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Avionics
Army orders more than 170 CH-47F Chinooks from Boeing - News
June 11, 2013
RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, PA. U.S. Army officials ordered 177 CH-47F Chinook helicopters from Boeing under a $4 billion contract. The Army also is holding options that could raise its total purchase to 215 aircraft. Deliveries are schedule dot start in 2015.
Cyber
Trusted Mail System from Raytheon now available - News
June 10, 2013
HERNDON, VA. Officials at Raytheon Trusted Computer Solutions (RTCS) released their Trusted Mail System cross domain solution for securing policy-enforced email exchanges and attachments between users on different networks. The software eliminates the need for switching between systems at multiple levels.
Radar/EW
Intel 4th gen Core i7-based 3U VPX board released by Concurrent Technologies - News
June 07, 2013
WOBURN, MA. Engineers at Concurrent Technologies announced that their first processor board based on the new quad-core 4th generation Intel Core processor family -- aka Haswell. The TR B12/msd is a 3U VPX single-board computer that features the new i7-4700EQ device -- based on 22nm process technology -- and its associated mobile Intel QM87 Express chipset.
Radar/EW
3U VPX board first product from GE based on new Intel Core i7 - News
June 07, 2013
HUNTSVILLE, AL. The first product based on Intel's 4th generation Core i7 processor will be in a rugged 3U VPX form factor and dubbed the SBC326. The single-board computer (SBC) is targeted at constrained-space applications such as manned- and unmanned air and ground vehicles. The product provides enhanced graphics performance, improved processor performance, and better security – all in the same power envelope as previous generations.
Radar/EW
CompactPCI, Com Express, & Mini-ITX from Kontron use new Intel processor - News
June 07, 2013
ECHING, Germany. Kontron's initial offering of products based on the 4th generation Intel® Core i7 processors includes Mini-ITX, COM Express, 6U CompactPCI, and the Kontron SYMKLOUD Media cloud platforms. Four intelligent platforms with improved processing and graphics performance as well as energy efficiency are available for evaluation with immediate effect. n developments on their preferred new target platform.
Radar/EW
Small and large form factor designs featuring new Intel Core i7 processor developed by X-ES - News
June 07, 2013
MIDDLETON, WI. Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc.'s (X-ES's) embedded product offering based on Intel's 4th generation Core i7-4700EQ processor -- a.k.a Haswell --includes 3U VPX, 6U VPX, XMC, 3U CompactPCI, 6U CompactPCI, 6U VME, and COM Express single-board computers (SBCs) versions.
Radar/EW
6U OpenVPX server based on new Intel Core i7 processor released by Mercury Systems - News
June 07, 2013
CHELMSFORD, MA. Engineers at Mercury Systems, Inc. have added a new server based on Intel's 4th generation Core i7 processor (formerly Haswell) -- the rugged Ensemble Series 6U OpenVPX HDS6502 High Density Server (HDS) that provides as much as 16GB of 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM. It has built-in Serial RapidIO and 10 Gigabit Ethernet fabric compatibility.
Radar/EW
DSP and OpenVPX boards based on new Intel 4th gen i7 processor released by Curtiss-Wright - News
June 06, 2013
ASHBURN, VA. Engineers at Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions introduced two new products -- the CHAMP-AV9 and the S/DVME-1908 VME single board computer (SBC) -- geared toward rugged, military embedded applications such as sensor processing that take advantage of the processing performance and power mitigation characteristics of the new Intel Core i7-4700EQ processor.
Avionics
First F-35 JSF vertical landing completed for British Royal air force - News
June 05, 2013
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, MD. A F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) from Lockheed Martin made the first vertical landing for the British Roal air force.
Radar/EW
Radio frequency threat simulator from Northrop Grumman to be used at Warner Robins ALS - News
June 04, 2013
BUFFALO, N.Y. Northrop Grumman Corp. will deliver its enhanced Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator (CEESIM) system to officials at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC). The company won a task order from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) under the Alliant indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract.
Comms
SubNet Relay Technology from Rockwell Collins ratified as a NATA standard - News
June 03, 2013
OTTAWA, Ontario, IOWA. The SubNet Relay (SNR) from Rockwell Collins Canada is now a standard under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) standard -- ratified as NATO Standardization Agreement (STANAG) 4691 for Mobile Ad Hoc Relay Line-of-Sight IP Networking (MARLIN).
Avionics
Modular Space Vehicle from Northrop Grumman nearing end of manufacturing phase - News
May 29, 2013
REDONDO BEACH, CA – A team led by Northrop Grumman Corp. team finished the third gate review of its first Modular Space Vehicle (MSV) bus assembly, test, and integration, which means functional testing is complete.
Radar/EW
Wind Farm mitigation performed on Netherlands airbase radar systems by Raytheon - News
May 28, 2013
HARLOW, England. Raytheon engineers will be upgrading four additional Airport Surveillance Radar sites with the Wind Farm Mitigation kits for Royal Netherlands air force (RNLAF). The upgrade includes WiMax interference filtering (4G filtration) and is expected to be completed within the next 12-15 months.
Unmanned
ISR and big data applications enabled by high-density server - Product
May 22, 2013
Limited server Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP), high-performance cluster computing environments are enabled by the RES-XR4 High Density (HD) Server and its Intel-based architecture from Themis Computer in Fremont, CA. The system can double the compute density of a stack of 1U servers with a...
Unmanned
ARM-based SBC enables high-performance graphics - Product
May 22, 2013
WinSystems engineers in Arlington, TX, are enabling high-performance graphics processing with their new line of Multi-core ARM Single Board Computers (SBCs) based on the Freescale i.MX6 family of Cortex-A9 multicore processors.
Avionics
Managing FAA DO-178B/C, 278A, and 254 with one system - Product
May 22, 2013
Certifying to FAA applications is an expensive, time-consuming process, but required for any software or hardware that is flight-critical on aircraft that travel through civil airspace. LDRA engineers in Wirral, United Kingdom, have found a way to make that process more manageable by creat...
Unmanned
Surface ship laser weapon technology to be developed by Northrop Grumman - News
May 22, 2013
REDONDO BEACH, CA. U.S. Navy officials chose Northrop Grumman Corp. for the initial phase of the Solid State Laser Technology Maturation (SSL-TM) program -- a research and development project for maturing solid-state, high-power laser weapon systems and components for Navy ship defense.
Comms
Small, rugged push-pull connector has a 24-contact configuration - Product
May 21, 2013
Fischer Connectors engineers in Alpharetta, GA, are targeting small military devices used in harsh environments such as portable communications equipment with their MiniMax rugged push-pull interconnect solution that provides more connections in a smaller space.
Avionics
Object-oriented tool provides enhanced realism for military simulation and training - Product
May 21, 2013
Military training and simulation systems need high-fidelity graphics avionics displays, communications equipment, maintenance systems, and automotive dashboards.
Comms
Ultra small reed switch created via MEMS technology - Product
May 21, 2013
Experts at Coto Technology Inc., in North Kingstown, RI, have leveraged high aspect ratio MEMS technology to create a small magnetic reed switch for high-performance applications that require extremely small switch size.
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