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Avionics
Full speed ahead: FACE initiative fosters reuse, cuts costs and delivery time of military avionics systems - Story
May 02, 2013
The Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Technical Standard aims to hasten delivery and cut costs of military avionics systems via a modular architecture, data models, standard interfaces, and conformance criteria that meld to enable reusable software components and a common operating environment. Our editors recently caught up with Jeff Howington of Rockwell Collins, a FACE Consortium founding member, to find out how the FACE approach will affect the U.S. Army's Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) program - and the industry at large.
Comms
NASA human spaceflight facility hardware and software supported by Lockheed Martin - News
May 02, 2013
HOUSTON. NASA selected Lockheed Martin selected NASA for Johnson Space Center development and operations that support human spaceflight under a $166.8 million contract option.
Radar/EW
Military systems controlled by game-style unit - Product
May 01, 2013
Engineers at Ultra Measurement Systems, Inc., in Wallingford, CT, have designed a rugged controller with a game-style form factor familiar to today’s warfighters. The patented handheld Freedom of Movement Control Unit (FMCU) has been used by the Army and Marine Corps, Ground Based Op...
Comms
Secure data transfer for military flight applications - Product
May 01, 2013
Engineers at Physical Optics Corp. (POC) in Torrance, CA, developed an in-flight data loading device/digital recorder, dubbed the Data Transfer System (DTS) with secure cryptographic features. It is an NSA-defined Suite B and FIPS 140-2-approved cryptographic solution that also supports NS...
Comms
Signal acquisition cards for SDR, radar pulse applications - Product
May 01, 2013
Designers at Red Rapids in Richardson, TX, developed a product family called Signal Stream for general-purpose signal acquisition and generation for military applications such as Software-Defined Radio (SDR) and radar pulse receivers/transmitters as well as applications in the medical and...
Unmanned
MEMS-based navigation device for unmanned systems - Product
May 01, 2013
The AHRS-8 navigation sensor from Sparton Corp. in De Leon Springs, FL, is small enough to fit into Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) payloads and to provide stability and navigation capability in environments with high levels of electromagnetic noise. It offers 3D magnetic field measurement a...
Avionics
Flight, mission, and radio management in one box - Product
May 01, 2013
The CMA-4000 Flight and Displays Management System, developed by engineers at Esterline CMC Electronics in Montreal, leverages an open architecture design to include radio control management, mission management, and flight management functions in one 11 lb box.
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RF connectors and VITA 67 - Product
May 01, 2013
New RF connector modules from TE Connectivity in Harrisburg, PA, are designed for rugged embedded computing applications that leverage the OpenVPX architecture. The Multiposition RF connector modules were developed to meet VITA 67.0, 67.1, and 67.2 standards that define the RF connector mo...
From The Editor
Remembering a friend and mentor - Other
April 18, 2013My girlfriend tells me that I'd light up like a Christmas tree whenever I’d see my friend and former boss, Ron Mastro, retired publisher of Military & Aerospace Electronics magazine. How could anyone not? The man had buckets of charisma and when he turned on his high beams, you couldn’t help but smile. The laughs and smiles will stay with me even though I had to say goodbye to him Sunday after he lost his battle with lung and brain cancer. Ron was a month shy of his 71st birthday.
Comms
Raytheon to provide security solution along Jordanian border for DTRA - News
April 17, 2013
DULLES, Va. Raytheon Co. won a Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) border security contract with a value of $35.9 million. Under the contract Raytheon engineers will design, develop, and implement an integrated surveillance system along different parts of the Jordanian border. Raytheon also will provide equipment, training, and maintenance and repair.
Radar/EW
Korean Fighting Falcon aircraft get radar upgrade from Raytheon - News
April 15, 2013
EL SEGUNDO, CA. Republic of Korea officials selected the Raytheon Advanced Combat Radar (RACR) has the country's KF-16C/D Block 52 Fighting Falcon fleet upgrade.
Comms
Small satellite line launched by Boeing - News
April 10, 2013
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. Boeing engineers are designing new small satellite prototypes, dubbed Phantom Phoenix, that can be manufactured and configured quickly and cost-effectively for specific missions such as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and planetary science. Each satellite unit would share flight software, common architecture, ,and simplified payload integration options.
Radar/EW
G/ATOR Radar System finishes government testing - News
April 09, 2013
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. Northrop Grumman's AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system finished two phases of government developmental testing at the U.S. military's Surface Combat Systems Center (SCSC) and already has moved into the next phase of developmental testing to prepare for the future operational assessment with the U.S. Marine Corps.
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X-band and S-band radars for Cobra Judy Replacement program complete live-launch tests - News
April 08, 2013
TEWKSBURY, MA. Raytheon engineers completed first tests of the radars for the Conra Judy Replacement (CJR) program against the launch of a live rocket. The X- and S-band radars that were integrated on the USNS Howard O. Lorenzen (T-AGM 25) acquired and tracked each stage of an Atlas V rocket that was launched from Cape Canaveral and then collected all the associated data.
Avionics
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Navy's electronic warfare ship defense system to be upgraded by Lockheed Martin - News
April 02, 2013
SYRACUSE, NY. Lockheed Martin won a $57 million contract to modernize the U.S. Navy’s electronic warfare defenses for anti-ship missile threats. Lockheed Martin engineers will upgrade the AN/SLQ-32(V)2 system that is on all U.S. cruisers, aircraft carriers, destroyers and other warships that have the capability to determine if the electronic sensors from potential enemies are stalking the ship.
Radar/EW
Radar technology from Cassidian to be provided to Canadian air force - News
March 27, 2013
UNTERSCHLEISSHEIM, Germany. Cassidian engineers will be equipping Royal Canadian air force airfields with new airport surveillance radars. Canadian contracting authority Public Works and Services Canada officials tasked Cassidian with delivering seven of its ASR NG airport surveillance radars to enhance flight safety on Canadian airbases and to improve military aviation integration into civil air traffic.
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Advanced high-res sensors produced for Hawk Air Defense System by Northrop Grumman - News
March 26, 2013
ROLLING MEADOWS, IL. Northrop Grumman Corp. engineers developed the Fourth Generation Tracking Adjunct Sensor (4G TAS), which is the latest upgrade to the company's high-resolution electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensors that are used for the Hawk air defense system. The sensors detect and track low, fast targets in day and night conditions and passes them on to the Hawk's fire control radar.
Cyber
Cyber security lab opened by General Dynamics in Maryland - News
March 25, 2013
COLUMBIA, MD. Officials at General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions announced the opening of a new facility focused on enabling public and commercial sector users to prevent, contain, and analyze cyber attacks. Network defense and forensics services experts from General Dynamics are based at the new lab.
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