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Cyber
Marine Forces Cyberspace Command task order won by SAIC - News
May 03, 2017
MCLEAN, Va. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Pacific officials selected Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) for a task order to provide the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command (MARFORCYBER) and subordinate commands, including the Marine Corps Cyberspace Warfare Group and the Marine Corps Cyberspace Operations Group, with cyber support services for systems architecture, cyber defense and offense, planning, information assurance, and engineering.
Unmanned
45th Space Wing supports SpaceX launch, retrieval of booster - News
May 02, 2017
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. The U.S. Air Force?s 45th Space Wing supported SpaceX?s successful May 1 launch of the NROL-76 spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 39A at NASA?s Kennedy Space Center.
Cyber
U.S. Army selects CACI for $48 million contract to deliver IT support services - News
May 02, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. CACI International Inc has been selected to deliver information technology (IT) support services for the Army Architecture, Operations, Networks, and Space (AONS) Directorate of the U.S. Army Chief Information Officer (CIO)/G-6. The five-year contract is worth approximately $48 million.
Radar/EW
Charles River Analytics to build injury-prediction tool for U.S. Army - News
May 02, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Charles River Analytics announced that it has secured a contract from the U.S. Army to produce a traumatic-injury prediction tool for the U.S. Army that is aimed at reducing the number of preventable combat and noncombat deaths by addressing challenges faced by military and civilian first responders, combat lifesavers, and medics.
Cyber
Engility wins $170 million NASA contract for safety and test systems - News
May 02, 2017
CHANTILLY, Va. Intgrated engineering and systems company Engility has won the recompete of the Systems and Software Assurance Services contract from NASA?s Goddard Space Flight Center. Engility will assist NASA?s Independent Verification and Validation program (IV & V) support missions to explore Earth and the universe, including future expeditions to the moon and to Mars.
Radar/EW
Lockheed Martin gains contracts to upgrade Japan's fleet of Apaches - News
May 01, 2017
BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin has won contracts to upgrade the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M?TADS/PNVS) system for Japan's fleet of AH-64DJP Apache attack helicopters.
Comms
DARPA invites potential proposals for future programs - News
May 01, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Sciences Office (DSO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) -- an office that identifies and pursues high-risk, high-payoff research initiatives across a broad spectrum of science and engineering disciplines -- has announced that it will host Discover DSO Day (D3) on June 15 with the aim of sharing research concepts and engaging with potential proposers to gain new insights for possible future programs.
Cyber
Lockheed Martin selects Guartime Federal to provide cyber technology - News
May 01, 2017
FORT WORTH, Texas. Guardtime Federal will continue its role as a key supplier for Lockheed Martin to integrate a variety of cyber-related elements into systems engineering processes, supply chain risk management, and software development efforts.
Cyber
'Hack the Air Force' broadens participation to include partner nations - News
May 01, 2017
WASHINGTON. U.S. Air Force officials are inviting vetted computer security specialists from across the U.S. and select partner nations to participate in the challenge: "Hack the Air Force." The effort expands on the Department of Defense (DoD) initiative, "Hack the Pentagon."
Comms
DoD foreign military sales growing due to technology advancements, modernization - News
April 28, 2017
SANTA CLARA, Calif. Technology advances and increase competition will compel the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to invest in streamlining foreign military sales (FMS) to international partners, and weapons suppliers to develop and manufacture innovative products at competitive prices. Frost & Sullivan analysts point to factors such as the need to modernize equipment, continuing unrest in the Middle East, tensions in South China Seas, and an increased capability to spend after the global recession are driving growth.
Avionics
Bell Helicopter Canada chooses Curtiss-Wright cockpit voice/flight-data technology - News
April 28, 2017
ASHBURN, Va. Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions has been selected by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited to provide the Curtiss-Wright cockpit voice and flight-recorder technology to upgrade the cockpit electronics in the Canadian Armed Forces? fleet of Bell CH-146 Griffon multirole utility helicopters.
Cyber
Macaulay-Brown helps Air Force trim, compress data files - News
April 28, 2017
DAYTON, Ohio. Engineering and cybersecurity firm MacAulay-Brown has announced a new approach to thinning hyperspectral image data for evaluation by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC). Under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), data thinned at different levels will be evaluated by AFLCMC for compatibility testing with existing tools used by the U.S. Air Force to analyze hyperspectral data.
Cyber
IARPA kicks off quantum enhanced computing program - News
April 28, 2017
WASHINGTON. The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) -- an organization that operates within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence -- has announced the launch of a multiyear research effort to develop special-purpose algorithms and hardware to harness quantum effects to surpass conventional computing. If the research is able to transition to production, technology developed under the Quantum Enhanced Optimization (QEO) program will provide a plausible path to performance beyond what is possible with today?s computers.
Unmanned
Navy tests SM-6 weapon on road to full operational capability - News
April 27, 2017
PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Hawaii. The Navy reports successful execution of four flight tests of the surface-to-air Standard Missile-6 Block I (SM-6 Blk I) off the Hawaiian coast; the tests were conducted at the beginning of April.
Comms
Air Force awards Raytheon $375 million initial contract to modernize command and control centers - News
April 27, 2017
HAMPTON, Va. The U.S. Air Force Materiel Command has awarded Raytheon Co. a contract with an initial value of up to $375 million to sustain and modernize the Air and Space Operations Center Weapon System (AOC WS). Under the contract, Raytheon will update the existing AOC WS baseline software and develop and deploy new software upgrades to improve air and space command and control operations.
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Airborne command aircraft delivered to U.S. Air Force by L3Harris
June 22, 2026
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Low-germanium thermal-imaging lens introduced by MKS
June 16, 2026
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SYSGO will support SAETA II program with European safety-critical software
June 15, 2026
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Integrated DO-178C multicore certification solution will debut from Rapita, Wind River
June 09, 2026
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Airborne ISR market projected to reach $21.40 billion by 2031, study says
June 26, 2026
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GUEST BLOG: Space-based sensing -- The backbone of Golden Dome’s next era of homeland defense
June 26, 2026
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Raytheon closes $1.1 billion AIM-9X missile contract with U.S. Navy
June 26, 2026
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Radar production and test capacity to be expanded in the Netherlands by Thales
June 23, 2026
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Simulation and sensor-modeling technology firm acquired by Shield AI
June 23, 2026
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The military’s real AI revolution is happening in the dirt
June 16, 2026
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Artificial intelligence tools to be integrated into HENSOLDT MDOcore platform
June 10, 2026
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AI-enabled, SOSA aligned 3U VPX board launched by Kontron
May 28, 2026
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Space network technologies garner AiRanaculus $5 million NASA contract
June 26, 2026
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High-resolution imaging satellites to be built for Vantor by BAE Systems
June 25, 2026
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Communications systems to be supplied for German forces by L3Harris
June 25, 2026
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Power, cooling challenges shape next wave of combat-vehicle electronics, Curtiss-Wright official says
June 24, 2026