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Air Force Taps iGov for Humvee Mobile Comms System Delivery Order; Chuck Reiche Comments

Reston, Virginia-based information technology services provider iGov has received a potential five-year, $52.5 million delivery order from the U.S. Air Force to provide tactical air control party users with a mobile communications system through modifications to an armored vehicle. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the delivery order under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity […] More

by Jane Edwards August 17, 2016, 9:39 am
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Airbus Segment Adds RMG Networks’ Visual Comms Service to VESTA 9-1-1 System

A business unit withinÂ Airbus‘Â defense and space business hasÂ partnered withÂ RMG NetworksÂ to integrateÂ the latter’s visual contact center technology withÂ Airbus DS Communications‘Â VESTA 9-1-1Â public safety call handling system. RMG Networks said Monday its visual contact center is designed to provideÂ real-time data displays on key performance indicators and other critical details to support response efficiency at contact centers. The integrated […] More

by Dominique Stump August 16, 2016, 11:02 am
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Airbus Unit Launches Comms System to Aid NextGen 9-1-1 Transition Efforts

A business unit withinÂ Airbus Group‘s defense and space segmentÂ has unveiled a new public safety communications system that works to combine equipment, software and services in efforts to help federal agencies transition to Next Generation 9-1-1. The company said Monday Airbus DS Communications‘ VESTA NEXT portfolio offering includesÂ IP call handling, call routing, ESInet and GIS functionsÂ as […] More

by Scott Nicholas August 16, 2016, 10:07 am
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Elbit Systems Launches Mini Drone for Maritime ISR Applications; Elad Aharonson Comments

Elbit Systems has introduced a mini unmanned aerial system designed to help small vessels perform maritime intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and target acquisition operations. The companyâ€™s Skylark C UAS has an electro-optical payload, thermal imager, inertial navigation system and a color daylight camera designed for use in daytime and night-time surveillance missions, Elbit Systems said Tuesday. […] More

by Jane Edwards August 16, 2016, 8:56 am
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General Atomics Conducts Drone-Based Missile Detection Test at Pacific Dragon Exercise

General Atomics used its remotely piloted aircraft to perform a ballistic missile tracking test as part of a three-day biennial exercise held in June in Kauai, Hawaii. Two General Atomics Aeronautical Systems-built Predator B/MQ-9 ReaperÂ used in the Pacific Dragon exercise have Raytheon-made Multi-spectral Targeting Systems-B electro-optical infrared turret systems that work to detect and monitor […] More

by Jane Edwards August 16, 2016, 7:46 am
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Northrop to Develop, Test Controlled Breakpoint for Navy Hawkeye Aerial Refueling System

The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman an $8.4 million contract modification to design, build and test a controlled breakpoint for theÂ E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aerial refueling program. Northrop will also integrate the E-2D CBP line replaceable assembly onto the Hawkeye’s AR probe forward mast assembly in an effort to mitigate the risk of foreign object […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman August 16, 2016, 3:34 am
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Air Force Seeks White Papers for Nuclear C3 Tech Devt Program

The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to submit white papers for a potential four-year, $8.06 million program that seeks to develop, integrate and evaluate platforms and methods designed to update the service branchâ€™s nuclear command, control and communicationÂ systems. The service branch said in a broad agency announcement posted Thursday on FedBizOpps the NC3 program […] More

by Jane Edwards August 16, 2016, 3:30 am
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Navy Tests & Deploys AeroVironment UAS With Recovery System Aboard Guided Missile Destroyer

The U.S. Navy has tested andÂ deployedÂ an AeroVironment-developed small unmanned aircraft with a precision recovery system the service branch envisions for use on aÂ wide variety of vessels for rapid response reconnaissance operations. AeroVironment said Thursday theÂ RQ-20B Puma AE system was testedÂ aboard a Flight I guided missile destroyer along withÂ its precision recovery system that can beÂ managed and […] More

by Scott Nicholas August 11, 2016, 12:27 pm
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BlackBerryÂ Crisis Comms Software Receives ArmyÂ Authority to Operate, Certificate of Networthiness

The U.S. Army has awarded BlackBerry‘s AtHocÂ networked crisis communications software a certificate of networthiness and authority to operate through April 2019 to support uninterrupted use of the software by the service branch. BlackBerry said WednesdayÂ the software works to relay information to soldiers and other personnel and coordinateÂ rapid responses during emergencies such asÂ accidents, severe weather, natural […] More

by Dominique Stump August 11, 2016, 9:16 am
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Air Force Seeks to Increase Radio Signal Range Through CubeSat-Delivered Plasma

The U.S. Air Force has awarded contracts to three teamsÂ to perform research and development work on long-range radio communications through the use of small satellites or CubeSats designed to release plasma bombs in the ionosphere, New Scientist reported Tuesday. David Hambling writes General Sciences and Drexel University have teamed up to develop a technique that […] More

by Jane Edwards August 11, 2016, 8:56 am
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Lockheed Transports Missile Warning Satellite to Cape Canaveral AF Station; David Sheridan Comments

Lockheed MartinÂ shipped the U.S. Air Force‘s next missile warning satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Aug. 2. The Space Based Infrared SystemÂ Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Flight 3 satellite was shipped to Florida aboard a C-5 Galaxy aircraft at nearby Moffett Federal Air Field in preparation for its October launch, LockheedÂ said Friday. David […] More

by Jay Clemens August 8, 2016, 8:43 am
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Air Force Research Lab, Intelligent Automation Develop Aircraft Damage Characterization Tool

The Air Force Research Laboratory andÂ Intelligent Automation Inc. have developed and tested a sensor that works to automate the inspection of aircraftÂ inlet and exhaust damage underÂ a $4 million contract. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base said Wednesday theÂ Auto-Scan: Inlet and Exhaust Damage Registration Sensor is designed toÂ characterize, localize and register aircraft damage then transfer the information to […] More

by Ramona Adams August 8, 2016, 8:23 am