Military Embedded Systems

LONDON. Methods that leverage electronic warfare (EW) techniques -- together with the use of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL) technologies -- will be key to developing autonomous systems that offload some of the data and operational from the warfighter, according to a new market study from Visiongain, "Military Embedded Systems Market Report 2020-2030."

LIVERMORE, Calif. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems (Irvine, California) have reached a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) to develop innovative compact and robust telescopes for nanosatellites; it is hoped that In the future small satellites will use the advanced optical imaging payloads to collect information for remote sensing data users.

FREMONT, Calif. The global market for military GNSS [global navigation satellite system] antijamming systems is forecast to increase at a healthy combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.94% (based on market value) and 10.09% (based on volume) over the years 2020 to 2025, according to a recent study by BIS Research, "Global Military GNSS Anti-Jamming Systems Market."

NORTH FALMOUTH, Mass. Teledyne Marine announced that its "Silbo" Slocum G2 Glider -- an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) manufactured by Teledyne Webb Research -- has completed an over four-year journey during which it circumnavigated the Atlantic Ocean in four legs, a first for an AUV.

WASHINGTON. The Department of the Air Force has awarded a contract to Boeing -- worth nearly $1.2 billion -- for its first lot of eight F-15EX fighter aircraft, which uses open mission systems architecture to enable the rapid insertion of new technologies intended to keep the aircraft viable for decades to come. 

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy is going ahead with its plans to build a fleet of unmanned warships with its granting of a contract to L3 Technologies to build the first of an expected 40 unmanned surface vessels (USVs).

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Data-analytics and software company Devo Technology has won a contract from the U.S. Air Force for the Enterprise Cyberspace Security & Defense (CS&D) Global Security Information Event Management (SIEM) System; the contract for Devo software and related services is worth $9.5 million.

NORWOOD, Mass. Semiconductor maker Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) announced that it will buy Maxim Integrated Products for about $21 billion in an all-stock deal. 

SANTA FE, N.M. Geospatial analytics company Descartes Labs has won a U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Direct to Phase II contract through AFWERX and the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate and Information Directorate that will provide the Descartes Labs Platform to enable the Air Force to conduct optimized data discovery of collected sensor data and the automation of multimodal analytical processes through machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI).

HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems will supply more than 1,000 additional E-LynX software-defined radio (SDR) systems to Sweden's army, in an expansion of Elbit's involvement in Sweden’s tactical radio upgrade program.

HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems and the Israeli navy report recent trials using Elbit’s Skylark C mini unmanned aerial system (UAS) onboard the Seagull unmanned surface vessel (USV) to test the Seagull's anti-submarine warfare (ASW), mine countermeasure (MCM) surveillance, electronic warfare (EW), maritime security, and hydrography capabilities.

BUFFALO, N.Y. Aviation research firm Calspan has won a four-year, $14.1 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop full-scale air combat experimentation infrastructure for its Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program.  

PITTSBURGH, Pa.  Carnegie Mellon University has extended its contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) regarding operation of its Software Engineering Institute -- for an additional term of five years with a value of up to $2.7 billion -- thereby ensuring that the federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) will continue to support national security by advancing and transitioning the science, technologies, and practices needed to make software a strategic advantage for the DoD.

PORTLAND, Ore. PacStar has garnered a contract to support the U.S. Army’s Expeditionary Signal Battalion-Enhanced (ESB-E) program with its PacStar 400-Series modular communications platform that is aimed at enhancing agile and reliable tactical communications for the Army's expeditionary-style warfare units.

AMSTERDAM. IoT [Internet of things] technologies have the ability to support the military to effect substantial efficiencies, improve security and communication networks, and generate significant cost savings, according to a recent study by Market Forecast, "Global Military IoT & Sensors -- Market and Technology Forecast to 2028."

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. L3 KEO, a subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies, will develop and test an optronic sensor technology for U.S. Navy submarines under the terms of a potential five-year, $135.8 million contract.

ARLINGTON, Va. Leonardo DRS has won a contract worth $104 million to deliver the next generation of U.S. Army mission command computing systems -- the modular Mounted Family of Computer Systems II (MFoCS II) -- that support the Army’s current modernization strategy for ground combat vehicles, combat support vehicles, and command posts. 

BOZEMAN, Mont. Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) has won a contract with Thailand's Defence Technology Institute (DTI) to supply the AVT eXpeditionary Mobile Air Defense Integrated System (X-MADIS), which is a portable system intended to protect critical assets against hostile small unmanned aerial systems (UASs).

FREMONT, Calif. The counterspace security market -- defined by the U.S. Air Force as those missions that integrate defensive and offensive operations to attain and maintain the desired control and protection in and through space -- is anticipated to reach $8.95 billion by 2025, according to a recent report by BIS Research, "Global Counterspace Security Market, 2020-2025."

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. A new result published in the journal Nature by a team of academic researchers led by University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) demonstrates stable, turnkey operation of chipscale optical frequency combs, which means that component makers are a giant step closer toward enabling broader manufacture and use of high-performance photonics for defense and other use.