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Radar/EW
Electro-optical/infrared systems on the rise in defense applications, say analysts - News
February 25, 2016
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. The increase in troops deploying with electro-optical/infrared (EOIR) systems in land, air, sea. and unmanned vehicles for missions such as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), is driving innovation at the design level according to analysts at Frost & Sullivan. They are focusing on designing miniaturized EOIR systems that enable sufficient heat dissipation and meet industry standards, without hurting on performance.
Cyber
Data at rest encryption for rugged storage released by Phoenix International - News
February 19, 2016
SAN DIEGO. Phoenix International Systems, Inc., engineers released Self Encrypting Drive (SED) technology support for the company's RPC24 4004 Series Drive Magazine based, rugged storage solution at AFCEA West 2016 in San Diego this week.
Avionics
P-8 maintenance training systems procured by Australian air force - News
February 04, 2016
ST. LOUIS. The Royal Australian air force (RAAF) officials chose Boeing engineers to provide P-8 maintenance training devices for use by P-8A maintenance personnel starting in early 2018.
Radar/EW
Electronic warfare school - Story
February 04, 2016
Fundamental principles of electronic warfare course offered in Canada
Radar/EW
COTS processing drives modern electronic warfare systems - Story
February 01, 2016
Designers of signal-processing systems for electronic warfare (EW) applications faced with requirements for reduced size, weight, and power (SWaP) along with more processing power are creating multifunction systems that leverage high-speed field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology.
Comms
EMI/RFI filters target midrange power inverters - Product
January 31, 2016
Manufacturers of electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI) power line filters, Astrodyne TDI, offer the RP328 family series with screw-type, touch-proof terminals.
Radar/EW
Process/record/playback ultrawideband signals - Product
January 31, 2016
D-TA offers the System-95, which gives users direct processing, recording, and playback of ultrawideband signals. The system includes the DTA-9500 – which occupies 1U rack space – and the DTA-5000 redundant array of independent disks (RAID) server with as many as 23 TB solid-s...
Comms
PC/104 OneBank carrier for SoC modules - Product
January 31, 2016
Sundance’s EMC-DP is a PCIe/104 OneBank Carrier for a Trenz-compatible system-on-chip (SoC) module and has expansion room for a VITA57.1 FMC LPC I/O board. It also has I/O pins, using a 100-way Samtec RazorBeam connector system.
Unmanned
Sensor fusion delivers navigation to UAV applications - Product
January 31, 2016
KVH engineers developed the GEO-FOG 3D inertial navigation system (INS), which is based on the company’s Fiber Optic Gyro (FOG)-based 1750 inertial measurement unit (IMU).
Radar/EW
Seven-slot system with integrated single board computer - Product
January 31, 2016
Engineers at 4DSP designed the VPX167 as a 3U-based VPX system with as many as seven slots that is VPX standard (VITA 46) compliant. It offers modular architecture in a small and ruggedized form factor suitable for most electronic warfare (EW) applications.
Radar/EW
UAV autopilot simulation has 3-D option - Product
January 31, 2016
Aimed at unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), MicroPilot’s True Hardware in the Loop (trueHWIL•) offers integrators and researchers a UAV autopilot simulator.
Comms
Presidential politics and defense electronics - Story
January 29, 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 the how the presidential election will impact the defense electronics market, if sequestration will last, and get our panelists to make some predictions on the election.
From The Editor
Remembering the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion - Blog
January 29, 2016
Televisions were rolled into classrooms at our high school when the news spread about the crash of the Challenger Space Shuttle. We watched the coverage all day, the launch, the explosion, and President Reagan’s speech. Seeing the pictures of Christa McAulliffe on the news casts yesterday morning that were commemorating the 30th year anniversary of her death along with 6 NASA astronauts when their spacecraft disintegrated moments after liftoff, brought it all back.
Avionics
Intel integrating Wind River subsidiary even more in 2016 - Blog
January 29, 2016
Earlier this month Fortune magazine reported that Wind River's run as it's own brand under the Intel umbrella will end as the company absorbs it completely. The news is not surprising as Intel is finishing up it's acquisition of FPGA-maker Altera and doing away with that brand as Altera is becoming Intel the Programmable Solutions Group (PSG).
Radar/EW
Military spectrum management & EW challenges driving wireless monitoring tech - Story
January 29, 2016
Designers in the military RF world are faced with evolving challenges such as sharing bandwidth in a crowded spectrum and electronic warfare threats that can adapt faster than legacy EW systems can respond. In this Q&A with Nick Balon, General Manager for CRFS, he discusses how multi-node networks are enabling high-performance spectrum monitoring and how kits that leverage software defined radio (SDR) can reduce latencies when tracking electronic intelligence (ELINT) signals. Edited excerpts follow.
Comms
C4ISR market to reach $119 billion by 2019 - News
January 29, 2016
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. The global market for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) related products is growing as nations focus on filling the gaps in their C4ISR capabilities, say analysts at Frost & Sullivan. They estimate that C4ISR procurement will reach $119 billion by 2019.
A.I.
DARPA looks to interface human brain with digital world - News
January 29, 2016
ARLINGTON, Virginia. DARPA officials have created a new program that looks to develop an implantable neural interface that would provide unprecedented signal resolution and data-transfer bandwidth between the human brain and the digital world. They are also looking for partners to help them on this quest, hosting an overview of the program, dubbed Neural Engineering System Design (NESD), next week. DARPA anticipates investing up to $60 million in the NESD program over four years.
Unmanned
Tomahawk cruise missile seeker test completed by Raytheon - News
January 18, 2016
TUCSON, Arizona. Raytheon completed a captive flight test of a seeker designed to enable Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles to engage moving targets on sea or land.
Radar/EW
NAVAIR Advanced Airborne Sensor testing continuing on Navy P-8A Poseidon - News
January 07, 2016
PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland. Navy personnel are continuing the integration and testing of the Naval Air Systems Command's (NAVAIR's) first Advanced Airborne Sensor (AAS), dubbed the APS-154, aboard the P-8A Poseidon aircraft. Testing will confirm that the P-8A and AAS can operate safely and efficiently together.
Avionics
DoD to procure 78 C-130J Super Hercules under multiyear contract - News
January 04, 2016
MARIETTA, Georgia. U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) officials announced that more than $1 billion in funding for the first 32 aircraft under a a C-130J Multiyear II contract. The overall contract, valued at about $5.3 billion, provides 78 Super Hercules aircraft to the U.S. Air Force (30 MC-130Js, 13 HC-130Js and 29 C-130J-30s) and the U.S. Marine Corps (six KC-130Js). The U.S. Coast Guard will also have an option to acquire five HC-130Js under the contract.
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