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Radar/EW

Radar contract worth up to $32 million signed between Leidos, USMC - News

November 27, 2023

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Leidos garnered a new contract worth as much as $32 million with the Marine Corps System Command (MARCORSYSCOM) through the Consortium Management Group (CMG) to develop new defense radar systems.

Radar/EW

Radar-research consortium teams Lockheed Martin and Finnish defense companies - News

November 22, 2023

BETHESDA, Md. and ESPOO, Finland. Lockheed Martin and Finnish R&D engineering agency VTT signed a cooperation agreement to lead a consortium to develop signals-intelligence technologies aimed at benefiting the global defense industry. 

From The Editor

GIVING BACK: Hope for The Warriors - Blog

November 21, 2023

Each issue, the editorial staff of Military Embedded Systems will highlight a different organization that benefits the military, veterans, and their families. We are honored to cover the technology that protects those who protect us every day.

Comms

UNIVERSITY UPDATE: The CHIPS Act and workforce development - Story

November 21, 2023

Louder for those in the back: Workforce development in the U.S. defense and industrial semiconductor industry, always an important issue, is even more critical today as big federal dollars for domestic production come online.

Radar/EW

RF sensors to get GaN boost under DARPA, Raytheon agreement - News

November 21, 2023

ANDOVER, Mass. Raytheon won a four-year, $15 million contract from DARPA [the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency] to increase the electronic capability of radio frequency (RF) sensors using high-power-density gallium nitride (GaN) transistors.

Radar/EW

USMC deputy commandant for information to be keynote opener at upcoming AOC convention - News

November 20, 2023

60th AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Organizers of the Annual AOC [Association of Old Crows] International Symposium & Convention -- the leading event for electronic warfare, electromagnetic spectrum operations, cyber-electromagnetic activities, and information operations professionals from around the world -- announced that their opening keynote speaker will be Lt. Gen. Matthew G. Glavy, Deputy Commandant for Information, U.S. Marine Corps. 

Comms

Space-based 5G network will get demo in 2024 - News

November 20, 2023

BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin announced that it plans to launch a payload to orbit next year to demonstrate 5G connectivity from space, part of a larger project -- which the company calls 5G.MIL -- begun in 2020 in response to military demand for high-speed wireless communications.

Unmanned

UAS carrying RF sensors enables enhanced BLoS ISR capabilities - News

November 20, 2023

LISBON, Portugal and CAMBRIDGE, U.K. Uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) provider TEKEVER and RF technology company CRFS completed phase one of their system integration partnership, recently launching the first sub-tactical UAS carrying highly sensitive RF sensors as a payload, able to obtain beyond-line-of-sight (BLoS) images.

Radar/EW

EW modernization project for U.S. Navy F/A-18 fleet advances to next phase - News

November 20, 2023

MELBOURNE, Fla. L3Harris Technologies won a U.S. Navy contract worth $80 million for the next phase of its electronic warfare (EW) modernization project for the F/A-18 fleet. 

Radar/EW

MOSA solutions highlighted by Pacific Defense at Navy field exercises - News

November 17, 2023

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. Electromagnetic-spectrum specialists Pacific Defense demonstrated its modular open systems approach (MOSA) solutions at the recent Bold Quest 2023 field exercise at Camp Pendleton, in support of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) ENDOR Future Naval Capability (FNC) initiative.

Radar/EW

NATO chooses Boeing E-7A aircraft as next AWACS platform - News

November 17, 2023

CAPELLEN, Luxembourg. NATO announced that it will use the Boeing E-7A Wedgetail aircraft as its next airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) platform, as it embarks on an overhaul of its aging E-3A AWACS [Airborne Warning And Control System] fleet. 

Radar/EW

SOSA aligned SBC from Interface Concept aims at military, aerospace, edge applications - News

November 14, 2023

QUIMPER, France. Interface Concept launched its new IC-INT-VPX3l, a 3U VPX single-board computer (SBC) aligned with the SOSA Technical Standard and optimized for use in military, aerospace, and edge-computing applications. 

Avionics

U.S. Air Force begins flight tests for T-7A Red Hawk digital trainer aircraft - News

November 13, 2023

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The first Boeing T-7A Red Hawk military trainer successfully arrived at Edwards Air Force Base on November 8, a move that kicks off the U.S. Air Force developmental flight-test campaign for the aircraft. When all tests are completed, the T-7A is intended to be the replacement pilot-training capability for the T-38 Talon, which was first fielded in the early 1960s.

Radar/EW

Supersonic demonstrator aircraft readying for first flight - News

November 13, 2023

DENVER, Colo. Boom Supersonic -- the company building a supersonic airliner -- is readying its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft for first flight sometime before the end of 2023, according to a company announcement.

Comms

SOSA aligned PIC uses new cooling approach for enhanced performance - News

November 09, 2023

COLCHESTER, U.K. Concurrent Technologies announced the launch of its highest-performance plug-in card (PIC) to date, the TR MAA/9sd-AFT.

Comms

DoD contract to continue mission-critical satellite service from SES Space & Defense - News

November 09, 2023

RESTON, Va. SES Space & Defense (a wholly-owned subsidiary of satellite-communications company SES) won a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to provide medium-Earth orbit (MEO) low-latency high-throughput satellite (HTS) services.

Comms

PICMG consortium ratifies Revision 3.0 of the MicroTCA.0 specification - News

November 07, 2023

WAKEFIELD, Mass. PICMG -- PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group, a leading consortium for the development of open embedded computing specifications -- has ratified Revision 3.0 of the MicroTCA.0 (µTCA.0) specification, a move that addresses urgent bandwidth requirements by defining 100 GbE and PCIe Gen 5 fabrics that improve system performance by four times while also expanding platform thermal design power (TDP), thereby enabling the use of higher-performance processors. 

A.I.

AI & ML contract for defense intelligence signed by SOSi - News

November 06, 2023

RESTON, Va. Technology company SOSi and the Defense Intelligence Agency’s (DIA) Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC) have signed a task order worth $63 million under which SOSi will deliver artificial intelligence (Al) and machine learning (ML) technology development services.

Radar/EW

Photonics-manufacturing accord signed between Mercury Systems and U.S. Navy - News

November 03, 2023

ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems announced that it signed an agreement with the U.S. Navy to develop manufacturing capabilities that would allow commercial photonics chiplets to accelerate edge processing in defense applications.

Comms

Tactical-communications kits get beta test with USAF - News

November 03, 2023

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. The U.S. Air Force's 52nd Combat Communications Squadron (CBCS), based at Robins Air Force base, is beta-testing two new deployable tactical-communications kits: the Agile Communications Package (ACP) and the Fly-Away Communications Terminal (FACT).

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