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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.
From The Editor
The proliferation of COTS acronyms - Blog
January 12, 2015
More than two decades have passed since Secretary of Defense William Perry issued the “COTS memorandum,” dictating that the military must procure commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology. Since that time in 1994 we’ve seen budget cuts, defense buildups, sequestration, three presidents and a plethora of COTS acronym spinoffs.
Comms
Military radio & networking market to embrace commercial tech - News
January 09, 2015
According to market analysts procurement of military radio systems will shrink along with troop levels, but funding for improved C4ISR capability should increase as the Department of Defense (DoD) looks to leverage commercial smartphone and networking technology to develop multifunctional communications equipment.
Unmanned
Army ATACMS upgrade contract won by Lockheed Martin - News
January 07, 2015
DALLAS, Jan. 7, 2015 – Lockheed Martin won a $78 million contract to upgrade the Army's Tactical Missile System (ATACMS).
Avionics
F-35 JSF Air Combat Training contract won by Cubic - News
January 05, 2015
SAN DIEGO. Cubic Corp. won a series of contracts from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to develop and add enhancements to the F-35 fighter jet's Air Combat Training System (ACTS).
Avionics
KC-46 tanker program has first flight - News
December 31, 2014
EVERETT, Wash. U.S. Air Force and Boeing Defense, Space & Security personnel finished the KC-46 tanker test program's first flight over Washington state this month. The plane, a Boeing 767-2C, will get its military systems after certification.
Comms
Commercial space companies selected by NASA for collaborative partnerships - News
December 30, 2014
NASA officials chose four U.S. companies to work with the agency via unfunded partnerships to produce new space capabilities that can be made available to the U.S. government and other users. These partnerships will build on the NASA's commercial spaceflight initiatives to leverage NASA technological expertise into new applications.
Unmanned
Missile-defense, radar blimp now operational above Maryland - News
December 29, 2014
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. U.S. Army personnel sent up a blimp armed with a new cruise-missile and drone-fighting radar system from Raytheon for operation above rural Maryland. The system, known as JLENS (Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor) , has two helium-filled aerostats, or tethered blimps, that float about 10,000 feet above the ground and are equipped with radars.
Unmanned
MQ-8C Fire Scout, first unmanned helicopter to take off from a destroyer - News
December 24, 2014
NORFOLK, Va. U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman officials flew the MQ-8C Fire Scout system for the first time off the guided-missile destroyer, USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) this month off the Virginia coast.
Comms
Philippine army orders $18 million worth of Falcon III radios and intercoms from Harris - News
December 23, 2014
ROCHESTER, N.Y. Officials with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ordered Falcon III tactical vehicular radios and intercom systems from Harris Corp. under an $18 million initial contract. The Philippine army will use the radios for its tactical communications modernization program.
Radar/EW
Qatar spends billions for Patriot defense system - News
December 22, 2014
TEWKSBURY, Mass. Officials at the State of Qatar now are Patriot Air and Missile Defense System users, having signed a $2.4 billion Foreign Military Sales contract to procure new-production fire units of the system from Raytheon.
Comms
Eighth GPS IIF satellite now active - News
December 19, 2014
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Boeing activated its eighth Global Positioning System IIF satellite after it completed on-orbit checkout and joined the active 31-satellite constellation.
Comms
Satellite command and control capability demonstrated for GPS III and OCX - News
December 18, 2014
NEWTOWN, Pa. Lockheed Martin and Raytheon personnel finished the fourth of five planned launch and early orbit exercises for demonstrating new automation capabilities, launch readiness, and information assurance for the U.S. Air Force’s next generation GPS III satellite and Operational Control System (OCX).
Avionics
NASA tasks Rockwell Collins single-pilot operations study - News
December 17, 2014
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. NASA officials chose Rockwell Collins as the lead research firm for its Single Pilot Operation program, which focuses on developing concepts and technology for commercial airline crew capacity, ground support, and automation.
Unmanned
First missile launched from V-22 during tests by Raytheon, Bell Helicopter - News
December 16, 2014
TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon and Bell Helicopter personnel completed the first two launches of the Griffin B missile from a Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz.
Radar/EW
Saab ATM uses RadarView software from Cambridge Pixel for surface movement radar - News
December 15, 2014
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Saab Air Traffic Management (ATM) engineers chose the RadarView radar visualization software from Cambridge Pixel to support integration and optimization of its SR-3 Airport Surface Movement Radar (SMR).
Unmanned
Navy tasks Raytheon for Tomahawk Block IV missiles for submarines - News
December 10, 2014
TUCSON, AZ. Raytheon won a $25.9 million U.S. Navy contract to produce and deliver a Tomahawk missile Composite Capsule Launching Systems (C/CLS) in support of submarine-launched Tomahawk Cruise missiles.
Radar/EW
DARPA selects BAE Systems for phase 2 of radar countermeasure effort - News
December 09, 2014
BAE Systems officials announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) chose the company for Phase 2 of its Adaptive Radar Countermeasures (ARC) program, which has a goal to develop technology to counter threats from air defense systems.
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