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USAF addresses ALQ-161 avionics systems testing requirements - News
April 28, 2016
HUNT VALLEY, Md. U.S. Air Force officials ordered 12 Advanced Radar/Electronic Warfare Test Station (ARTS) Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) systems from Textron Systems Electronic Systems to support the B-1B Lancer strategic bomber fleet.
Unmanned
MQ-8 Fire Scout deploys with upgraded mission control system - News
April 28, 2016
SAN DIEGO. The U.S. Navy's Naval Air Systems Command MQ-8 Fire Scout deployed onboard the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Coronado with Raytheon's mission control system.
Radar/EW
U.S. Army completes series of integration testing on air defense system - News
April 27, 2016
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. The U.S. Army completed a series integration testing with its defense system, the Integrated Fire Protection Capability Increment 2-Intercept (IFPC Inc 2-I). Currently in development, the IFPC Inc 2-I aims in protecting soldiers from aircraft, cruise missiles, unmanned aerial systems (UAS), artillery weapons, rockets, and mortars.
Unmanned
U.S. Army officials order additional 24 RQ-7B V2 shadow UAS - News
April 26, 2016
HUNT VALLEY, Md.U.S. Army officials ordered an additional 24 RQ-7B V2 Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft system (UAS) from Textron Systems Unmanned Systems. The contract is estimated to be $116.5 million with deliveries to start in 2018.
Radar/EW
Raytheon wins long-range radar contract - News
April 26, 2016
CHESAPEAKE, Va. Raytheon will conduct operations and maintenance for the U.S. Navy's Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar (ROTHR) program under a contract valued up to an estimated $104 million.
Radar/EW
DARPA's TRADES program addresses design challenges with advanced materials - News
April 25, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials announced the TRAnsformative DESign (TRADES) program in an effort to develop new mathematics and algorithms that can take advantage of the design space that has been enabled by new materials and fabrication methods.
Avionics
Vector Software and Lynx announce partnership at Aviation Electronics Europe - News
April 22, 2016
MUNICH. At the Aviation Electronics Europe in Munich, Germany, Vector Software and Lynx Software Technologies officials announced that engineers will integrate the LynxOS family of real-time operating systems and the VectorCAST test automation platform.
Radar/EW
Defense Microelectronics Activity adds Cobham to 7.2 billion electronics contract - News
April 21, 2016
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA) officials selected Cobham for a position on the Advanced Technology Support Program IV (ATSP4) indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with a ceiling value of $7.2 billion.
Unmanned
JASSM-ER missile production to continue for U.S. Air Force - News
April 21, 2016
ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin will continue production of its Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER) for the U.S. Air Force. The contract brings the JASSM and JASSM-ER missiles delivered or under contract to more than 2,700.
Radar/EW
Electronic warfare simulator contract won by Textron Systems - News
April 20, 2016
HUNT VALLEY, Md. Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) officials selected Textron Systems Electronic Systems to provide its Advanced Architecture Phase Amplitude and Time Simulator (A2PATS) system and additional upgrade components to the NAWCWD Electronic Combat Simulation and Evaluation Laboratory (ECSEL).
Comms
Deep space habitat prototype proposals sought by NASA - News
April 20, 2016
WASHINGTON. NASA officials are seeking proposals for the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 (NextSTEP-2) in support of the agency?s Journey to Mars mission. NextSTEP-2 requests industry proposals for concept studies and technology development projects in the areas of habitation, advanced propulsion, and small satellites.
Radar/EW
Northrop Grumman's IBCS engages multiple targets in Army missile test - News
April 19, 2016
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. The U.S. Army completed an engagement flight test with Northrop Grumman?s Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS), demonstrating the IBCS capability to identify, track, and engage multiple targets.
Unmanned
Flight tests will aid in developing FAA UAS regulations - News
April 19, 2016
WASHINGTON. Beginning the end of April through June, Honeywell, General Atomics Aeronautics Systems, Inc (GA-ASI), the RTCA Special Committee (SC)-228, and NASA will conduct the fourth flight test in a series of demonstrations that will help engineers validate and advance technologies for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) as they integrate into the National Airspace System (NAS).
Cyber
NSA crowns U.S. Military Academy in 16th cyberdefense exercise - News
April 18, 2016
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. National Security Agency (NSA) officials announced the U.S. Military Academy at West Point as the winner of the NSA's 16th Annual Cyber Defense Exercise (CDX). NSA's CDX - sponsored by NSA's Information Assurance Directorate (IAD) - challenged service academy teams to protect networks that were designed, built, and configured at their respective schools.
Radar/EW
Navy Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds contract won by Lockheed Martin - News
April 18, 2016
ARCHBALD, Pennsylvania. Lockheed Martin won a $25.8 million U.S. Navy contract to manufacture and deliver Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds (ELGTR) and also refurbish reusable shipping containers and provide the associated technical data, to eventually extend ELGTR production into late 2018.
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