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Cyber
General Dynamics wins $244 million Navy training services contract - News
June 01, 2017
FAIRFAX, Va. General Dynamics Information Technology -- a business unit of General Dynamics -- has obtained the training services contract for the Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division in Virginia. The single-award contract is valued at approximately $244 million for a one-year base period, with four optional additional years.
Unmanned
Army tests Stinger missile with proximity fuzes, impacting small UAV targets - News
June 01, 2017
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. The U.S. Army completed a test with Raytheon's Stinger anti-air missiles equipped with new proximity fuzes. During the test, the proximity fuzes intercepted an MQM-170C Outlaw and an unidentified smaller system, two small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
Comms
Chief of Naval Research concept challenge calls for innovative ideas for the future - News
June 01, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The Chief of Naval Research (CNR) issued a challenges asking for innovative ideas to support future U.S. Navy and Marine Corps troops. The submissions deadline is June 30, 2017 and officials will announce the finalists at the Naval Future Force S&T Expo held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on July 20-21.
Comms
Trump DoD budget request jumps more than $50 billion over previous year - News
May 31, 2017
WASHINGTON. The Trump Administration released its proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget request for the Department of Defense (DoD) of $639.1 billion, $574.5 billion in the base budget and $64.6 billion in the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) budget. This is an overall increase of nearly 9 percent over FY 2017?s $586.7 billion total.
Comms
QinetiQ & Rockwell Collins sign agreement with focus on next-gen satellite navigation receivers - News
May 31, 2017
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. QinetiQ and Rockwell Collins officials signed a global alliance agreement to collaborate on the development of next-generation, multi-constellation open service and secure Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers. The effort will support the mission needs of military, government, and critical national infrastructure.
Cyber
Charles River to build decision-support tools for Missile Defense Agency - News
May 31, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) selected Charles River Analytics Inc., to build decision-support tools as part of a continuing research and development (R&D) project for improving performance through effective teaming of humans and automation.
Unmanned
L3 acquires Open Water Power, expands UUV portfolio - News
May 31, 2017
NEW YORK. Officials at L3 Technologies completed the acquisition of Open Water Power Inc. on May 19, 2017. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, but the division will be integrated into L3's Sensor Systems business segment under the new name: L3 Open Water Power.
Unmanned
Missile defense test successfully intercepts ICBM target - News
May 31, 2017
VANDENBURG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) -- in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing, the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, and U.S. Northern Command -- reports the successful interception of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) target during a test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the nation's ballistic missile defense system.
Comms
BAE Systems to upgrade Australian navy SATCOM terminals - News
May 30, 2017
EDINBURGH PARKS, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officials selected BAE Systems Australia to deliver upgrades for the maritime satellite communications terminals. The contract spans over four years and is worth an estimated $30 million.
Avionics
USAF combat helicopter program completes design review - News
May 30, 2017
STRATFORD, Conn. The U.S. Air Force Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) program passed the the Air Vehicle Critical Design Review (CDR), which prepares the program to proceed to assembly, test, and evaluation of the HH-60W helicopter. The CRH and USAF teams will meet again in September for the Training Systems Critical Design Review.
Radar/EW
USMC orders additional P-19R firefighting vehicles from Oshkosh - News
May 26, 2017
OSHKOSH, Wis. U.S Marine Corps (USMC) officials ordered an additional 54 Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) vehicles from Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corp. company.
Comms
U.S. Navy selects Leidos for the distributed common ground system sustainment contract - News
May 26, 2017
RESTON, Va. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Systems Center Atlantic selected Leidos to continue providing technical expertise to sustain and update Distributed Common Ground System ? Navy (DCGS-N) Family of Systems (FoS).
Unmanned
Drone provides live feed and damage assessment after Oklahoma tornado - News
May 26, 2017
HUNT VALLEY, Md. Textron Systems Unmanned Systems, a business of Textron Inc. announced today that its Civil & Commercial team provided support of disaster response efforts for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management. The team provided full-motion video in real-time to the Emergency Operations Center in Oklahoma City and the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma. The video was used to safely assess the tornado damage from an EF-2 tornado that took place in Elk City on May 16.
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.
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Space network technologies garner AiRanaculus $5 million NASA contract
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Power, cooling challenges shape next wave of combat-vehicle electronics, Curtiss-Wright official says
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