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Radar/EW
Tomahawk missile's weapons system gets hardware and software upgrade - News
March 12, 2012
PHILADELPHIA. Engineers at Lockheed Martin are upgrading the Tomahawk Land Attack missile?s weapon-control system software and hardware. The Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System, or TTWCS), TTWCS gives firing units the ability to control, prepare, and launch Tomahawk missiles and is one of the three main components that make up the Tomahawk Weapons System.
Comms
U.S. Special Forces to use small, lightweight night vision goggles from L-3 - News
March 09, 2012
NEW YORK CITY. U.S. Navy officials are ordering Binocular Night Vision Devices (BNVD) from the L-3 Communications Warrior Systems ? Insight Technology business unit for operators in the U.S. Special Operations Command. The BNVD is smaller and more lightweight than typical night vision goggles.
Radar/EW
Space Fence radar already tracking objects in Earth orbit - News
March 08, 2012
MOORESTOWN, N.J. A Space Fence radar prototype ? designed by Lockheed Martin engineers ? is in the process of tracking orbiting space objects. The radar system development, which is an Air Force program, will improve space situational awareness for the U.S.
Radar/EW
Lynx radar simulation tool released by GA-ASI - News
March 07, 2012
SAN DIEGO. Engineers at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI) unveiled a new radar training tool called the Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance Simulator (TARS). TARS enables operators of Lynx Multi-mode Radar systems to train via a software-based tool on a laptop computer.
Avionics
New aircraft platforms get cut back, opening the door for avionics retrofits that leverage COTS hardware and software - Story
March 07, 2012
Military cockpits - from helicopters to cargo jets to fighter aircraft - will be depending on open architecture designs and Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) hardware and software to keep them flying beyond the next decade as DoD budgets scale back on new platforms. Meanwhile, industry and government experts formed a consortium to enable affordable, platform-agnostic avionics.
Avionics
FY 2013 DoD budget request shrinks, but avionics retrofits get dollars - Story
March 07, 2012
As fiscal year budgets continue to decline, retrofitting with COTS products looks to be a sign of the times.
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Radar/EW
Electronic jamming without friendly force interference demo to be performed by Raytheon for DARPA - News
March 06, 2012
TEWKSBURY, Mass. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) selected Raytheon engineers to enable warfighters to conduct jamming operations with minimal control and communication interference with friendly forces.
Avionics
Navigation system for CH-53K helicopter gets software upgrade from Northrop Grumman - News
March 05, 2012
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. Engineers at Northrop Grumman will be modifying software for the LN-251 embedded GPS/fiber-optic inertial navigation system (INS) that flies on the CH-53K Super Stallion helicopter. The work is for a Navy Phase II contract awarded by officials at the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) in Patuxent River, Md.
Radar/EW
OpenVPX board released by Eurotech at Embedded World - News
March 02, 2012
NUREMBERG, Germany. Engineers at Eurotech released their first OpenVPX board at the Embedded World show in Nuremberg, Germany this week. The CPU-111-10 is a rugged 6U VPX single-board computer (SBC) that has a quad-core Intel L5408 Xeon processor and 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch in rugged conduction and convection-cooled versions.
Comms
PICMG frustration motivates European embedded vendors to form new standards consortium - Other
March 01, 2012
Frustrated buy what they say were long standards development processes within PICMG [PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group], leaders of different European embedded computing vendors formed a new standards consortium called the Standardization Group for Embedded Technologies or SGET, which was announced this week at the Embedded World show in Nuremberg, Germany. Founding member companies of SGET include Advantech, congaec, Data Modul, Kontron, MSC, and SECO.
Comms
Intel processors and 3D Legos demo by Emerson Network Power - Other
March 01, 2012
Engineers at Emerson Network Power had some fun at Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany this week when they ran a demo that leveraged facial recognition-like software with Intel processors and Lego toy boxes to create a 3D image of the toy inside the box.
Avionics
Fixed price avionics certification solution offered by LDRA - News
March 01, 2012
NUREMBERG, Germany. Officials at LDRA created fixed price services group for avionics DO-178B/C and DO-254 certification. The new LDRA division -- LDRA Certification Services (LCS) -- was announced this week at the Embedded World show in Nuremberg, Germany.
Avionics
Ada language gets attention outside of military circles - Other
March 01, 2012
Designers of tools for the Ada programming language say there is a lot of interest at Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany this year for Ada among medical system designers.
Radar/EW
Military signal processing and graphics processing growth areas for AMD processors - Other
March 01, 2012
AMD officials at Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany this week say their G Series General Purpose Processors (GPUs) are getting a lot of attention in military signal processing applications where high-performance and intensive number crunching are crucial.
Radar/EW
Modularity desired by Embedded World attendees - Other
March 01, 2012
Attendees at the 2012 Embedded World show in Nuremberg, Germany are more concerned with modularity than form factor when it comes to their embedded purchases, says Robi Harris, director of sales and customer service at RTD in State College, Pa.
Comms
Rugged wrist-worn computers on display at Embedded World - Other
March 01, 2012
Remember Dick Tracy's wrist-watch TV? Engineers at Eurotech have channeled that little bit of science fiction into a wrist-worn computer that comes in three different versions including a rugged one for warfighters and it was on display this week at the Embedded World show in Nuremberg, Germany.
Avionics
GNAT Pro 7.0 Ada language tool released by Adacore - News
March 01, 2012
NUREMBERG, Germany. AdaCore officials released the latest version of their Ada development environment tool ? GNAT Pro 7.0 this week at the Embedded World show in Nuremberg, Germany. The new version implements and supports the upcoming Ada language revision ? Ada 2012.
Comms
CompactPCI multi-display controller with AMD Radeon GPU tech announced by MEN Mikro - News
March 01, 2012
NUREMBERG, Germany. A new 3U CompactPC multi-display controller -- the G214 -- that can manage six displays simultaneously was announced by officials at MEN Mikro Elektronik Gmbh at the Embedded World show in Nuremberg, Germany this week. The new device leverages the AMD Radeon E6760 General Purpose Processor (GPU) running at 600 megahertz.
Comms
Com Express carrier board with PC/104 expansion bus released by Connect Tech - News
March 01, 2012
NUREMBERG, Germany. Engineers at Connect Tech released the Com Express Carrier, a carrier board for small form factor applications that has expansion capability for PC/104 and PC/104-Express. Connect Tech announced the board this week at the Embedded World show in Nuremberg, Germany.
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