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Radar/EW
Intel to buy FPGA maker Altera for more than $16 billion - Blog
June 01, 2015
According to a report I heard on CNBC this morning, computer chip giant Intel in Santa Clara, Calif., is looking to buy FPGA-designer Altera in San Jose, Calif., for about 16.7 billion or $54 a share. Altera Stratix FPGAs play key links military signal processing chains for applications such as radar, sonar, and electronics warfare to name a few.
A.I.
DARPA Adaptive Radar Countermeasure program contract awarded to Leidos and Exelis - News
June 01, 2015
CLIFTON, N.J. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) chose Exelis and Leidos to continue work on evolving advanced technology development for DARPA's Adaptive Radar Countermeasures (ARC) program.
Radar/EW
DoD proposes Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) be located in Alaska - News
June 01, 2015
WASHINGTON. U.S. Department of Defense officials have proposed to deploy a planned Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) in the state of Alaska, pending completion of required environmental and safety studies. Existing plans call for the radar to begin its defensive operations in 2020.
Cyber
New commercial cybersecurity joint venture - Raytheon|Websense - completed - News
May 29, 2015
WALTHAM, Mass. Raytheon Co. and Vista Equity Partners officials have completed a joint venture transaction that creates a new company combining Websense, a Vista Equity portfolio company, and Raytheon Cyber Products, a product line of Raytheon's Intelligence, Information, and Services business. The newly-formed commercial cybersecurity company will be named on an interim basis as Raytheon|Websense. Company leaders say they expect to introduce a new brand identity once they complete their integration efforts.
Radar/EW
Radar displays for Thai air force get upgrade from Cambridge Pixel - News
May 28, 2015
BANGKOK, Thailand. Cambridge Pixel was selected by engineers at the Royal Thai air force (RTAF) headquarters at Don Muang Airbase, Bangkok, Thailand to upgrade its radar display technology and air defense processing at several strategic sites across their country -- such as air force bases and training facilities -- without replacing the existing and expensive radar sensors.
Radar/EW
Searchwater radar to be used by new UK Merlin airborne surveillance helicopters - News
May 27, 2015
SURREY, United Kingdom. Officials at Lockheed Martin selected the latest generation of the Searchwater radar and Cerberus mission system from Thales Surveillance for use on the United Kingdom's Merlin helicopter. The Merlins are specially adapted to provide the Royal navy with an airborne surveillance and control capability (ASaC).
Comms
Navy nuclear-powered submarines getting new Voyage Management System from Northrop Grumman - News
May 22, 2015
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. U.S. Navy officials gave the green light for the use of Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Voyage Management System (VMS), dubbed version 9.3, onboard Navy SSN and SSGN nuclear powered submarines.
Avionics
Certified MILS demonstrated in Rockwell Collins live, virtual, constructive training exercise - News
May 21, 2015
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins engineers demonstrated Live, Virtual, Constructive (LVC) air combat training flight utilizing production Joint Secure Air combat training System (JSAS) equipment. The form, fit, function production equipment has Multiple Independent Levels of Security (MILS) encryption in the airborne and ground systems.
Avionics
Cockpit display showing sonic boom over land to be developed by NASA and Rockwell Collins - News
May 15, 2015
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. NASA officials tasked engineers at Rockwell Collins to develop a conceptual cockpit display that will enable a visual representation of sonic boom over the Earth’s surface to reduce the impact on populated areas. Under the two-year contract NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center will lead the research, working with experts at Rockwell Collins’ Advanced Technology Center.
Comms
Unmanned
Last Unmanned Systems show roundup - Blog
May 14, 2015
ATLANTA. The AUVSI Unmanned Systems show that was held in Atlanta last week used to be about the drones or unmanned platforms themselves then it morphed into being about the sensor payloads they carry and the capability these systems bring warfighters. It's still all about the payloads, but it's not just about the warfighter anymore. The event and the industry are moving from a military centric one to one that serves law enforcement, agriculture, weather monitoring, media coverage, and even Hollywood.
Unmanned
Military unmanned systems market more than ever represents a COTS market - Story
May 14, 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 Unmanned Systems show held this month in Atlanta and the market outlook for these systems.
Cyber
Cloud-based security key trend in in Asia-Pacific cyber security market - News
May 14, 2015
AMSTERDAM. Analysts at ASD Reports say the demand for cloud-based security solutions is one key trend emerging in the Asia Pacific cyber security market in their report titled "The Key Players in The Cyber Security Market in the APAC Region 2015-2019."
Avionics
P-8A training system gets first international customer with Australia - News
May 08, 2015
The Royal Australian air force (RAAF) purchased a complete training system for the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft under a contract with Boeing that also covers the sale of four P-8A training systems to the U.S. Navy.
Radar/EW
B-1 Bomber Scalable Agile Beam Radar - Global Strike unveiled by Northrop Grumman - News
May 07, 2015
LINTHICUM, Md.Northrop Grumman Corp. engineers unveiled the Scalable Agile Beam Radar – Global Strike (SABR-GS), which will be used for the U.S. Air Force's B-1B Lancer. The SABR-GS, multi-function, active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, was developed as an affordable, low risk radar retrofit solution.
Comms
NASA's SGSS command and control infrastructure integration completed - News
May 04, 2015
FAIRFAX, Va. – Implementation, integration, and test of the the Bearer Network and Basic Ground Terminal hardware and software for the NASA Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment (SGSS) program Increment A3 was completed by a team led by General Dynamics.
Unmanned
UAV ISR payloads and commercial signal processing webcast at 11am, April 30 - News
April 30, 2015
FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ. Many Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) ISR payloads carry sensors for radar, signals intelligence, multi-spectral, hyperspectral, etc., in one platform. Thursday, April 30, experts from the military electronics market discuss how military ISR payloads and sensors are enabled by embedded signal processing technology in a webcast titled "Leveraging Commercial Signal Processing for Unmanned ISR Sensor Payloads."
Unmanned
Hypersonic missile work by Raytheon continues under DARPA contract modification - News
April 29, 2015
TUCSON, Ariz. Under a contract modification from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Raytheon officials will continue its efforts develop and demonstrate technology for enabling air-launched hypersonic boost glide systems under the Tactical Boost Glide (TBG) program.
Radar/EW
Firestorm targeting system digitally guides F-35 aircraft - News
April 24, 2015
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. A United Kingdom Forward Air Controller (FAC) utilized the FireStorm Integrated Targeting System from Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, digitally guided a F-35 Lightning II aircraft using a complete air strike mission thread as part of a ground test and live flight.
Radar/EW
Where is COTS Technology Today, webcast panel, April 21 at 11 am Est - News
April 20, 2015
FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ. More than 20 years ago then U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry issued his COTS memo, which dictated that all the services use commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology wherever and whenever possible. Tomorrow, experts from the military electronics market discuss the impact of that memo on the defense industry two decades later in a webcast titled "Where is COTS Technology Today?"
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