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Parrot to Manufacture Short-Range
Reconnaissance Drone Prototypes
for DoD
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Parrot has passed another milestone in the
United States Army's Short-Range Reconnais-
sance drone program. As the final steps of this
selection process, Parrot will participate in an
operational assessment to support an Army
production award decision.
Defense Speak Interpreted: What's an
RCV, and What Do Electronics Have to
Do With It?
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In "Defense Speak," RCV does not stand for
ranked-choice voting, a remote control vehi-
cle, a riot control vehicle, or a refuse collec-
tion vehicle, although the second one is close;
it stands for a remote combat vehicle. Denny
Fritz explores this concept and its defense
applications.
Raytheon Technologies Supporting the
Supply Chain
E
To support its small business suppliers, Ray-
theon Technologies formed a Small Business
Supplier Stimulus Team focused on coordinat-
ing support to its supply base. This team brings
together cross-functional members from each
of the company's businesses, creating a hub of
knowledge, expertise, and experience.
Air Force Selects Single Contractor for
Long-Range Standoff Nuclear Weapon
E
The Air Force announced plans to continue
the Long-Range Standoff Weapon's develop-
ment with Raytheon Company as a sole-source
contractor. The LRSO cruise missile is a criti-
cal element of the Air Force's ongoing nuclear
recapitalization efforts.
Dominate the Electromagnetic Spectrum:
Lockheed Martin Cyber/Electronic
Warfare System Moves Into Next Phase
of Development
E
The Consortium Management Group/Consor-
tium for Command, Control, and Communi-
cations in Cyberspace, on behalf of the U.S.
Army, awarded Lockheed Martin a project
agreement to move into the second phase of
development for the "Air Large" component of
its Multi-Function Electronic Warfare family of
systems program.
What It Takes to Be a Milaero
Supplier, Part 3
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The decision to pursue military and aerospace
(milaero) certification impacts every facet of the
organization, and not every shop is prepared
to make this transformation. In Part 3, Anaya
Vardya explores what it takes to be a milaero
supplier in the areas of purchasing and quality.
Murrietta Circuits Appoints Kevin McCartney
Business Development Manager
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Andrew Murrietta, CEO and co-owner of Mur-
rietta Circuits, announced that his company
appointed Kevin McCartney to the position of
business development manager.
BAE Systems Wins DARPA Contract
to Develop Machine Learning Analytics
as a Service for Constant Global
Situational Awareness
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BAE Systems aims to develop machine-learn-
ing analytics as a service—a first-of-its-kind,
cloud-based model for the government—that
can leverage commercial and open-source
data to deliver constant worldwide situational
awareness for a diverse range of challenges.
