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Open source software platform released by Lockheed Martin - News
January 13, 2015
HERNDON, Va. Lockheed Martin software engineers have created a platform for easing big data analysis for developers and non-developers and are open sourcing the project on GitHub, a well-known web-based hosting service.
Comms
Military radio & networking market to embrace commercial tech - News
January 09, 2015
According to market analysts procurement of military radio systems will shrink along with troop levels, but funding for improved C4ISR capability should increase as the Department of Defense (DoD) looks to leverage commercial smartphone and networking technology to develop multifunctional communications equipment.
Comms
General Dynamics, Raytheon awarded U.S. Air Force contract for RGNext joint venture - News
January 09, 2015
DULLES, Va. General Dynamics and Raytheon have been awarded the U.S. Air Force’s $1.5 billion, single-award contract to operate, maintain, and sustain launch ranges in a joint venture called Range Generation Next (RGNext).
Unmanned
Measure and PrecisionHawk join forces for commercial UASs - News
January 08, 2015
WASHINGTON. PrecisionHawk and Measure have teamed together to provide commercial drone services. The partnership will deliver customers enhanced access to advanced aerial data analysis, gathering, and processing through Measure’s Drone as a Service offering.
Unmanned
Army ATACMS upgrade contract won by Lockheed Martin - News
January 07, 2015
DALLAS, Jan. 7, 2015 – Lockheed Martin won a $78 million contract to upgrade the Army's Tactical Missile System (ATACMS).
Avionics
F-35 JSF Air Combat Training contract won by Cubic - News
January 05, 2015
SAN DIEGO. Cubic Corp. won a series of contracts from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to develop and add enhancements to the F-35 fighter jet's Air Combat Training System (ACTS).
Avionics
KC-46 tanker program has first flight - News
December 31, 2014
EVERETT, Wash. U.S. Air Force and Boeing Defense, Space & Security personnel finished the KC-46 tanker test program's first flight over Washington state this month. The plane, a Boeing 767-2C, will get its military systems after certification.
Comms
Commercial space companies selected by NASA for collaborative partnerships - News
December 30, 2014
NASA officials chose four U.S. companies to work with the agency via unfunded partnerships to produce new space capabilities that can be made available to the U.S. government and other users. These partnerships will build on the NASA's commercial spaceflight initiatives to leverage NASA technological expertise into new applications.
Unmanned
Missile-defense, radar blimp now operational above Maryland - News
December 29, 2014
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. U.S. Army personnel sent up a blimp armed with a new cruise-missile and drone-fighting radar system from Raytheon for operation above rural Maryland. The system, known as JLENS (Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor) , has two helium-filled aerostats, or tethered blimps, that float about 10,000 feet above the ground and are equipped with radars.
Unmanned
MQ-8C Fire Scout, first unmanned helicopter to take off from a destroyer - News
December 24, 2014
NORFOLK, Va. U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman officials flew the MQ-8C Fire Scout system for the first time off the guided-missile destroyer, USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) this month off the Virginia coast.
Comms
Philippine army orders $18 million worth of Falcon III radios and intercoms from Harris - News
December 23, 2014
ROCHESTER, N.Y. Officials with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ordered Falcon III tactical vehicular radios and intercom systems from Harris Corp. under an $18 million initial contract. The Philippine army will use the radios for its tactical communications modernization program.
Radar/EW
Qatar spends billions for Patriot defense system - News
December 22, 2014
TEWKSBURY, Mass. Officials at the State of Qatar now are Patriot Air and Missile Defense System users, having signed a $2.4 billion Foreign Military Sales contract to procure new-production fire units of the system from Raytheon.
Comms
Eighth GPS IIF satellite now active - News
December 19, 2014
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Boeing activated its eighth Global Positioning System IIF satellite after it completed on-orbit checkout and joined the active 31-satellite constellation.
Comms
Satellite command and control capability demonstrated for GPS III and OCX - News
December 18, 2014
NEWTOWN, Pa. Lockheed Martin and Raytheon personnel finished the fourth of five planned launch and early orbit exercises for demonstrating new automation capabilities, launch readiness, and information assurance for the U.S. Air Force’s next generation GPS III satellite and Operational Control System (OCX).
Avionics
NASA tasks Rockwell Collins single-pilot operations study - News
December 17, 2014
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. NASA officials chose Rockwell Collins as the lead research firm for its Single Pilot Operation program, which focuses on developing concepts and technology for commercial airline crew capacity, ground support, and automation.
Avionics
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Optimizing MEMS IMU Data Coherence and Timing in Navigation Systems
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AI capabilities to be integrated into Abaco's defense-ready hardware
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Comms
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Mission-critical module carrier introduced by Abaco Systems
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USSF-87 mission launches from Cape Canaveral
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