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Radar/EW
Radar simulation tool for training and R&D announced by Presagis - News
June 26, 2015
MONTREAL. Presagis engineers released a new radar simulation tool, called Ondulus Radar, enables high-fidelity, high-performance radar sensors to be added to simulation applications in training as well as research & development (R&D) efforts.
Comms
M-Code GPS receiver from GPS Source works in DAGR Distributed Device from Rockwell Collins - News
June 24, 2015
LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. Engineers at Rockwell Collins and GPS Source demonstrated the ability of the Military-Code Ground-Based GPS Receiver Application Module (GB-GRAM-M) receiver card to work within the Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR) Distributed Device (D3).
Unmanned
Open systems architecture flown on NASA Global Hawk unmanned aircraft - News
June 18, 2015
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. A NASA Global Hawk unmanned aircraft flew with a new Open Mission Systems (OMS) architecture implemented by Northrop Grumman engineers to enable the ability to quickly and cost-effectively adapt new capabilities onto unmanned aircraft systems (UASs).
Comms
Reduced SWaP, COTS in space, and budget constraints in the rad-hard world - Story
June 15, 2015
Defense and space agency budgets remain flat while commercial small-satellite opportunities are heating up, all forcing radiation-hardened (rad-hard) electronic component designers to tackle reduced size, weight, and power (SWaP) requirements as well as re-examine the viability of using commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment in space environments. Meanwhile, radiation testing and qualification requirements are getting tougher and embracing TOR standards.
Radar/EW
Ballistic missile defense radar may be used by allies in forward-based mode - News
June 15, 2015
TEWKSBURY, Mass. The U.S. government has authorized a number of U.S. allies and security partners to potentially procure via Foreign Military Sales the AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar -- made by Raytheon -- for use in forward-based mode.
Comms
Xpedition Package Integrator aimed at codesign teams - Product
June 14, 2015
The Xpedition Package Integrator from Mentor Graphics is aimed at enabling integrated circuit, packaging, and printed circuit board (PCB) codesign teams to visualize and optimize single or multichip packages integrating silicon on board platforms. The software, according to the maker, can...
Radar/EW
ACPU 20-10 leverages GPUs for more performance with less energy - Product
June 14, 2015
The ACPU-20-10 is Dynatem’s offering of a dual-socket soldered memory (up to 128 GB) board, with two GPGPU PCIe slots and optional FPGA.
Comms
A power solution for space applications - Product
June 14, 2015
VPT’s SVR Series of DC-DC converters deliver a power solution for the low-Earth orbit (LEO), medium-Earth orbit (MEO), geostationary orbit (GEO), deep space, and launch programs. The SVR series is rad-hard qualified to MIL-PRF-38534 Class K on DLA SMDs, and designed for TOR complianc...
Radar/EW
Cooling electronics in modern military ground and air platforms must balance reliability and cost - Story
June 12, 2015
In this Q&A with Gerry Janicki, Senior Director at Meggitt Defense Systems in Irvine, California, he discusses design trends in military-electronics thermal management, challenges and requirements in air and ground platforms, and how modular hybrid cooling is solving current thermal challenges while reducing total lifecycle cost.
Unmanned
Air Force/Boeing EMP weapon moving forward - Other
June 12, 2015
The U.S. Air Force's confirmation that they and Boeing are developing the Counter-electronics High-powered Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP), an electro-magnetic pulse (EMP) weapon, that essentially uses microwave energy to render useless all electronics in its "blast" area without causing structural damage, trended all over the Internet last month including a story we posted three years ago on mil-embedded.com.
Unmanned
Small UAV market to hit $1.61 billion this year - News
June 12, 2015
LONDON. Analysts at Visiongain released a new study that shows the small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) market will hit $1.61 billion in 2015 and only grow over the next ten years, despite regulatory hurdles restricting growth in the short term.
Radar/EW
Gallium Nitride technology hot in military RF and microwave circles and at IMS 2015 - Story
June 11, 2015
COTS CONFIDENTIAL. 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 International Microwave Symposium event held last month in Phoenix and the military market outlook for RF and microwave technology.
Comms
It pays to be patient in the space electronics market, or does it? - Story
June 11, 2015
Patience is a virtue mostly everywhere, but in the space industry market it is a necessity, especially for space electronics designers. Waiting is part of the game, as qualifying electronic components for space is - at minimum - a 24-month period. Now designers are also seeing funding for NASA programs and some military satellite programs being pushed to the right, so their patience gets tested once again.
Avionics
NASA awards first commercial human spaceflight mission to Boeing - News
June 11, 2015
HOUSTON. NASA officials issued a task order as part of Boeing’s $4.2 billion Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contract to include the company’s first-ever service flight to the International Space Station (ISS) -- making it the first time in that NASA has contracted with a commercial company for a human spaceflight mission.
Comms
Harris finishes Exelis acquisition - News
June 10, 2015
MELBOURNE, Fla. Harris Corp. officials announced that the company completed its previously announced acquisition of Exelis Inc. for about $4.75 billion.
Cyber
Elbit Systems to acquire Cyber and Intelligence division of NICE Systems - News
June 10, 2015
HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems Ltd. officials announced that it the company signed an agreement to acquire NICE Systems Ltd.'s Cyber and Intelligence division for a total amount of as much as $157.9 million, subject to certain customary adjustments.
Comms
Eight supersonic research projects awarded by NASA - News
June 10, 2015
WASHINGTON. NASA officials awarded eight research studies with more than $2.3 million in funding on overcoming the barriers to supersonic travel under NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology Project.
Cyber
Cybersecurity demonstration and training center opened by Raytheon in Virginia - News
June 03, 2015
DULLES, Va. Raytheon officials opened a new cybersecurity demonstration and research facility in the Washington area this month, calling it the Global Cyber Solutions Center (GCSC), officially located in Sterling, Va. The new center is designed to aid U.S. government agencies, other nations, and companies understand how to best guard their networks and use the latest technologies and approaches, as well as training, to their existing cybersecurity programs.
Radar/EW
Thermally enhanced high-power RF for amplifier applications - Product
June 02, 2015
Engineers at Infeon have designed a LDMOS field-effect transistor (FET) designed for use in radar power-amplifier applications in the 1,200 to 1,400 MHz frequency band. Dubbed PTVA127002EV, it features high gain and thermally enhanced package with bolt-down flange.
Radar/EW
Air Force, long-range radar contract award hits snag with court decision - News
June 02, 2015
Last fall Raytheon won a contract to be prime contractor on the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR). The other competitors weren't happy about it and filed a protest, then Raytheon filed a suit to block the protest. Last month a judge ruled in favor of the protesters so the drama will continue.
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