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Avionics
U.S. Army helicopter upgrade program to implement Techaya switch for enhanced networking - News
March 14, 2018
LOS ANGELES. MilSource, the sole distributor for Techaya ruggedized switching and routing solutions in the U.S., announced that Techaya was selected by a leading defense systems integrator to provide its MILTECH 912 to implement advanced Ethernet switching and networking capabilities for a U.S. Army helicopter upgrade program.
Unmanned
State Dept. greenlights $270 million Sidewinder sale to UAE - News
March 14, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) -- worth a potential $270.4 million -- of Raytheon-built AIM-9X-2 Sidewinder Block II missiles, related components, and services from the U.S. government.
Radar/EW
DARPA DREaM program on track to develop new GaN transistors for use in radar, radio communications - News
March 14, 2018
MALIBU, Calif. Research and development laboratory HRL Laboratories is working with the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) to develop the next generation of gallium nitride (GaN) transistors with dramatically improved linearity and reduced power consumption for use in electronic devices in such applications as radio communications and radar.
Comms
University, NSWC Dahlgren partnership seeks to further 3-D manufacturing research, tech - News
March 13, 2018
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Students and professors at the University of Virginia (UVA) and engineers and scientists from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) are working together through the Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) to develop a better understanding of the capabilities and limitations of additive manufacturing (3-D printing).
Avionics
U.S. Army orders 35 UH-72A Lakota helicopters from Airbus Helicopters - News
March 13, 2018
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas. Airbus Helicopters, Inc. recently won a contract valued at approximately $273 million to deliver 35 additional UH-72A Lakota rotary-wing aircraft to the U.S. Army.
Radar/EW
Global electronic warfare market to reach $30.32 billion by 2022, study says - News
March 12, 2018
NORTHBROOK, Ill. The electronic warfare (EW) market is projected to grow from an estimated $24.20 billion in 2017 to $30.32 billion by 2022, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.61 percent during that time period, according to a new market study, "Electronic Warfare Market by Capability (Electronic Support, Electronic Attack, Electronic Protection), Platform (Airborne, Naval, Ground, Space), Product (EW Equipment, EW Operational Support), and Region - Global Forecast to 2022" from MarketsandMarkets.
Unmanned
Missile Defense Agency signs $80 million contract with Lockheed Martin-led team for ballistic re-entry vehicles - News
March 12, 2018
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Lockheed Martin will lead a team that will work on an $80.6 million fixed-price contract with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on modified ballistic re-entry vehicles and separation modules for missile defense tests.
Unmanned
U.S. DoD awards Booz Allen key role in $8.27 billion chemical/biological defense contract - News
March 09, 2018
MCLEAN, Va. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Booz Allen Hamilton a key place on the $8.27 billion Joint Enterprise Research Development, Acquisition and Procurement (JE RDAP) contract.
Avionics
Contract aims to improve aircrew helmet systems, pilot safety - News
March 09, 2018
CARBONDALE, Penn. Gentex Corporation -- which produces personal protection and situational awareness solutions for defense forces, emergency responders, and industrial personnel -- has won a three-year contract from Bristow Helicopters (Dyce, Scotland) to manage and perform maintenance on their U.K. inventory of Gentex?s ALPHA 900 Cross Platform Helmet Systems.
Unmanned
Aerovironment UAS deal with Middle East country worth $44.5 million - News
March 09, 2018
MONROVIA, Calif. Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) company AeroVironment, Inc. recently announced that a major country in the Middle East has awarded the company a contract valued at $44.5 million to provide Puma II AE small UASs featuring the new Mantis i45 sensor.
Unmanned
U.S. Army will work with Leidos on C4ISR support, testing - News
March 07, 2018
RESTON, Va. IT/engineering company Leidos announced that it won a follow-on task order by the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide mission support services to the U.S. Army's Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Prototyping Integration and Testing Division (PI&TD).
Radar/EW
Australia to upgrade long-range coastal radar network with BAE Systems - News
March 07, 2018
CANBERRA, Australia. Australian government officials announced that BAE Systems Australia will lead a $1 billion project to upgrade the country?s long-range, high-frequency radar network.
Comms
Next-gen satellite constellations from SSL will carry Northrop Grumman space navigation systems - News
March 05, 2018
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. Northrop Grumman Corp. has won a contract from space technology design/build firm Space Systems Loral (SSL) to supply its space navigation system for SSL's next-generation satellite constellation.
Radar/EW
IARPA project aims to develop superconducting circuit-design tools - News
March 05, 2018
WASHiNGTON. The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) -- an organization within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence -- announced what it calls the ?SuperTools? program, a multiyear research effort to develop comprehensive software tools for designing and analyzing superconducting electronics circuits.
Unmanned
USAF signs $96 million task order with Polaris Alpha for ISR, software operations - News
March 05, 2018
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Defense and intelligence contractor Polaris Alpha has won $96 million in U.S. Air Force task orders that involve work in software development, maintenance, and enhancements for command-and-control and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations.
Unmanned
NAVAIR inks $24.3 million in contract mods for unmanned aerial drone systems - News
March 02, 2018
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command has signed a $24.3 million contract modification with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' Unmanned Systems Division (USD) to exercise an option for the low-rate initial production of the Subsonic Aerial Target BQM-177A and technical data.
Avionics
U.S. Navy, Boeing sign contract to modernize F/A-18 Super Hornet fleet - News
March 02, 2018
ST. LOUIS. Boeing has finalized a contract with the U.S. Navy to modernize the Navy's fleet of 568 F/A-18 aircraft, which is intended to extend the life of existing Super Hornets from 6,000 to 9,000-plus flight hours.
Unmanned
U.S. Navy orders high-energy laser weapons for shipboard use - News
March 01, 2018
BOTHELL, Wash. Lockheed Martin won a U.S. Navy contract valued initially at $150 million -- with options worth up to $942.8 million -- for the development, manufacture, and delivery of two high-power laser weapon systems that will integrate intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and counter-unmanned aerial system (counter-UAS) capabilities.
A.I.
Airbus/IBM venture designing first AI assistant for astronauts - News
February 28, 2018
BREMEN, Germany. Airbus and IBM are developing CIMON (Crew Interactive MObile CompanioN), an artificial intelligence (AI)-based assistant for astronauts for the DLR Space Administration in Germany (The German Aerospace Center [German: Deutsches Zentrum f?r Luft- und Raumfahrt or DLR] is the national center for aerospace, energy and transportation research of the Federal Republic of Germany.)
Comms
Dept. of Homeland Security contracting for biometric ID services - News
February 28, 2018
MACLEAN, Va. Northrop Grumman Corp. has won a $95 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) to develop the first two increments of the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) system. Northrop Grumman's role during the 42-month project will be systems developer and integrator.
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