSRA Inc.for support of the Air Force's global intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) mission. The contract allows CSRA to continue as it has for 20 years, providing support to the Department of Defense and the U.S. Air Force with its ISR-enabling capability.
Unmanned
Esri technology to be used in Navy remotely piloted vehicles for situational awareness - News
June 07, 2017
REDLANDS, Calif. Spatial-analytic software maker Esri has announced that its technology will be used for the first time with U.S. Navy unmanned marine systems to improve how information is gathered prior to ocean and near-shore operations.
Unmanned
NASA, partners test next phase of UAV traffic-management system - News
June 07, 2017
RENO-STEAD TEST RANGE, Nev. NASA and several aviation and industry partners report that they recently conducted successful tests of five different unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) demonstrating multiple operational scenarios, including parachute-initiated emergency supply deliveries and aerial survey operations.
Avionics
Elbit Systems of America to develop F-35 aircraft panoramic cockpit display - News
June 06, 2017
FORT WORTH, Texas. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics officials tasked Elbit Systems of America, LLC. to develop a cockpit display replacement for the F-35 aircraft. The development contract is for the Technology Refresh 3, Panoramic Cockpit Display Unit.
Cyber
Navy to receive first deployable P-8A Poseidon trainers - News
June 06, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. U.S. Navy officials tasked Boeing to deliver the first deployable P-8A Poseidon trainers, allowing aircrew and operators to improve their mission readiness even while serving away from home.
Cyber
GAO rules in favor of Systematic in IT award case - News
June 06, 2017
WASHINGTON. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has rejected the protest of its original award to Systematic Inc. -- headquartered in Denmark but with a location in Centreville, Virginia -- of a U.S. Army Mission Command IT contract potentially worth up to $222 million to provide an architecture framework for the Common Operating Environment.
Unmanned
NASA selects three teams to explore UAS challenges, solutions - News
June 06, 2017
WASHINGTON. NASA has given the green light to three teams of researchers who have been working on solving issues encountered when using unmanned aircraft system (UASs): The teams will move forward and officially begin formal feasibility studies of their concepts. The teams, part of NASA?s Convergent Aeronautics Solutions (CAS), are expected to work on their solutions for 24 to 30 months.
Radar/EW
AOX awarded WFIRST coronagraph contract from Jet Propulsion Laboratory - News
June 06, 2017
DEVENS, Mass. Adaptive Optics Associates (AOX) -- a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corp. -- has been awarded a sole-source contract to provide mission-critical optical technology for the NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) WFIRST coronagraph instrument. WFIRST is a planned infrared space observatory that will be equipped with a specialized optical-imaging coronagraph that will be able to directly image exoplanets over the course of its mission.
Unmanned
Lockheed Martin wins $413 million JASSM-ER production contract - News
June 05, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. U.S. Air Force officials selected Lockheed Martin for a $413.8 million contract for Lot 15 production of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)-Extended Range (ER) version.
Comms
Cubic selected to deliver secure networking equipment for U.S. Special Operation Command - News
June 05, 2017
SAN DIEGO. DTECH Labs (DTECH) officials, a Cubic Corp. subsidiary, received two delivery orders to support the U.S. Special Operations Command?s Tactical Local Area Network (TACLAN).
Unmanned
AeroVironment to provide Wasp AE systems to Australian Defence Force - News
June 05, 2017
MONROVIA, Calif. Australian Defence Force (ADF) officials selected AeroVironment, Inc. to deliver its Wasp AE system under a three-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract worth an estimated $36.5 million. The contract also includes training and logistic support for up to ten years.
Unmanned
BAE Systems to develop tech that enables multi-mission UAS with single, multifunction payloads - News
June 05, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Under two contracts with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), BAE Systems engineers will develop technology that enables compact unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to conduct multiple mission tasks with single, multifunction payloads that can adapt to changing battlefield situations and mission needs in real-time. The contracts have a combined worth of $5.4 million.
Radar/EW
DARPA, SIA initiative aims to advance transformative semiconductor technologies - News
June 02, 2017
WASHINGTON. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) are teaming to work on a $75 million project -- contained in the Department of Defense (DoD) proposed FY 2018 budget -- in support of a new public/private ?electronics resurgence? initiative.
Unmanned
Navy tests real-time mine-detecting UASs - News
June 02, 2017
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. The US Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) has embarked on testing an aerial mine-detection unmanned aerial system (UAS) with a twist: The UAS being tested would provide warfighters with real-time threat identification during combat operations.
Unmanned
Harris will supply Boeing P8-A aircraft with sonobuoy launchers - News
June 01, 2017
MELBOURNE, Fla. Harris Corporation has been awarded contracts to provide Boeing with sonobuoy launching technology for the U.S. Navy?s P-8A anti-submarine aircraft, built by Boeing.
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