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Peraton Wins DISA Electromagnetic Spectrum Support IDIQ

Peraton has won a potential five-year, $36.7 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency for electromagnetic spectrum services. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization is the contracting activity and received four bids for the single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. The firm-fixed-price contract also includes spectrum and electromagnetic environmental effects analysis […] More

by Jane Edwards May 20, 2021, 5:05 am
in News, Technology

General Atomics-Built MQ-9 Reaper Flies With Electronic Support Measure Payload; J.R. Reid Quoted

The U.S. Air Force performed flights of the General Atomics-built MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft equipped with the Reaper Defense Electronic Support System and a digital recorder in Europe through remote split operations. RDESS is an electronic support measure payload that provides MQ-9 with electronic sensing capability by gathering and geolocating signals of interest from standoff ranges, while the digital recorder collects multispectral targeting pod data to further develop machine learning and artificial intelligence applications.

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by Jane Edwards April 23, 2021, 2:17 am
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Parsons Launches Signal Detection, Processing Tech for RF Spectrum Awareness
in Contract Awards, News, Space

Intelligent Waves Holds Spot on $950M USAF ABMS Contract for JADC2 Support; Marqus Hutchinson Quoted

Intelligent Waves has won a spot on a potential $950 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. Air Force to support Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2). “Leveraging our exceptional capabilities to deliver secure information sharing, for joint all-domain operations (JADO), is a strategic asset that more Defense and Intelligence Communities can now deploy with our subject matter expertise,“ said Marqus Hutchinson, Intelligent Waves“™ chief technical officer (CTO).

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by Sarah Sybert January 13, 2021, 11:35 am
Mitre’s Yosry Barsoum: Public-Private Collaboration Key to Effective Spectrum Mgmt

Yosry Barsoum, vice president and director of the Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute at Mitre, has said that public-private partnerships can help improve management of the U.S. electromagnetic spectrum.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers June 25, 2020, 2:14 am
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Raytheon Builds Final Update for Electronic Warfare Sharing Tool

Raytheon has started the development of a capability update for an electronic warfare sharing tool as part of a two-year U.S. Army contract.

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by Matthew Nelson October 4, 2019, 7:44 am
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BAE Gets DARPA Machine Learning Tech Integration Contract; Dave Logan Quoted

BAE Systems has received a potential $4.7M contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to incorporate machine learning into systems used to decipher radio frequency signals.

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by Jane Edwards July 8, 2019, 11:23 pm
in Industry News, News

NASA Eyes Use of Cognitive Radio to Address Space Comms Challenges

NASA looks to use cognitive radios to meet increased demand for space data and optimize the efficiency of space communications systems. The agency said Saturday software-defined radios such as cognitive radios apply artificial intelligence to utilize unused but licensed portions of the electromagnetic spectrum without human intervention. Cognitive radios could also address communications challenges posed by the space […] More

by Ramona Adams December 11, 2017, 9:18 am
in Featured, General, Industry News, News

Peraton to Support DoD’s Spectrum Sharing Initiative; Stu Shea Comments
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DARPA to Hold Proposers Day on RF Transistor, Semiconductor Material Devt Program

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a Proposers Day on March 29 in Arlington, Virginia, to discuss a program that seeks to develop new radiofrequency and millimeter-wave transistors and semiconductor materials designed to meet electromagnetic spectrum-related requirements. Dan Green, a program manager at DARPA's microsystems technology office, said in a statement released Thursday the Dynamic […] More

by Jane Edwards March 17, 2017, 6:29 am
in Cybersecurity, News

Raytheon Demos Cyber, Electromagnetic Battle Mgmt Tool; Frank Pietryka Comments

Raytheon has demonstrated the interoperability of the company's cyber and electromagnetic battle management tool with an electronic warfare asset management system used by the U.S. Marine Corps. The company said Monday it integrated the CEMBM tool into Raptor-X to showcase how the unified system could facilitate data sharing across the joint battlespace environment. “We’ve achieved an interoperability breakthrough with CEMBM,” […] More

by Jay Clemens November 29, 2016, 6:18 am
in Cybersecurity, Featured, General, News

HPE's Earl Matthews: Analytics, Speed, Intell Key to Cyber Situational Awareness

Earl Matthews, a vice president at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, has said speed, analytics, integration, resiliency, intelligence and expertise are the six attributes that are key to cyber situational awareness, Signal magazine reported Wednesday. Matthews, VP of enterprise security solutions for HPE's U.S. public sector business, made the remarks Wednesday at the three-day MILCOM 2016 conference hosted by AFCEA International and […] More

by Jane Edwards November 3, 2016, 10:23 am