Despite the recent surge in military spending on artificial intelligence (AI), the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is still falling behind its adversaries in leveraging this groundbreaking capability for national defense. Not only is China beginning to outpace the U.S. in both AI investment and innovation, but the DoD is also struggling to compete with the private sector in the war for talent.
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GUEST BLOG: Driving the future of defense technology - Blog
November 25, 2024Military embedded systems are pivotal in modern defense operations, ensuring robust, real-time data analysis and secure communication. They play critical roles in air, land, and naval platforms in support of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR); command-and-control systems; and data acquisition. As the demand for these highly specialized systems grows, so too does the need for technological advances that address operational requirements and cost efficiency.
GUEST BLOG: The U.S. Marine Corps’ new approach to asset management and data precision - Blog
November 25, 2024In the rapidly evolving world of defense, military organizations must continuously adapt to maintain readiness and effectiveness. To meet these demands, the United States Marine Corps (USMC) has embraced innovative solutions like the Marine Corps Platform Integration (MCPIC) System. This advanced system dramatically enhances the service branch’s ability to manage critical assets while streamlining operations for improved efficiency and control.
GIVING BACK: Operation Healing Forces - Blog
October 10, 2024Each 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.
GUEST BLOG: Deploying AI at the edge: Enhancing military readiness and response - Blog
October 10, 2024There is a lot of talk about terms like the military edge and artificial intelligence (AI) and their impact on military capability. Many of these conversations start with questions like “What is the edge?” “What is artificial intelligence?” and “What do edge computing and AI imply for embedded systems in the defense market?” Edge computing and AI are two powerful technologies that, when combined, significantly enhance operational capabilities.
GUEST BLOG: Addressing supply-chain risk and obsolescence in defense - Blog
October 10, 2024The defense industry stands at a critical juncture, tasked with confronting increased challenges in terms of sustaining operational efficiency and national security amid evolving threats and technological advancements. Central to these situations are supply-chain vulnerabilities and component obsolescence, both of which can undermine mission readiness. To counter these risks, advanced defense software solutions can offer innovative approaches to manage and mitigate supply-chain disruptions and ensure the longevity and effectiveness of defense systems.
The worldwide market for military satellites and helicopters - Blog
September 26, 2024WARFARE EVOLUTION BLOG. In my previous seven articles, we explored the worldwide markets for most military platforms. However, there are two platforms left to complete our study – satellites and helicopters. I saved these two segments for last since they share some common characteristics. Satellites expend their limited fuel struggling to stay in orbit (station keeping) while helicopters use their fuel thrashing the air furiously with rotor blades to stay aloft. Both fight a constant battle against gravity so that’s why I put them together for this essay. As they say in the aviation community: airplanes want to fly, but satellites and helicopters don’t.
Fathers and sons - Blog
September 19, 2024When I said I wanted to be a journalist and a writer, my dad, John McHale, Jr., told my mother, “Oh no, he’ll never make any money and we’ll have to support him forever.” That was more than 30 years ago, and I ended up doing OK. The best accolade I ever got wasn’t an award or a grade – it was my father asking me for my skills, requesting that I write family obituaries and eulogies. Last month I wrote his. He passed away on August 11, aged 81, surrounded by me, Mom, my brother, and our wives.
GIVING BACK: Feed Our Vets - Blog
September 09, 2024Each 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.
GUEST BLOG: Enabling rapid deployment through modular software architectures and third-party ecosystems - Blog
September 09, 2024At a time when digital superiority defines global security, the defense sector faces a critical challenge: that of deploying software updates swiftly without compromising safety or certification standards. There is a solution – modular, certifiable software architectures built on open standards. By fostering a collaborative ecosystem of innovation, this approach enables rapid deployment, seamless integration of third-party capabilities and streamlined certification processes.
GUEST BLOG: Harnessing AI for the next-generation tactical edge - Blog
September 09, 2024In the ever-evolving landscape of modern warfare, the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in shaping the future of military operations cannot be underestimated. With the battlespace’s complexity escalating, the AI-accelerated battlespace’s emergence, enabled by advanced data-processing capabilities at the tactical edge, has become pivotal in assuring mission success. As the speed of warfare increases, we must recognize how edge-based compute technologies are crucial to increase the speed of decision-making.
GIVING BACK: Merging Vets & Players - Blog
August 05, 2024Each 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.
GUEST BLOG: The worldwide markets for military radar, sonar, electronic warfare, and communications - Blog
July 30, 2024WARFARE EVOLUTION BLOG: So far in this series, we have explored the worldwide markets for military platforms (tanks, ships, submarines, airplanes, and drones). These segments are interesting to the companies that bend metal, but for us, we want to know about the electronic systems inside those platforms. That insatiable yearning is the inspiration for this article. There’s a plethora of these systems, scattered around the services, so we can’t identify all of them here. I'll just mention the major programs and let you discover the rest on your own.
GUEST BLOG: The promises and pitfalls of an AI-enhanced battlefield - Blog
June 20, 2024In October 2023, the Biden administration issued an Executive Order focused on ensuring that artificial intelligence (AI) – which has captured headlines of late largely due to the rise of ChatGPT – is developed safely and securely. In a military context, this move will include the drafting of a memorandum, produced by the National Security Council and the White House Chief of Staff, that details how the U.S. military can ethically and effectively use AI to carry out its missions while also countering its use by adversaries.
GUEST BLOG: Beware the buzzword - Blog
June 20, 2024Artificial intelligence (AI) is a real buzzword across all industries right now, but coverage across the media spectrum is not always helpful. We’re seeing mind-boggling new technical capabilities being demonstrated each week, but it’s often hard to tie these to real-world use-cases; this, coupled with hype-to-bust predictions and discussions about “artificial general intelligence” serve to further distort the narrative.
Avionics
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Electro-optical systems to support Canada’s P-8A surveillance aircraft
May 27, 2025
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Encrypted ACMI system delivered to U.S. Air Force for 4th gen aircraft
May 22, 2025
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AW149 and other Leonardo rotorcraft to expand Malaysia's helicopter fleet
May 21, 2025
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F-35 shares classified data in flight during Danish interoperability test
May 20, 2025
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AI-powered ISR drone production facility to be built by Quantum Systems
June 06, 2025
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Advanced high-performance Li-ion batteries aimed at use in UAS applications
June 05, 2025
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IFF transponder refresh contract for U.S. Navy won by BAE Systems
June 05, 2025
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Raytheon awarded $1.1 billion U.S. Navy contract to produce AIM-9X Block II missiles
June 04, 2025
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Weather radar system certified in Brazil for Bombardier Learjet 40/45
June 06, 2025
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Sweden selects TPY-4 radar for enhanced long-range air surveillance
June 05, 2025
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Cybersecurity upgrade on the way for Navy IFF under BAE Systems contract
June 04, 2025
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Radar from Blighter for border surveillance can detect motion 15 km away
June 04, 2025
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Mixed reality battlefield interfaces to be developed through Anduril–Meta partnership
May 30, 2025
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Leidos acquires AI-enabled cyber capabilities company Kudu Dynamics
May 30, 2025
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AI systems tested across domains in UK’s largest defense trial
May 27, 2025
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AI-enabled autonomy software chosen for Dragoon drone prototype
May 22, 2025