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A.I.
Machine learning, sensor suites to improve situational awareness - News
February 26, 2020
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Charles River Analytics Inc., developer of intelligent systems solutions, has received funding from the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences to build the Physiological Index of Situation Awareness (PISA) system with SA Technologies. The unobtrusive, multimodal, and real-time PISA system monitors soldiers’ evolving situational awareness (SA) and determines when lapses in SA occur.
Comms
Protected Tactical SATCOM prototype provided to Space Force - News
February 26, 2020
FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center to develop a Protected Tactical SATCOM (PTS) rapid prototype payload for an on-orbit demonstration of assured tactical communications. The company was selected for the award through the Space Enterprise Consortium.
Radar/EW
VME120 SBCs providing tech refresh to naval systems - News
February 26, 2020
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. General Micro Systems (GMS) announced that it's new VME120 single-board computer (SBC) family is compatible with multiple generations of currently deployed VME boards. This enables U.S. Navy platforms to be upgraded to include the latest Intel processing and graphics performance while maintaining backward compatibility with long-running legacy programs.
Unmanned
AI-powered, counter-UAS system delivered by Citadel Defense - News
February 25, 2020
SAN DIEGO, Calif. Citadel Defense, the manufacturer of innovative, high-performance counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) solutions for military, government, and commercial markets, announced that its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered system, Titan, has been selected by a military service customer for mission-critical ground and airspace perimeter security deployments overseas. The number of Titan systems delivered and details about the contract were not disclosed by the company.
Comms
Training pod for TCTS Inc. II completes pre-production - News
February 25, 2020
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., has completed the first pre-production Tactical Combat Training System Increment II (TCTS Inc. II) training pod for the U.S. Navy. This comes just months after the completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) with the Navy that moved the program into the fabrication, integration, and testing phase.
Unmanned
Autonomous, rugged UGV introduced by Milrem Robotics - News
February 24, 2020
ABU DHABI. Milrem Robotics, manufacturer of unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) introduced its mission-proven, fifth-generation THeMIS UGV designed to assist soldiers on the battlefield while enhancing their combat effectiveness at UMEX 2020. The THeMIS UGV has been designed with the intent to withstand harsh environments and hot climates.
Comms
Mobile satcom ISR advanced with AMOS-17 and Get SAT systems - News
February 24, 2020
ISRAEL. Spacecom, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, and Get SAT, company specializing in small, lightweight satellite communication terminals for airborne, ground, and maritime applications, revealed that using AMOS-17's steerable KA-band HTS beams and Get SAT's miniaturized Micro-SAT satcom terminals, they have tested and demonstrated full mobile broadband satcom capabilities for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) applications.
Comms
Air-to-space laser comms system tested by GA-ASI - News
February 21, 2020
POWAY, Calif. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has ground tested its Airborne Laser Communication System (ALCoS) by establishing a link with a satellite in Geo-synchronous Earth Orbit (GEO). GA-ASI conducted the test with Tesat-Spacecom (TESAT), space-based laser communication (lasercom) company, using their GEO Laser Communication Terminal (LCT), the LCT 135.
Comms
ESSOR project chooses Rohde & Schwarz as German rep - News
February 21, 2020
GERMANY. Rohde & Schwarz has been named as the German industrial representative for the European Secure Software Defined Radio (ESSOR) project and is participating in the development of a European wideband waveform for tactical interoperability in multinational operations.
Radar/EW
LTAMDS radar antenna to defeat hypersonic threats - News
February 21, 2020
ANDOVER, Mass. Raytheon Company finished building the first radar antenna array for the U.S. Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS). According to Raytheon, the work was completed less than 120 days after the U.S. Army selected the company to build LTAMDS, a next-generation radar intended to defeat advanced threats like hypersonic weapons.
Avionics
C2 software platform to be sustained for Air Mobility Command - News
February 20, 2020
CHICAGO, Ill. Boeing, through its subsidiary Tapestry Solutions, announced it has secured a five-year U.S. Air Force recompete contract to sustain and modernize the Global Decision Support System (GDSS) – the principal command and control (C2) software platform that supports global Air Mobility Command (AMC) missions.
A.I.
Machine learning threat intelligence to secure USCYBERCOM - News
February 20, 2020
BOSTON, Mass. Recorded Future, security intelligence company, announced it won a Production-Other Transaction Agreement (P-OTA) contract facilitated by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) for threat intelligence, tasking to company to provide real-time threat analysis to approved federal agencies on an expedited basis.
Avionics
Cyberdefense partnership to protect aeronautics software - News
February 20, 2020
FORT WORTH, Texas. Lockheed Martin and Guardtime Federal are working together to mitigate cyber threats across Lockheed Martin Aeronautics' software supply chain by integrating immutable digital integrity into architecture supporting research, design, development, manufacturing, integration, and sustainment of its products and services.
Unmanned
Laser technology used by RAFAEL's Drone Dome - News
February 19, 2020
ISRAEL. RAFAEL’s Drone Dome counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) system performed interceptions of multiple drones, including maneuvering targets, using its hard-kill laser beam director. The stages of the interceptions included target detection, identification, and interception with a high-power laser beam.
Unmanned
Unmanned surface vehicle IDIQ spot won by Peraton - News
February 19, 2020
HERNDON, Va. Peraton, unmanned maritime systems contractor, won a spot on an up to 10-year, $982.1 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple award contract (IDIQ-MAC) to support the U.S. Navy's Unmanned Surface Vehicle Family of Systems.
Radar/EW
Fire control radar to be sustained by LONGBOW and NGC - News
February 18, 2020
ORLANDO, Fla. The U.S. Army awarded LONGBOW Limited Liability Company (LBL), a joint venture of Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) a five-year sustainment indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for up to $235.8 million to provide post-production support services for the AH-64 Apache helicopter AN/APG-78 LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR) to international customers.
Unmanned
Unmanned, solar-powered plane tested by BAE Systems - News
February 18, 2020
ARLINGTON, Va. A solar-powered unmanned aircraft with a wingspan of 114 feet completed its maiden high-altitude flight in the stratosphere, BAE Systems announced. The plane, called Persistent High altitude Solar Aircraft (PHASA-35), is meant to fly about 32 miles above the earth in the space, in the upper atmosphere between conventional aircraft and satellites.
Avionics
Airborne EW systems to be supplied to German AF - News
February 14, 2020
GERMANY. Elbit Systems announced that it was selected by the Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology, and In-Service Support to support the preliminary design of Airborne Electronic Warfare (EW) self-protection systems for the CH-53 GS/GE transport helicopters, as part of the platform upgrade program led by Airbus Helicopters.
Radar/EW
Niobium-based connectors making electrical connections underwater - News
February 14, 2020
FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corporation has signed its first non-exclusive agreement to manufacture niobium-based connectors (NiobiCon) designed for harsh environments. NiobiCon is a new way of making electrical connections underwater that enables power transfer and data exchange without using seals, oil, or moving parts.
Cyber
Navy Continuous Training Environment contract won by Alion - News
February 14, 2020
WASHINGTON. Alion Science and Technology announced that it has won a $248 million contract for Navy Continuous Training Environment (NCTE), Integrating Architecture Development.
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