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Unmanned
Tomahawk missile support contract awarded to Raytheon - News
August 23, 2019
WALTHAM, Mass. The U.S. Navy's Tomahawk missiles will receive upgrades under a $7.2 million contract with Raytheon. The deal is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement, and will provide an updated technical data package of the guidance test set and upgrade of existing units, including hardware and software.
Unmanned
Wireless TOW missiles delivered to U.S. Army - News
August 22, 2019
WALTHAM, Mass. Raytheon will deliver additional tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided missiles for the TOW weapon system under a $101 million U.S. Army contract announced by the U.S. Department of Defense.
Comms
AR technology to increase warfighter RF safety - News
August 22, 2019
WASHINGTON. A Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic team is developing and refining a hands-free system to protect U.S. military members from inadvertently revealing their location via radio frequency (RF) waves.
Radar/EW
AR training system to support Dutch Army observers - News
August 22, 2019
FREMONT, Calif. The Royal Netherlands Army Command has awarded Ravenswood Solutions a contract for a modular augmented reality tracking equipment for observers (MARTE-O) kit.
A.I.
Robotic Operations Center to introduce robotic process automation - News
August 21, 2019
UNITED KINGDOM. BAE Systems announced the launch of its new Robotic Operations Center (ROC) to customize and deploy suites of software robots that automate high-volume, repetitive tasks in support of U.S. national security missions.
Cyber
U.S. Army tanks to be equipped with better cybersecurity - News
August 21, 2019
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Charles River Analytics Inc., developer of intelligent systems solutions, has received funding from U.S. Army to develop a Controller Area Network Defense in Depth (CANDID) custom hardware/software solution. CANDID can help analysts detect cybersecurity breaches in tanks that rely on vulnerable commercial protocols and electronic systems.
Unmanned
US-1 quadcopter crosses Nevada desert without recharging - News
August 21, 2019
SANTA CLARA, Calif. Impossible Aerospace announced that its US-1 "flying battery" quadcopter became the first aircraft of its kind to cross the northern Nevada desert without recharging in repeated 72-minute flights across the playa.
Unmanned
Raven B UAS contract awarded to AeroVironment - News
August 20, 2019
MONROVIA, Calif. AeroVironment, Inc. announced it received a firm fixed-price contract award valued at $45.1 million for RQ-11B Raven small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and initial spares packages.
Radar/EW
Raytheon's Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar tracks first targets - News
August 20, 2019
WALLOPS ISLAND TEST FACILITY, Va. Raytheon and the U.S. Navy completed the first system-level tests of SPY-6(V)2, the Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR), at the Surface Combat System Center at Wallops Island, Va.
Radar/EW
Naval radar to be delivered to Norwegian Coast Guard - News
August 19, 2019
NORWAY. The sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT will equip the Norwegian Coast Guard vessel ?Svalbard? with the latest version of its TRS-3D naval radar and MSSR 2000 I Identification friend-or-foe (IFF) System.
Radar/EW
Littoral combat ship sensors contract awarded to FLIR - News
August 19, 2019
WILSONVILLE, Ore. FLIR Surveillance Inc. received a $12.6 million contract for supplies, repairs, and upgrades to sensor systems aboard U.S. Navy littoral combat ships.
Unmanned
ROBOpilot unmanned air platform first flights conducted by AFRL - News
August 16, 2019
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The Air Force Research Laboratory and DZYNE Technologies Incorporated completed a two-hour initial flight of a Robotic Pilot Unmanned Conversion Program called ROBOpilot at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah.
Avionics
E-2D Hawkeye training systems contract won by Rockwell Collins - News
August 16, 2019
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins has received a $31 million contract for training systems on the E-2D Hawkeye airborne surveillance aircraft. The contract covers one E-2D Hawkeye Integrated Training System III Weapons Systems Trainer and one Aircrew Procedures Trainer, including necessary technical data.
Cyber
Cyberspace operations contract won by SAIC - News
August 15, 2019
RESTON, Va. Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) won a $14 million contract with Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific supporting the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command to provide full spectrum cyberspace support.
Unmanned
Optionally piloted Black Hawk flies with Triumph sensors - News
August 15, 2019
BERWYN, Pa. Triumph Group joins Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, in announcing the first flight of the optionally piloted Black Hawk helicopter equipped with a fly-by-wire technology kit.
Unmanned
New metal material discovery could strengthen military vehicles - News
August 14, 2019
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. A U.S. Army project discovery upends previous notions about how metals deform and could help guide the creation of stronger, more durable materials for military vehicles.
Unmanned
Submarine program support contract won by Curtiss-Wright - News
August 14, 2019
EAST FARMINGDALE, N.Y. Curtiss-Wright Corporation announced that it has been awarded contracts valued in excess of $80 million to provide propulsion valves for the U.S. Navy?s Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine and Columbia-class submarines programs.
Avionics
King Stallion helicopters production contract won by Sikorsky - News
August 14, 2019
STRATFORD, Conn. Sikorsky has been awarded a $107 million contract for early work on the next six CH-53K King Stallion helicopters for the U.S. Marine Corps. The contract covers long lead items for six low-rate initial production lot 4 helicopters.
A.I.
Machine-learning contract for space scenarios won by BAE Systems - News
August 13, 2019
UNITED KINGDOM. BAE Systems has been awarded a Phase 2 contract to develop machine-learning capabilities aimed to help the military gain better awareness of space scenarios for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Unmanned
DARPA's advanced imaging systems to extend field of view - News
August 12, 2019
WASHINGTON. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has developed the Focal arrays for Curved Infrared Imagers (FOCII) program to expand upon the current commercial trend for visible sensor arrays by extending the capability to both large and medium format midwave (MWIR) and/or longwave (LWIR) infrared detectors.
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