Military Embedded Systems

XPONENTIAL 2024 -- SAN DIEGO. PABLO AIR, a maker of autonomous swarm control systems for uncrewed vehicles, unveiled its line of uncrewed aerial systems (UASs) at this week's AUVSI XPONENTIAL trade show. 

BRISBANE, Australia. Northrop Grumman Australia reports that it signed a contract with L3Harris Corporation (L3HCA) to handle the operation and maintenance of command-and-control systems aboard Australia’s MQ-4C Triton multi-intelligence uncrewed aircraft fleet. 

XPONENTIAL 2024 -- SAN DIEGO. Real-Time Innovations (RTI) is focusing on following MOSA [modular open systems approach] guidelines when designing uncrewed systems at its booth this week at the AUVSI XPONENTIAL trade show. 

LEUVEN, Belgium. Septentrio, a designer and provider of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) technology, announced that it is collaborating with several uncrewed aerial system (UAS) solutions providers on new products that will enable easier prototyping or integration of the Septentrio "mosaic" GNSS receiver into UASs.

XPONENTIAL 2024 -- SAN DIEGO. Visitors to the Teledyne booth at this week's AUVSI XPONENTIAL trade show will be introduced to solutions for uncrewed systems from Teledyne DALSA, FLIR, and Geospatial used in defense, municipal infrastructure, precision agriculture, power line surveillance, mapping, surveying, and mining applications.

CHANDLER, Ariz. MIcrochip Technology introduced a new integrated actuation power solution that it says leverages companion gate driver boards with hybrid power drive (HPD) modules in silicon carbide or silicon technology with a power range of 5 kVA to 20 kVA.

AUBURN, Ala. Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus (AURIC) is slated to become a technical-support base location for the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA).

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Green Hills Software announced that its INTEGRITY-178 real-time operating system (RTOS) is deployed in the engine control units (ECUs) from Triumph Group, Inc. (TRIUMPH) for a number of different U.S. military helicopters -- including the AH-64D Apache, CH-47D/F & MH-47D/F/G Chinook, UH-60L/M/V Black Hawk, HH-60 Pave Hawk, MH-60 Jayhawk, and SH-60 Sea Hawk -- in order to meet RTCA/DO-178B Design Assurance Level A (DAL A) certification. 

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. Situational-awareness developer ZE Government Solutions (ZEGS) was chosen by AFWERX -- the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force -- to develop and provide a coastal security and awareness tool for use on mobile platforms for Joint Base Charleston. 

SEA-AIR-SPACE 2024--NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. The U.S. Navy's Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) started off the 2024 Sea-Air-Space Expo by holding panel discussions on manned/unmanned and weapons-systems advancements, additive-manufacturing success stories, and opportunities for small businesses to collaborate with NAVAIR to aid the warfighter. 

MELBOURNE, Fla. L3Harris Technologies is collaborating with Qatari shipbuilder Performance Marine to showcase their first autonomous uncrewed surface vehicle (USV), called Suhail, during the eighth edition of the Doha International Maritime Defense Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX).

GERMANTOWN, Md. Hughes Network Systems (an EchoStar company) announced that it won a production contract from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to produce a key component of the next-generation satellite communications (SATCOM) system for the MQ-1C Gray Eagle 25M uncrewed aircraft system (UAS).

SEA-AIR-SPACE 2024--NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will showcase cross-domain defense technologies at next week's Sea-Air-Space Conference and Exposition, set to be held April 8-10 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. 

SEA-AIR-SPACE 2024--NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Uncrewed vehicle maker AEVEX Aerospace plans to debut its Mako and Boat in a Box (BiB) uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) at next week's Sea-Air-Space 2024 maritime exhibition, to be held April 8-10 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. 

SEA-AIR-SPACE 2024--NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. The Navy League's Sea-Air-Space -- a large maritime exposition featuring defense industry leaders and major military decision makers from around the globe sharing the latest updates surrounding the maritime domain -- is slated to feature top-tier speakers and events during its run, April 8-10 2024, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.

KILN, Miss. Skydweller Aero, a maker of large, autonomous solar-powered aircraft, reports that it accomplished the world's first successful autonomous/unmanned/uncrewed flight of a large solar-powered aircraft; during the flight from Stennis International Airport in Mississippi, the Skydweller uncrewed aerial system (UAS) took off, flew, and landed by itself without human intervention onboard or in control.  

NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIVISION, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. U.S. Navy and Air Force fighter pilots will start a joint training program at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) facility starting in 2024.

ESCONDIDO, Calif. Rugged high-performance computing supplier One Stop Systems (OSS) recently received a new purchase order from the U.S. Army to design and manufacture an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled video concentrator intended for use on U.S. Army land vehicles such as the Stryker, Bradley, and Abrams combat vehicles.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) won a contract worth $922 million to modernize the U.S. Central Command's (CENTCOM) enterprise IT infrastructure.

WENHEIM, Germany. Researchers in Japan report that they created the first "n-channel" diamond-based transistor, which they say brings the scientific computing community closer to processors that can operate at super-high temperatures, according to findings in the scientific journal Advanced Science.