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Radar/EW
Top ten radar/electronic warfare stories from 2015 - News
December 10, 2015
Radar and electronic warfare (EW) stories have been quite popular on Mil-Embedded.com throughout 2015, which is not surprising as military planners worldwide are boosting their C4ISR budgets to counter sophisticated threats. Our top read stories covered long-range radars, EMP weapons, small radars for coastal zones, Space Fence, and more. Check them out below.
Comms
Marine Corps ACV 1.1 EMD contracts won by SAIC and BAE Systems - News
November 30, 2015
QUANTICO, Virginia. U.S. Marine Corps officials selected SAIC in McLean, Virginia, and Land & Armaments LP in Sterling Heights, Michigan, for the Manufacturing, and Development (EMD) phase contracts of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) 1.1 program. Each contract calls for solution is to be built from the ground up to be an amphibious vehicle.
Radar/EW
FPGAs, expensive and difficult to program, but essential to radar & electronic warfare systems - Story
November 23, 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 impact of FPGAs on military electronics designs -- how they are game changers in radar and electronic warfare signal-processing systems, but still difficult to program and expensive.
Comms
Military tactical radios trends - from NDI procurement to power management - Story
November 23, 2015
In this Q&A with Dennis Moran, vice president of U.S. DoD Business Development at Harris Corp., he discusses military tactical radio technology, the Harris acquisition of Exelis, and Department of Defense (DoD) radio procurement trends after the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program. He also addresses the use of open architecture designs in tactical communication systems and power management for radios.
From The Editor
Astronauts wanted: NASA looks for more space explorers - Blog
November 23, 2015
Do you like to travel? Enjoy a spectacular view? Enjoy traveling at high speeds? Moving in zero gravity? Word is NASA hiring astronauts so you may want to ditch the cube walls and get ready for a career in orbit.
Radar/EW
GE embedded will be called Abaco Systems - Blog
November 18, 2015
As many of you know GE announced it was selling its embedded business to Veritas capital, a venture capital firm in New York City earlier this fall and the organization of about 700 employees would form a new company in January, 2016. Company officials say the deal is expected to close soon, but in the meantime they have announced their new name.... Abaco Systems.
Comms
USRP B200mini device with continuous RF coverage - Product
November 17, 2015
The Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) B200mini series from Ettus Research, A National Instruments company – essentially enables software-defined radio (SDR)/cognitive radio capability in a business-card size. The device is targeted at functions such as wireless signal discov...
Comms
NDR308 converts VHF/UHF spectrum to digital IF - Product
November 17, 2015
CyberRadio Solutions offers the NDR308, a standalone 8-channel wideband digital tuner that converts the VHF/UHF spectrum to digital intermediate frequency (IF) data over 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. It includes eight independent tuners that cover the 20 to 3,000 MHz frequency range with...
Radar/EW
Rugged military display features three LCD panels - Product
November 17, 2015
With a series of panels, the TFX1-19 from Chassis Plans is a rugged military-grade 2U rackmount LCD panel display. It features three 19-inch TFT LCD displays with per-panel resolution of 1,280 by 1,024. Chassis Plans officials offer display options that include a bonded anti-reflective gla...
Comms
High-speed Ethernet encryption to be demonstrated by Naval Research Lab and ViaSat - News
November 17, 2015
AUSTIN, Texas. ViaSat engineers in Carlsbad, California, developed a single-port 100 Gbps encryption device built to scale from 10 to 40 to 100 Gbps, enabling users to migrate their security infrastructure, as the demand for more bandwidth increases. ViaSat representatives and experts from the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will be demonstrating the product family this week in Austin, Texas at SC15 (Supercomputer Conference).
Avionics
Webcast on managing DO-178C expense within avionics software tomorrow at 2pm Est. - News
November 16, 2015
FOUNTAIN HILLS, Arizona. Embedded software experts from DDC-I will cover how data distribution infrastructures can isolate applications from the details of the underlying I/O subsystem, enabling developers to craft DO-178C software that can be readily upgraded and reused across multiple platforms with minimal impact on the software and its DO-178C verification evidence in a webcast titled "Cut DO-178C Avionics Software Costs with Adaptable Data Distribution" happening tomorrow, Nov. 17 at 2 pm Est. The event is hosted by Military Embedded Systems online and OpenSystems Media.
Radar/EW
Next Generation Jammer Preliminary Design Review completed - News
November 16, 2015
El SEGUNDO, California. Raytheon and U.S. Navy officials finished the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Navy's Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) program.
Cyber
National Cyber Analyst Challenge won by Iowa State students - News
November 12, 2015
CRYSTAL CITY, Virginia. A team of students from Iowa State University won $25,000 first prize in the first National Cyber Analyst Challenge, a competition created by experts at Lockheed Martin and Temple University’s Institute for Business and Information Technology (IBIT) to inspire university students to pursue cybersecurity careers.
From The Editor
Big thank you to our military veterans - Blog
November 11, 2015
Getting to know personally the men and women of the U.S. military has been the true highlight of my two decades in this industry. It’s been a privilege to cover and learn about the technology that helps keep them safe and helps them protect us and our nation.
Radar/EW
Army Patriot radar processor upgrade contract won by Raytheon - News
November 11, 2015
TEWKSBURY, Mass. U.S. Army officials are acquiring radar digital processor (RDP) upgrade kits from Raytheon to enhance the Patriot Integrated Air and Missile Defense system's ability to detect and destroy threats, reduce operational cost, and improve reliability.
Radar/EW
Kuwait wants Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods under foreign military sale - News
November 09, 2015
WASHINGTON. U.S. State Department officials made a determination approving a potential foreign military sale (FMS) to the Government of Kuwait for 14 Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) and associated equipment, parts, and logistical support for an estimated cost of about $115 million. Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control in Orlando, Florida, is the principal contractor.
Radar/EW
Missile targets destroyed by THAAD, Aegis systems in tests off Wake Island - News
November 06, 2015
WAKE ISLAND, U.S. Territory. Officials from the U.S. Army, Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy, and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted a multifaceted operational test of the ballistic missile defense system (BMDS) resulting in intercepts of multiple air and missile targets launched within moments of each other.
Unmanned
Vector Hawk canister-launched UAS contract won by Lockheed Martin - News
November 04, 2015
OWEGO, N.Y. Lockheed Martin won a $4.6 million contract to continue developing a maritime canister-launched small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS), dubbed Vector Hawk.
Radar/EW
Explosive detection system for Army to be developed by Cobham - News
November 03, 2015
MARLOW, United Kingdom. U.S. Army officials have tasked engineers at Cobham to develop next generation technologies that can detect landmines and other explosive hazards that are hidden in the ground.
Comms
JCREW IED defense system contract won by Northrop Grumman - News
November 02, 2015
SAN DIEGO. Northrop Grumman Corp. won a $95 million contract for low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the U.S. Navy Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (JCREW) Increment 1 Block 1 (I1B1).
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