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SLS RS-25 rocket engine undergoes critical test - News

March 28, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

NASA-STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. The powerful RS-25 engine that will be used on NASA?s new super-heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) underwent a critical test recently at NASA?s Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi; the test included the first trial of the new flight-model engine controller and flight-configuration software. Four RS-25 engines, manufactured by Aerojet Rocketdyne, are set to help propel the SLS rocket into deep space and beyond.

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U.S. Army SMDC initiates $3 billion contract process - News

March 28, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (USASMDC/ARSTRAT) recently announced the eight indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) prime contractor awardees that it had chosen for the Design, Development, Demonstration and Integration (D3I) Domain 1 contract award. The eight companies met with USASMDC/ARSTRAT, along with the U.S. Army Contracting Command-Redstone, to kick off the task-order process for the High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator (HEL TVD) integrated system development.

Unmanned

Initial integration of Army's MAPS soft-kill demonstrator complete - News

March 28, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

ORLANDO, Fla. The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) with Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman engineers teamed up and completed the initial integration for the U.S. Army's Modular Active Protection System (MAPS) soft-kill demonstrator.

Avionics

Rockwell Collins avoidance rerouter software certified FACE conformant - News

March 28, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rockwell Collins

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins has announced that its Avoidance Re-router (ARR-2500) software product has been deemed conformant to Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Technical Standard Edition 2.1, the latest edition of the conformance program.

Unmanned

Navy tasks Aerojet Rocketdyne to mature energy management systems for UUVs - News

March 27, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Aerojet Rocketdyne

SACRAMENTO, Calif. U.S. Navy officials selected Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc., to mature and demonstrate capabilities of a power and energy management system that will allow underwater unmanned vehicles (UUVs) to be charged wirelessly undersea. The contract is worth an estimated $1.6 million.

Comms

Cobham releases auto-test and alignment capabilities for Motorola APXTM "B" Radios - News

March 27, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cobham

LAS VEGAS. Cobham officials released a new automated test and alignment software application to support the new Motorola APX "B" Radios during this year's exhibition at the Motorola Channel Partner Expo 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Comms

Booz Allen Hamilton wins $59 million Navy contract to enhance information capabilities - News

March 27, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Booz Allen Hamilton

McLEAN, Va. Booz Allen Hamilton has won a five-year, $59 million professional support services contract from the U.S. Navy's Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (PEO C4I) under which Booz Allen will provide acquisition, program, contracts, installation, and operations management expertise to the 21 Department of Defense (DoD) programs and projects executed by the Battlespace Awareness & Information Operations Program office (PMW 120).

Unmanned

Naval Research Lab instruments mount successfully on ISS - News

March 27, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) reports that the International Space Station (ISS) has successfully installed NRL?s Limb-Imaging Ionospheric and Thermospheric Extreme Ultraviolet (UV) Spectrograph (LITES) and its Global Positioning System (GPS) Radio Occultation and Ultraviolet Photometer Co-located (GROUP-C) research instruments.

Cyber

DARPA turns to chemistry to innovate the next computing concept - News

March 24, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced its Molecular Informatics program, which seeks a new paradigm for data storage, retrieval, and processing. The focus is to investigate and exploit the wide range of structural characteristics and properties of molecules to encode and manipulate data instead of the traditional way of using binary digital logic of computers based on the Von Neumann architecture.

Comms

Global aerospace and defense revenues likely to rise during 2017, say analysts - News

March 24, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NEW YORK. The global aerospace and defense (A&D) sector is likely to experience stronger growth in 2017, following multiple years of positive yet subdued growth, say analysts with multinational professional-services firm Deloitte.

Radar/EW

QinetiQ wins Navy contract for control hardware and software for Navy aircraft carrier - News

March 24, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics QinetiQ North America

WALTHAM, Mass. QinetiQ North America (QNA) has confirmed that it has entered into a $41 million definitized contract with General Atomics (GA -- San Diego, California) to deliver control hardware and software for the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) that is set to be installed on the Navy?s next aircraft carrier, the future John F. Kennedy (CVN 79). This announcement follows the initial $16 million contract announced in December 2015.

Cyber

DARPA contracts with Vencore Labs for advanced cyberdefense research - News

March 24, 2017

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

ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced that it has awarded Vencore Labs, Inc., with multiple contracts to deliver research in the area of cyberdefense against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The contracts are valued at $17.7 million and will be performed as part of DARPA?s Extreme DDoS Defense (XD3) program over the next three years.

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Qioptic wins $100 million contract from U.K. Ministry of Defense - News

March 23, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Qioptic

ST. ASAPH, Wales. Qioptic has announced that Britain's Defense Ministry awarded it a contract worth $100 million for STAS (Surveillance and Target Acquisition ? Support). The contract has options for an additional five years of support, which would increase the contract by a further $84 million.

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Hensoldt and Leonardo sign MOU for Mode-5 IFF solutions - News

March 23, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems HENSOLDT Leonardo

ROME. Hensoldt and Leonardo officials signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to offer Mode-5 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) solutions to customers. Leonardo and Hensoldt - formerly known as Airbus DS Electronics and Border Security - will work together as "Team Skytale."

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Littoral combat ship completes final contract trials - News

March 23, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. Littoral Combat Ship USS Montgomery (LCS-8) completed final contract trials this month. This marks the completion of the construction and initial operating testing of the Navy?s eighth LCS, officials say.