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Comms
DARPA aims to make on-chip security scalable - News
March 28, 2019
ARLINGTON, Va. To ease the cybersecurity concern over developing secure chips, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has developed the Automatic Implementation of Secure Silicon (AISS) program, which intends to automate the process of incorporating scalable defense mechanisms into chip designs while enabling designers to make economics versus security tradeoffs and maximize design productivity.
Comms
Jacobs wins $75.8 million contract for delivery of USAF Patriot Excalibur software and systems - News
March 28, 2019
DALLAS. Technical professional-services firm Jacobs has won the Patriot Excalibur (PEX) contract from the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. The $75.8 million, five-year contract calls for Jacobs to deliver a unit-level software toolset that enables Air Force, Joint Service, and foreign military unit personnel to conduct accurate and real-time operational tasks and track readiness status, connecting functional areas within a unit.
Comms
Naval trainer brings AR/VR, hands-on training right to the waterfront - News
March 26, 2019
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. The U.S. Navy is currently using the the Carrier-Advanced Reconfigurable Training System (C-ARTS) system -- a customized mobile training facility -- to deliver traditional classroom training, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and "mixed-reality" training to sailors and soldiers at pierside.
Radar/EW
U.S. Missile Defense Agency reports successful test of ground-based ICBM interceptors - News
March 26, 2019
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) reports that it successfully launched two ground-based interceptors (GBIs) in rapid succession on Monday, March 25 from Vandenberg Air Force Base (California) against a simulated intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launched from a test site on the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific.
A.I.
DARPA program studies use of AI to generate more effective human-machine teaming - News
March 25, 2019
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is studying the basic machine "social skills" that will be needed to generate effective human-machine collaboration.
Radar/EW
Radar from Raytheon said to double U-2 surveillance range for USAF - News
March 25, 2019
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Raytheon is working on development of a new version of the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) that flies on the U-2 Dragon Lady aircraft, under the terms of a $320 million undefinitized contract from the U.S. Air Force.
Comms
RF microwave control components from Comtech to go to U.S. military - News
March 22, 2019
MELVILLE, N.Y. Comtech Telecommunications announced that its New York-based subsidiary, Comtech PST Corp. -- part of Comtech?s Government Solutions segment -- received a $2.3 million contract award for RF microwave control components from a major domestic prime contractor.
Comms
A.I.
DARPA program: Progress seen on lifelong learning for machines - News
March 20, 2019
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Lifelong Learning Machines (L2M) program reports some progress toward its goal of developing computer systems that can learn continuously and become increasingly expert while performing tasks.
A.I.
Autonomous adaptable software systems under development by Charles River Analytics, partners - News
March 20, 2019
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Intelligent-systems developer Charles River Analytics is partnering with the University of Southern California, Harvard University, the University of Birmingham, and Metron Scientifc to develop a program called Probabilistic Representation of Intent Commitments to Ensure Software Survival (PRINCESS).
Radar/EW
Missile defense, air defense for Poland to be supplied by Northrop Grumman - News
March 20, 2019
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. a contract worth $713 million for the production of an Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) for the first phase of Poland?s WIS?A air- and missile-defense program.
Unmanned
IARPA announces competition to improve UAV-captured imagery - News
March 20, 2019
WASHINGTON. The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) -- an organization within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence -- has announced the UG2+ Prize Challenge, a competition that leverages a unique computer vision data set of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), glider, and ground (UG2) data.
Cyber
Perspecta's enterprise-logging architecture to enhance USAF cyber situational awareness - News
March 20, 2019
CHANTILLY, Va. Perspecta Inc.has won the Enterprise Logging Phase 2 (EL2) contract with the United States Air Force (USAF) -- awarded under USAF Network-Centric Solutions-2 (NETCENTS-2) NetOps -- which has a one-year base and four single-year options with a maximum ceiling value of $71 million.
Avionics
Aircraft-support contract for global Army operations won by Leidos - News
March 20, 2019
RESTON, Va. Leidos has secured a spot in a large contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command-Redstone to provide global aircraft logistics and maintenance in theaters of operations.
Comms
Cubic Corp. will acquire Nuvotronics in bid to strengthen protected-communications offerings - News
March 20, 2019
SAN DIEGO. Defense and military contractor Cubic Corp. has announced that it will acquire Nuvotronics, a provider of microfabricated radio-frequency (RF) products, for approximately $64 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments, with additional earn-out payments of up to $8 million based on future performance.
Comms
DARPA, AFRL green-light Ball Aerospace for phase 2 of space-domain program - News
March 20, 2019
BOULDER, Colo. Ball Aerospace will move forward on the Space Evaluation and Analysis Capability (SEAC) testbed for the second phase of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Hallmark program, which aims to develop technologies that deliver real-time space-domain awareness informing command/control and protection of space assets.
A.I.
AI, AR, quantum computing will drive DoD spending to 2023, says report - News
March 19, 2019
SANTA CLARA, Calif. A new market study from Frost & Sullivan, "US DoD C4ISR, 2018?2023," predicts that U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) spending on C4ISR [command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance] technologies will have a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.3 percent through 2023.
Unmanned
Smart sensors for military, defense markets on track to grow to $310.7 million by 2029 - News
March 18, 2019
LONDON. The market for smart sensors used in the military and defense arenas is projected to reach $310.7 million in 2029, according to a new market forecast from Visiongain, "Smart Sensors in Military and Defense Market Report 2019-2029."
Comms
IEM wins spot on $37 billion DoD national-security services contract - News
March 18, 2019
RESEARCH TRIANGLE, North Carolina. Homeland-security and disaster-management consulting firm IEM has won a spot on a $37 billion U.S. Army contract to support a wide array of Department of Defense (DoD) national security services through the Army's Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services (RS3) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract.
Comms
Military communications market to grow to $38 billion by 2026: Report - News
March 15, 2019
NEW YORK. The global market for military communications is expected to grow from $30 billion in 2018 to $38 billion by 2026, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.4 percent during the forecast period, according to a recent market study by Reports and Data, "Military Communications Market By Communication Type (Airborne Communication, Air-Ground Communication, Underwater Communication, Ground-Based Communication And Shipborne Communication), Components (Military Satcom Systems, Military Radio Systems, Military Security Systems And Communication Systems) - Global Forecast 2026."
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