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Lockheed Martin launches exoskeleton solution with newly licensed bionic augmentation tech - News
May 18, 2017
TAMPA, Fla. Lockheed Martin officials released a new exoskeleton solution. Using licensed Dermoskeleton bionic augmentation technology, the FORTIS Knee Stress Release Device (K-SRD)TM is a computer-controlled exoskeleton that counteracts overstress on the lower back and legs and increases mobility and load-carrying capability.
Cyber
DARPA teams make advances in the field of uncertainty quantification - News
May 18, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA)?s Enabling Quantification of Uncertainty in Physical Systems (EQUiPS) program has made advances in the field of uncertainty quantification ((UQ), which focuses on methods to estimate how accurate a prediction may be. The program aims to harnesses advanced math to quantify uncertainties in complex systems to be able to better design yet-to-be-built military systems.
Cyber
BAE Systems garners U.S. Treasury contract to safeguard nation's financial systems - News
May 18, 2017
MCLEAN, Va. The U.S. Department of the Treasury has selected BAE Systems to be among a group of federally-approved contractors to support the agency?s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) in safeguarding the U.S. financial system against threats posed by rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, drug cartels, and other threats to national security. The maximum life cycle value of all task orders to be awarded under the contract is estimated at $135 million.
Unmanned
Naval Research Lab testing use of solar photovoltaics in groups of UAVs - News
May 18, 2017
WASHINGTON. Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Vehicle Research Section and Photovoltaic Section are making progress on their investigations into the presence of solar photovoltaics (PV) to the proven concept of autonomous cooperative soaring of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). These cooperative autonomous soaring techniques will enable long-endurance flights of unmanned solar-powered sailplanes that can support a 24/7 information, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) mission.
Radar/EW
Lockheed Martin will deliver Sniper targeting pods for Kuwaiti air force - News
May 17, 2017
ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin has received a delivery order from the U.S. Air Force to provide the Lockheed Martin Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP) to Kuwait's air force for installation on its F/A-18C/D Hornet aircraft.
Radar/EW
IAI completes installation of ALPHA radar system on Israeli navy's Saar 4.5 ship - News
May 17, 2017
ISRAEL. Engineers at Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) completed the installation of the advanced ALPHA (Advanced Lightweight Phased Array) ELM-2258 radar system on the Israeli navy's Saar 4.5 missile ship and have commenced operational sea trials.
Comms
Final Inmarsat-5 satellite joins Global XPress network - News
May 17, 2017
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. The Boeing-built Inmarsat-5 satellite launched into space this week. Officials say it will expand the high-speed broadband service available through Inmarsat?s Global Xpress network after the satellite becomes fully operational later this year.
Comms
Awards made on $2.5 billion Complex Commercial Satcom Solutions contract - News
May 17, 2017
WASHINGTON. The General Services Administration (GSA) has made multiple awards on its Complex Commercial SATCOM Solutions (CS3) contract. The 10-year indefinite date/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract (five-year base plus a three-year option and a two-year option) enables U.S. federal agencies to purchase end-to-end, turnkey solutions incorporating commercial satellite communication services through the GSA.
Unmanned
Textron Systems completes testing & development of Fury weapon - News
May 16, 2017
TAMPA, Fla. Officials at Textron Systems Weapon & Sensor Systems, a business of Textron Inc., completed testing of the company's Fury lightweight precision guided glide munition against moving targets at Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona. This test marks the completion of the Fury weapon?s development.
Comms
Leonardo DRS gets multiple orders for its Link-11/Link-22 military comms systems - News
May 16, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. Leonardo DRS has announced that it received multiple orders from the U.S. military and the Italian navy for its Link-11 and Link-22 data terminal sets and associated communication equipment, systems, and services. Forces in the U.S. and other allied countries already use the Link-11 and Link-22 data systems as the primary way to exchange information among airborne, land-based, and shipboard tactical data systems.
Comms
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic awards SAIC $61 million task order - News
May 16, 2017
CHARLESTON, S.C. The U.S. Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic has awarded Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) a task order worth up to $61 million to perform command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) engineering upgrades and integration for Army tactical vehicles. The task order has a one-year base period of performance and a six-month exercisable option.
Comms
DCS wins five-year contract to support Army tanks - News
May 16, 2017
WARREN, Mich. DCS Corp. has won a five-year prime contact to support the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC).
Radar/EW
NASA sounding rocket mission tests new technologies, sensors - News
May 16, 2017
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, Va. A sounding rocket launch from NASA?s Wallops Flight Facility during the early morning hours of May 16 is intended to provide the flight testing needed for 24 experiments and new technologies.
Radar/EW
Experiment reveals advantage of quantum processing over classical processor - News
May 15, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. A prototype quantum processor repeatedly beat a traditional processor in a race to solve a puzzle, figuring out a secret combination up to 100 times faster by using exotic physics to sort through data that was deliberately packed with errors, according to the results of an experiment detailed in a recent academic paper by scientists from Raytheon and IBM.
Radar/EW
Raytheon selected to deliver 3-D long-range radar system to Air Force - News
May 15, 2017
HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center officials selected Raytheon for a $52.6 million contract to deliver three-dimensional expeditionary long-range radar (3DELRR) system. The 3DELRR system will replace the AN/TPS-75 (Tipsy 75), as the principal Air Force ground-based sensor for long range surveillance, detection, and tracking of aerial targets in support of theater commanders.
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