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Cyber

General Dynamics wins $170 million cyber contract from DIA - News

February 17, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics Information Technology

FAIRFAX, Va. General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, has won a task order from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) to provide a wide range of cybersecurity services intended to defend intelligence networks and systems for the DIA, combat commands, and several military services.

Radar/EW

Thales tasked to deliver GaN CWI transmitters to Royal Danish navy - News

February 17, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Thales

LA DEFENSE, Paris, France. Officials at the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization tasked Thales to deliver 14 Continuous Wave Illumination (CWI) transmitters to be integrated in the current ESSM fire control systems on-board the Absalon and Iver Huitfeldt class vessels of the Royal Danish navy.

Radar/EW

Clemson team partners with DTRA to develop nuclear-activity sensor - News

February 16, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

CLEMSON, S.C. Research targeted at building a biosensor that would help the military detect signs of nuclear activities -- including indications of weapons development -- has been approved, to be conducted under the leadership of a former naval officer who is now a Clemson University faculty member. Nicole Martinez, an assistant professor in the Clemson environmental engineering and earth sciences department, is the lead investigator on the $866,884 project; the research will last three years and could be eligible for a two-year extension, boosting the total to about $1.5 million.

Cyber

U.S. Army selects ManTech to provide field software support - News

February 16, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems ManTech

HERNDON, Va. U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) Software Engineering Center (SEC) officials selected ManTech International Corp. to provide systems field and software support for the Army's intelligence and C3/LOG-IT systems.

Avionics

U.S. Navy approves full rate production of Lockheed Martin's avionics test system - News

February 16, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

ORLANDO, Fla. U.S. Navy officials approved a full rate production contract with Lockheed Martin for an additional 63 of the company's Electronic Consolidated Automated Support System (eCASS). The contract is worth an estimated $166 million.

Unmanned

Mayport named FOB for MQ-4C Triton UAS - News

February 16, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The U.S. Navy has named Naval Station Mayport (Jacksonville, Florida) as the forward operating base (FOB) for its fleet of MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems (UASs). As the east coast FOB, Mayport will act as the launch and recovery site for four forward-based MQ-4C Triton UAS and will be the consolidated maintenance hub for up to four additional aircraft.

Radar/EW

FLIR lands $50 million Coast Guard contract for navigation electronics - News

February 16, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems FLIR Systems, Inc.

WILSONVILLE, Ore. The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded FLIR Systems a $50 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to provide marine electronics systems under the Coast Guard's Scalable Integrated Navigation Systems 2 (SINS-2) program over a five-year period, with the option to extend delivery for an additional five years.

Radar/EW

RadioBio research effort aims to find the role of electromagnetic signaling in biological systems - News

February 15, 2017

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials launched a new program that seeks to establish if purposeful electromagnetic wave signaling between biological cells exists - and if evidence supports that it does - to determine what information is being transferred.

Comms

Orbital ATK wins U.S. Air Force satellite integration contract - News

February 15, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Orbital ATK

DULLES, Va. Orbital ATK has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missiles Systems Center to provide payload integration and support services for Space Test Program Satellite 6 (STPSat-6), a multipurpose satellite program that is planned to demonstrate advanced communication capabilities, collect space weather data, and support nuclear-detonation detection in the Earth?s atmosphere or in near space.

Unmanned

G-CLAW missile successfully engages moving targets - News

February 15, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Textron

WILMINGTON, Mass. Textron Systems Weapon and Sensor Systems, a division of Textron Inc., announced that it has successfully tested its G-CLAW precision-guided glide weapon against moving targets; the October 2016 flight tests were conducted at Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona.

Comms

Space Systems Loral and DARPA partner to service satellites in GEO - News

February 14, 2017

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials partnered with Space Systems Loral (SSL) for the Agency's Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program with the aim to develop technologies that would enable cooperative inspection and servicing of satellites in geosynchronous orbit (GEO) and demonstrate those technologies on orbit. Depending on the outcome, the research effort could open the door towards lowering the risks and costs of operating in GEO.

Comms

U.S. Navy christens new littoral combat ship: USS Tulsa - News

February 14, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

MOBILE, Ala. U.S. Navy officials christened the new Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), USS Tulsa (LCS 16) during a ceremony in Mobile, Alabama in honor of the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Comms

IARPA launches crowdsourcing research effort - News

February 14, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)

WASHINGTON. The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), part of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, has announced that it is embarking on a multiyear research effort to develop and test large-scale, structured collaboration methods to improve reasoning. If the project is successful, the Crowdsourcing Evidence, Argumentation, Thinking and Evaluation (known as "CREATE") program will improve analysts? and decisionmakers? understanding of the evidence and assumptions that support or conflict with their conclusions.

Unmanned

U.S. Army and allies invest $202 million in enhanced Patriot missile - News

February 14, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TEWKSBURY, Mass. The U.S. Army Contracting Command announced that the Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded a contract to Raytheon for $202 million to perform enhancements to the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System. According to the company, the work on the Patriot will sustain more than 500 highly skilled jobs across four U.S. states, while adding to the functionality of the Patriot system.

Comms

Leidos wins $170 million DTRA contract - News

February 13, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos

RESTON, Va. Leidos has won a contract worth approximately $170 million from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to support the agency's cooperative biological engagement program (CBEP) and cooperative threat reduction (CTR) program through a global Scientific & Technical Engagement Partnership (STEP) program. The DTRA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) that focuses on combating weapons of mass destruction and high-yield explosives.