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APRIL 19, 2022

IRST, machine learning eyed for airborne target detection

Textron to provide engineering support for UISS uncrewed counter-mine surface vessel in $41.7 million order

Wanted: improved air logistics through machine learning

Army considers anti-tank missiles for UAVs and helicopters

Radian Aerospace eyes single-stage-to-orbit space plane

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Visit Elma at AUVSI’s XPONENTIAL – Attend Our Special SFF Session

Join Elma Electronic at this year’s live and in-person XPONENTIAL 2022 in Orlando, FL April 26-28. Embedded computing expert Mark Littlefield will be speaking Wednesday at a special session on deploying AI-power applications in small form factors for unmanned systems. See our live object detection & identification demos in our booth, #2760.

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CLEAR FOR TAKEOFF

Amphibious Fuel13April2022

Machine autonomy experts at Martin Defense to design unmanned amphibious vehicle to deliver fuel to Marines

The AVUSM will deliver a lay-flat fuel line hose from an embarkment platform floating offshore, through the surf-zone, to dry land on attack beaches.

UNMANNED DESIGN TRENDS

Marines ask Sentient Vision for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine autonomy for unmanned reconnaissance

ViDAR, which stands for visual detection and ranging, is an AI system that uses an infrared sensor to detect and classify targets in the imagery stream.

Raytheon to develop combat airspace management testbed to simulate tracking of crewed and uncrewed aircraft

ASTARTE technologies will handle sensor tasking, data processing, multi-modal data fusion, and near-real time dissemination for airspace management.

Areté to build mine-hunting lidar for uncrewed aircraft

PILLS is a compact lightweight lidar system for precision bathymetry and topography suitable for operation from a small uncrewed aerial vehicle.

Lockheed Martin to build AN/TPQ-53 counter-fire radar to protect against artillery and uncrewed aircraft

The so-called Q-53 is a solid-state phased array radar that detects, classifies, tracks, and determines the location of enemy indirect fire weapons.

UNMANNED BUSINESS

Towed Array18April2022

Navy undersea warfare researchers ask 13 companies for prototypes in sensors, autonomous vehicles

The 13 companies will focus on submarines, surface warships, aircraft, surveillance, autonomous vehicles, distributed networks, and irregular warfare.

Military5G18April2022

Demand for military 5G to quadruple over next five years, driven by autonomous vehicles, communications

5G defense market to grow from $665 million this year to $2.5 billion in 2027, which represents a combined annual growth rate of 30.2 percent, analysts say.

NGADDOD Budget29March2022

DOD budget: $773 billion for programs, research, and procurement

Proposed record-spending for research and development next year would be $130.1 billion -- up 16.2 percent from the 2022 RDT&E request of $112 billion.

3DELRR1April2022

Lockheed Martin to build 3DELRR expeditionary radar

3DELRR is to be the principal Air Force long-range, ground-based radar sensor for detecting, identifying, tracking, and reporting aerial targets.

UNMANNED CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES

SOS Sensors6April2022

Army researchers ask industry to develop unmanned and machine autonomy technologies for special forces

Army asks industry to develop state-of-the-art technologies in tagging, tracking, and locating; reconnaissance and surveillance; and unmanned systems.

Autonomous Munitions31March2022

Wanted: autonomy and sensors for air-delivered munitions

Autonomous target recognition involves signal and image processing; pattern recognition; computer vision; deep learning; and machine learning.

Exoskeletons28March2022

Army asks industry about the latest in exoskeletons to improve soldier performance and physical endurance

Exoskeletons may improve the strength, endurance, safety, and ergonomics of soldiers as they walk, run, jump, climb, and maneuver on the battlefield.

Hypersonic3March2022

Wanted: hypersonic missile with standardized payload interface able to carry out several kinds of missions

Potential $334 million Mayhem project seeks a standardized payload interface for multi-mission payload integration within the same hypersonic system.

UNMANNED PRODUCTS

SBG11March2022

SWaP-optimized inertial measurement unit (IMU) for antenna and camera stabilization offered by SBG Systems

Pulse-40 features gyro and accelerometer bias instability of 0.8 degrees per hour to enable long dead reckoning and maintain heading performance.

Inertial Labs10March2022

Inertial navigation that combines attitude and heading, air data computer introduced by Inertial Labs

The Inertial Labs INS-DM can support several types of MEMS inertial measurement units from Inertial Labs, and supports other inertial systems.

Persistent Systems1March2022

Radio upgrade to include camera control for manned and unmanned aircraft introduced by Persistent Systems

Any MPU5 user can consume video from manned and unmanned aircraft, and take control of the camera and point it at a target or area of interest.

Curtiss11Feb2022

Flight data recorder for SWaP-constrained military and commercial aircraft introduced by Curtiss-Wright

With record rates typically exceeding 1 gigabit per second, the nREC-700 acquires data as Chapter 11, DARv3, or other formats native to input traffic.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Unmanned Sub24Feb2022

U.S. Navy offers look into Snakehead long-endurance unmanned submarines for intelligence-gathering missions

The unmanned subs have some degree of autonomy thanks to the Navy’s Unmanned Maritime Autonomy Architecture (UMAA) and Common Control System (CCS).

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.

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