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Radar/EW
Navy uses maritime test bed from Lockheed Martin to demo analytical capabilities - News
August 19, 2014
SAN DIEGO. Lockheed Martin engineers used a new advanced maritime test bed to demonstrate how continually evolving technologies such as predictive analytics and data fusion can be used by the Navy to share intelligence quickly and securely – even in limited bandwidth naval settings.
Unmanned
Navy, Northrop Grumman demonstrate integrated manned & unmanned flight operations at sea - News
August 18, 2014
ATLANTIC OCEAN. Northrop Grumman engineers and the U.S. Navy personnel conducted a demonstration of manned, unmanned aircraft teaming during a a series of cooperative flights from the aircraft carrier, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), using an X-47B Unmanned Air System (UCAS) and an F/A-18 Hornet.
Unmanned
Raytheon developing laser weapon technology for Marine Corps ground vehicles - News
August 13, 2014
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Raytheon won an $11 million contract to develop a laser weapon for use on Marine Corps. ground vehicles to defeat low-flying threats such as enemy unmanned aircraft. The work will be done under the Ground Based Air Defense (GBAD) Directed Energy On-the-Move Future Naval Capabilities program -- an Office of Naval Research program.
Avionics
NATO AWACS fleet to get avionics facelift - News
August 12, 2014
SEATTLE. Boeing won a contract from NATO worth about $250 million to integrate digital avionics and flight decks on 13 of the alliance’s Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, which are based on the Boeing 707 commercial airplane.
Avionics
Orion spacecraft recovery tested by joint industry government team - News
August 11, 2014
LOS ANGELES. Lockheed Martin, NASA, and U.S. Navy personnel participated in a simulated ocean recovery of an Orion spacecraft test article to practice recovery techniques for retrieving the crew module after it splashes down following its first test flight later in 2014. The test enabled the team to evaluate procedures, hardware, and personnel responsible for making the recovery.
Radar/EW
Arleigh Burke-Class destroyers to get upgraded bridge, navigation systems - News
August 08, 2014
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Northrop Grumman won contracts from the U.S. Navy, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, and Huntington Ingalls Industries to deliver integrated bridge and navigation systems and steering gear systems to upgrade Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers (DDGs).
From The Editor
Radar/EW
Heterogeneous computing platform - Product
August 06, 2014
Engineers at Ecrin Systems are merging the Dual-Core i7 Haswell with the new Radeon E8860 GPGPU to create a heterogeneous computing platform that can provide as much as 768 GFLOPS for only 80 W of power.
Radar/EW
1 KW power supply - Product
August 06, 2014
Excelsys Technologies experts developed a PowerPac model in the company’s XF series ruggedized modular power supplies.
Comms
Driving commonality in test and measurement systems - Story
August 06, 2014
Defense electronics integrators faced with reduced funding want test and measurement systems that can be used across multiple platforms instead of having one test set for every weapon, radio, etc. This push toward commonality and standardization is driven by today?s budget-constrained environment in the Department of Defense (DoD).
Avionics
Lockheed Martin gets extension on human spaceflight contract - News
August 06, 2014
ROCKVILLE, Md. Lockheed Martin won a three-year contract extension to provide facilities development and operations support of human spaceflight missions at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston. The contract lasts through at least September 30, 2016 with the extension valued at $340 million. The total contract value is now more than $1 billion.
From The Editor
Visiting military trade shows in France - Story
August 05, 2014
Editorial Director John McHale discusses highlights of the Eurosatory 2014 conference in France.
Comms
Sandia National Laboratories, Rockwell Collins make it to DARPA Mesodynamic program phase 3 - News
August 05, 2014
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Engineers at Sandia National Laboratories and Rockwell Collins are exploring if light-to-sound such as when lightning strikes then thunder follows can be harnessed in optical fibers or waveguides the size of a human. The team is performing the work under the DARPA Mesodynamic Architectures program, for which they have just been selected for Phase 3.
Comms
Acoustic evaluation completed for 4th MUOS satellite - News
August 04, 2014
SUNNYVALE, Calif. Lockheed Martin officials announced that the fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite in the launch order is moving forward in its final testing phase, having cleared acoustic tests. The acoustic evaluation utilized powerful sound waves to simulate vibrations the satellite may experience during launch.
Comms
Rockwell Collins sells its military ground-based satellite communications business - News
July 30, 2014
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins, Inc. (NYSE: COL) officials announced the company has sold its satellite communications business. The business, which designs, manufactures, and services ground-based satellite communication systems mainly for military customers, will be renamed DataPath, Inc.
Radar/EW
Upgraded AWACS aircraft delivered to France by Boeing - News
July 29, 2014
SEATTLE. Boeing officials deployed the first of four upgraded Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft to the French military. The upgraded platform will enhance the fleet’s surveillance, communications, and battle management capabilities.
Avionics
Lead-free TTP Controller for data buses - Product
July 28, 2014
TTTech experts have developed a lead-free version of the company’s high-speed communication TTP Controller for data buses with speeds of as fast as 25 Mbitps.
Comms
High data rate Ethernet cables - Product
July 28, 2014
Aerospace and military designers are demanding higher data rates in lighter packages, so engineers at W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., developed the GORE Ethernet cables.
Comms
Briefcase receiver - Product
July 28, 2014
Engineers at Integrated Microwave Technologies, LLC (IMT), took a COFDM (DVB-T-compliant) diversity receiver/monitor and integrated it into a rugged, Briefcase Receiver (BCRx).
Radar/EW
OpenVPX 40-gigabit switch fabric module - Product
July 28, 2014
With the sensor chain in mind, engineers at Mercury Systems in Chelmsford, Mass., designed the Ensemble SFM6104 Switch Fabric Module with enhanced InfiniBand and 40 Gigabit Ethernet capability.
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