MAE Defense Exec

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MAE Defense Exec

OCTOBER 5, 2021

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Space Force eyes space debris clean-up, satellite servicing

Space Force tests software for tracking orbiting satellites

U.S., India eye joint unmanned aerial vehicle development

Air Force eyes sensors for airborne anti-ship warfare

EXECUTIVE SUITE

Cognitive PNT23Sept2021

Air Force picks KBR to use artificial intelligence (AI) in cognitive position, navigation, and timing (PNT)

Goal is to prototype cutting-edge alternative PNT for use in GPS-denied environments where satellite signals are jammed, degraded, or spoofed.

PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Radio Communications4Oct2021

DARPA asks industry to develop G-band RF and microwave enabling technologies for communications and sensing

Experts from DARPA Microsystems Technology Office want industry to develop RF and microwave MMICs and receive arrays able to operate at 110 to 300 GHz.

Mine Sweeping16Sept2021

Navy eyes advanced minesweeping sensor payload using high-temperature superconducting magnetic materials

A high-temperature superconducting magnet can run at very high electrical currents with near-zero resistance in sweeping magnetic influence mines.

Satellite Optical15Sept2021

DARPA eyes reconfigurable optical communications to connect current and future satellite constellations

Space-BACN seeks to develop an intersatellite optical communications terminal that is low size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C).

AIEW14Sept2021

Air Force eyes artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning for cognitive electronic warfare (EW)

Project Kaiju to develop AI and machine learning for cognitive electronic warfare using open-systems standards and agile algorithm software development.

DESIGN-IN CASE STUDIES

Wescam27Sept 2021

Candian Commercial Corp. to upgrade L3Harris Wescam electro-optical sensor for high-altitude surveillance

WESCAM MX-20D electro-optical sensor turret is for high-altitude, long-range persistent surveillance, reconnaissance, and target acquisition.

Battlefield Command And Control20Sept 2021

Northrop Grumman to develop software for battlefield command and control system to support decision-making

The ABCS is a suite of networked digital components to give commanders a solid perspective of their operating environment to improve decision-making.

ACV30Mm Cannon15Sept2021

BAE Systems to arm Marine ACV armored combat vehicle with 30-millimeter cannon to beef-up amphibious assault

The 30-millimeter cannon can be effective against enemy lightly armored vehicles, fortified bunkers, helicopters, and fixed-wing aircraft.

F3528Sept2021

U.S. military orders 16 F-35 combat aircraft and avionics for Air Force and Marines in $1.1 billion deal

The F-35 and advanced avionics is a fifth-generation stealth jet fighter-bomber for ground attack, aerial reconnaissance, and air defense missions.

EXECUTIVE BUSINESS

Shipboard EW4Oct2021

L3Harris to build shipboard electronic warfare (EW) payloads to protect Navy ships from anti-ship missiles

The ADAP payload provides an advanced EW transmitter and increased signal processing capability to target missile threats that existing systems do not.

ESSM Block230Sept2021

Navy asks Raytheon to build ESSM Block 2 anti-air shipboard missiles in potential $1.3 billion deal

ESSM medium-range, semi-active homing missile makes flight corrections via radar and midcourse data uplinks to defend against cruise missiles.

MOP Bomb20Sept 2021

Air Force asks Boeing to build bunker-busting super bomb with ruggedized guidance for deeply buried targets

Satellite-guided Massive Ordnance Penetrator 30,000-pound super bomb has a 6,000-pound high-explosive warhead able to destroy deeply buried targets.

Cyber9Sept2021

Air Force researchers approach industry for next-generation trusted computing technologies for future weapons

Technologies are for military systems with cyber components; shared clouds; embedded computing; mobile platforms; and wired and wireless networks.

MORE STORIES

Space Electromagnetic Warfare8Sept2021

Air Force researchers ask industry to develop space electromagnetic warfare operating location

Electromagnetic warfare uses focused high-intensity bursts of electromagnetic energy called electromagnetic pulse (EMP) to destroy enemy electronics.

Sonobuoys24Sept 2021

U.S. Navy replenishes supply of AN/SSQ-62 sonobuoys with programmable sonar for anti-submarine warfare (ASW)

Navy aircraft drop sonobuoys, which relay information back to the aircraft by radio link, to determine the locations and bearing of enemy submarines.

Hypersonic Sweep

Raytheon moves project forward to develop hypersonic missile for existing jet fighter and bomber aircraft

SCIFiRE aims to advance air-breathing hypersonic technologies to full-size prototypes that are affordable and provide flexible long-range capability.

Quantum Radar8Sept2021

Quantum radar seeks to use accelerated electrons to detect and track stealth aircraft like B-2 and F-35

The scope of the new Chinese project is not truly known, and Chinese Communist Party propaganda cannot be ruled out.

ACQUISITION & LOGISTICS

Electromagnetic Warfare29Sept2021

Electromagnetic warfare emerging to destroy or disable critical enemy electronics without collateral damage

This approach uses aimed electrical energy to destroy or disable critical enemy electronics for navigation, computing, communications, and sensors.

B5227Sept2021

Parts obsolescence forces redesign and remanufacture of AN/ASK-7 data-transfer avionics for B-52 bomber

The AN/ASK-7 data transfer system loads and stores B-52 mission software and captures fault data for maintenance purposes aboard the large bomber.

AARGMER16Sept2021

Alliant moves to initial production of AARGM-ER radar-killing missile with advanced signal processing

The AARGM-ER AGM-88G is a new variant of the AGM-88E missile that equips Navy carrier-based fighter-bombers and electronic warfare jets.

Blackjack13Sept2021

DARPA boosts Lockheed Martin Blackjack satellite integration

The technology developed in the Blackjack program is supporting a large network of communications and missile-warning satellites in low Earth orbit.

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