MAE Defense Exec

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MAE Defense Exec

MARCH 1, 2022

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Navy's unmanned systems keep expanding their capabilities

Robots could be used to support soldiers in combat

The Navy’s next robotic ship could be customizable

Fab eyed for compound semiconductor RF and microwave chips

EXECUTIVE SUITE

Marine NGHTS18Feb2022

Marine Corps asks Northrop Grumman to build NGHTS electro-optical handheld laser target designation system

NGHTS is a lightweight man-portable system that enables Marines to acquire targets quickly, and generate target location data during combat operations.

PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Air Force Logistics24Feb2022

Air Force seeks help in boosting air logistics capability with machine learning and sensor integration

DOGTAG focuses on machine learning, asset tracking, process digitization, long term evolution, and sensor integration to air and ground transportation.

F16D23Feb2022

DARPA to outfit F-16D jet fighter with artificial intelligence (AI) to boost trust in AI as a human partner

ACE is applying AI to aircraft dogfighting in realistic experiments, and is developing ways to measure human trust in combat autonomy performance.

Quantum Computing22Feb2022

Military researchers focus on underexplored solutions to build quantum computer to help solve difficult problems

The complexity of a fault-tolerant utility-scale quantum computer could approach or exceed that of a classical supercomputer, DARPA researchers say.

Laser Weapon14Feb2022

Researchers ask industry to develop high-energy sources for laser weapons that take down unmanned aircraft

DARPA MELT project seeks to develop a compact, scalable, semiconductor laser source to create a mass-producible, low SWaP scalable laser source.

DESIGN-IN CASE STUDIES

SRC Silent Impact28Feb2022

SRC developing enabling technologies for artillery-delivered jamming and spoofing electronic warfare (EW)

Technology can deliver cyber electromagnetic attack payloads in-flight, using parachutes to stay aloft, and on the ground after they land.

Penn State Submarine28Feb2022

Navy asks Penn State researchers to find new ways of quieting U.S. missile and attack nuclear submarines

Penn State to investigate multi-material propulsors; Virginia-class submarine propulsor bearing; flow noise; station keeping; and acoustic monitoring.

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Northrop Grumman to develop prototype AI assistant for helicopters

The artificial intelligence technology is a part of DARPA's Perceptually-enabled Task Guidance (PTG) program.

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NASA selects Lockheed Martin to lift samples off of Mars surface

NASA says that Lockheed Martin's Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) will be the first rocket fired off of another planet.

EXECUTIVE BUSINESS

Australia LRASM28Feb2022

Australia to arm nation's Super Hornet jet fighter-bombers with multi-mode sensor-equipped anti-ship missile

The LRASM can be guided toward enemy ships from as far away as 200 nautical miles by its launch aircraft, can receive updates via its datalink.

CH53K Helicopter17Feb2022

Israel to buy four Sikorsky CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters and avionics under terms of a $372 million order

The CH-53K, compared to its predecessor, has new engines and cockpit avionics, and more than twice the lift capacity and combat radius of the CH-53E.

PRC167SOCOM Radio15Feb2022

L3Harris to provide more Falcon IV AN/PRC-167 manpack radios for special forces in $297.2 million order

The new manpack radio has an open-systems architecture to enable periodic hardware, firmware, operating software, and radio waveform upgrades.

DARPA Envision11Feb2022

Physical Sciences joins list of firms developing small lightweight night-vision electro-optical glasses

Today's night-vision goggles typically are as bulky as four inches long and as heavy as 2.2 pounds, which causes a large torque on the wearer’s neck.

MORE STORIES

SAR Image10Feb2022

Military researchers ask industry for ways to enhance high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images

SAR particularly is useful for time-critical applications like change-detection after natural disasters and identifying illegal fishing operations.

Electromagnetic Warfare9Feb2022

Air Force asks industry to model and simulate electromagnetic warfare effects that destroy electronics

High-power microwaves can enable low-collateral-damage military applications and counter electronic effects and counter improvised explosive devices.

F188Feb2021

Naval aviation reaches out to industry for safety upgrades to F/A-18C/D flight-control computer avionics

Upgrade to include translating the pull vector from the digital map computer into flight control movements, and providing status to the mission computer.

CH53K7Feb2022

Sikorsky to build nine CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters, avionics, and navigation systems for U.S. Marine Corps

The CH-53K long range helicopter is designed to conduct expeditionary heavy-lift transport of armored vehicles, equipment, and personnel.

ACQUISITION & LOGISTICS

AH6Helicopter21Feb2022

Boeing to build AH-6 light helicopter gunships and avionics for Thailand in $103.8 million contract

AH-6 is a light helicopter gunship based on the MH-6 Little Bird and MD 500 family of light military helicopters, which includes the AH-6 and AH-6S.

SQQ8918Feb2022

Lockheed to build AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and anti-torpedo systems for surface warships

The AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 undersea combat system for surface warships is designed to search for, detect, classify, localize, and track underwater contacts.

Artillery17Feb2022

Northrop Grumman wins contract for conversion kits to transform Army artillery shells into smart munitions

Conversion kit uses signals from the Global Positioning System (GPS) to guide artillery shells to their targets with accuracy of less than 10 meters.

King Air16Feb2022

Army buys Beechcraft King Air 360ER turboprop aircraft with avionics and synthetic vision for Sri Lanka

Plane has Pro Line Fusion avionics; touchscreen displays; synthetic vision; graphical flight planning; charts and maps; and multi-scan weather radar.

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