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Leonardo DRS Earns Raytheon Technologies Premier Award

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Monday, July 10, 2023
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Leonardo DRS, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRS) announced today that its Airborne and Intelligence Systems business unit was awarded a Raytheon Technologies Premier Award for performance in 2022 and overall excellence in collaboration and customer service.

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  • Leonardo DRS, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRS) announced today that its Airborne and Intelligence Systems business unit was awarded a Raytheon Technologies Premier Award for performance in 2022 and overall excellence in collaboration and customer service.
  • The recognition is based on the partnership between Leonardo DRS and Raytheon’s Collins Aerospace division for the Tactical Combat Training System Increment II (TCTS II) program.
  • The Premier Award is an annual recognition platform under the Raytheon Technologies Performance+ Program to recognize suppliers with superior performance and that have provided exceptional value to Raytheon Technologies in one of the four key categories: cost competitiveness, technology and innovation, business management / customer service, and collaboration.
  • “We are extremely proud of our TCTS II team and their successful partnership with Collins Aerospace,” said Larry Ezell, senior vice president and general manager of the Leonardo DRS Airborne and Intelligence Systems business unit.

Raytheon Technologies to deliver Full Rate Production for TCTS Increment II Air Combat Training System for U.S. Navy

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Thursday, May 25, 2023
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies business (NYSE: RTX) announced today it will deliver on the full rate production contract awarded by the U.S. Navy for Tactical Combat Training System – Increment II (TCTS II), Air Combat Training System (ACMI) for the U.S. Navy.

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  • CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies business (NYSE: RTX) announced today it will deliver on the full rate production contract awarded by the U.S. Navy for Tactical Combat Training System – Increment II (TCTS II), Air Combat Training System (ACMI) for the U.S. Navy.
  • The contract includes both airborne and ground subsystems and will support fielding requirements at various U.S. Navy training ranges.
  • TCTS II will be the foundation for next-generation training scenarios that will use a combination of live, virtual and constructive entities.
  • Developed and built by Collins Aerospace and teammate Leonardo DRS, TCTS II is a scalable and flexible open architecture system that enables highly secure air combat training among 4th and 5th Generation U.S. aircraft, and international aircraft.

Integrated Logistics Support Services Contract for PMA-205 Naval Aviation Training Systems Award to Synectic Solutions, Inc.

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023
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SSI, which is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned company (SDVOSB) with 25 years of experience supporting Navy weapons and combat systems, has been awarded the Integrated Logistics Support Services Contract supporting multiple functional leads within PMA-205 Naval Aviation Training Systems located in Patuxent River, MD.

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  • SSI, which is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned company (SDVOSB) with 25 years of experience supporting Navy weapons and combat systems, has been awarded the Integrated Logistics Support Services Contract supporting multiple functional leads within PMA-205 Naval Aviation Training Systems located in Patuxent River, MD.
  • Through this award, SSI will provide PMA-205 Integrated Logistics Product Support services for the acquisition, sustainment, and lifecycle support of specified Tactical Training Range (TTR) programs, including Ocean Systems (to include Portable Underwater Training Range (PUTR II); Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR); Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) and Electronic Warfare), Tactical Combat Training System Increments I (TCTS I), and Tactical Combat Training System (TCTS II) System of Systems (SoS).
  • This award will allow SSI to continue to provide the resources necessary to plan, manage, and integrate the design, development, acquisition, delivery, and sustainment of naval aviation training systems, training ranges, and products for PMA-205.
  • These products include the training systems, support equipment, and the product support packages to meet the Warfighters' required availability at optimal lifecycle costs.

Green Hills Software Thanks Collins Aerospace for Including the TCTS II Program in Their Recent FACE White Paper

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Hills Software, today, is thanking Collins Aerospace for highlighting the Tactical Combat Training System (TCTS) Increment II program in the technical white paper "Face 3.1 Enhancements: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?". Coauthored with LDRA and Lynx Software Technologies, the white paper highlights how conformance to the FACE™ Technical Standard is vital to the TCTS II program. Because Lynx is a coauthor of the white paper, some readers might come to the erroneous conclusion that a Lynx product is being used for the TCTS II program when it really is the INTEGRITY®-178 tuMP™ real-time operating system (RTOS) from Green Hills Software. The TCTS II program exclusively uses the FACE certified INTEGRITY-178 tuMP RTOS.

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  • SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Hills Software, today, is thanking Collins Aerospace for highlighting the Tactical Combat Training System (TCTS) Increment II program in the technical white paper "Face 3.1 Enhancements: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?"
  • Coauthored with LDRA and Lynx Software Technologies, the white paper highlights how conformance to the FACE™ Technical Standard is vital to the TCTS II program.
  • Because Lynx is a coauthor of the white paper, some readers might come to the erroneous conclusion that a Lynx product is being used for the TCTS II program when it really is the INTEGRITY ® -178 tuMP ™ real-time operating system (RTOS) from Green Hills Software.
  • The TCTS II program exclusively uses the FACE certified INTEGRITY-178 tuMP RTOS.

Cubic Delivers 1000th P5 Internal Subsystem for the F-35

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Tuesday, August 23, 2022
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Cubic Corporation announced that the Cubic Mission and Performance (CMPS) division successfully delivered the 1000th P5 Combat Training System (P5CTS) for the F-35 aircraft, a significant milestone in military innovation.

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  • Cubic Corporation announced that the Cubic Mission and Performance (CMPS) division successfully delivered the 1000th P5 Combat Training System (P5CTS) for the F-35 aircraft, a significant milestone in military innovation.
  • The F-35 P5 is an Internal Subsystem (IS) configuration that relays encrypted Time, Space and Position Information (TSPI) between participating aircraft and range ground stations during training sorties.
  • This system is fully interoperable with the P5 Combat Training System (CTS) / Tactical Combat Training System Increment I (TCTS I) ACMI system.
  • Cubic is pleased to deliver our 1000th P5CTS for the F-35 Enterprise, said Jonas Furukrona, vice president and general manager of LVC Training, CMPS.

Shooter Detection Systems Wins 2021 Campus Safety BEST Award for Gunshot Detection

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Tuesday, August 3, 2021
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ROWLEY, Mass., Aug. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Shooter Detection Systems, an Alarm.com (NASDAQ: ALRM) company and the leading provider of gunshot detection solutions to schools, governments, and commercial businesses, is proud to announce that the Guardian Indoor Active Shooter Detection System was named Best Fire/Life-Safety Systems Product in Campus Safety's 2021 Best Electronic Systems Technologies (BEST) awards.

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  • ROWLEY, Mass., Aug. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Shooter Detection Systems, an Alarm.com (NASDAQ: ALRM) company and the leading provider of gunshot detection solutions to schools, governments, and commercial businesses, is proud to announce that the Guardian Indoor Active Shooter Detection System was named Best Fire/Life-Safety Systems Product in Campus Safety's 2021 Best Electronic Systems Technologies (BEST) awards.
  • The Campus Safety awards program honors superior security, law enforcement, emergency management and life safety products and services for healthcare, higher education, and K-12 campus protection professionals.
  • SDS shot detection sensors utilize acoustic and infrared flash detection, vs. relying on acoustics alone, pattern matching, or other unnecessary technology that bogs down sensor performance and slows detection and response time.
  • "We are extremely proud to be named BEST in our category," said Rich Onofrio, Managing Director of Shooter Detection Systems.

Edgeworth Analytics Publishes Report Finding Critical Flaws in MacArthur Justice Center Study on ShotSpotter

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Thursday, July 29, 2021
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Edgeworth Analytics, an economic and quantitative consulting firm based in Washington, D.C., released two reports about ShotSpotter, a provider of precision policing technology solutions that commissioned these independent reports.

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  • Edgeworth Analytics, an economic and quantitative consulting firm based in Washington, D.C., released two reports about ShotSpotter, a provider of precision policing technology solutions that commissioned these independent reports.
  • Specifically, Edgeworth Analytics found the MJC study drew conclusions based on data that are an incomplete information source that cannot, by themselves, be used to assess ShotSpotters efficacy.
  • The second report provides an independent review of ShotSpotters claims regarding its accuracy in gunshot reporting.
  • Through consulting and education, Edgeworth Analytics empowers professionals and organizations to unlock datas potential.

ShotSpotter Sets Second Quarter 2021 Conference Call for Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. ET

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Wednesday, July 28, 2021
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ShotSpotter management will host the presentation, followed by a question-and-answer period.

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  • ShotSpotter management will host the presentation, followed by a question-and-answer period.
  • A replay of the call will be available after 7:30 p.m. Eastern time on the same day through September 10, 2021.
  • ShotSpotter (NASDAQ: SSTI) is a leader in precision policing technology solutions that enable law enforcement to more effectively respond to, investigate and deter crime.
  • ShotSpotter also serves the corporate and college security markets and has been designated a Great Place to Work Company.

ShotSpotter Responds to False and Misleading Allegations by VICE News

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Wednesday, July 28, 2021
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It is important to understand that there are two separate and equally important services that ShotSpotter provides relating to gunshot sounds.

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  • It is important to understand that there are two separate and equally important services that ShotSpotter provides relating to gunshot sounds.
  • ShotSpotter also is available to provide, a detailed forensic report that is prepared as courtroom evidence and for expert witness testimony.
  • Once ShotSpotter learned of this theory, it approached the prosecutor and informed him that the ShotSpotter evidence could not support this theory.
  • ShotSpotter has long informed the public, prosecutors and police that ShotSpotter cannot detect gunshots that occur in a car or a building.

ShotSpotter Appoints Ambassador Roberta Jacobson to Board of Directors

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Tuesday, July 20, 2021
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With these changes, ShotSpotters board composition expands to eight total directors, seven of whom are independent.

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  • With these changes, ShotSpotters board composition expands to eight total directors, seven of whom are independent.
  • Ambassador Jacobson brings more than 30 years of experience in public service, diplomacy, and international relations to ShotSpotter.
  • On behalf of the entire ShotSpotter organization, I would like to welcome Roberta to our Board of Directors, said Ralph A. Clark, President and CEO of ShotSpotter.
  • Ambassador Jacobson commented: I have come to know and admire ShotSpotter and its precision policing solutions that help save lives, solve cases, and deter crime.