Articles 1941 - 1960
A.I.
DARPA adds network-analysis tools to its antiterrorism arsenal - News
January 30, 2018
MALIBU, Calif. Research and development lab HRL Laboratories will develop a set of software tools -- to be known as the Complex Analytics of Network of Networks (CANON) -- for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) that is intended to detect and warn intelligence analysts about weapons of mass terrorism (WMT) activity.
Radar/EW
MDA awards Lockheed Martin $459 Million THAAD interceptor contract - News
January 29, 2018
BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin has won The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded Lockheed Martin a $459 million contract modification for production and delivery of interceptors for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system; the modification brings the total contract value to $1.28 billion, with funding provided in 2017 and 2018.
Comms
DISA awards $71.8 million contract for Army Pacific Command satellite operations - News
January 29, 2018
HERNDON, Va. Defense and intelligence contractor Peraton won a contract potentially worth $71.8 million from the Defense Information Intelligence Agency (DISA) for procurement and management of commercial satellite capacity for U.S. Army Pacific Command (USARPAC).
Unmanned
U.S. Navy demonstrates Harpoon Block II+ missile - News
January 26, 2018
POINT MUGU SEA TEST RANGE, Calif. The Navy completed a flight test of the new Harpoon Block II+ missile on January 22 from its Point Mugu Sea Test Range, off the coast of Ventura County, California.
Comms
DARPA aims to improve military communications using millimeter wave band - News
January 26, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced what it calls its Millimeter-Wave Digital Arrays (MIDAS) program, which intends to develop element-level digital phased-array technology that will enable next-generation millimeter wave systems for use by the Department of Defense (DoD) and U.S. military services.
Unmanned
U.S. Navy and NASA rehearse spacecraft recovery at sea - News
January 25, 2018
NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO, Calif. The U.S. Navy reported that its San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23) successfully completed a recent test of recovery operations of a mock-up of NASA's Orion crew module.
Unmanned
DARPA, Orbital ATK team to study feasibility of hypersonic engines - News
January 25, 2018
DULLES, Va. Defense/aerospace contractor Orbital ATK is partnering with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to study the potential integration of turbine and hypersonic engine technologies into a new aircraft propulsion system under DARPA?s Advanced Full Range Engine (AFRE) program.
Comms
Australia's defense department inks $150 million contract for battle-management system support - News
January 25, 2018
KINGSTON, Australia. Elbit Systems of Australia won a contract worth $150 million (AU$186 million) from the Australian Department of Defense?s Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group to provide Through Life Support (TLS) services to the Australian Defense Force (ADF) for the Elbit-supplied Battle Management System Command and Control (BMS C2).
Unmanned
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems demos SATCOM-enabled UAV launch and recovery - News
January 24, 2018
SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced a successful recent demonstration of its satellite communications (SATCOM)-enabled Automatic Takeoff and Landing Capability (ATLC) using its MQ-9B SkyGuardian/SeaGuardian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
Comms
USAF F-16s to receive audio, noise-reduction systems - News
January 24, 2018
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense and aerospace engineering company Terma North America won a contract worth $44.3 million to equip U.S. Air Force F-16s with its Terma 3D-Audio system.
Unmanned
French government, naval consortium collaborate on first rotary-wing drone for a warship - News
January 22, 2018
PARIS. France's DGA (Direction g?n?rale de l?armement, the government agency tasked with procuring weapons systems) awarded a contract for technology development in the field of rotary-wing drones to the Naval Group and Airbus Helicopters consortium.
Comms
USAF missile-warning center "talking" with new SBIRS satellite - News
January 22, 2018
BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. The U.S. Air Force's 460th Space Wing has made contact with and is now "talking" to the fourth Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite following the satellite's successful launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on the evening of January 19, 2018.
Unmanned
USS Fitzgerald arrives in MS for repair, restoration - News
January 22, 2018
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy reports that the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) arrived in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on January 19 aboard the heavy-lift vessel MV Transshelf after having traveled from Yokosuka, Japan.
Cyber
GSA awards $165 million contract to bolster U.S. cyberdefense - News
January 19, 2018
MCLEAN, Va. Booz Allen Hamilton has won a five-year, $165 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract from the General Services Administration (GSA)/Federal System Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM) to provide plans and policy, training, and administrative and staff support services to USCYBERCOM, a subordinate of the Department of Defense?s Strategic Command.
Unmanned
Army, Orbital ATK showcase counter-UAS capabilities - News
January 19, 2018
FORT SILL, Okla. The U.S. Army and aerospace/defense company Orbital ATK (Dulles, Virginia) recently participated in the Maneuver Fires Integrated Experiment (MFIX) at the Fort Sill Army post.
Cyber
DoD taps Kratos to modernize cyberspace defense support network - News
January 18, 2018
SAN DIEGO. National security contractor Kratos Defense & Security Solutions was awarded a full and open Task Order (TO) from a Department of Defense Command to modernize and expand a closed network that supports and protects a significant portion of a cyberspace weapon system. The TO is worth up to $10.5 million.
Radar/EW
NASA Goddard to increase computing capacity to 5 petaFLOPS under newest CSRA contract - News
January 18, 2018
FALLS CHURCH, Va. Technology/IT contractor CSRA acquired another compute expansion under its high performance computing (HPC) contract with NASA?s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC); this latest HPC system expansion represents the 14th incremental expansion of the Scalable Compute Unit (SCU14) architecture used at the Goddard HPC center.
Comms
U.S. Army signs five-year contract for networked training, readiness support with Calibre - News
January 17, 2018
ALEXANDRIA, Va. Consulting and IT solutions company Calibre Systems has obtained a five-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity prime contract with a ceiling value of $554 million to support the U.S. Army Training Support Systems Enterprise (TSS-E).
Unmanned
IARPA launches project to detect complex activities using video - News
January 17, 2018
WASHINGTON. The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), an organization within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, has announced that it will mount a research effort to develop Deep Intermodal Video Activity (DIVA) to help narrow the gap between human visual perception and a computer?s ability to automatically recognize activities.
Unmanned
CRA to build hands-free robotic interface for U.S. Army - News
January 16, 2018
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Intelligent-systems developer Charles River Analytics (CRA) has announced a follow-on contract to build a hands-free human-machine interface (HMI) for the U.S. Army. The contract will be in force for two years and is valued at $1 million.
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