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NanoRacks, Boeing team up to build commercial airlock for International Space Station - News

February 06, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing NanoRacks LLC

HOUSTON. NanoRacks LLC and Boeing officials will team up to develop a privately funded commercial airlock. The goal is to enable the U.S. to potential triple the number of small satellites it can deploy from the International Space Station (ISS) during a single airlock cycle, Boeing officials say.

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy, Japan, MDA complete first SM-3 Block IIA missile intercept test - News

February 06, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. In a collaborative effort with the Japan Ministry of Defense, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and the U.S. Navy completed a flight test on February 3, resulting in the first intercept of a ballistic missile target using the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3). The test demonstrated the integrated capabilities of the Aegis Weapon System and how it has continually evolved to counter advanced threats.

Avionics

U.S. Air Force receives F-22 Raptor after maintenance at Lockheed's Speedline facility - News

February 03, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

MARIETTA, Ga. Engineers at Lockheed Martin completed maintenance on the U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor at the company's Inlet Coating Repair (ICR) Speedline facility and delivered the aircraft back to the Air Force.

Comms

GPS sustainment efforts to continue under Boeing, Air Force agreement - News

February 03, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. U.S. Air Force and Boeing officials signed a Global Positioning System (GPS) agreement to continue sustainment efforts to ensure navigation capabilities continue for the next five years for military and commercial users.

Radar/EW

U.S. approves sale of Sidewinder, Maverick missiles to South Korea - News

February 03, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale of AIM-9X-2 Sidewinder short-range missiles and AGM-65G-2 Maverick air-to-ground missiles to the Republic of Korea (ROK), in two separate deals estimated at $70 million each.

Avionics

BAE Systems/ Northrop Grumman team withdraw from T-X competition - News

February 02, 2017

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

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems officials have withdrawn from the U.S. Air Force T-X competition.

Cyber

Leidos wins Defense Logistics Agency JETS program contract - News

February 02, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos

RESTON, Va. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) officials selected Leidos to support the J6 Enterprise Technology Services (JETS) program. The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract is worth an estimated value of $6 billion if all options are exercised. It's a multiple-award firm-fixed-price contract that spans over a five-year base period of performance and has one three-year option.

Comms

USS Roosevelt to receive $51 million modernization from BAE Systems - News

February 02, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a $51.3 million contract to perform maintenance and modernization of the USS Roosevelt (DDG 80), an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer.

Cyber

DISA chooses RedSeal for DoD cybersecurity - News

February 02, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Defense Information Systems Agency

FORT MEADE, Md. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) -- a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) agency tasked with operating the information infrastructure of the national leadership and the military services -- has awarded RedSeal (Sunnyvale, Calif.) a multiyear contract for its network-modeling and risk-scoring platform; the contract is valued at $33.8 million.

Radar/EW

New signal processor for AMRAAM to be developed by USAF, Raytheon - News

February 01, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TUCSON, Ariz. U.S. Air Force and Raytheon engineers will team up to develop a new signal processor for the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) under the Form Fit Function Refresh program (F3R).

Avionics

Four U.S. Navy F-35C aircraft arrive at NAS Lemoore - News

February 01, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

LEMOORE, Calif. Naval Air Station (NAS) in Lemoore, California welcomed four of the U.S. Navy's F-35C lighting II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft to the fleet. It is the first time a new striker-fighter variant has been deployed to a west coast-based squadron, the recently reactivated "Rough Raiders" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125.

Comms

DARPA spectrum challenge chooses teams to expand spectrum access - News

February 01, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

ARLINGTON, Va. DARPA [Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency] has selected 30 teams for Phase 1 of its Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2), a three-phase competition designed to greatly expand the amount of radio traffic that the electromagnetic spectrum can accommodate.

Radar/EW

MACOM completes acquisition of Applied Micro - News

February 01, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems MACOM

LOWELL, Mass. MACOM Technology Solutions has announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition of Applied Micro Circuits, a manufacturer of connectivity chips for cloud data centers. The deal was previously valued at $770 million.

Radar/EW

Weapon-system intercept testing completed, says Israel's defense dept. - News

January 31, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

PALMACHIM AIR BASE, Israel. The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) of the Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D) and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) report successful completion of a series of tests on the "David?s Sling" weapons system, a missile-defense system central to Israel?s multilayer antimissile array.

Avionics

BAE Systems' LiteHUD head-up display selected for Scorpion Jet - News

January 30, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Textron BAE Systems

ARLINGTON, Va. Textron AirLand officials selected BAE Systems to deliver its LiteHUD head-up display for the Scorpion jet. The initial order will support the Scorpion?s robust flight test program.