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Unmanned
UAS payloads get smarter sensors, enhanced imagery in smaller packages - Story
July 31, 2013
Requirements for smart sensors that can see further and produce high-quality imagery in small, low-weight packages are driving Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) payloads development. Designers of these systems also face challenges such as balancing reduced Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) requirements while increasing performance, uncertain Department of Defense funding priorities, and data link bandwidth limitations.
Unmanned
UAS military market evolves beyond U.S. - Story
July 31, 2013
UAS platforms will be an important part of the nation's future defense strategy, but with the war in Afghanistan winding down, there is uncertainty regarding military UAS requirements.
Radar/EW
Long-range surveillance radar -- 3DELRR -- demonstrated to Air Force by Lockheed Martin - News
July 29, 2013
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Lockheed Martin engineers completed a demonstration of its prototype Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR)-range for the U.S. Air Force. It will replace the Air Force's AN/TPS-75 air search radar and become the principal long-range, ground-based sensor for detecting, identifying, and reporting airborne targets.
Unmanned
Navy gets upgraded Fire Scout - News
July 24, 2013
SAN DIEGO. Northrop Grumman officials delivered the first upgraded MQ-8 Fire Scout Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to the Navy this month to prepare for ground and flight testing.
Radar/EW
E-2D Advanced Hawkeye production contract by Northrop Grumman - News
July 23, 2013
BETHPAGE, N.Y. Northrop Grumman Corp. won a $113.7 million advance acquisition contract from the U.S. Navy for five full-rate production Lot 2 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft long-lead materials and related support.
Comms
Rad-hard ultra low dropout linear regulator released by Intersil at NSREC - News
July 10, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO. Engineers at Intersil Corp. in Milpitas, CA announced a new radiation-hardened (rad-hard) ultra low dropout linear regulator -- the ISL75052SEH -- at the Nuclear Space and Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) in San Francisco this week. The device is single output LDO that is specified for an output current as high as 1.5A.
Radar/EW
New SPARC-based microprocessors announced by Aeroflex Colorado Springs at NSREC - News
July 09, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO. Engineers at Aeroflex Colorado Springs released new microprocessors this week at the Nuclear Space and Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) in San Francisco. The products – UT699E and the UT700 – have more performance on a 130-nanometer CMOS process.
Comms
Rad-hard SSRAM devices in flow-through and pipeline modes announced by Aeroflex Colorado Springs at NSREC - News
July 09, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO. Radiation-hardened (rad-hard) synchronous static random access memory (SSRAM) devices for flow-through and pipeline mode by Aeroflex Colorado Springs engineers at the Nuclear Space and Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) held this week in San Francisco.
Comms
ARC-210 airborne radio demonstrates MUOS satellite signal reception in Rockwell Collins tests - News
July 08, 2013
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA. The ARC-210 advanced networking airborne V/UHF radio from Rockwell Collins received its first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite signal during a series of tests held at the company's Poway, CA, facility.
Comms
Enhanced Polar System Control and Planning Segment review completed by MILSATCOM and Northrop Grumman - News
July 05, 2013
MCLEAN, VA. Northrop Grumman Corp. engineers performed the preliminary design review and software requirements and architecture review for the Polar System (EPS) Control and Planning Segment (CAPS). The system enables space-enabled, secure communications capabilities for polar users in support of national objectives. EPS CAPS provides telemetry and control, cryptographic planning and mission planning for the EPS payload.
Unmanned
Persistent Surveillance software package to be built by Raytheon for NAVAIR - News
July 03, 2013
DULLES, VA. Officials at the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) selected Raytheon to produce an integrated multi-INT system for safeguarding forward deployed forces. The Persistent Surveillance System Cross Domain Solution (PSS CDS) provides warfighters with an advantage by enabling a complete picture of impending threats, from classified and unclassified sources.
Comms
Third SBIRS satellite payload deployed to Air Force by Lockheed Martin - News
July 02, 2013
SUNNYVALE, CA. The third of four highly elliptical earth orbit (HEO) satellite payloads was delivered by Lockheed Martin to the U.S. Air Force for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS).
Avionics
Army helicopter maintenance contract awarded to Lockheed Martin - News
June 26, 2013
DALLAS. Lockheed Martin won an aircraft maintenance and logistics contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal, AL, to deliver field and sustainment-level maintenance for U.S. Army helicopters.
Radar/EW
Littoral combat ship (LCS) mine countermeasure mission package integrated by Northrop Grumman - News
June 25, 2013
BETHPAGE, N.Y. Northrop Grumman Corp. won a Navy contract worth $28 million for engineering and production planning services for surface warfare and mine countermeasures mission module components that will be deployed from, and be integrated with, the littoral combat ship (LCS).
Comms
WIN-T Increment 2 continues to use Parvus Ethernet switches - News
June 24, 2013
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Parvus Corp., a Eurotech subsidiary, won follow-on orders from General Dynamics C4S, the prime contractor for the U.S. Army’s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) program. Parvus Ethernet switches have bene used in the WIN-T tactical network for about four years. Deliveries for the latest follow-on orders - valued at $4.8 million -- are expected to happen over the next 3-5 months.
Comms
Export compliance reforms on the way for aircraft and satellite suppliers - Story
June 13, 2013
U.S. export compliance regulations such as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), set in place to protect national security, have also handcuffed American defense electronics suppliers - preventing them from competing internationally. New reforms coming out of the Obama Administration promise to loosen those controls for non-combat related aircraft and commercial satellite related items.
Comms
Rad-hard requirements increase as space market slows - Story
June 13, 2013
Radiation immunity and signal processing requirements are increasing for spacecraft and satellite electronic systems as designers look to add more capability for government and civilian applications. Meanwhile, the U.S. military and commercial markets for space electronics remain flat, thanks to the slow global economy and government budget cuts.
Avionics
Shrinking DoD budget still has funding for aircraft upgrades - Story
June 13, 2013
The President's Fiscal Year 2014 budget request for the Department of Defense is down as expected in procurement and Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) funding. However, funding still exists for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), electronic warfare, and avionics retrofits and modernizations.
Comms
Turret Drive Control Unit for Bradley Fighting Vehicle gets upgrade from Curtiss-Wright Controls - News
June 12, 2013
CHARLOTTE, NC. Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. won a contract from BAE Systems for lifecycle management services under an obsolescence mitigation upgrade program for the Turret Drive Control Unit (TDCU) of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Engineers at the Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions business group will provide an obsolescence-free upgraded version of the Tech Data Pack (TDP) used in the TDCU.
From The Editor
Government-funded rad-hard fabs fading away - Story
June 12, 2013
Back in 2002 tempers were flying in the radiation-hardened (rad-hard) electronics community over government funding of rad-hard semiconductor fabrication (fabs) foundries owned by BAE Systems in Manassas, VA, and Honeywell Microelectronics in Plymouth, MN.
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