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Radar/EW
Air Force awards $95.7 million contract for EW services - News
April 07, 2017
SYRACUSE, N.Y. The Air Force has awarded defense and intelligence contractor SRC, Inc. a contract worth $95.7 million contract to continue development on the Sensor Beam program.
Unmanned
RQ-4 Global Hawk RPA passes deployment milestone - News
April 05, 2017
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. The U.S. Air Force Central Command reports that a 380th Air Expeditionary Wing RQ-4 Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), carrying a communications-enhancing payload, has completed 1,000 continuous sorties without a single maintenance cancellation while supporting Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Syria.
Avionics
Boeing signs $2.2 billion contract for P-8A aircraft - News
April 04, 2017
SEATTLE. Boeing has signed a contract worth $2.2 billion with the U.S. Navy, the Australian air force, and the United Kingdom royal air force to supply at least 17 P-8A Poseidon aircraft for the purposes of global maritime patrol and intelligence.
Unmanned
Textron to supply additional unmanned surface vehicles to U.S. Navy - News
April 04, 2017
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Textron Systems Unmanned Systems -- a business unit of Textron Inc. -- has received a $14.8 million contract to provide two additional fourth-generation common unmanned surface vehicles (CUSVs) for the U.S. Navy?s Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) program.
Comms
NASA embarks upon laser-communications system for spacecraft - News
April 03, 2017
NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, Md. NASA has launched a program aimed at developing a laser communications system for its Orion spacecraft, the vehicle the agency intends to use for its future manned missions to deep space.
Avionics
BAE Systems delivers new F-35 Lightning II simulator for flight trials - News
March 31, 2017
LONDON. BAE Systems has developed a new F-35 Lightning II flight simulator facility aimed at enabling pilots to prepare for trials on the U.K. Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier. The ?2m (approximately $2.5 million) simulator facility is intended to be an immersive experience for naval pilots to practice takeoff and landing on the navy's new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier under challenging sea and weather conditions.
Radar/EW
Elbit Systems signs $82 million contract to supply Condor2 system - News
March 31, 2017
HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems has received a contract worth approximately $82 million to provide an Asia-Pacific country with its Condor 2 electro-optic/infrared (EO/IR) airborne solution, for use in intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) missions. The contract, a follow-on order from a current user, will be satisfied over a four-year period by Elbit Systems' ISTAR Division.
Cyber
General Dynamics obtains $140 million NATO IT and cloud contract - News
March 30, 2017
FAIRFAX, Va. General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a contract by the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) to deliver a significant upgrade to NATO's technical infrastructure in decades. The single-award contract has a potential value of $140 million over five years.
Radar/EW
Semiconductor industry report calls for enhanced investment in R&D - News
March 30, 2017
WASHINGTON. Leading companies from the defense, technology, and aerospace industries -- led by the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) -- have released a report identifying the key areas of scientific research that are needed to advance innovation in semiconductor technology and fulfill the promise of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and supercomputing.
Comms
German companies team for digitization of Germany's ground forces - News
March 29, 2017
MUNICH and DUESSELDORF, Germany. German defense-electronics companies Rheinmetall and Rohde & Schwarz have entered a partnership that aims at leading the digitization of Germany?s ground armed forces. The two enterprises established a joint venture to compete for two major German procurement projects: "MoTaKo," which stands for ?mobile tactical communications,? and ?MoTIV,? short for ?mobile tactical information network.?
Comms
AAR wins $909 million, 15-year contract from Air Force - News
March 29, 2017
WOOD DALE, Ill. Aviation services company AAR Corp. has won a 15-year, $909 million fixed-price contract from the U.S. Air Force for its Landing Gear Performance-Based Logistics One program. Work is expected to run through 2032.
Radar/EW
SLS RS-25 rocket engine undergoes critical test - News
March 28, 2017
NASA-STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. The powerful RS-25 engine that will be used on NASA?s new super-heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) underwent a critical test recently at NASA?s Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi; the test included the first trial of the new flight-model engine controller and flight-configuration software. Four RS-25 engines, manufactured by Aerojet Rocketdyne, are set to help propel the SLS rocket into deep space and beyond.
Radar/EW
U.S. Army SMDC initiates $3 billion contract process - News
March 28, 2017
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (USASMDC/ARSTRAT) recently announced the eight indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) prime contractor awardees that it had chosen for the Design, Development, Demonstration and Integration (D3I) Domain 1 contract award. The eight companies met with USASMDC/ARSTRAT, along with the U.S. Army Contracting Command-Redstone, to kick off the task-order process for the High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator (HEL TVD) integrated system development.
Avionics
Rockwell Collins avoidance rerouter software certified FACE conformant - News
March 28, 2017
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins has announced that its Avoidance Re-router (ARR-2500) software product has been deemed conformant to Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Technical Standard Edition 2.1, the latest edition of the conformance program.
Comms
Booz Allen Hamilton wins $59 million Navy contract to enhance information capabilities - News
March 27, 2017
McLEAN, Va. Booz Allen Hamilton has won a five-year, $59 million professional support services contract from the U.S. Navy's Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (PEO C4I) under which Booz Allen will provide acquisition, program, contracts, installation, and operations management expertise to the 21 Department of Defense (DoD) programs and projects executed by the Battlespace Awareness & Information Operations Program office (PMW 120).
Unmanned
Naval Research Lab instruments mount successfully on ISS - News
March 27, 2017
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) reports that the International Space Station (ISS) has successfully installed NRL?s Limb-Imaging Ionospheric and Thermospheric Extreme Ultraviolet (UV) Spectrograph (LITES) and its Global Positioning System (GPS) Radio Occultation and Ultraviolet Photometer Co-located (GROUP-C) research instruments.
Comms
Global aerospace and defense revenues likely to rise during 2017, say analysts - News
March 24, 2017
NEW YORK. The global aerospace and defense (A&D) sector is likely to experience stronger growth in 2017, following multiple years of positive yet subdued growth, say analysts with multinational professional-services firm Deloitte.
Radar/EW
QinetiQ wins Navy contract for control hardware and software for Navy aircraft carrier - News
March 24, 2017
WALTHAM, Mass. QinetiQ North America (QNA) has confirmed that it has entered into a $41 million definitized contract with General Atomics (GA -- San Diego, California) to deliver control hardware and software for the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) that is set to be installed on the Navy?s next aircraft carrier, the future John F. Kennedy (CVN 79). This announcement follows the initial $16 million contract announced in December 2015.
Cyber
DARPA contracts with Vencore Labs for advanced cyberdefense research - News
March 24, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced that it has awarded Vencore Labs, Inc., with multiple contracts to deliver research in the area of cyberdefense against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The contracts are valued at $17.7 million and will be performed as part of DARPA?s Extreme DDoS Defense (XD3) program over the next three years.
Radar/EW
Qioptic wins $100 million contract from U.K. Ministry of Defense - News
March 23, 2017
ST. ASAPH, Wales. Qioptic has announced that Britain's Defense Ministry awarded it a contract worth $100 million for STAS (Surveillance and Target Acquisition ? Support). The contract has options for an additional five years of support, which would increase the contract by a further $84 million.
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