MAE Defense Executive - Nov 3rd, 2022
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November 3, 2022
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Northrop Grumman to build 28 supersonic target drones
Fincantieri moves to shipboard electronics for Constellation-class frigate
High-power microwaves for future applications of electromagnetic warfare
Spectrum warfare system seeks to use light, RF, and microwave energy for EW
EXECUTIVE SUITE
Georgia Tech to investigate cutting-edge cyber security software and testing to foil enemy computer hackers
Red teams use tactics that mimic cyber threats to evade network defenders and assess how critical networks fare against a determined cyber attack.
PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Space industry eyes radiation-tolerant high-voltage transistors to enhance spacecraft power efficiency
DARPA Space Power Conversion Electronics (SPCE) will develop a radiation-tolerant point-of-load converter with better than 85 percent efficiency.
Military researchers to brief industry on artificial intelligence (AI), sensors, and autonomy program
The DARPA AIR initiative seeks to fill gaps in research on developing and deploying tactical autonomy capability in real-world military operations.
DESIGN-IN CASE STUDIES
Army chooses Galvion for squad power management and soldier-wearable battery charging in harsh conditions
The Galvion lightweight squad power system, known as Nerv Centr, helps deployed soldiers store, deliver, harvest, and share power on the battlefield.
Army asks Leonardo DRS to build electro-optical targeting systems for Bradley armored combat vehicles
IBAS uses infrared sensors and laser rangefinder to detect, identify, and acquire targets at long ranges for the vehicle's cannon and machine guns.
Boeing to install Honeywell avionics computers aboard Air Force F-15 combat jets in $7.5 million order
Boeing is the prime systems integrator for the F-15 combat jet, while the ADCP II computer comes from the Honeywell Inc. Aerospace segment in Phoenix.
NOAA taps Orion Space Solutions to develop observation processing system
OSS says its technology will allow users to visualize the Earth's past and present, and predict future environment.
EXECUTIVE BUSINESS
Lockheed Martin to build artillery launchers for extended-range smart munitions in $476.8 million deal
GMLRS is a heavy tracked mobile munitions launcher, transportable via C-17 and C-5 aircraft. The M270A2 is an upgraded variant of the MLRS.
Fourteen avionics suppliers to provide aviation parts support for KC-46 aerial tanker in $1.9 billion deal
The KC-46 tanker is based on the Boeing 767-200 widebody passenger jet, and can provide aerial refueling for U.S. and allied military aircraft.
Top Aces to train combat pilots in dogfighting and adversary tactics
Top Aces uses F-16A fighters, Douglas A-4 Skyhawk attack jets, Dornier Alpha Jet trainers, and Learjet 35A business jets for combat pilot training.
Lockheed Martin to build 57 missiles with radio homing and infrared guidance to hit targets 300 miles away
PrSM will be a surface-to-surface, all weather, precision-strike guided munition fired from the Army's MLRS and HIMARS artillery missile launchers.
ACQUISITION & LOGISTICS
Navy seeks to boost anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities of multistatic, active, and passive sonobuoys
Bathythermograph capability provides vertical temperature profiles of the ocean layer to help determine the right sonobuoys for different conditions.
Special Operations Command chooses electro-optical rifle scopes from Nightforce for special forces snipers
$17.7 million order is for Squad-Variable Powered Scopes (S-VPS) and Precision-Variable Power Scopes (P-VPS) rifle scopes from Nightforce.
Lockheed Martin to upgrade and redesign software for AH-64E helicopter electronic warfare (EW) avionics
The MRFI is part of the AH-64E's AN/APR-48B avionics, which performs target acquisition and cueing for the helicopter's fire-control radar system.
BAE Systems to tackle computer-generated battle planning that sets up military engagements at machine speed
The SCEPTER project is asking BAE Systems to produce machine-generated strategies that can compete with humans in the planning of real warfare.
