DARPA's SideArm Project Helps Aircraft Stop Short
A full-scale technology demonstration system that repeatedly captured a 400-pound Lockheed Martin Fury unmanned aerial system (UAS) accelerated to representative flight speeds via an external catapult. The test was part of the DARPA's SideArm research, which focuses on creating a self-contained, portable apparatus that can horizontally launch and retrieve UASs that weigh up to 900 pounds.

Mikros to Develop Test Equipment
Mikros Systems Corp., Princeton, New Jersey, is being awarded a $35,157,851 Small Business Innovation Research Phase III, firm-fixed-price, cost-plus fi
University of New Mexico to Research Semiconductor Materials
The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, has been awarded a $7,045,544 cost contract for advanced processing of electronics components research and d
Raytheon to Provide Integrated Fires Communications
Raytheon Co., Tewksbury, Massachusetts, is being awarded an $11,778,274 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide communications and interoperability for
Engility to Advise Nuclear Enterprise Support Directorate
Engility Corp., Andover, Massachusetts, is being awarded a $35,136,920 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for advisory and assistance services support to the J1
Simmonds to Overhaul UH-60 Digital Computer
Simmonds Precision Products Inc., Vergennes, Vermont, was awarded a $10,304,490 firm-fixed-price contract to procure overhaul of the UH-60 aircra

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