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Comms

U.S. Air Force contract offers an expedited process to battle-management programs - News

February 02, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Air Force

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. U.S. Air Force officials have selected five small businesses and one large business to procure, integrate, field, and support battle-management and command and control (C2) systems under the Platform Engineering and Integration for Tactical and Strategic Systems (PEITSS) contract vehicle. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract’s estimated ceiling value is $538 million.

Radar/EW

CERDEC's technical interchange meeting to identify R&D investments opens for registration - News

February 01, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Army

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. On March 31-April 1, the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center (CERDEC) will hold a two-day technical interchange meeting (TIM) to identify and align beneficial research and development (R&D) investments.

Radar/EW

Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle test demonstrates redesign thrusters for missile defense - News

February 01, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. During a Missile Defense Agency flight test, engineers gathered data and observed in-flight performance on Raytheon’s Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV), which demonstrated the redesign of the EKV thrusters that provides the control necessary for lethal impact with incoming threats while safely outside of the Earth's atmosphere.

Comms

C4ISR market to reach $119 billion by 2019 - News

January 29, 2016

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Frost & Sullivan

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. The global market for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) related products is growing as nations focus on filling the gaps in their C4ISR capabilities, say analysts at Frost & Sullivan. They estimate that C4ISR procurement will reach $119 billion by 2019.

A.I.

DARPA looks to interface human brain with digital world - News

January 29, 2016

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

ARLINGTON, Virginia. DARPA officials have created a new program that looks to develop an implantable neural interface that would provide unprecedented signal resolution and data-transfer bandwidth between the human brain and the digital world. They are also looking for partners to help them on this quest, hosting an overview of the program, dubbed Neural Engineering System Design (NESD), next week. DARPA anticipates investing up to $60 million in the NESD program over four years.

Comms

Military space launch is key topic at Senate Armed Services Committee - News

January 28, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. On January 27, before the Senate Armed Services Committee Air Force Secretary (SecAF) Deborah Lee James and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Frank Kendall testified on the use of Russian-made rocket engines and on military space launch, highlighting space capabilities' role in national security, the importance of modernization, and the need for end-to-end space launch services.

Radar/EW

JSTARS Recap program includes upgrades to AESA radars - News

January 28, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Air Force

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. The U.S. Air Force Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) is in the middle of its recapitalization program, which includes upgrading from its current radar system to the active electronically scanned array, (AESA) radar.

Cyber

U.S. Army officials select Parsons for cybersecurity contract - News

January 27, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Parsons

PASADENA, Calif. U.S. Army officials selected Parsons for a technology initiative contract for Deployable Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO) Infrastructure (DDI) in support of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology.

Unmanned

Military officials green light the RQ-21A Blackjack UAS for operation - News

January 27, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aircraft system (UAS) received the green light for operation on January 13 by U.S. Navy and Marine Corps officials.

Comms

CompactPCI Serial standard working group looking to extend tech into space - News

January 26, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems PICMG

WAKEFIELD, Ma. PICMG officials are seeking additional companies to form a working group that will help plan and develop a Space CompactPCI Serial standard and extend the technology to space applications.

Cyber

Merger process of Leidos and Lockheed Martin's Information Systems & Global Solutions begins - News

January 26, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos Lockheed Martin

RESTON, Va. In a Reverse Morris Trust transaction, Leidos and Lockheed Martin’s realigned Information Systems & Global Solutions business (IS&GS) will merge into one company.

Comms

Command and control system completes demo on unmanned vehicle, adds to U.S. Navy portfolio - News

January 25, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. During a series of underwater missions at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport in Puget Sound, Washington, the Navy completed testing of the Common Control System (CCS) with a submersible unmanned vehicle. The test results demonstrated the CCS capability to provide command and control to a surrogate Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV).

Radar/EW

Northrop Grumman and MACOM team up on developing radar arrays - News

January 25, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems MACOM Northrop Grumman

LOWELL, Mass. Northrop Grumman and M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (MACOM) have entered into a teaming agreement that establishes MACOM as the exclusive partner to develop and manufacture radar arrays using MACOM’s active antenna technology, targeting defense programs and platforms.

Cyber

Under cyber research network subcontract with AFRL, NCI continues IT support - News

January 22, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems NCI Information Systems

RESTON, Va. In a subcontract valued an estimated $9 million, NCI engineers will continue to provide IT support services to U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Rome Research Site (RRS) in Rome, New York.

Comms

U.S. communications terminal becomes operational in Qatar - News

January 22, 2016

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Air Force

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar. At the Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the first fully funded modernization enterprise terminal (MET) outside the U.S. is now operational. Costing $15 million, MET provides secure communications capabilities that include voice, video, and data services. The terminal links service members in the U.S. Central Command area with military leaders around the world.