Unmanned Systems
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Navy to host outreach events to establish new connections with small businesses
ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Navy is hosting a trio of outreach events through its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, in conjunction with the University of Massachusetts Lowell Research Institute (UML RI), in Lowell, Massachusetts, April 8-11, 2019.
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Leidos to provide aviation systems readiness support to NAVAIR
RESTON, Va. U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) officials selected Leidos to provide flexible, ready, and rapidly deployable capabilities for aviation systems worldwide. The multiple award, hybrid contract has a five-year base period of performance with five optional years, and a total potential value of $12.6 billion.
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Subsystem testing complete for the Navy’s Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar
TEWKSBURY, Mass. The U.S. Navy’s Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) completed subsystem testing at Raytheon’s Near Field Range in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
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GDIT migrates Defense Health Agency to AWS GovCloud (US-West) region
FALLS CHURCH, Va. The Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) Armed Forces Billing and Collection Utilization Solution (ABACUS) has completed migrating to Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud (US-West) Region, General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) officials announced.
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Advancing AI solutions is part of Carnegie Mellon, ARL $72 million research agreement
ADELPHI, Md. Officials at the Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory, the U.S. Army’s corporate laboratory (ARL), announced that Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) will lead a consortium of multiple universities to work in collaboration with the Army lab to accelerate research and development (R&D) of advanced algorithms, autonomy, and artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance national security and defense.
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Air Force awards funding to 51 companies at Pitch Day
NEW YORK. At the Inaugural Air Force Pitch Day event, U.S. Air Force officials selected 51 companies and released an initial award of up to $158,000 to each company totaling $8.75 million.
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USAF XQ-58 Valkyrie UAV completes first flight
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The U.S. Air Force XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator completed its maiden flight at the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona.
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Army CREW Duke system to receive updated RMI kits under $20 million contract
SYRACUSE, N.Y. SRCTec, LLC will deliver reliability, maintainability, and improvement (RMI) kits to update the AN/VLQ-12 countermeasures set under a $20 million U.S. Army contract.
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Army integrates countermeasures, cuing sensor into MAPS framework
ORLANDO, Fla. The U.S. Army completed the integration of three countermeasures and a cuing sensor into the Modular Active Protection Systems (MAPS) framework with the support from Lockheed Martin and its industry partners. The integration was completed during a six-week “rodeo” conducted at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.
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BAE Systems selected to bid in $898 million IDIQ cyber engineering contract
MCLEAN, Va. BAE Systems will be able to compete for future cyber engineering task orders awarded under a seven and a half-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ), U.S. Navy contract.
