Military Embedded Systems

MADISON, Miss. The Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Vertex Aerospace LLC a $111,409,733 Contracted Maintenance, Modification, Aircrew, and Related Services (CMMARS) task order for the RESET of the U.S. Marine Corps' CH-53E Super Stallion fleet. The 5-year task order, with one base year and four option years, includes inspecting, rebuilding, and restoring the aircraft to a full mission capable status.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. The latest joint development effort between General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and technology firm SENER is a NATO Pod, designed and built by SENER Aeroespacial, part of the SENER Group. GA-ASI will integrate the NATO Pod onto the MQ-9 aircraft line to increase its configuration and payload options.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a national security solutions provider, announced that the second flight of the X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle (GAV), which took place in July, was a success, satisfying major technical and program milestones while significantly reducing risk.

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology has awarded Alion Science and Technology a $20 million task order with a 60-month period of performance to provide Autonomy and Navigation Technology (ANT) Development.

BOULDER, Colo. Ball Aerospace, teamed with Booz Allen Hamilton, has won a contract by the Space Rapid Capabilities Office (SpRCO) to serve as the prime system integrator for the SpRCO Ground Command, Control, and Communications (GC3) system. 

WASHINGTON and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. Google Cloud and Simple Technology Solutions (STS) — a Google Cloud partner and small business specializing in multi-cloud solutions for the federal government — announced they are working with the U.S. Navy to modernize the maintenance and repairs inspection process for Navy vessels and facilities.

SAN JOSE, Calif. Lynx Software Technologies, company specializing in modern platform software technologies, announced that General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has adopted the LYNX MOSA.ic software framework for the Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS).

SAN DIEGO, Calif. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that it has won a developmental contract by Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) to provide manufacturing design drawings, engineering, fabrication, inspection, and assembly of prototype propulsor, shafting, and bearing components as well as the equipment needed to support propulsor research & development, testing, and evaluation.

ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Air Force has awarded BAE Systems a $495 million contract to continue to provide a wide range of instrumentation support and sustainment services to military and government agencies for the U.S. and its allies.

ORLANDO, Fla. According to NASA officials, one of the most powerful rockets in service is scheduled to carry a classified spy satellite for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) aloft from Florida before dawn Thursday.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., a division of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, announced it has been awarded a $29 million contract from Raytheon to produce and sustain the Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance (AN/TPY-2) Cooling Equipment Units (CEU).

RESTON, Va. U.S. Navy awarded a $133 million contract to Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) to continue providing mission engineering and integration services to the Maneuver, Engagement, and Surveillance Systems Division at Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) in Crane, Indiana.

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. To those in tune with the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) driving the rapidly growing open systems market ecosystem (i.e. FACE, SOSA, CMOSS, etc.), a new platform for information on Hardware Open Systems Technologies (HOST) comes online from NAVAIR PMA-209.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. Skydio, U.S. drone manufacturer and company specializing in autonomous flight, announced that the new Skydio X2D has been selected as a trusted drone platform for the Department of Defense (DoD) and Federal Government as part of the Defense Innovation Unit’s Blue sUAS Project.

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. Orbit Communication Systems Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Orbit Communication Systems Ltd., who specializes in satellite communication, tracking systems, and airborne communication and audio management solutions, announced that Lockheed Martin Corporation selected its Orion Combat 3D Audio Management System (3D-AMS) for the next generation avionics suite of the F-16.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Built by Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business, the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band flew on an EA-18G Growler – its first flight test on the aircraft. The U.S. Navy's NGJ-MB is an advanced electronic attack system that is designed to deny, disrupt, and degrade enemy technology, including communication tools and air-defense systems.

TOKYO. The United States and Japan are to jointly build a network of small satellites capable of detecting new missiles, as Tokyo warns of increasing threats from North Korea. The purpose of the satellites would be to complement the currently existing system of missile defense, which includes Japan's PAC-3 missile interceptors, acccording to officials.

BELGIUM. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has signed a Foreign Military Sales contract with the U.S. Air Force for Belgian Ministry of Defense to acquire the MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS).

WASHINGTON. A new U.S. Navy information warfare project received a two-year extension and $400 million in new funding, the Navy announced. James Guerts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, approved a funding ceiling increase and extension for the Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP) of the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command.

MELBOURNE, Fla. L3Harris Technologies has received a contract from the U.S. Navy for the Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MUSV) program. This is the Navy’s first program for an unmanned surface vehicle to support the Navy’s Distributed Maritime Operations strategy.