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Radar/EW
Airborne Low Frequency Sonar systems to be produced by Raytheon for NAVAIR - News
December 26, 2012
PATUXENT RIVER, MD. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) officials awarded Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems in Portsmouth, R.I., a $158,571,809 contract for the 48 MH-60R Full Rate Production Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) systems as well as associated program management support.
Avionics
Ada 2012 language revision approved and published by ISO - News
December 19, 2012
GENEVA, Switzerland. Officials at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) approved and published the latest version of the Ada programming language – Ada 2012. New features include enhancements in contract-based programming. The announcement was made by officials at Ada Resource Association (ARA) and Ada-Europe.
Radar/EW
General Dynamics to perform LAV Reconnaissance Surveillance Suite upgrade - News
December 18, 2012
LONDON, Ontario. Canadian government officials selected General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada to upgrade an enhanced surveillance suite for the Canadian LAV III Upgrade vehicles.
Radar/EW
Missile Defense Agency selects Raytheon for AN/TPY-2 radar contract modification - News
December 17, 2012
TEWKSBURY, MA. Raytheon won a contract modification from the Missile Defense Agency in Huntsville, Ala., to produce and deliver the AN/TPY-2 Radar #11 with associated spares and three forward-based prime power units with associated spares.
Radar/EW
New portable RF/IF high-bandwidth signal recorder released by Pentek - News
December 12, 2012
UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. Pentek engineers released a new rugged, portable RF/IF signal recording and playback system called Talon RTR 2727 for military applications.
Radar/EW
Version 2.0 of Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense BCS software released - News
December 11, 2012
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Northrop Grumman Corp. engineers unleashed Version 2.0 of the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) software for the U.S. Army.
Avionics
Navy maritime patrol aircraft trainers to be maintained by Boeing - News
December 10, 2012
ST. LOUIS. U.S. Navy officials have tasked Boeing to maintain aircrew training devices for six aircraft variants as part of a five-year, $56 million contract. The covers training devices for P-3C, EP-3, P-8A, EA-6B, EA-18G, and SH-60B aircraft.
A.I.
DARPA program language, text comprehension awards funding to Raytheon BBN Technologies - News
December 05, 2012
CAMBRIDGE, MA. Raytheon BBN Technologies won a $16 million in funding to develop exploration and filtering tools to improve text comprehension. The contract is under the Deep Exploration and Filter of Text (DEFT) program, which is sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory.
Cyber
Enterprise software and the DoD - Story
December 05, 2012
Enterprise software management is becoming more pervasive throughout the U.S. Department of Defense because of its cost advantages and the inherent security advantages of having one network based on common standards. Meanwhile, the world's largest enterprise network - the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) - is going through a transition.
From The Editor
Year ends with more budget uncertainty - Story
December 05, 2012
As 2012 closes, 2013 budget policy is still up in the air, leaving both defense primes and COTS suppliers on unstable footing.
Comms
Smartphones on the battlefield - Story
December 05, 2012
Military planners want warfighters to have the same capability that civilian consumers get from their commercial smartphones and are testing different devices. However, they still have to overcome security hurdles and the short development cycles in the commercial market before full-scale deployment can happen.
Avionics
Virgin Galactic pilots to train with simulation technology from Quantum3D - News
December 04, 2012
ORLANDO, FL. Officials at Virgin Galactic commercial spaceline ordered the six-channel Independence IDX 7000 image generator from Quantum3D for spaceship command and equipment training. Quantum3D officials made the announcement this week at the I/ITSEC show in Orlando.
Radar/EW
New lightweight, anti-jam GPS for ground systems contract won by Raytheon - News
December 03, 2012
HARLOW, United Kingdom. The UK Ministry of Defense chose Raytheon UK for a new GPS Anti-Jam Antenna System. Raytheon will provide an undisclosed number of advanced systems for deployment in operational theaters across multiple vehicle platforms.
Radar/EW
New 6U OpenVPX-compliant board with Freescale processors released by X-ES - News
November 30, 2012
MIDDLETON, WI. Engineers at Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc. (X-ES) released a new 6U VPX Single Board Computer (SBC) -- the XCalibur1641 -- that supports Freescale QorIQ P3041, P4040, P4080, P5010, P5020, and P5040 processors. The OpenVPX-compliant device is targeted at conduction-cooled and air-cooled military applications.
Radar/EW
Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) to use rugged servers from Z Microsystems - News
November 29, 2012SAN DIEGO. Z Microsystems is working with MEADS International to deliver its ZX rugged servers and workstations for the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS).
Radar/EW
Space Fence radar proposal from Lockheed Martin submitted to Air Force - News
November 14, 2012
MOORESTOWN, N.J. Lockheed Martin officials have submitted the company’s final contract proposal to construct the Space Fence radar, which will enhance how the U.S. Air Force tracks and identifies orbital objects.
Comms
GPS receiver from Rockwell Collins to be used in Curtiss-Wright Controls Digital Beachhead solution - News
November 13, 2012
ASHBURN, VA. Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions (CWCDS) selected the SAASM based MPE-S GPS receiver module from Rockwell Collins for the U.S. Army standard embedded GPS receiver for use in rugged electronics subsystems that are compliant with the Army’s Vehicular Integration for C4ISR/EW Interoperability (VICTORY) initiative for interoperable digital network services.
Radar/EW
Mercury Computer Systems now called Mercury Systems - News
November 13, 2012
CHELMSFORD, MA. Officials at Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. announced that the company is changing its name to Mercury Systems, Inc. , effective immediately. Other changes include a new logo and website in an effort to rebrand the company.
Comms
Software-defined radios from ITT Exelis will use LynxOS-SE RTOS - News
November 12, 2012
SAN JOSE, CA. ITT Exelis engineers are using the LynxOS -SE real-time operating system (RTOS) from LynuxWorks for a new line of software-defined radios (SDRs) that utilize the Rifleman Radio, Soldier Radio, and SideHat variants for the U.S. and International operators.
Avionics
UAS mission simulator/trainer announced by CAE at Unmanned Systems Canada - News
November 07, 2012
OTTAWA, Ontario. Engineers at CAE in Montreal launched the company’s Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Mission Trainer. Company officials made the announcement at the Unmanned Systems Canada conference. The new trainer has an open architecture design that uses commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and simulation software to create a platform-agnostic training system for UAS pilots, mission commanders, and sensor operators.
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