Military Embedded Systems

OTTAWA, Ontario. General Dynamics Mission Systems--Canada won four contracts cumulatively valued at up to $1.68 billion Canadian ($1.3 billion) with the government of Canada to support the land command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) system for the Canadian army.

SAN FRANCISCO. The size of the global super-high-frequency (SHF) communication market is expected to reach $7.13 billion by 2030, registering a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.5% from 2023 to 2030, according to a new report from Grand View Research, "Global Super High Frequency Communication Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report by Technology Type (5G sub-6 GHz, 5G mm Wave), Frequency Range, Radome Type, Region, and Segment Forecasts, 2023-2030."

ARLINGTON, Va. The Space Systems Command (SSC) of the U.S. Space Force (USSF) announced the fourth Phase 2 engineering change award for a satellite communications (SATCOM) enterprise management and control (EM&C) contract (fifth engineering change award overall) to a team led by RKF Engineering Solutions (RKF). 

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon will design, build, and test two high-power microwave antenna systems for the U.S. military that will use directed energy to defeat airborne threats; the systems are intended to be rugged and transportable for use on the front lines where needed. 

WICHITA, Kan. Wichita State University (WSU) announced that its FirePoint Innovations Center has been selected to deliver Defense Innovation OnRamp Hub programming for the National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) through the newly established Great Plains Mission Acceleration Center (MAC), part of a national network of resources designed to connect small businesses, academia, and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to support defense-focused technology development.  

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman won a contract -- valued up to $700 million -- to provide the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) with an integrated cloud and sensor solution aimed at increasing the speed of battlefield intelligence. 

CENTENNIAL, Colo. Boom Supersonic chose Honeywell Anthem's integrated flight deck and modular avionics platform for its Overture aircraft; special variants of the Overture are planned for enabling quick-reaction aviation capabilities to the U.S. military and its allies.

ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Raytheon a two-year, $10 million contract to design and develop a wireless airborne-relay system to deliver energy into contested environments as part of its Energy Web Dominance program.

BURLINGTON, Mass.  MatrixSpace obtained authorization of its MatrixSpace Radar from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which means that its small-footprint radar system can now be used by defense, commercial, and private organizations in the U.S. 

SAN JOSE, Calif. Lynx Software Technologies has acquired Timesys (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), a provider of development tools, cybersecurity solutions, and software-ngineering services for open source embedded and edge software applications. 

FALLS CHURCH, Va. BAE Systems is giving an update on its progress as it works to produce AN/ASQ-239 electronic warfare (EW) suites for the Block 4 version of the F-35 fighter.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Pacific Defense signed at Phase II contract worth $9.4 million with the Space Control Technology Branch of the U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to complete development of a low-size, weight, and power (SWaP) sensor built using modular open systems approach (MOSA) principles in an effort to address the rapidly expanding challenge of space situational awareness (SSA) in the cislunar region (the space between the earth and the moon).

McLEAN, Va. IT company HumanTouch announced it signed a contract with the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) to deliver digital program objective memorandum (POM) automation solutions to AFRC's more than 82,000 manpower billets in support of AFRC’s efforts to automate, modernize, and develop artificial intelligence (AI) decision capabilities into its budgeting processes with the aim of increased workforce savings, program efficiencies, and superior accuracy.

LINKÖPING, Sweden. Saab won a contract with the U.S. Navy to provide a Double Eagle semi-autonomous remotely operated vehicle (SAROV) for the naval forces of Kuwait. 

60th AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Mission-critical electronics maker Frontgrade Technologies is showing its 4 Tb NAND flash memory device -- which recently passed a 50-krad radiation lot acceptance test -- at the Annual AOC [Association of Old Crows] International Symposium & Convention, underway in National Harbor, Maryland.

60th AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Northrop Grumman is highlighting its Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator (CEESIM) at the Annual AOC [Association of Old Crows] International Symposium & Convention, underway in National Harbor, Maryland.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Pacific Defense and affiliate business Perceptronics (Farifax, Virginia) report winning $9.94 million in new contracts from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) to advance and mature modular system capabilities aligned to The Open Group’s Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) Technical Standard for airborne electronic warfare (EW) and signals intelligence (SIGINT) missions. 

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Technology R&D provider Charles River Analytics won a $1.7 million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with the U.S. Army to create an intelligent system for training signal personnel on communications and information systems. 

60th AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) is showing its AE-4500 precision passive targeting system at the Annual AOC [Association of Old Crows] International Symposium & Convention, held in National Harbor, Maryland.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. Keysight Technologies won a contract with the U.S. Air Force worth $18.5 million to integrate and deliver two electronic warfare threat simulator (EWTS) systems, which test and evaluate complex emitters using realistic electromagnetic conditions.