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Unmanned
DoD approves Raytheon's SM-6 missile for international sales - News
January 10, 2017
TUCSON, Ariz. U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) officials approved the release of Raytheon Company's Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) to several international customers.
Unmanned
DoD signs underwater drone contract with Teledyne SeaBotix - News
January 10, 2017
SAN DIEGO. Teledyne SeaBotix has won a multimillion dollar U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) operational capability upgrade contract for underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The observation-class ROVs are used by mobile explosive ordnance disposal units around the world.
Unmanned
DoD demonstrates large autonomous microdrone swarm - News
January 10, 2017
WASHINGTON. The Department of Defense (DoD), in partnership with the Strategic Capabilities Office (SOC) and Naval Air Systems Command, has successfully demonstrated one of the world?s largest microdrone swarms, which showed advanced swarm behaviors such as collective decisionmaking, adaptive formation flying, and self-healing.
Radar/EW
U.S. Coast Guard to receive Airbus Defense and Space's AN/SPS-75 radar - News
January 10, 2017
HERNDON, Va. Under contract with its affiliate Airbus DS Electronics and Border Security GmbH, Airbus Defense and Space, Inc. will provide the TRS-3D Baseline D multi-mode radar (MMR) to Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Coast Guard's ninth National Security Cutter (NSC).
Cyber
Analytical operations support part of JIDO subcontract won by Leidos - News
January 09, 2017
RESTON, Va. CACI officials selected Leidos for a subcontract to support the Joint Improvised Threat Defeat Organization (JIDO) with analytical operations, intelligence, and training services.
Radar/EW
Naval Surface Warfare Center awards ManTech $87 million task order for combat weapons systems support - News
January 09, 2017
HERNDON, Va. ManTech International has been granted a prime contract by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) to provide test and evaluation (T&E) support to its weapons and combat systems. The cost-plus-fixed-fee task order has a 12-month base period of performance and four 12-month option periods, with a potential total value to ManTech of $87 million.
Radar/EW
U.S. missile manufacturers experience surge in demand - News
January 09, 2017
WASHINGTON. Makers of precision-guided missiles and bombs -- including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and BAE Systems -- are hastening to keep up with demand as the U.S. military continues its aerial assault on Islamic State targets, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Avionics
U.S. Navy officials accept delivery of 50th P-8A Poseidon aircraft - News
January 09, 2017
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. U.S. Navy officials accepted the 50th P-8A Poseidon (P-8A) aircraft at the Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, Florida. The P-8A program of record calls for a total requirement for 117 of the 737-based anti-submarine warfare jets. The fleet is expected to convert to the P-8A by Fiscal Year 2019.
Comms
DARPA's TUNA program will demonstrate prototype at sea - News
January 06, 2017
ARLINTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) engineers completed the initial phase of the Agency?s Tactical Undersea Network Architecture (TUNA) program, where they developed concepts and technologies that focus on restoring connectivity for U.S. Forces when tactical networks are taken offline. Engineers will now enter the next phase, which aims to demonstrate a prototype of the system at sea.
Radar/EW
L3 Wescam garners $90 million in EO/IR defense contracts - News
January 06, 2017
BURLINGTON, Ontario. L3 Wescam -- a maker of electro-optic/infrared (EO/IR), laser imaging, and targeting sensor systems -- recently won defense contracts valued at more than $90 million. Key defense wins include systems for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Royal Australian Air Force, and Royal Thai Navy.
Unmanned
UAS claims world record for nonstop unrefueled flight - News
January 06, 2017
FALLS CHURCH, Va. Vanilla Aircraft -- a joint business effort backed by DARPA [Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency] and NAVAIR [U.S. Naval Air System Command] -- announced that its VA001 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) recently completed a nonstop, unrefueled, 56-hour flight. The flight was submitted for a world duration record for combustion-powered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the 50- to 500-kg subclass; a representative from the National Aeronautic Association was present to witness and verify the record.
A.I.
Air Force Research Lab selects BAE Systems to develop intelligence sharing tech - News
January 05, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. BAE Systems will develop, deploy, and maintain cross domain solutions for safeguarding the sharing of sensitive information between government networks. The contract - with the U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) - extends over a five-year period and is valued an estimated $49 million.
Radar/EW
Sonobuoy Capability contract extended for Ultra Electronics - News
January 05, 2017
GREENFORD, Middlesex. Ultra Electronics will continue to supply and produce sonobuoys for the Royal navy?s Merlin Mk2 Maritime Patrol helicopter fleet at its Command & Sonar Systems sonobuoy facility, based in Greenford, Middlesex. The contract extension is worth over an estimate $12 million (?9.7 million).
Avionics
Air Force gives Diligent, KIHOMAC green light for A-10 embedded avionics system - News
January 05, 2017
SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Diligent Consulting, a federal information technology (IT) services company, has announced that it has secured a $940,891 contract to support Ki Ho Military Acquisition Consulting (KIHOMAC--Reston, Virginia) in providing software sustainment engineering and support IT services at Hill Air Force Base in Utah for the A-10C Operational Flight Program (OFP).
Comms
NASA small satellites launch using hi-rel Cobham microprocessors - News
January 05, 2017
WASHINGTON. NASA has announced the successful launch of its Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS), a constellation of eight low-Earth-orbiting (LEO) microsatellites, with high-reliability controllers and processors from Cobham aboard.
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