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Radar/EW
DARPA seeks affordable, low-power designer ICs - News
August 21, 2015
ARLINGTON, Virginia. Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are seeking proposals for the three-phase Circuit Realization At Faster Timescales (CRAFT) program which aims at spurring development of integrated circuits (ICs) that are not only low power, but can be fabricated much more affordably than custom ICs used today that often exceed $100 million in development costs. They want to develop new fast-track circuit-design methods, multiple sources for integrated circuit fabrication, and a technology repository.
Comms
Small sats, reduced SWaP requirements flavor military rad-hard market and NSREC event - Story
August 20, 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 Nuclear Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) held last month in Boston, trends in radiation-hardened (rad-hard) electronics for military space systems, and the potential of impact of small satellites on space electronics designers.
Comms
DARPA spectrum sharing solicitation for radar and communications announced - News
August 20, 2015
ARLINGTON, Virginia. Officials at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are soliciting innovative research proposals in the area of spectrum sharing between radar and communications systems. This solicitation follows on previous work carried out in Phase 1 of the Shared Spectrum Access for Radar and Communications (SSPARC) program.
Comms
Software-defined radio (SDR) tech drives military communications today - Story
August 20, 2015
In this Q&A with Mike Jones, Vice President and General Manager of the Rockwell Collins Communication and Navigation business in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, he discusses how software-defined radio (SDR) technology has changed military communications over the last 25 years, how it is being integrated to today, and future communications innovations such as cognitive radio. Edited excerpts follow.
Comms
Military spending to increase in Angola, Azerbaijan, Peru, Qatar, and South Korea - News
August 20, 2015
LONDON. Defense spending by Angola, Azerbaijan, Peru, Qatar, and South Korea is expected to increase by amore than $16 billion over the next decade, industry analysts say.
Comms
NASA CubeSat initiative accepting applicants for next round - News
August 20, 2015
WASHINGTON. NASA officials announced the next round of the agency’s CubeSat Launch Initiative, which provides access to space for CubeSats developed by NASA centers, accredited educational institutions and non-profit organizations. Applicants must submit their proposals electronically by 4:30 p.m. EST, Nov. 24.
Unmanned
Worldwide UAV market to triple over next decade, say analysts - News
August 20, 2015
FAIRFAX, Virginia. Global spending on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) programs is expected to triple over the next decade in military, commercial, and consumer markets, according to analysts at Teal Group in a new market analysis. They estimate that UAV production will rise from current worldwide UAV production of $4 billion annually to about $14 billion, totaling $93 billion over the next ten years. Military UAV research spending would add another $30 billion over the same decade.
Avionics
Air Force chooses COTS-based ILS from Thales - News
August 17, 2015
ARLINGTON, Virginia. U.S. Air Force officials selected Thales provide Deployable Instrument Landing Systems (D-ILS) that will be used in airfield environments where the capability to enable precision guidance to aircraft on final approach during low visibility or low-ceiling weather conditions – while also being able to quickly set-up, activate, break-down, and re-locate – are essential.
Cyber
DHS grants cybersecurity accreditation to Lockheed Martin - News
August 14, 2015
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials accredited Lockheed Martin as a Commercial Service Provider (CSP) under the department’s Enhanced Cybersecurity Services (ECS) program, which enables DHS to share sensitive and classified cybersecurity threat information with Lockheed Martin to support its efforts in guarding public and private entities against cyber attacks.
Avionics
Air Force gets latest C-5 Super Galaxy delivery earlier than expected - News
August 13, 2015
FAIRFIELD, California. Lockheed Martin officials dropped off their latest modernized C-5M Super Galaxy with the U. S. Air Force last week at Travis Air Force Base (AFB) in Fairfield.
Comms
Next-gen SATCOM radio delivered for certification testing for U.S. Army - News
August 12, 2015
MCKINNEY, Texas. Raytheon won a $36 million Army contract to fund the certification and testing of a new upgrade to the AN/ARC-231 Multi-Mode Communications System. The enhanced systems will enable the highest level of security for voice and data communications for more than 7,000 fixed wing, rotary, and unmanned Army platforms – such as Blackhawks, Apaches, Gray Eagles and Chinooks.
Comms
JLTV production continues at Lockheed Martin - News
August 11, 2015
DALLAS. Production Representative Vehicles (PRVs) for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) are being produced at Lockheed Martin's Camden, Arkansas, facility to cut down on technical risk, and exercise and prepare the program supply chain, according to company officials.
Comms
More Digital Modular Radios from General Dynamics ordered by U.S. Navy - News
August 10, 2015
FAIRFAX, Va. The U.S. Navy officials ordered more 56 AN/USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radios (DMRs) and related equipment from General Dynamics as part of contract won back 2010 to provide the radios for use on submarines, surface ships, and locations on shore. These radios, which will go onboard Navy destroyers and submarines currently under construction, will be able to use the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) waveform, which is the digital dial tone necessary for making voice calls to the U.S. Department of Defense's narrowband MUOS satellite communications system.
Unmanned
Additional Insitu RQ-21A Blackjack UAS ordered by NAVAIR - News
July 31, 2015
BINGEN, Wash. Insitu engineers are slated to build six RQ-21A Blackjack systems for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps under the terms of their latest contract -- the $78-million Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (STUAS) Lot IV Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract.
Avionics
Super Hornet and Growler fighter jets to get new avionics from Harris - News
July 30, 2015
MELBOURNE, Fla. Harris Corp. won a two-year, $29 million full-rate production contract from the U.S. Navy to deliver avionics components to improve the targeting capabilities of flight crews on the U.S. and Australia's F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighter aircraft and EA-18G Growler electronic attack fighter.
Avionics
Drop in DoD simulation and training market due to budget cuts - News
July 29, 2015
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. The defense simulation and training market in the U.S. is expected to shrink from from $13.11 billion in 2014 to $13.00 billion in 2019 at a negative compound annual growth rate of 0.2 percent, according to analysts at Frost & Sullivan in a report titled "DoD Training and Simulation Market."
Comms
Propulsion and communications aerospace research contracts awarded by NASA - News
July 29, 2015
CLEVELAND. NASA chose 13 aerospace companies to deliver advanced propulsion and communications system technologies under ongoing long-term aerospace research activities at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.
Unmanned
Billion dollar missile interceptor contract won by Lockheed Martin - News
July 28, 2015
DALLAS. U.S. and allied military forces are upgrading their missile defense systems under a new $1.5 billion contract awarded to Lockheed Martin for production and delivery of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles and PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) missiles.
Radar/EW
Additional electronic warfare won by Lockheed Martin under Navy SEWIP - News
July 27, 2015
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Lockheed Martin won a $154 million U.S. Navy contract to upgrade the fleet’s electronic warfare defenses against anti-ship missiles and other evolving threats under Block 2 of the Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP).
Comms
DNA marking of ICs still causing discontent - Story
July 24, 2015
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) caused quite a stir among authorized integrated circuit (IC) suppliers and original component manufacturers (OCMs) in 2013 when - in an effort to mitigate counterfeits - it essentially required them to mark their Federal Supply Class (FSC) 5962 IC parts with plant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) to tag them as authentic. I wrote about the controversy in this space in our December issue with a column titled: "DNA marking for counterfeit parts: problem solver or money pit," that had comments from the DLA and from authorized suppliers affected by the mandate.
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