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Radar/EW

SOSA aligned single board computer launched by Acromag - News

June 10, 2024

WIXOM, Michigan. Acromag introduced the VPX7600, a new SOSA aligned 3U VPX single board computer (SBC) that leverages Intel’s 11th Generation Tiger Lake-H Xeon W-11000E processor, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

C-UAS systems for Spain to be developed by partnership by 3 companies - News

June 10, 2024

MADRID, Spain. Escribano, Indra, and TRC formed a partnership to deliver an advanced counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) to the Spanish Armed Forces, the companies announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Ukraine to receive 2nd air defense system from Thales - News

June 10, 2024

PARIS, France. Thales won a contract from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence through the French Ministry of the Armed Forces to supply Ukraine with a second air defense system to help the nation boost its territorial security, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

B-52 modernization to be spearheaded by L3Harris for U.S. Air Force - News

June 07, 2024

MELBOURNE, Florida. L3Harris Technologies won a $34 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to modernize the B-52 Stratofortress bomber, focusing on integrating key roles within the crew, such as merging the functions of an electronic warfare officer and a navigator into a single position, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Spirit Electronics now offers authorized distribution for U.K.-based ISOCOM Limited - News

June 07, 2024

PHOENIX, Ariz. Spirit Electronics, an end-to-end supply-chain services company, announced that it now offers authorized distribution for ISOCOM Limited, an optoelectronics and microelectronics manufacturer based in the U.K. that serves the defense and aerospace industries.

Unmanned

Uncrewed transoceanic surface vessel undergoes first sea trials - News

June 06, 2024

PARIS, France. Exail's new transoceanic Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV), the DriX O-16, successfully completed its initial sea trials in a demonstration shortly after it was launched in late May, the company announced.

Unmanned

Airbus, Helsing to team up on AI for crewed and uncrewed military aircraft - News

June 06, 2024

BERLIN, Germany. Airbus Defence and Space and Helsing will collaborate to develop artificial intelligence (AI) technologies aimed at enhancing the teaming of manned and unmanned military aircraft, the companies announced at the ILA aerospace trade show.

Unmanned

Air-breathing hypersonic aircraft achieves milestones for Air Force Research Laboratory - News

June 05, 2024

DAYTON, Ohio. Leidos completed the conceptual design review and the system requirements review for the Mayhem air-breathing hypersonic system, a project under the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

EW countermeasure pods garner BAE Systems $95 million U.S. Navy contract - News

June 05, 2024

NASHUA, N.H. BAE Systems won a $95 million U.S. Navy contract to supply advanced electronic warfare (EW) countermeasure pods to protect the P-8A Poseidon multimission maritime aircraft from missiles and other threats; the EW pods are designed to detect and counter inbound threats to protect the Poseidon and its crew plus expand the aircraft’s operating range in contested environments.

Comms

Ethernet switch/router aims at connectivity within OpenVPX or SOSA aligned embedded system - News

June 05, 2024

CHATSWORTH, Calif. Aitech Systems announced the M622, a fully managed 10 GbE/40 GbE Ethernet switch/router on an XMC that is designed for use in embedded and harsh-environment applications with SWaP-C (size, weight, power, and cost) constraints.

Unmanned

1st Gray Eagle 25M drone for Army National Guard to be built by GA-ASI - News

June 04, 2024

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) will provide the first 12 Gray Eagle 25M (GE 25M) uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) to the Army National Guard, the company announced in a statement.

A.I.

SOSA aligned SBC for C5ISR AI at the edge debuts from EIZO Rugged Solutions - News

June 04, 2024

ORLANDO, Fla. EIZO Rugged Solutions debuted a new high-performance embedded computing module called the Condor AGX-ORIN64-HPC, a Sensor Open System Architecture (SOSA) aligned 3U VPX single-board computer (SBC) based on the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin system-on-module (SoM).

Radar/EW

Naval surveillance radars for Belgian, Dutch frigates to be supplied by Terma - News

June 04, 2024

COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Terma won a contract to equip four anti-submarine warfare frigates, two for the Belgian Navy and two for the Netherlands Navy, with SCANTER 6002 naval surveillance radars -- an agreement that involves collaboration with Damen Naval and RH Marine to integrate these radar systems onto the vessels, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Mission-critical PCBs from Amphenol Printed Circuits to be shown at IMS 2024 - News

June 04, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- 2024 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS). Amphenol Printed Circuits, a Nashua, New Hampshire-based maker of mission-critical printed circuit boards, will be showing its products and tools at the upcoming IMS 2024 conference, to be held June 16-21, 2024. 

Cyber

Data security at the edge gets boost from new Kevlar Embedded Security features - News

June 03, 2024

WASHINGTON. Mission-critical data protection company Star Lab Corp. (a Wind River company) announced that its Kevlar Embedded Security product will now feature data protection capabilities at-rest and runtime for Linux-based embedded systems.