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Georgia Tech pairs with firm to build military jetpack - News
March 16, 2017
VAN NUYS, Calif. JetPack Aviation (JPA) -- a technology company that demonstrated its initial progress with a public jetpack flight around the Statue of Liberty in 2015 -- has entered into a development agreement with the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) to design and build a soldier vertical mobility system (SVMS) for military applications.
Comms
Defense sector tasks Rockwell Collins to provide a cross-platform datalink capability for mobile devices - News
March 15, 2017
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx) selected Rockwell Collins for the Digitally Aided Close Air Support (DACAS) agreement to provide the Department of Defense (DoD) an open source aggregation framework to enable cross-platform data link communications on mobile devices for Windows and Android.
Radar/EW
ONR awards Raytheon $11.8 million contract for work on sensor interconnectivity - News
March 15, 2017
TEWKSBURY, Mass. The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded Raytheon a contract worth $11.8 million to develop networking technologies that will enable enhanced sensor interconnectivity and improved integrated-fires capabilities for naval operations.
Comms
NSA certifies Harris manpack for secure radio transmission - News
March 15, 2017
ROCHESTER, N.Y. Harris Corp. has obtained National Security Agency (NSA) Type-1 certification for its Falcon III RF-300H wideband high-frequency (HF) manpack radio system. With the Type-1 NSA certification, Harris is allowed to perform transmission of classified images, maps, and other large data files from beyond-line-of-sight environments with the Falcon III.
Radar/EW
Royal Danish air force to equip F-16s with advanced targeting pods - News
March 15, 2017
FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman has won a contract to provide the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) with its LITENING multisensor targeting and surveillance for installation on the RDAF's F-16 aircraft.
Radar/EW
Australian navy's first Aegis-equipped Hobart-class destroyer concludes sea trial - News
March 15, 2017
ADELAIDE, Australia. Australia's navy and a team of industry partners recently completed five weeks of sea acceptance trials aboard the future HMAS Hobart, the first of Australia?s three new Aegis-equipped air warfare destroyers.
Cyber
DARPA selects BAE Systems to develop tech that restores electrical power after cyberattacks - News
March 14, 2017
NASHUA, N.H. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials selected BAE Systems to develop technology designed to quickly restore power to the U.S. electric grid after failure caused by a cyberattack. The $8.6 million contract is part DARPA?s Rapid Attack Detection, Isolation, and Characterization Systems (RADICS) program.
Cyber
Leidos selected to expand emerging open systems architecture standards in ARFL program - News
March 14, 2017
RESTON, Va. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) tasked Leidos to provide research and development (R&D) under an initial task order for the Mission Systems Open Architecture Science and Technology (MOAST) Program. The contract has a seven-year performance period and has a total shared ceiling value of approximately $48 million.
Avionics
Lockheed Martin's Airborne Multi-INT Lab gets new capabilities - News
March 14, 2017
BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin has upgraded its manned airborne testbed, the Airborne Multi-INT Lab (AML), in a bid to expedite the craft's ability to deliver real-time intelligence. Lockheed and partners use the AML to experiment with combinations of sensors, systems, and technologies to help customers develop ways to support a diverse range of contingency operations.
Cyber
Aptima and Milcord merger focuses on human-centered engineering for defense, intel - News
March 14, 2017
WOBURN, Mass. Aptima, a company that develops tools to enhance human-machine performance for the defense and intelligence communities, has announced its merger with Milcord, a government-technology company based in Waltham, Mass., specializing in knowledge management, human social-culture modeling, and cyberdefense. Under the agreement, Aptima will acquire Milcord?s portfolio of completed, active, and pending contracts and intellectual property developed under these contracts; the merged entity will continue under the Aptima corporate umbrella.
Comms
AFRL uses new Information Transfer Agreement to share software with industry - News
March 14, 2017
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Aerospace Systems Directorate reports that it has used Information Transfer Agreements (ITA) to transfer its Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration and Modeling (AFSIM) simulation and modeling tool to 80 industry partners for development and evaluation.
Comms
Mikros to deliver support services for U.S. Navy's diagnostic workstation - News
March 13, 2017
PRINCETON, N.J. U.S. Navy officials selected Mikros Systems Corp. for a three-year contract to deliver engineering and technical support of the company's Adaptive Diagnostic Electronic Portable Testset (ADEPT) maintenance workstation.
Avionics
Republic of Korea's F-15K fleet sustainment contract won by Boeing - News
March 13, 2017
ST. LOUIS. Boeing officials received a five-year contract to continue long-term sustainment of the Republic of Korea Air Force?s (ROKAF) F-15K aircraft, supporting to the fleet?s readiness.
Cyber
Army tasks Charles River Analytics to build VR/AR training interface - News
March 13, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. U.S. Army officials tasked Charles River Analytics Inc. to build a virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) training interface as part of continued efforts in advanced, agile, customer-focused engineering. The two-year contract - from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory - is valued at approximately $500,000.
Comms
NASA presses forward with plans for cislunar human outpost - News
March 13, 2017
GREENBELT, Md. In an address at the recent American Astronautical Society Goddard Memorial Symposium, Bill Gerstenmaier -- NASA associate administrator for human exploration and operations -- told attendees that NASA is moving forward with plans for a cislunar ?gateway? outpost for future human missions, with decisions about how to develop it expected in the coming months. Gerstenmaier said that his agency is studying concepts for launching the first elements of the proposed outpost as secondary payloads on early flights of the Space Launch System (SLS).
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