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Avionics
Military training and simulation market evolving toward LVC and TaaS models, study says - News
July 18, 2019
SAN ANTONIO. The global military training and simulation (T&S) market is witnessing rapid transformation, primarily driven by the adoption of commercial off-the-shelf technologies, demand for interoperable live, virtual, and constructive (LVC) networked architectures and the prevalence of new business models such as Training-as-a-Service (TaaS), according to a new market study by Frost & Sullivan, "Global Military Training and Simulation Market, Forecast to 2027."
Radar/EW
AESA radar on B-52 bombers will get upgrade from Raytheon - News
July 12, 2019
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Raytheon will design, develop, produce, and sustain active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar systems for the entire U.S. Air Force B-52 fleet.
Radar/EW
Missile computers to be delivered to U.S. Navy by Raytheon - News
July 12, 2019
TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon has won a $17.77 million firm-fixed-price contract to procure 114 High Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) command launch computers for the U.S. Navy.
Radar/EW
Signals-intelligence contract for Army won by General Dynamics MIssion Systems - News
July 11, 2019
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) won a $296.1 million cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command to produce Prophet Enhanced modernized signals-intelligence systems.
Radar/EW
Reflex Photonics launches a new blind mate active optical interconnect product line compatible with VITA and SOSA standards. - Product
July 11, 2019
KIRKLAND, Montreal, Canada. Reflex Photonics has launched a line of LightCONEX active optical blind mate interconnects compatible with the upcoming VITA 66.5 standard and supported by the Sensor Open System Architecture (SOSA) consortium.
Comms
U.S. Navy ships get additional work on intelligent-modeling systems - News
July 10, 2019
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Intelligent-systems developer Charles River Analytics (CRA) is getting the green light from from the U.S. Navy to move forward on a System for Naval Data Aggregation and Planning with Probabilistic Reasoning (SNAPPR), which CRA officials say creates probabilistic models of naval system components, the environment in which they operate, and the missions that they serve. CRA is partnering with Raytheon IDS for the three-year SNAPPR follow-on contract, which is valued at nearly $1.5 million.
Radar/EW
Military systems and artillery market to grow around 3.6% per year globally, study says - News
July 10, 2019
AMSTERDAM. The global market for military artillery and systems is expected to pass $76 billion during 2019- 2027, a combined annual growth rate of approximately 3.6%, according to a study by Market Forecast, "Global Artillery and Systems -- Market and Technology Forecast to 2027."
A.I.
Machine learning and artificial intelligence software project by DARPA will aid DoD logistics challenge - News
July 09, 2019
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has embarked on a project for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) it calls the "LogX program" that aims to develop and demonstrate software for real-time logistics and supply-chain system situational awareness (diagnosis), future state prediction (prognosis), and resilience at unprecedented scale and speed.
Radar/EW
Antiship missile update signed with U.S. Navy by Lockheed Martin - News
July 08, 2019
ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin has garnered a $175 million contract with the U.S. Navy to update the Navy?s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) components and systems.
Comms
USAF tanker remote-vision system to continue tests for operability, safety - News
July 08, 2019
McCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kansas. A team from the Air Force Research Laboratory?s 711th Human Performance Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is scheduled to conduct tests for the KC-46A Pegasus refueling tanker's Remote Visual System (RVS) during July 2019.
Avionics
Armed scout-aircraft bid from Karem gets lift from additions to team - News
July 03, 2019
LAKE FOREST, Calif. Aerospace development firm Karem reports that its efforts in the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) competition has been amplified with its newly announced teaming with Northrop Grumman and Raytheon. Karem was one of five companies awarded an Army prototyping development contract in April.
Radar/EW
Combat system from Lockheed Martin to be integrated, tested on U.S. Navy ships - News
July 03, 2019
BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin has won a $7.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy for Combat System Ship Integration and Test on new-construction guided missile frigate (FFG(X)) ships.
Radar/EW
Quantum-radar, other quantum-tech projects pursued by BGU and U.S. and Israeli defense agencies - News
July 02, 2019
BE?ER SHEVA, Israel. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) has announced joint research and development programs in the area of quantum technology with the Israel Ministry of Defense, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy.
Radar/EW
Radar R&D firm acquired by SRC - News
July 01, 2019
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Defense R & D corporation SRC has acquired radar R & D company SAZE (Silver Springs, Maryland).
Unmanned
UAS contract for U.S. military and allies signed for $390.4 million - News
July 01, 2019
BINGEN, Washington. Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) company Insitu has won a $390.4 million contract to supply Blackjack unmanned vehicles for the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy, as well as Blackjacks and smaller ScanEagle UASs for several foreign allies.
Unmanned
Tactical missile sale worth $122.8 million to Germany approved by U.S. State Department - News
July 01, 2019
WASHINGTON. The U.S. State Department has approved a Foreign Military Sale of tactical missiles worth more than $122 million to Germany, according to a U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) press release.
Comms
NASA restores historic Mission Control in time for Apollo 11 50th anniversary - News
June 28, 2019
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER -- HOUSTON. NASA's Mission Control room at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center has been restored to the way it looked 50 years ago when U.S. astronauts landed on the moon.
Radar/EW
Electronic warfare will fuel growing military embedded systems market, study says - News
June 27, 2019
LONDON. Increasing investment in modern warfare technologies and increasing use of electronic warfare (EW) is expected to fuel the growth of the military embedded systems market over the next 10 years, according to a recent report from Visiongain, "Military Embedded Systems Market Forecast, 2019-2029."
Radar/EW
Military airborne radar market will reach $4.2 billion by 2029, study says - News
June 26, 2019
LONDON. The global military airborne radar market, valued at $2.9 billion in 2019, will increase at a combined annual growth rate of 3.84%, to $4.2 billion by 2029, according to a market study by Global Data, "The Global Military Airborne Radar Market 2019-2029."
Unmanned
Collision-avoidance radar for UAVs gets radome upgrade - News
June 26, 2019
INTERNATIONAL RADAR SYMPOSIUM--ULM, Germany. Radar and sensor maker Hensoldt announced an upgrade to its collision-avoidance radar system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs): The company says that its enhanced radome technology protects the radar from mechanical environmental influences -- such as bird strikes or lightning -- while minimally affecting the radar?s functionality.
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