Military Embedded Systems

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Military Embedded Systems

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Radar/EW

Radar software adds audio and video to its repertoire - Product

April 18, 2012
Some say you can’t get enough of a good thing, but in a slightly different vein, Cambridge Pixel showed us that you can improve an already-good thing. The company has added audio and video capability to its SPx AV software, a toolkit of components useful for radar in command and cont...
Radar/EW

VPX/VITA 62 power supply enlivens mil systems - Product

April 18, 2012
While the burgeoning VPX (VITA 46) VITA-spawned form factor is taking the military embedded realm by storm, an optimal power supply ensures optimal performance and reliability. Enter the VITA 62 Power Supply standard, which defines a power supply geared for VPX chassis while meeting rugged...
Comms

Rugged tablet prevents soldiers' mission knowledge draught - Product

April 18, 2012
To keep soldiers on the ground in-the-know when it comes to mission strategy, wouldn't it be nice if they could view mission-critical data out in the field?
Unmanned

Software implements Physics of Failure Analysis - Product

April 18, 2012
Physics of Failure Analysis is a topic that is critical to rapidly and cost-effectively delivering safe, highly reliable systems into military customers' hands.
Comms
Radar/EW

VPX goes HPEC - Product

April 18, 2012
Some military programs need high-end processing, and that's all there is to it, for example, an airborne classified data system.
Radar/EW

Lowering cost per mile in military vehicles drives vetronics designs - Story

April 18, 2012
Designers of military vetronics computers, displays, and software say integration and low power are driving requirements for upgrades and new systems.
Unmanned

More Laser JDAM sensors from Boeing ordered by NAVAIR - News

April 18, 2012
ST. LOUIS. The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Boeing a contract for more Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (Laser JDAM) sensors. The $12.5 million contract is the second this year for Laser JDAM units. The first procured 700 sensors and this one is for 1,116 sensors.
Unmanned

Minehunting UUV unveiled by Navy, General Dynamics - News

April 17, 2012
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. ? A small model of the Knifefish Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) was unveiled by General Dynamics and U. S. Navy officials at the 2012 Sea-Air-Space Exposition. The Knifefish Surface Mine Countermeasure UUV is a heavyweight-class, minehunting, unmanned undersea vehicle planned for deployment by forward operating forces, and will be a key part of the Littoral Combat Ship Mine Countermeasures Mission Package.
Comms

GPS integration benchmark completed by Raytheon, Lockheed Martin - News

April 16, 2012
AURORA, Colo. Officials at Lockheed Martin and Raytheon announced that the two companies finished the first integration benchmark between the Raytheon Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) and GPS III satellite system from Lockheed Martin.
Radar/EW

DARPA, Raytheon look to triple Gallium Nitride power handling ability - News

April 13, 2012
TEWKSBURY, Mass. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials tasked Raytheon engineers with developing next-generation Gallium Nitride devices bonded to diamond substrates ? or Thermally Enhanced Gallium Nitride (TEGaN). Under the the 18-month, $1.8 million contract Raytheon engineers will look to increase GaN device power handling capability of GaN devices by at least a factor of three.
Cyber

Top 5 stories from Design West - Other

April 12, 2012
SAN JOSE, Calif. Last month's Design West show in San Jose, Calif., had steady traffic even on the last day and was a good show for releasing new products and networking. Our coverage of the event included blogs, stories, and tweets from the show floor. Below I've listed the top five most viewed blogs and stories from the show on our website.
Avionics

B-1 Lancer navigation system gets facelift - News

April 11, 2012
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. The Air Force awarded Boeing a $55.3 million contract to upgrade the B-1 Lancer aircraft?s navigation system a new ring laser gyro system.
Avionics

More than $1 Billion in avionics and sensors for Navy helicopters to be provided by Lockheed Martin - News

April 09, 2012
WASHINGTON. Lockheed Martin won a billion dollar Navy contract to deliver more than 200 digital avionics cockpits as well as sensors and integrated mission systems for the MH-60S Sierra and MH-60R Romeo helicopters ? both of which are manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft, in Stratford, Conn.
Avionics

Army Special Operations helicopters to continue upgrading avionics with Rockwell Collins parts - News

April 05, 2012
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins engineers will continue providing replacement avionics parts for Army Special Operations helicopter cockpits under a $17.2 million contract renewal.
Unmanned

Modernized Patriot missile defense system fires first PAC-3 Missiles during test flight - News

April 04, 2012
TEWKSBURY, Mass. The upgraded Patriot Patriot Air and Missile Defense System from Raytheon fired two PAC-3 missiles at a tactical ballistic missile (TBM) during a test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The test marked the first launch of PAC-3 missiles from the modernized Patriot system.
Comms

Missile warning satellite final tests completed by Air Force and Lockheed Martin - News

April 03, 2012
LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. Air Force and Lockheed Martin engineers finished final systems tests for the U.S. Air Force?s second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous satellite (GEO-2). The Final Integrated System Test (FIST) confirmed the spacecraft's functionality and performance prior to launch site delivery.
Avionics

Curtiss-Wright SBC adds safety-critical RTOS package from LynuxWorks - News

April 02, 2012
SAN JOSE, Calif. Officials at LynuxWorks, are providing its board support package (BSP) and DO178B Level C Artifacts for a single-board computer (SBC) from Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions. The SVME/DMV-183 SBC will make use of a new BSP that is a part of the LynxOS-178 2.2.2 real-time operating system (RTOS) release. LynuxWorks made the announcement at the Design West show last week in San Jose, Calif.
Comms

Code analysis tool zooms like Google Earth when analyzing millions of lines of code - Other

March 30, 2012
SAN JOSE, Calif. Engineers at GrammaTech announced a new tool this week that actually makes code analysis fun. Seriously, their new tool -- which works with their CodeSonar static analysis tool ? functions much like Google Earth, but instead of zooming in on your neighbor?s house you?re zooming down to view individual lines of code in systems that contain as much as 20 million lines of code. They released it this week at the Design West conference in San Jose, Calif.
Radar/EW

New VME/VXS SBC for radar and C4ISR applications released by Emerson Network Power - News

March 30, 2012
SAN JOSE, Calif. Emerson Network Power engineers released a new VME/VXS single-board computer (SBC) at the DesignWest show in San Jose, Calif., this week. The MVME8100 device has a Freescale P5020 QorIQ processor and is targeted radar, sonar, and other C4ISR applications.
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