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Avionics
MQ-4C Triton receives milestone C approval - News
September 26, 2016
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. Department of the Navy officials announced the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) received milestone C approval, which will enable the program to enter into Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP).
Unmanned
U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers test counter-unmanned aerial system capabilities - News
September 26, 2016
GULF OF MEXICO. The USS Lassen (DDG-82) and USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) completed an exercise demonstrating its counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) capabilities.
Avionics
U.S. Marine Corps complete operational test of Common Aviation C2 System - News
September 23, 2016
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. U.S. Marine Corps representatives completed an operational test of the General Dynamics-built Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S) during a Marine Corps Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course in Yuma, Arizona.
Unmanned
Lockheed Martin selects General Atomics lithium-ion battery system for submersible vehicle - News
September 23, 2016
SAN DIEGO, Calif. Lockheed Martin selected General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems' (GA-EMS) Lithium-ion Fault Tolerant (LiFT) battery system to power the U.S. Special Operations Command?s (USSOCOM) Dry Combat Submersible (DCS) propulsion and internal support systems.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy selects Saab to provide shipboard air traffic radars - News
September 22, 2016
AUSHBURN, Va. U.S. Navy officials selected Saab Defense and Security USA to provide the AN/SPN-50 (V)1 Shipboard Air Traffic Radar. It will deploy on the U.S. Navy?s Aircraft Carrier (CVN) and Amphibious Assault (LH) class ships, and replace the current AN/SPN-43C Air Traffic Radar.
Comms
Defense agency and Rockwell Collins sign MOA to improve commercial procurement process - News
September 22, 2016
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) and Rockwell Collins officials signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to establish an improved procurement process of commercial items for military applications. The MOA will be reviewed annually.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy receives first delivery of upgraded AQS-24B mine hunting sonar - News
September 21, 2016
ANNAPOLIS, Md. U.S. Navy officials received Northrop Grumman's delivery of the first lot of the AQS-24B mine hunting sonar upgrade kits. The delivery falls under the U.S. Navy's PMS-495 production contract to upgrade 27 AQS-24A mine hunting systems to the AQS-24B.
Comms
BAE Systems' chip enables electronic warfare and communications systems to quickly adapt - News
September 21, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. BAE Systems engineers developed the Microwave Array Technology for Reconfigurable Integrated Circuits (MATRICs) chip to address the future requirements of communications, electronic warfare, and signal intelligence systems.
Avionics
F-15C aircraft equipped with Legion Pod completes flight test - News
September 20, 2016
ORLANDO, Fla. Engineers at Lockheed Martin completed a flight test with an F-15C aircraft equipped with the company's Legion Pod, demonstrating the systems capabilities to detect and track airborne threats for the U.S. Air Force.
Unmanned
B-21 Bomber officially named: Raider - News
September 20, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. U.S Air Force officials announced the results of the Air Force Global Strike Command naming contest formally designating the long-range striker bomber as the B-21 Raider.
Cyber
DISA executive dubs Cyber Protection Teams as the new infantry - News
September 19, 2016
FORT MEADE, Md. During a capstone training course, cyber development executive to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), John Hickey dubs the Cyber Protection Teams (CPTs) as the ?new infantry.?
Radar/EW
Lockheed Martin selected to deliver Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb kits - News
September 19, 2016
ARCHBALD, Pa. U.S. Air Force representatives selected Lockheed Martin for a follow-on production contract for the company's Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) kits. The contract is worth an estimated $87.6 million.
Avionics
Hardware-in-the-loop simulation testing for defense and aerospace systems - Story
September 19, 2016
With hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation testing, engineers are able to cost-effectively test aircraft components such as electronic control units (ECUs) and line-replaceable units (LRUs), running these components through complex scenarios.
Radar/EW
PXI instruments for defense/aerospace come with test program set compatibility - News
September 16, 2016
AUSTIN. Astronics Test Systems, Inc. and National Instruments collaborative effort has enabled the release of the Astronics PXIe-6943 Digital Test Instrument, Astronics PXIe-3352 Rubidium Clock Source and Astronics PXIe-1209 Pulse Pattern Generator, as well as the previously announced Astronics PXIe-2461 Frequency Time Interval Counter. The intent of the collaboration is to provide PXI-based instruments with test program set-(TPS-) compatible software for existing VXI instruments.
Cyber
AFRL cloud-based software prototype contract won by General Dynamics - News
September 16, 2016
FAIRFAX, Va. Representatives at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) selected General Dynamics Mission Systems to design, develop, integrate, test, and demonstrate a software prototype that correlates geospatial intelligence, signals intelligence and cyber indicator, and warning data streams for intelligence analysts.
Unmanned
DARPA's Aerial Dragnet program aims to track small UAS in urban setting - News
September 15, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials announced it's Aerial Dragnet program, which aims to seek innovative technologies to provide persistent, wide-area surveillance of all unmanned aerial systems (UAS) - including small UAS - operating below 1,000 feet in a large city. The focus on the program is to protect military troops operating in an urban setting, the program has the potential to find civilian application to help protect U.S. metropolitan areas from UAS-enabled terrorist threats.
Radar/EW
Intuitive software - AXIS 7.0 version - released by Abaco Systems - News
September 15, 2016
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Officials at Abaco Systems announced the release of AXIS version 7.0, an intuitive software environment encompassing the development cycle of embedded computing applications that include radar, sonar, signals intelligence, and image processing. Representatives state, it can also aid developers to meet size, weight, and power (SWaP) requirements.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy receives new pulsed power containers to support railgun program - News
September 14, 2016
SAN DIEGO. U.S. Navy officials received the first of multiple pulsed power containers from General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) to support the railgun development and testing program. Each container includes pulsed power modules and a pulsed power control system for ease of integration into the Navy's Command and Control infrastructure.
Radar/EW
Navy, USMC, & Lockheed Martin complete demonstration with F-35 and Aegis Weapon System - News
September 13, 2016
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, New Mexico. U.S Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and Lockheed Martin collaborated in a live fire test using the F-35 Lightening II and Aegis Weapon System demonstrating the integration of the F-35 to support Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA).
Unmanned
Bluefin-21 launches multiple micro-autonomous underwater vehicles during U.S. Navy's ANTX - News
September 12, 2016
NEWPORT, R.I. At this year's Annual Naval Technology Exercises (ANTX), General Dynamics engineers completed several capability exercises using its Bluefin-21 autonomous underwater vehicle, including demonstrating the Bluefin-21 capability to launch multiple Bluefin SandShark micro-autonomous underwater vehicles.
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