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The U.K. government plans to build its own training center for General Atomics-built unmanned air vehicles as space for allies at the U.S. Air Force’s UAV training school continues to shrink, Flightglobal reported Thursday. Beth Stevenson writes the Air Force began to ration the slots for foreign partners at the Holloman Air Force Base in […] More
BAE Systems has completed a software update to the Emulated Deployable Cockpit Trainers for the British air force’s Typhoon fighter aircraft simulators. The company said Wednesday that updated EDCT system at Royal Air Force Coningsby and Lossiemouth bases will work to simulate missions for Typhoon pilots to familiarize themselves with geographical area, conditions and layout prior to deployment. “This update to the UK’s synthetic […] More
Carahsoft Technology and Pixlogic are included in a list of vendors authorized to market cloud-based products and services to the U.S. intelligence community via an Amazon Web Services-run online marketplace. Carahsoft will offer Pixlogic-made image and video automated search software piXserve to 17 IC agencies through the AWS Marketplace as Pixlogic’s government distributor, Pixlogic said Thursday. The platform is designed to […] More
The U.S. Army has awarded Charles River Analytics with a potential one-year, $1 million contract to develop a decision support tool for the Contamination and Lasting Effects Analysis for Negative Substance and Elements effort. Charles River Analytics said Wednesday that the decision support tool will work to support the enhancement of the military testing and training facilities’ […] More
Hitron Technologies Inc. has been awarded a 16-month, $441,706 contract with the Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate to develop an automated activation system for body-worn cameras for first responders. The company said Thursday it aims to incorporate sensors that use short-range radio signals into the system to automate the activation of a responder’s body-worn camera depending […] More
Boeing has opened an 8,100-square-foot laboratory in St. Charles, Missouri to facilitate the development and validation of software and hardware designed to support collaboration among unmanned ground, maritime and aerial vehicles. The company said Thursday the Collaborative Autonomous Systems Laboratory features a motion capture system that will work to help users operate multiple unmanned vehicles in a […] More
The U.S. Air Force has unveiled its first fully built HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter under the Operational Loss Replacement program that works to bring the HH-60G fleet back to its authorized size and replace aircraft lost in previous combat operations. The Air Force said Tuesday 21 Sikorsky-built UH-60L Black Hawks will be integrated with modifications kits and additional equipment to build HH-60Gs under the OLR […] More
Esri has pledged $500,000 to a White House initiative that seeks to exclude low-risk offenders from the criminal justice system with the use of technology platforms. The company said Thursday it seeks to help law enforcement officials to identify rehabilitation programs available to non-dangerous offenders through the ArcGIS geographic information system software. “Using ArcGIS, law enforcement, health departments […] More
Austria will purchase military vehicles from BAE Systems PLC under a government-to-government with Sweden to support the Austrian European Union Mountain Training Warfare Initiative. BAE said Thursday it will deliver 32 BvS10 units of the Armored Personnel Carrier variant that feature crew ergonomics, updated internal volume and advanced protection for transportation of personnel or cargo in combat and disaster relief scenarios in […] More
Globecomm will look to expand the reach of its DTH video footprint across sub-Saharan Africa and Europe through Telesat‘s high throughput satellite. Globecomm said Thursday its use of Telstar 12 VANTAGE‘s Ku-band coverage and power will help expand the company’s geographic coverage and services for customers in the media, maritime, government and Internet of Things markets. “Globecomm and Telesat […] More
Three Wire Systems has appointed Kitty Nix, a former director at Serco‘s North American subsidiary, as senior vice president of strategy and development and named Phil De-Bodene, former vice president of business development at Calibre Systems, as SVP of BD. Nix and De-Bodene will be responsible for helping develop and implement Three Wire’s business development and growth initiatives in the government consulting market, […] More
The U.S. Army plans to award General Dynamics a sole-source contract to update signals intelligence technology of the branch’s combat vehicles in order to help troops identify and counter signal emissions in the battlefield, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Wednesday. John Keller writes the potential contract with General Dynamics’ mission systems segment covers work to convert 47 AN/MLQ-44A Prophet SIGINT vetronics […] More
