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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?"
Avionics
Argentina's C-130 aircraft to get avionics facelift from Rockwell Collins - News
April 20, 2015
RIO DE JANEIRO. The Argentine air force (AAF) announced that it will use the Flight2 avionics system from Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for the country's C-130 upgrade program. Work already started the end of last year with L-3 Platform Integration, prime contractor for the upgrade program, installing equipment on five aircraft.
Radar/EW
Raytheon gets $2 billion to provide Patriot missile defense system to international user - News
April 17, 2015
TEWKSBURY, Mass. Raytheon won a contract worth more than $2.0 billion to provide their Patriot Air and Missile Defense System to an undisclosed international customer.
Comms
New space-designed, waveform processor from Northrop Grumman tested for warfighter communications - News
April 16, 2015
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. Northrop Grumman engineers demonstrated a new space-design protected tactical waveform (PTW) processor that they say improves user data rates by as much as a factor of 20, enhances spectral efficiency by as much as a factor of four and enables bandwidth-on-demand to enhance warfighter communications in contested tactical environments.
Unmanned
Military investment in unmanned systems technology still strong - Story
April 15, 2015
Military's commitment to unmanned aircraft systems continues to be strong.
Comms
SpaceVPX standard ratified by VITA Standards Organization - News
April 14, 2015
FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. Officials at VITA, the trade association, behind the VPX and VME standards, announced that the VITA 78 “SpaceVPX Systems” achieved ANSI recognition as ANSI/VITA 78.00-2015, which completes the VITA and ANSI processes for reaching full recognition under the guidance of the VITA Standards Organization (VSO).
Radar/EW
Rugged, Gigabit Ethernet switch with Cisco IOS router designed by X-ES - News
April 13, 2015
MADISON, Wis. The XPand6206 20-Port Gigabit Ethernet switch and Cisco IOS router from Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) is designed to meet performance and reduced Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) requirements for military unmanned system payloads, radar, and signal processing heavy applications.
Avionics
Suite offers flexible video, data configurations - Product
April 12, 2015
The HOTLink II suite of products from Great River Technology can set up military and civilian aerospace designers with flexible tools for point-to-point uncompressed digital video transmission.
Avionics
Tool crafts embedded display for avionics projects - Product
April 12, 2015
The VAPS XT-178 Version 4.0.1 from Presagis is a safety-critical software package for creating embedded display graphics for avionics projects that are intended for RTCA DO-178 B certification.
Avionics
Mission computer for day or night views - Product
April 12, 2015
The TacView Portable Mission Display (PMD) from Esterline is a compact, self-contained mission computer designed to enhance situational awareness for military, paramilitary, law-enforcement, and civil aircrews.
Radar/EW
Rugged Gigabit Ethernet switch with Cisco IOS router - Product
April 12, 2015
Unmanned system payloads, radar, and signal processing-heavy military applications require fast Ethernet switches that also reduce size, weight, and power (SWaP). The XPand6206 20-Port Gigabit Ethernet switch and Cisco IOS router from Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) does all those thi...
Comms
Ultra-high-density data storage for heavy users - Product
April 12, 2015
Military big data needs require call for high density and Mercury meets that requirement with a modular solution. Mercury’s storage architecture leverages commodity solid-state disks (SSDs), providing tailored capacity with an upgrade path for future requirements.
Avionics
Splunk software to help monitor IT data for F-35 Lightning II - News
April 10, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO. Splunk Inc. Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II program will be using software from Splunk to monitor and analyze IT systems and network behavior for the Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS), which supports the F-35.
Avionics
From The Editor
Export reform impact on defense electronics suppliers - Story
April 09, 2015
Over the last two years the Obama Administration has pushed out export reforms that essentially move a number of items from the United States Munitions List (USML) under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) over to the Department of Commerce to make it easier for U.S. defense and satellite suppliers to do business overseas. The reforms like the regulations they aim to change are complicated, but attorneys at Arent Fox, LLP in Washington have put together a review of the reforms with content on how they affect defense electronics suppliers.
Unmanned
Military robotic systems funding steady as the systems continue to save lives - Story
April 09, 2015
U.S. warfighters often sing the praises of unmanned ground vehicles like iRobot's 510 PackBot because it saves lives in areas such as improvised explosive device detection (IED). In this Q&A with Tim Trainer, Vice President, Robotics Products International, iRobot Defense & Security business unit in Bedford, Mass., he discusses how UGVs have impacted the warfighter from a safety and efficiency standpoint and covers the outlook for robotics technology in the military. Edited excerpts follow.
Unmanned
High energy laser from General Atomics finishes beam quality test - News
April 09, 2015
SAN DIEGO. (GA‑ASI) The Gen 3 High Energy Laser System (HEL) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. completed beam quality and power measurements of G using the Joint Technology Office (JTO) Government Diagnostic System (GDS). The testing was performed by an independent measurement team under contract to the U.S. Government.
Radar/EW
SIGINT engineering and signal processing company bought by CACI - News
April 08, 2015
ARLINGTON, Va. CACI International Inc. officials announced that the company has acquired LTC Engineering Associates, Inc., in Sarasota, Fla., which provides digital signals processing, cybersecurity, software engineering, signals intelligence (SIGINT), and communications intelligence (COMINT) to the intelligence and Department of Defense (DoD) communities.
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