Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. The joint force announced it has taken another step toward achieving a military Internet of Things (IoT) after fifth-generation aircraft overcame long standing connectivity limitations to share actionable operational data in their native secure digital “languages” with and through multiple sources for the first time.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Aerojet Rocketdyne and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) claim to have achieved record levels of thrust by a scramjet engine. The AFRL-Aerojet Rocketdyne team completed a series of hot-fire tests of an advanced air-breathing hypersonic engine under the U.S. Air Force’s Medium Scale Critical Components (MSCC) program.

BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin announced that it has conducted a flight test mission featuring distributed processing onboard the U-2 Dragon Lady via Kubernetes containerization technology.

Altamonte Springs, Florida, December 15, 2020 – EIZO Rugged Solutions Inc., a provider of ruggedized graphics and video products, has released the Hydra 1004R – a ruggedized, standalone 3G-SDI 1×4 video splitter designed to operate in extreme environments with MIL-STD-810 compliance.

MELBOURNE, Fla. L3Harris Technologies has received a $57 million competitive award for its Falcon IV AN/PRC-163 two-channel handheld radios, along with related equipment and services, as part of the U.S. Army’s two-channel Leader radio IDIQ contract. Delivery is expected to begin in early 2021.

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that the company is on track to begin collaborating and investing in Deepwave Digital with the intent to support research, development, and integration of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

DUBLIN. The "Global 3D & 4D Military Radars Market: Focus on Components, Frequency Bands, Dimension, Application, Platforms, Range, and Region - Analysis and Forecast, 2020-2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Global 3D & 4D Military Radars Market Anticipated to Reach to $9.37 billion by 2025.
 

HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it has won a contract valued at approximately $27 million from the Romanian-based company, Avioane Craiova S.A., for the first phase of the upgrade program of the Romanian Air Force's (RoAF) IAR-99 Standard trainer aircraft.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of Raytheon Technologies Corp., has completed modernizing the E-6B Block I aircraft fleet, part of the Navy’s Airborne Command Post and Take Charge and Move Out (ABNCP/TACAMO) Weapon System missions.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Rolls-Royce has delivered an upgraded thermal management and power system from its ColdFire Solutions technology line to power directed energy field testing in 2021.

POWAY, Calif. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) recently completed Full Scale Static (FSS) testing on the MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) wing after three months of extensive testing. MQ-9B includes SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian RPA produced by GA-ASI.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis "Managed and Professional Security Services Market in the Americas, Forecast to 2024" finds that the combination of escalating cyber risks and security personnel shortages propels market demand and presents challenges for organizations.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., national security solutions provider and manufacturer of high-performance, jet-powered unmanned aerial systems (UAS), announced that Kratos has received a $37.7 million award from the AFLCMC/WA Advanced Aircraft Program Executive Office.

ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, Md. ELTA North America announced the delivery of its advanced Counter Drone Solution, the On-The-Move V4 (OTM V4), to address the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Special Operations / Low-Intensity Conflict (ASD SO/LIC) Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO) Mobile C-sUAS Defense-in-Depth Capability.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) conducted an autonomous flight using a government-supplied Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) autonomy engine to support air-to-air targeting missions. The CODE autonomy engine was installed on a GA-ASI Avenger Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS).

UNITED STATES and AUSTRALIA. The U.S. and Australia have launched the first agreement to continuously develop a virtual cyber training range. Both nations signed the Cyber Training Capabilities Project Arrangement Nov. 3. The bilateral, international agreement is intended to enable U.S. Cyber Command to incorporate Australian Defense Force feedback into Cybercom's simulated training domain, the Persistent Cyber Training Environment (PCTE).

PROVIDENCE, R.I. Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron Inc. company, announced the sale of 36 Shadow aircraft in the latest Block III configuration to the U.S. Army. The total contract award value of $66 million includes ongoing engineering services to continue fielding and supporting the new Block III system configuration.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Abaco Systems, Inc. has announced the SWE440S, an upgrade which builds on the capability of the SWE440A. This fully managed Ethernet switch is designed to align with the SOSA Technical Standard and provide greater interoperability and integration with SBCs, FPGAs, and Ethernet switches while providing cost reduction for customers.

BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin announced the U.S. Space Force has determined the fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) is complete and ready for launch in 2021.

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) announced that a team of U.S. Army and academic researchers have developed a novel design to automatically adjust aircraft rotor blade positions while already in-flight, a tactic intended to improve turbine engine performance.