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Army Orders Additional Wavestream Block Upconverters for Tactical Comms

Wavestream, a Gilat Satellite Networks subsidiary, will provide the U.S. Army with additional 50W Ka-band block upconverters under a multi-million-dollar program sustainment award to support the service branch’s communications requirements. Gilat said Thursday the Army initially used the Wavestream-built Matchbox 50Ka MIL in the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 1, which gives soldiers access to a […] More

by Christine Thropp July 30, 2021, 10:10 am
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Charles River Analytics Receives More Army Funding for Vehicle Cybersecurity Breach Detection System

The U.S. Army has provided Charles River Analytics with additional funding for the development of a cybersecurity system for military ground vehicles equipped with a controller area network. The computer software company said Tuesday it will continue to build the Controller Area Network Defense in Depth system intended to give military platforms capabilities in detecting, […] More

by Christine Thropp July 28, 2021, 12:46 am
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Sikorsky-Boeing Demonstrator Aircraft Carries Rocket Launcher System During Test Flight
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Matthew Willis: Army Uses Available Authorities to Recognize Small Business Innovation

Some U.S. Army and technology industry representatives discussed ways small businesses and technology entrepreneurs can overcome the challenge of transforming ideas into practical applications during an Army Futures Command-hosted forum. AFC reports that Matthew Willis, director of applied small business innovation research and prize competitions at the Army, said during the 2021 Advanced Technology Summit […] More

by Angeline Leishman July 26, 2021, 11:43 am
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SAIC SVP Gabe Camarillo Picked for Army Undersecretary Role

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 20, 2021 — Gabe Camarillo, a senior vice president at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), was unveiled as President Biden’s nominee for undersecretary of the U.S. Army, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday. The White House announced the nomination in a July 13 release and said Camarillo, who oversees SAIC’s Army business […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman July 20, 2021, 11:55 am
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Army Tests Northrop-Made Missile Defense System During Joint Missile Interception Demo

The U.S. Army has employed the Northrop Grumman-developed Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System to neutralize a surrogate missile threat in a contested electronic attack environment during a developmental flight test in New Mexico. Soldiers used IBCS with other military service radars to identify and track the cruise missile amid aerial and ground-based […] More

by Angeline Leishman July 16, 2021, 12:00 pm
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Army Receives Integrated Reconnaissance & Surveillance Aircraft From Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada Corp. has delivered another Mission Enhancement Kit for the King Air 350 aircraft to the U.S. Army in an effort to expand the capabilities of its fleet of enhanced medium altitude reconnaissance and surveillance systems. The seventh fully integrated MEK aircraft delivery is part of a contract from the Army, which has acquired […] More

by Christine Thropp July 16, 2021, 11:59 am
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Army to Use Microsoft Azure for Coastal Storm Modeling System Demonstration

Microsoft has partnered with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center to help the latter expand its climate modeling capacity through artificial intelligence services and cloud-based predictive analytics tools. The company and ERDC will use the Azure Government cloud computing service for a code scalability demonstration of an integrated modeling system designed to enable […] More

by Christine Thropp July 15, 2021, 12:06 pm
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Kofax Software Offerings Now Included in Carahsoft’s Army IT Contract; Jeremy Hogg Quoted
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Army Vet Craig Whelden Named President of Hypersonic Startup Velontra

Craig Whelden, a retired U.S. Army major general, has joined hypersonic technology startup Velontra to serve as its inaugural president. Whelden has four decades of military service and he brings to Velontra his experience in leading soldiers, sailors, marines and civilians as a member of the Senior Executive Service with the Marine Corps, the company […] More

by Angeline Leishman July 13, 2021, 11:46 am
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Axellio Receives Army’s Follow-On Contract to Expand Packet Capture System Deployment; Bill Miller Quoted

Axellio will expand the development of its packet capture system intended to monitor and identify suspicious activities in the U.S. Army’s Garrison networks after securing a follow-on $25.7 million contract award. The packet capture node, or PacketXpress, is designed to keep and distribute network traffic with a maximum speed of 100 Gbps and will be […] More

by Carol Collins July 8, 2021, 12:04 pm
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Syncopated Engineering Helps Army Develop RF System Emulator to Protect Military Assets

The U.S. Army’s corporate laboratory has worked with Baltimore, Maryland-based technology company Syncopated Engineering to develop an emulator of radio frequency systems in an effort to protect soldiers and military platforms from adversarial threats. The Mockingbird emulation technology is designed to generate radio signals with random traffic patterns to deceive and confuse enemies that could […] More

by Angeline Leishman July 1, 2021, 11:59 am