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Comms
Airborne and ground radios perform interoperability tests - News
October 18, 2019
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., completed voice checks over the live Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite communication (SATCOM) network, sending the communications from the company?s sixth-generation ARC-210 software-defined airborne radio to its PRC-162 tactical ground radio.
Unmanned
Hypersonic glide body prototypes to be manufactured by General Atomics - News
October 18, 2019
SAN DIEGO, Calif. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that it won a contract from Dynetics Technical Solutions (DTS) for the manufacture and production of subassemblies for the Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB).
Radar/EW
AH-64E Apache helicopter to be equipped with modernized turrets - News
October 17, 2019
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Army recently awarded Lockheed Martin a $40.6 million contract to produce Modernized Turrets (M-TUR) for the AH-64E Apache helicopter, an upgrade to the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight and Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) system with enhanced operational and performance capabilities.
Radar/EW
Raytheon's missile defense sensor selected by U.S. Army - News
October 17, 2019
ANDOVER, Mass. Raytheon Company has been selected to provide the U.S. Army with the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS). Raytheon will receive more than $384 million to deliver six production representative units of the advanced LTAMDS radar under an Other Transactional Authority U.S. Army agreement.
A.I.
Open-source data capabilities to be delivered to U.S. Army - News
October 17, 2019
WASHINGTON. BAE Systems will provide intelligence support to the U.S. Army in a $437 million task order, the company announced. BAE Systems will deliver open source capabilities to the Army from publicly available sources, and will provide the Army's Intelligence and Security Command with training, policy and governance recommendations, assessments, and implementation of emerging capabilities.
Radar/EW
Bradley Fighting Vehicle upgrades extended for BAE Systems - News
October 11, 2019
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a contract modification worth up to $269 million for continued production of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV). The award for an additional 168 upgraded Bradley A4 Infantry Fighting Vehicles is part of the Army?s combat vehicle modernization strategy and helps ensure force readiness of the Armored Brigade Combat Teams (ABCT).
Radar/EW
C5ISR contract awarded to Kratos for large combat system - News
October 11, 2019
SAN DIEGO, Calif. Kratos, security solutions provider, announced that its C5ISR Modular Systems Division has received an initial $2 million contract award from a national security-related customer in support of a large combat system program. The program is expected to grow and become one of the largest in Kratos? Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Combat, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) business unit.
Comms
MIL-COTS EMC filters aimed at use in demanding airborne, vehicle applications - News
October 10, 2019
SAN DIEGO, Calif. TDK Corporation has launched its TDK-Lambda FQB series of EMC filters, with a rating of 40Vdc at 20A. Voltage surge and spike protection for DC-DC converters is accomplished through the use of active technology. The FQB has a rugged encapsulated quarter-brick package with a choice of flanged or non-flanged baseplates. These modules are suitable for use in a wide variety of harsh and demanding environments, including MIL-COTS vehicle and airborne applications.
Cyber
Cyber threat detection agreement signed by Thales and Airbus - News
October 10, 2019
EUROPE. Airbus CyberSecurity and Thales, two European cybersecurity companies, have signed a partnership agreement to offer a solution against cyber attacks combining the file analysis system Orion Malware from Airbus CyberSecurity with Thales?s intrusion detection system Cybels Sensor, which obtained Security Visa from the French national cybersecurity agency (ANSSI) in April 2019.
Comms
DARPA awards Pit Boss contract to SEAKR for satellite program - News
October 10, 2019
CENTENNIAL, Colo. SEAKR Engineering, Inc. (SEAKR) has been awarded a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Pit Boss contract supporting the Blackjack Proliferated Low Earth Orbit Demonstration Program. Key contributors to SEAKR's Pit Boss effort are Microsoft, Applied Technology Associates (ATA), Advanced Solutions Inc. (ASI), Kythera Space Solutions and NKrypt.
Radar/EW
M88A1 vehicles to be upgraded by BAE Systems - News
October 10, 2019
WASHINGTON. BAE Systems announced a $148.3 million contract with the U.S. Army to upgrade M88A1 heavy-lift vehicles. A total of 43 vehicles will be rebuilt with increased power, maneuverability, and survivability features to increase their configuration to M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift System, or HERCULES, status.
A.I.
Crowd-sourced flight data support contract goes to Intelligent Waves - News
October 09, 2019
RESTON, Va. Intelligent Waves LLC, an information technology government solutions provider, announced it was awarded an $89.2 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Air Force. The contract will provide crowd-sourced flight data collection support and big data analytics to the 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES).
Radar/EW
Mikros to install advanced maintenance systems on Navy LCS - News
October 09, 2019
PRINCETON, N.J. Mikros Systems Corporation, a technology company specializing in electronic systems for advanced maintenance, announced that it was awarded a follow-on Delivery Order under its ADEPT Distance Support Sensor Suite (ADSSS) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the U.S. Navy. The order has a $15 million ceiling and covers the installation of condition-based maintenance systems for the Littoral Combat Ship.
Comms
TACLANE-Nano network encryptor certified by NSA - News
October 09, 2019
FAIRFAX, Va. General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) announced that the National Security Agency (NSA) has certified its new TACLANE-Nano (KG-175N) network encryptor to secure voice, video, and data information classified Top Secret/SCI and below traversing public and private IP networks.
A.I.
Automated cloud-based GEOINT architecture developed for AFRL - News
October 08, 2019
WESTMINSTER, Colo. Maxar Technologies, Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructure company, announced that it has been awarded a $14.2 million contract to develop Red Wing, an automated, cloud-based geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) analysis architecture for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Maxar?s Red Wing architecture is intended to enable analysts to focus on addressing some of the most challenging intelligence problems by automating time-consuming workflows.
Radar/EW
Raven-Strike to be showcased by Systel at AUSA - News
October 08, 2019
SUGAR LAND, Texas. Systel, Inc., rugged computing company, will showcase next-generation rugged computing technology solutions, including high-density rugged servers and high-performance embedded systems at the 2019 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C.
Radar/EW
Comms
Hand-held devices to improve air-to-ground operations - News
October 07, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Raytheon Company received a $48 million engineering services contract to support the integration and qualification of hand-held devices into platform-mounted WiFi systems secured up to secret.
Unmanned
Hypersonic weapon system OpFires completes preliminary review - News
October 07, 2019
WASHINGTON. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency?s (DARPA) Operational Fires (OpFires) program has reached a program milestone, completing booster preliminary design review of a two-stage tactical missile system. OpFires aims to develop and demonstrate a ground-launched hypersonic weapon system to engage time-sensitive targets.
Cyber
Automated cybersecurity solutions introduced by Anomali - News
October 04, 2019
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Anomali, intelligence-driven cybersecurity solutions company, unveiled the Anomali Altitude platform during the Detect 2019 conference. The Anomali Altitude platform delivers Anomali Lens, Anomali ThreatStream, and Anomali Match and is intended to allow customers to automate detection, analysis, and response for high-priority external and internal threats.
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