Navy recommends Bluefin 21 underwater drone for next-generation Black Pearl research
May 24, 2013
WASHINGTON, 24 May 2013. U.S. Navy researchers need to develop as many as five new-generation unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) for research programs in anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and mine countermeasure (MCM) missions. They are finding their solution from Bluefin Robotics Corp. in Quincy, Mass. |
Army approaches industry for off-the-shelf Ethernet networking for MRAP combat vehicles
May 24, 2013
WARREN, Mich., 24 May 2013. U.S. Army vetronics experts are reaching out to industry to find companies able to provide off-the-shelf rugged Gigabit Ethernet networking equipment for the Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armored combat vehicle. |
Navy specifies replacement DC-DC converters from Pico Electronics for avionics flight control
May 23, 2013
KEYPORT, Wash., 23 May 2013. U.S. Navy avionics experts needed 100 spare DC-DC converter power supplies for the aircraft flight control systems of the Lockheed Martin P-3 Orion long-range maritime patrol aircraft and the Sikorsky H-53 heavy-lift helicopter. They are recommending a solution from Pico Electronics Inc. in Pelham, N.Y. |
NIST asks industry for custom printed circuit boards for laser stabilization and control
May 23, 2013
GAITHERSBURG, Md., 23 May 2013. U.S. government researchers are asking industry to build 20 custom printed circuit boards for laser stabilization and control as part of to develop optical frequency combs for enhancing infrared spectroscopy, distance measurement, high-speed telecommunications, and other applications. |
Navy asks Metron for autonomy and control software for future large-displacement UUV
May 22, 2013
SAN DIEGO, 22 May 2013. U.S. Navy researchers needed experimental autonomy and mission planning software for a future large unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) under development by the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) in Arlington, Va. They found their solution from Metron Inc. in Reston, Va. |
Researchers ask industry for ideas on Common Data Link radios for small manpackable UAVs
May 21, 2013
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, 21 May 2013. U.S. government researchers are asking industry for ideas on a Common Data Link (CDL) radio that is small enough to fit on small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that warfighters can carry into the field and operate with only one or two people. |
Government agencies to brief industry on upcoming contracting opportunities this August
May 20, 2013
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., 20 May 2013. U.S. government researchers from a variety of agencies will brief industry in August on their new business opportunities for the coming year. Briefings will be 19-21 Aug. at the Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town in Albuquerque, N.M. |
DARPA asks industry for ideas on advanced thermionic and cold cathode electron emitters
May 20, 2013
ARLINGTON, Va., 20 May 2013. U.S. Government researchers are asking industry for ideas on advanced thermionic and cold cathode electron emitter technologies that operate at relatively cool temperatures to reduce complexity and enhance device lifetimes. |
Air Force surveys industry for 480-volt AC UPS to safeguard facilities from power failures
May 19, 2013
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 19 May 2013. U.S. Air Force officials are surveying industry to find companies able to design and build a three-phase uninterruptible power supply that provides uninterrupted 480-volt AC power to a 100 kilovolt-ampere (kVA) facility load for at least 30 minutes during a power failure. |
Rockwell Collins to provide Navy with aircraft radio communications in $9.2 million contract
May 17, 2013
PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 17 May 2013. U.S. Navy aircraft radio communications experts needed electronic radios and related equipment for a variety of aircraft. They found their solution from Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. |
DHS to brief industry on beefing-up explosives trace detection on 25 and 26 July in Washington
May 17, 2013
WASHINGTON, 17 May 2013. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Washington is sponsoring a two day technical industry meeting on trace explosive detection for aviation, facilities, and mass transit security on 25 and 26 July 2013 at the William J. Cohen Building, 330 C Street SW, in Washington. |
DARPA seeks to speed RF and microwave array development for radar, comms, and SIGINT
May 16, 2013
ARLINGTON, Va., 16 May 2013. U.S. military researchers are asking industry to find new ways of shortening the time it takes to develop, deploy, and upgrade RF and microwave arrays for communications, signals intelligence (SIGINT), radar, and electronic warfare. |
Army chooses Talon multi-sensor system from FLIR Systems for UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter
May 16, 2013
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., 16 May 2013. U.S. Army helicopter avionics experts needed a multi-sensor payload for the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopter. They found their solution from FLIR Systems Inc. in Wilsonville, Ore. |
Air Force asks industry for hand-held Link-16 special operations networking radios
May 14, 2013
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 14 May 2013. U.S. Air Force special operations experts are surveying industry to find companies able to design and build a small hand-held Link-16 secure, jam-resistant, high-speed digital data radio that is no larger than today's fielded AN/PRC-148 multiband inter/intra team radio (MBITR). |
Navy asks VersaLogic to supply Ethernet cards for shipboard vertical-launch missile system
May 14, 2013
PORT HUENEME, Calif., 14 May 2013. U.S. Navy surface warfare experts needed Ethernet circuit cards for the launch sequencer in the Mark 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS). They found their solution from VersaLogic Corp. in Tualatin, Ore. |
Navy to buy serial adapters from Sealevel Systems for AN/PRC battlefield radio systems
May 12, 2013
PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 12 May 2013. U.S. Navy radio communications experts needed a special radio adapter to upgrade U.S. Marine Corps AN/PRC networking radios to send and receive Internet Protocol (IP) data such as GPS maps, images, coordinates, and IM-type communications. They found their solution from Sealevel Systems Inc. in Liberty, S.C. |
Army surveys industry for affordable proximity sensor for GMLRS and ATACMS missile systems
May 10, 2013
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., 10 May 2013. U.S. Army missile experts are surveying industry to find companies able to build an affordable proximity sensor for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) and Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) to detonate air bursts for precision missile strikes. |
General Atomics wins $110.3 million Army contract to maintain MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAVs
May 8, 2013
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., 8 May 2013. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. in Poway, Calif., won a $110.3 U.S. Army modification Tuesday to maintain and repair the Army's MQ-1C Gray Eagle medium altitude long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operating in Afghanistan. |
Navy looks to Communications & Power to repair and rebuild klystron tubes for shipboard radar
May 8, 2013
CRANE, Ind., 8 May 2013. U.S. Navy radar experts needed repairs and rebuilds for klystron traveling wave tubes for long-range radar systems on Navy surface warships. They found their solution from Communications & Power Industries LLC in Palo Alto, Calif. |
Army to brief industry next week on new technologies to keep combat vehicle crews safe
May 7, 2013
WARREN, Mich., 7 May 2013. U.S. Army armored combat vehicle designers will brief industry next week on current and future vetronics research efforts aimed at keeping vehicle crews safe in attacks from a wide variety of anti-armor weapons. |
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