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Radar/EW
Lockheed Martin, Fincantieri to build 16th Freedom-variant LCS - News
January 23, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Navy officials released funding for the construction of the 16th Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) under a fixed-price-incentive-fee contract with Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM).
Cyber
Cybersecurity efforts underway for USAF Global Hawk ground control stations - News
January 23, 2019
DULLES, Va. Raytheon officials received a subcontract to deploy sustainment and cybersecurity experts around the world to support the ground control systems and onboard sensors used by the U.S. Air Force fleet (USAF) of RQ-4 Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft.
Cyber
CACI selected to assist NSWCDD with computer program engineering services - News
January 23, 2019
ARLINGTON, Va. CACI International Inc. signed a $73 million prime contract to provide computer program engineering services to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD).
Unmanned
French Armed Forces to start using FLIR's nano-UAS for military operations - News
January 22, 2019
WILSONVILLE, Ore. Officials at the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) selected FLIR Systems, Inc. to support the French Operational Pocket Drone (DrOP) program with a contract valued at $89 million.
A.I.
'Swarm and Search AI Challenge' launched by U.S., U.K. research institutes - News
January 22, 2019
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. Officials at the U.K. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the Wright Brothers Institute, and the University of Dayton Research Institute launched an artificial intelligence (AI) challenge that will conclude with a final showdown on March 29 - 31, 2019.
Avionics
CMV-22B variant support services added to V-22 platform contract with Bell Boeing - News
January 21, 2019
PHILADELPHIA. Officials at the Bell Boeing Joint Program Office signed a firm-fixed-price requirements contract for performance-based logistics (PBL) and engineering support for the V-22 platform. The 11-month base contract with four one-year option periods is valued approximately $143.8 million.
A.I.
AI, machine learning boosting supply chain analytics market - News
January 21, 2019
NORTHBROOK, Ill. MarketsandMarkets officials released the report titled: "Supply Chain Analytics Market by Software (Supplier Performance Analytics, Demand Analysis and Forecasting, and Inventory Analytics), Services, Deployment Model, Organization Size, Industry Vertical, and Region - Global Forecast to 2023."
Radar/EW
Raytheon selected to repair F/A-18 aircraft radar systems - News
January 21, 2019
ALTHAM, Mass. U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) officials placed a delivery order in the approximate amount of $24.3 million for the repair of the APG 65/73 radar systems in support of the F/A-18 aircraft.
Radar/EW
Land-based radar support contract won by Saab - News
January 21, 2019
STOCKHOLM, Sweden. U.K. Minitry of Defence (MoD) officials signed a contract with Saab for support and services related to the land-based Giraffe AMB radar systems. The contract period runs from 2019 to 2024.
Comms
DARPA launches GAPS to create physical guarantees when exchanging secure data - News
January 21, 2019
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials kicked of the Guaranteed Architecture for Physical Security (GAPS) program, which aims to develop hardware and software architectures that can provide physically provable guarantees around high-risk transactions, or where data moves between systems of different security levels.
Cyber
HII agrees to acquire Fulcrum IT Services - News
January 21, 2019
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Officials Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) entered into an agreement to acquire Fulcrum IT Services, LLC, an information technology and government consulting company headquartered in Centreville, Virginia.
Radar/EW
Lockheed Martin continues LRASM production in $172 million contract - News
January 18, 2019
ORLANDO, Fla. U.S. Navy and Air Force officials signed a $172 million contract with Lockheed Martin for the continued production of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM).
Comms
SiOnyx to deliver night vision cameras for IVAS program - News
January 18, 2019
BEVERLY, Mass. U.S. Army officials selected SiOnyx, LLC. to deliver its digital night vision cameras for the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program. The contract is worth $19.9 million.
Radar/EW
F/A-18 classic Hornet fleet begins AESA radar upgrade in 2020 - News
January 18, 2019
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) officials selected Raytheon's APG-79(v)4 AESA radar to equip its F/A-18C/D classic Hornet fleet.
Avionics
Tactical Air Support's F-5AT aircraft to incorporate Curtiss-Wright's data recorder, computer - News
January 17, 2019
ASHBURN, Va. Tactical Air Support, Inc. officials signed a contract with Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions -- a Curtiss-Wright business unit -- to provide a cockpit accessible rugged data recorder and a pre-integrated mission computer to upgrade its fleet of F-5AT Tiger II military supersonic tactical fighters.
Comms
USMC's communication system to be upgraded in new IWRP agreement - News
January 17, 2019
CHARLESTON, S.C. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic selected Advanced Technology International (ATI) for the first prototype project agreement (PPA) under the Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) for the Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP). The contract is valued at $1.3 million.
Radar/EW
High-power amplifiers selected for U.S. Navy's Next Generation Jammer - News
January 17, 2019
MELVILLE, N.Y. Northrop Grumman officials placed a multimillion dollar order with Comtech PST Corp. -- Comtech Telecommunications Corp.'s subsidiary -- to provide solid-state, high-power RF amplifier systems for use on the U.S. Navy?s Next Generation Jammer ? Low Band (NGJ-LB) Demonstration of Existing Technologies (DET).
Comms
SAIC, Engility complete merger - News
January 16, 2019
RESTON, Va. & CHANTILLY, Va. Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) officials announced the completion of its merger with Engility Holdings, Inc. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Engility became a wholly-owned subsidiary of SAIC.
Comms
L3 Technologies selected for USSOCOM contract for EOTech optics - News
January 16, 2019
NEW YORK. U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) officials selected L3 Technologies to provide close-quarters sights and clip-on magnifiers from its EOTech business unit for the Miniature Aiming System-Day Optics suite. The contract is worth approximately $26.3 million.
Radar/EW
Air Force calls for submissions for Air Force Pitch Day effort - News
January 16, 2019
ARLINGTON, Va. U.S. Air Force officials are looking to invest up to $40 million and are asking for submissions from start-ups and small businesses as part of a larger rapid contracting effort. The event -- Air Force Pitch day -- is modeled after commercial investment pitch competitions to deliver a faster, smarter approach to compete for ideas in the accelerating technology ecosystem.
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