Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) rotary and mission systems business has received a potential $724M contract from the Missile Defense Agency to provide lifecycle engineering and development support for the Aegis ballistic missile defense system.
Read More »Ansys to Acquire AGI for $700M to Grow Satellite Simulation Tech Portfolio
Simulation platform maker Ansys has agreed to acquire Exton, Pennsylvania-based software company Analytical Graphics Inc. for $700M in a move to expand the former’s satellite technology simulation portfolio.
Read More »AFRL Issues RFI on Advanced Battle Management System’s C2 Application Component
Report: Army Cancels Virtual Marksmanship Trainer Program, Redirects Funds to Synthetic Training Initiative
The U.S. Army has channeled funds from its simulation-based Squad Advanced Marksmanship Trainer initiative to other virtual training programs such as the development of a synthetic training environment, National Defense magazine reported Monday.
Read More »L3Harris Builds AI-Based Imagery Processing Tool Under Air Force Contract
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a multimillion-dollar contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop a platform designed to help the military identify objects in large sets of imagery data using artificial intelligence, C4ISRNET reported Wednesday.
Read More »HPE, NASA Develop ‘Aitken’ Supercomputer to Support Manned Lunar Missions
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) has developed a supercomputer named after astronomer Robert Grant Aitken designed to help NASA’s Ames Research Center run modeling and simulations to support the space agency’s lunar missions.
Read More »MDA Selects DeciBel Research for Potential $173M Modeling & Simulation Contract
Huntsville, Ala.-based technology company deciBel Research won a potential 60-month, $172.6M contract to help the Missile Defense Agency develop software and model applications to support ballistic missile defense system operations.
Read More »AMEWAS Wins $100M Navy Battlespace Simulation IDIQ
American Electronic Warfare Associates has won a potential five-year, $99.7M contract to develop, integrate and maintain battlespace simulation tools for the U.S. Navy. AMEWAS will help the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division create warfare scenarios, and battlespace entity models as well as provide customer support for delivered products, the …
Read More »ANSER Acquires CBRN Defense Support Provider DXT; Carmen Spencer Quoted
Analytic Services has purchased Domain X Technologies for an undisclosed sum in a push to broaden its footprint in modeling and simulation, software engineering and defense acquisition. “The acquisition of DXT gives us greater depth and breadth of data and information analysis particularly with regard to modeling and simulation as it is …
Read More »HPE to Supply ARM-Based Supercomputer to DOE for NNSA Modeling & Simulation
TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 20, 2018 — Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) will provide a supercomputer to the Energy Department to support the science, energy and national security modeling and simulation workloads of the National Nuclear Security Administration, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. HPE said Monday the ARM-based Astra supercomputer will work to …
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