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Unmanned
UAV payload market to reach nearly $8 billion by 2021, analysts say - News
August 24, 2016
VANCOUVER, Washington Analysts at Markets and Markets say they estimate the unmanned aircraft payload market to be valued at $3.63 billion in 2016 and forecast it to reach $7.72 billion by 2021, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.25 percent between 2016 and 2021.
Radar/EW
Solid-state pulsed radar to guide Singapore Navy's new vessel program - News
August 15, 2016
ENFIELD, United Kingdom. Officials for the Republic of Singapore navy chose the SharpEye solid-state pulse Doppler navigation radar from Kelvin Hughes for the country's Littoral Mission Vessel (LMV) program.
Comms
CubeSat initiative now open to educational and nonprofit groups - News
August 12, 2016
WASHINGTON. NASA officials announced that accredited educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and NASA centers can now participate in the next round of the agency?s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI). Applicants must submit proposals by 4:30 p.m. EST, Nov. 22.
Comms
C4ISR market to have 3.38 percent CAGR through 2021, analysts say - News
August 10, 2016
VANCOUVER, Washington. Analysts at Markets and Markets say they estimate the command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance (C4ISR) market o be valued at about $93.8 billion in 2016, and forecast it to grow to $110.78 billion by 2021, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.38 percent from 2016 to 2021.
Avionics
F-35A Lightning II declared combat ready by Air Force - News
August 03, 2016
JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Virginia. ? U.S. Air Force officials during a ceremony announced that the The F-35A Lightning II fifth generation fighter aircraft is now combat ready.
Avionics
Spaceship from Virgin Galactic gets FAA operator license - News
August 02, 2016
MOJAVE, California. Officials at the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration?s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA-AST) granted Virgin Galactic an operating license for SpaceShipTwo, also known as VSS Unity. This license award will ultimately permit commercial operations of the vehicle.
Avionics
3D-printed, safety critical parts fly on V-22 Osprey - News
August 01, 2016
PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) officials announced the completion of a flight demonstrating flight critical aircraft component built using additive manufacturing (AM) techniques also known as 3D printing.
Comms
COTS and mega-constellations, satellite export reforms, and military space market trends - Story
July 28, 2016
Every month the McHale Report will host an online roundtable with experts from the defense electronics industry ? from major prime contractors to defense component suppliers. Each roundtable will explore topics important to the military embedded electronics market. This month we discuss trends in the military space market with attendees and exhibitors from the Nuclear Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) held this month in Portland, Oregon. They opine on the market growth, the use of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) in mega-constellation applications, and the impact of export reforms on the U.S. semiconductor industry.
Cyber
Demand rising for military simulation & training tech, virtual reality tools, and head-worn displays - Story
July 28, 2016
Cuts to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) budget over the last few years have created more demand for innovative simulation and training systems for military personnel, systems ranging from flight crews to radar technicians to maintenance teams across all services. In this Q&A with LeAnn Ridgeway, Vice President and General Manager of Simulation and Training Solutions for Rockwell Collins, she covers this trend and shares her outlook for the market long term, how the industry and the government is leveraging open architectures for simulation and training, and details new innovations such as virtual reality systems that enable the military to not only train how they fight by where they fight. Edited excerpts follow.
Unmanned
DARPA looks to integrate PCBs onto chip-sized devices - News
July 28, 2016
ARLINGTON, Virginia. Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) want to take another step forward in electronics miniaturization by essentially integrating the collective functions hosted by an entire PCB onto a device that is about the size of a single chip.
Comms
Global network centric warfare market to reach $57.68 billion by 2021 - News
July 28, 2016
VANCOUVER, Washington. Analysts at Markets and Markets are forecasting the global network centric warfare market to grow to $57.68 billion by 2021 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.52 percent during the forecast period.
Comms
U.K. aviation industry and Brexit - News
July 28, 2016
LONDON. A Frost and Sullivan analyst says United Kingdom's (U.K.'s) vote to leave the European Union will likely result in uncertainty in the aviation industry as well as a decline in traffic and revenue.
Unmanned
Radar/EW
Embedded rugged system offers three-in-one platform - Product
July 18, 2016
The EB7001 embedded computer from Systel is an extreme-duty system designed for military operations, oil-field services, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and other rugged industrial environments. The EB7001 is a rugged small-form-factor three-in-one platform (encoder, decoder, and...
Avionics
Software for users looking to achieve RTCA DO-178B certification - Product
July 18, 2016
The Presagis VAPS XT-178 is a safety-critical software package for creating embedded display graphics for avionics applications intended for RTCA DO-178B certification. It is a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) object-oriented DO-178B qualified HMI tool that retains the core features of the...
Comms
Spectrum monitoring for distributed networks in hostile environments - Product
July 18, 2016
The RFeye Node 20-6 from CRFS is a spectrum-monitoring system designed for remote deployment in distributed networks, both indoors and outdoors, including in hostile environments. The system is packaged in a compact, rugged, and weatherproof housing that has been optimized to meet size, w...
Comms
Radio design supports up to 4 Mbps - Product
July 18, 2016
FreeWave Technologies? ZumLink Family represents a class of wireless Internet of Things (IoT) communication solutions offering a radio design that supports a link rate of as fast as 4 Mbps, as well as the ability to support third-party applications. These capabilities provide custome...
Radar/EW
System for air-to-air and air-to-ground operations - Product
July 18, 2016
Weighing in at 5.2 pounds, the L-3 Communications Tactical Airborne Navigation (TACAN) device is a remotely controlled aviation-navigation system that can track as many as four ground stations simultaneously in range, and two in bearing, with a tracking velocity of as fast as 1,800 knots....
Radar/EW
All-in-one VPX-1 for compact system design - Product
July 18, 2016
iVeia?s VPX-1 is a compact plug-in module that aims to simplify overall VPX system design. The system comes with a new 64-bit ARM quad-core processor architecture, 16-nm high-density FPGA fabric, flexible high-speed backplane options ? such as PCIe Gen/ Gen4 and 10 GigE –...
Unmanned
Predator C Avenger gets FAA experimental certificate - News
July 11, 2016
FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA?ASI), officials announced that its company-owned Predator C Avenger unmanned aircraft system (UAS) received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-issued Experimental Certificate (EC), enabling it to perform routine operations in the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS). The announcement was made this week at the Farnborough International Air Show.
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