Industry News

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has asked industry to provide information on mathematical frameworks and related methods in an effort to identify fundamental limitations in machine learning systems. DARPA said Thursday the request for information for the Fundamental Limits of Learning program aims to find answers to several questions, including the efficiency of a learning algorithm to […] More

BAE Systems has received two contracts worth up to $68.6 million to help the U.S. Navy repair and maintain the USS Farragut destroyer and the USS Fort McHenry dock landing ship The company said Thursday it will drydock USS Farragut this summer and perform tank, propulsion system, ventilation and auxiliary systems repairs as well as crew habitability systems and spaces maintenance under a potential $33.7 […] More

Microsoft and Facebook have agreed to collaborate on the development of a new subsea cable system across the Atlantic Ocean in an effort to expand their cloud and Internet service offerings. Microsoft said Thursday construction work on the 6,600-kilometer “Marea” submarine cable infrastructure will begin in August and is scheduled to be finished by October […] More

Aerojet Rocketdyne and commercial satellites manufacturer Space Systems Loral have achieved centennial milestones for their respective products. SSL sent to space its 100th SSL 1300-based satellite and Aerojet completed 100 bipropellant apogee thrusters for those 100 satellites, the latter company said Wednesday. Aerojet also produced the 100th high-performance apogee thruster for SSL’s 100th 1300 satellite platform. SSL […] More

International SOS has obtained a certification from the International Organization for Standardization to recognize the company’s efforts to integrate an information security management system into its business processes and systems and controls design. The company said Tuesday it secured the ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification after the British Standards Institution assessed processes and management structure at International SOS. The achievement indicates that […] More

BAE Systems has awarded Pennine Telecom a contract of an undisclosed value to install a Motorola-built trunked radio system at the British defense contractor’s submarine production facility in Barrow-in-Furness, England. Pennine said Wednesday the Mototrbo Capacity Max system will work to facilitate digital two-way communications across BAE’s submarine manufacturing site. Pennine will also maintain the radio system for BAE over a three-year period. […] More

Orbital ATK aims to build a rocket technology offering for the U.S. Air Force as part of the company’s push into the national security satellite market, Reuters reported Tuesday. Irene Klotz writes John Steinmeyer, director of business development at Orbital ATK, said at the Space Congress held Tuesday in Florida the company would base its “Next Generation Launcher” on solid-rocket […] More

The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to submit white papers for a potential four-year, $24.8 million program that seeks to develop airborne-based, software-defined radio frequency platforms designed to support the service branch’s radio communications missions. The service branch said in a broad agency announcement posted May 19 the SDRF++ platforms that will result from the program will […] More

 A European country has awarded Elbit Systems with multiple contracts with a collective amount of $40 million to supply advanced tactical communication systems over a one-year period. The company will provide the country with a variety of communication systems, including the long-range/medium-range CNR9000HDR tactical IP radio, THF 8000 in vehicular and man pack configurations for over- the-horizon long-range communication and the […] More

A subsidiary of PAR Technology has received a 27-month contract worth $1.8 million to help the U.S. Navy build telecommunications infrastructure at a naval expeditionary base located in Djibouti, Africa. Rome Research Corp. will support telecommunications system engineering and installation at Camp Lemonnier, PAR said Wednesday. Matt Cicchinelli, president of PAR’s government business segment, said the contract supports the company’s efforts […] More

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has called for a reassessment of the bid submitted by an Oshkosh Corp. subsidiary for the $638 million Medium Support Vehicle System Standard Military Pattern contract. CITT made the recommendation to Canada’s department of public works and government services following a four-month review after Oshkosh Defense Canada challenged the contract award decision on […] More

Chenega Corp., an Alaska native village corporation, is scheduled to open a new service branch in Sierra Vista, Arizona, on June 9 in a push to help address the needs of federal and Defense Department customers in the area. The establishment of an Sierra Vista office will allow Chenega’s military, intelligence and operations support business to increase communication with nearby clients, […] More