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Comms
Army orders HF tactical radio antennas from Harris - News
October 26, 2015
TAMPA, Florida. U.S. Army officials awarded Harris Corp. in Rochester, N.Y., a five-year, $12 million IDIQ contract to provide high-frequency (HF) tactical radio antennas. Harris officials made the announcement today during MILCOM 2015 in Tampa, Florida.
From The Editor
Potential full-year CR could impact 400 Army programs, say Army officials - Blog
October 23, 2015
WASHINGTON. A potential year-long Continuing Resolution (CR) caused by Congress being unable to pass a 2016 budget by December could result and would affect about 400 Army programs totaling about $6 billion, said Heidi Shyu, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology during a press conference at the AUSA Annual Meeting last week in Washington.
Avionics
Aerospace systems research, tech development contracts awarded by NASA - News
October 23, 2015
WASHINGTON. NASA officials awarded contracts to 11 companies under its Basic and Applied Aerospace technology (BAART) multiple-awards contract, to support research and technology development for aerospace systems located at the agency’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.
Unmanned
Unmanned aircraft registration requirement announced by FAA - News
October 23, 2015
WASHINGTON. U.S. Transportation officials announced the creation of a task force aimed at developing recommendations for a registration process for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
Unmanned
DARPA seeking airborne networking tech for hostile environments - News
October 23, 2015
ARLINGTON, Virginia. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) officials are soliciting proposals for technology that will enable manned and unmanned air systems to rapidly, securely, and automatically share data across diverse waveforms and networks despite adversary jamming.
Comms
Miniature optical communications demonstrated by NASA CubeSat in orbit - News
October 22, 2015
EL SEGUNDO, California. The Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD) CubeSat spacecraft from NASA and The Aerospace Corp., is now in orbit and operational and ready to demonstrate optical communications in space.
Avionics
Budget cuts place restraints on DoD helicopter market - News
October 22, 2015
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California. Analysts at Frost & Sullivan say that a reduction new U.S. military helicopter procurement programs the need for logistical support, upgrades, and the remanufacture of current platforms and subsystems will sustain market growth. They say they expect military helicopter funding to decrease from about $9.99 billion in 2015 to $6.89 billion in 2020, at a negative compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of five percent.
Comms
JLTV from Oshkosh leverages C4ISR tech, open architectures - Story
October 22, 2015
In this Q&A with John Bryant, Senior Vice President, Defense Programs at Oshkosh Defense in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, he discusses his company?s winning the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) contract from the U.S. Army. He also details the C4ISR capability of the JLTV, explains how the vehicle leverages open architectures to help deal with obsolescence, talks on how the JLTV win is impacting the local Oshkosh community, and briefly addresses the current protest of the JLTV sole source selection.
Radar/EW
OpenVPX standard hits five years of enabling interoperability in military embedded systems - Story
October 22, 2015
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 fifth anniversary of the OpenVPX standard. Five years have passed since OpenVPX/VITA 65 was ratified as an ANSI standard and six years since the OpenVPX Industry Working Group was founded by Mercury Systems in 2009. Other companies such as GE Intelligent Platforms and Aitech were solicited to put together the consortia and help lead it. Later that year, the OpenVPX Technical Working Group was formed with participation opened up to any VITA member in good standing.
Radar/EW
Upgraded GaN AESA radar for Patriot missile defense system moves forward - News
October 19, 2015
WASHINGTON. Raytheon engineers are upgrading the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System's radar to provide 360 degree protection from the potential threat unmanned aircraft, manned aircraft, and cruise and ballistic missiles simultaneously attacking U.S. or allied forces from multiple directions.
Unmanned
ISR specialist ForceX acquired by L-3 Communications - News
October 16, 2015
NEW YORK. L-3 Communications leaders announced that the company acquired ForceX, Inc., in Nashville, Tennessee, earlier this month and since renamed it L-3 ForceX and integrated it into L-3’s Integrated Sensor Systems (ISS) sector within the Electronic Systems business segment.
Radar/EW
Additional JASSM and JASSM-ER production contract on by Lockheed Martin - News
October 15, 2015
ORLANDO, Florida. Lockheed Martin won a $305.4 million Air Force contract to continue producing the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) as well as its Extended Range (ER) version.
Radar/EW
AN/TPS-80 G/ATOR AESA radar to get additional ground capability from Northrop Grumman - News
October 13, 2015
WASHINGTON. Northrop Grumman won a Marine Corps contract $58,706,242 million to develop and test the Ground Weapon Locating Radar (GWLR) mode for the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR).
Avionics
Real-time video streaming for Army helicopter cockpits designed by Rockwell Collins - News
October 12, 2015
WASHINGTON. Engineers at Rockwell Collins engineers designed a solution called Secure Real Time Video (SRTV) that enables warfighters to see real-time video from an unmanned aircraft directly in the cockpit of their military helicopter. The company recently delivered it to the Army to support its Manned Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) operations. Rockwell Collins made the announcement this week at AUSA in Washington.
Cyber
Defending DoD from cyberattacks, getting to the left of the boom - Story
October 05, 2015
In this Q&A with Deon Viergutz, Vice President of Cyber Solutions at Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions in Fort Meade, Maryland, he discusses the most common cyberattacks against the military, the biggest threats going forward such as insider attacks, and how Lockheed Martin leverages its Cyber Kill Chain approach to?defend against cyberattacks. Edited excerpts follow.
Radar/EW
Latvia to get Sentinel radars from ThalesRaytheonSystems - News
October 02, 2015
FULLERTON, California. Latvian armed forces officials are procuring four improved Sentinel AN/MPQ-64 F1 air defense radars from ThalesRaytheonSystems. The Sentinel systems will complement Latvia's existing defense network by detecting, identifying, and tracking airborne threats such as cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and fixed and rotary wing aircraft.
Unmanned
Desert Hawk 3 hand-launched UAS contract won by Lockheed Martin - News
September 30, 2015
LONDON. Lockheed Martin won a contract with the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense to support the Desert Hawk 3 program and help establish the small unmanned aerial system (UAS) as a core defense capability.
From The Editor
DSEI London highlights - Blog
September 29, 2015
Anyone thinking the global defense market is slowing down would’ve been surprised if they attended the Defense and Security International (DSEI) show this month in London. Thousands of attendees saw everything from uniforms to tanks to radar signal processing board displayed at the stands. Highlights for me were an anti-drone system from three British companies, a cyber defense solution for submarine control systems (yes you can hack a submarine), a synthetic vision type of system for ground vehicles, and of course a plethora of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) devices for electronic warfare, radar, and unmanned systems applications.
Radar/EW
Border security, COTS tech, VPX systems, threat detection trending in European defense market and DSEI show - Story
September 29, 2015
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 Defense and Security Equipment International (DSEI) held this month in London and the European defense electronics market with exhibitors from the show.
Unmanned
Anti-UAV system released by Blighter, Chess Dynamics, and Enterprise Control Systems - News
September 29, 2015
LONDON. Experts at Blighter Surveillance Systems, Chess Dynamics, and Enterprise Control Systems joined hands to develop an anti-UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) system to help defeat the emerging threat of malicious micro, mini, and larger UAVs or drones that may carry weapons, cameras, toxic chemicals, or explosives.
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