The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected Northrop Grumman as a Phase 1 Swarm Systems Integrator for the Agency’s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program. The OFFSET program provides small-unit infantry forces with small unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) or small unmanned ground systems (UGSs) in swarms of 250 or more...
The U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) successfully completed the MISSILEX exercise off the coast of Virginia. The exercise involved detecting a simulated threat and firing a Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) at a remote controlled, subsonic missile drone acting as an anti-ship cruise missile. "There have...
Orlando-based Serious Simulations has been awarded a research and development contract with Melbourne-based Aeronyde Corporation to produce a wireless augmented reality (AR) head mounted display as part of key control technology for unmanned and robotic aerial vehicles. Under this contract, Serious Simulations will use its current and soon-to-be-announced patented wireless...
Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a $75 million Indefinite Deliver/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract award to deliver Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) support services to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The JTE offers realistic warfighter training and provides a modern, reactive battlespace environment that trains military personnel to identify and counter enemy...
Leonardo says it proved the viability of its new “always available” model support contract business model after an initial trial with flight services provider Draken International in 2017. The “always available” model uses the company’s support, logistics and technology expertise to ensure all assets are available whenever they are needed...
Inzpire Limited was sub-contracted by Lockheed Martin UK to provide aircrew instruction and technical support for the duration of a contract that will see Lockheed Martin UK provide a new simulator training facility at RAF Odiham. Inzpire also partnered with Operational Solutions Limited, which will provide technical maintenance support to...
Advanced Simulation Technology inc. (ASTi) won a U.S. Air Force (USAF) contract for an Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) that licenses ASTi’s Voisus networked voice communications, radio-over-IP (RoIP) bridging and ongoing support services for the Warrior Preparation Center (WPC) in Germany. The ELA includes bundled services that ensure operational effectiveness throughout...
Charles River Analytics won a two-year, $1 million U.S. Army contract to field-test, refine and transition its Monitoring, Extracting, and Decoding Indicators of Cognitive Workload (MEDIC) system to automatically sense indicators of cognitive workload. Under a previous Army contract, the company developed a system to improve training by Monitoring, Extracting,...
Updated: 4/2/18 The U.S. Navy’s next generation destroyer, the USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001), completed acceptance trials after the U.S. Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey reviewed and evaluated the ship and its crew during a series of demonstrations that showed the ship’s construction and compliance with Navy specifications. Many...
Cubic Global Defense, a Cubic Corporation business division, won a contract to continue providing analytical support services to the U.S. European Command’s (EUCOM) Joint Training and Exercise Division. The company will manage, develop and deliver training and exercise services for EUCOM’s Joint Exercise Program (JEP) and components’ Title X exercises.