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Avionics
Updates made to VxWorks RTOS by Wind River - News
January 28, 2015
ALAMEDA, Calif. Officials at Wind River released updates to the company's VxWorks 653, which has support for multi-core silicon and partitioning for applications that enable certification to multilevel RTCA DO-178. Wind River also announced support for the Safety Base Profile of Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE™) 2.1 Technical Standard.
Radar/EW
Radar system design and open architectures, webcast today at 2 pm Est. - News
January 28, 2015
FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ. Embedded software experts from RTI discuss how radar designers can leverage standards-based communications technologies to architect your future radar systems in a webcast titled "Two Approaches You Must Consider when Architecting Radar Systems" happening today, Jan. 28 at 2 pm Est. The event is hosted by Military Embedded Systems online and OpenSystems Media.
Radar/EW
Expanding radar signal processing market and our expanding coverage - Story
January 26, 2015
Editorial Director John McHale discusses the January Radar issue and Military Embedded Systems' recent and upcoming projects.
Radar/EW
Navy Super Hornet's long-range sensor system gets green light for LRIP - News
January 26, 2015
ORLANDO, Fla. U.S. Navy officials granted approval for the infrared search and track (IRST) system on the F/A-18 Super Hornet to begin low-rate initial production (LRIP). The system was designed and integrated by Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
Avionics
New avionics automated testing station delivered to Navy by Lockheed Martin - News
January 23, 2015
ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin engineers dropped off the U.S. Navy's first electronic Consolidated Automated Support System (eCASS), which will help maximize aircraft readiness. Sailors and marines will be using the system to troubleshoot and repair naval aircraft electronic components while at sea and ashore, enabling them to return aircraft to operational status more quickly and efficiently.
Radar/EW
Semi-rugged notebooks for semi-harsh conditions - Product
January 21, 2015
The SRNC-17 from VT Miltope is a semi-rugged derivative of the HP ZBook 17 computer, aimed squarely at mobile military and tactical computing needs. The mobile workstation is a high-performance computing platform designed for field environments that still require a degree of ruggedness.
Avionics
OpenGL solution with new driver suite for avionics displays - Product
January 21, 2015
Core Avionics & Industrial (CoreAVI) engineers enable navigation of safety certification challenges through their AMD Embedded Radeon OpenGL SC and OpenGL ES 2.0 driver suite, DO-254 GPU, and DO-178C driver certification packages.
Radar/EW
Half-brick front end module for use in demanding space-constrained applications - Product
January 21, 2015
Designers looking for a power module for tight fits in military and commercial aviation applications can consider the PFC-375 from Astrodyne Power Supplies, a half-brick COTS AC/DC power module with an output voltage of 375 V.
Comms
COTS ATCA platforms for satcomm - Product
January 21, 2015
Experts at Radisys have designed their commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) ATCA platforms for mobile voice and data satellite-communications. Recent installations include the Iridium upgrade of the ground-station infrastructure associated with its next generation global satellite constellation...
Comms
Oscillator designed to handle ultra-low-phase noise - Product
January 21, 2015
Crystek’s CVCO55CC-1690-1690 voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) operates at 1,690 MHz with a control voltage range of 0.3 V to 4.7 V. This VCO features a typical phase noise of -120 dBc/Hz at 10 KHz offset and has excellent linearity. Output power is typically +2.5 dBm. The VCO R...
Avionics
MIL-STD protocol ICs feature user-allocated SRAM - Product
January 21, 2015
The 3.3V CMOS HI-613x device from Holt Integrated Circuits offers a single- or multi-function interface between a host processor and MIL-STD-1553B bus. Each IC contains a bus controller, a bus monitor terminal, and two independent remote terminals; any combination of the contained 1553 fun...
Comms
More military rescue radios ordered by Air Force - News
January 21, 2015
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. The U.S. Air Force ordered another 336 Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL) radios from Boeing, who will also upgrade the system’s global base station network.
Unmanned
Japan wants Global Hawk and E-2D Advanced Hawkeye to be its eyes in the sky - News
January 19, 2015
REDONDO BEACH, Calif. Japan, looking to enhance its intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), selected Northrop Grumman's E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft and an unmanned aircraft platform, the RQ-4 Global Hawk.
Comms
ITAR & EAR fines are hefty - Story
January 15, 2015Recent export reforms to the U.S. Department of State’s (DoS’s) International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) are expected to make it easier for the U.S. companies to compete globally as the reforms will enable previous ITAR-protected items to be exported to 36 more countries. However, companies continue to slip up and find themselves saddled with multi-million dollar fines that could be avoided with better due diligence and training of personnel from management on down. Below are some recent violations of the ITAR and the Department of Commerce's (DoC's) Export Administration Regulations (EAR) I found on U.S. government websites.
Avionics
AIA annual forecast: defense spending still dangerously low - News
January 15, 2015
WASHINGTON. Officials at the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) released their annual “Year End Review and Forecast” for the aerospace industry and AIA President and CEO Marilyn Blakey cautioned that the downward spiral of defense spending and government investment in research and development (R & D) will lead to a “dangerous decline in our highly skilled aerospace and defense workforce.
Comms
Rad-hard, power IC supplier, International Rectifier, acquired by Infineon Technologies - News
January 15, 2015
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Officials at Infineon Technologies AG in Munich, Germany announced that the company has completed its purchase of radiation-hardened (rad-hard), power semiconductor provider International Rectifier, in El Segundo, Calif., for about $3 billion.
Unmanned
An insatiable need for ISR - Story
January 15, 2015
While U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) funding for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) remains flat due to sequestration and budget cuts, there is an insatiable need for ISR throughout the services to enable mission success.
Radar/EW
COTS procurement, 20 years after the Perry Memo - Story
January 15, 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 effect of the memo former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry issued in 1994 essentially directing all DoD to use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products wherever and whenever possible.
Unmanned
Navy underwater drone gets major upgrade with COTS tech - News
January 14, 2015
Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. engineers finished an upgrade of the U.S. Navy’s Deep Drone remotely operated vehicle (ROV) which is capable of submerging to a depth of 8,000 feet. The upgrade consisted of installing a new umbilical, sonar, LED lighting system, high definition camera, an updated frame, and a new foam pack.
Comms
Open source software platform released by Lockheed Martin - News
January 13, 2015
HERNDON, Va. Lockheed Martin software engineers have created a platform for easing big data analysis for developers and non-developers and are open sourcing the project on GitHub, a well-known web-based hosting service.
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