NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. The Navy is in the process of making upgrades to the EA-18G Growler fleet in an effort to enhance the aircraft's electronic attack capabilities, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said Tuesday during remarks at the Association of Old Crows' annual symposium.
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Block 4 work for F-35 EW system gets BAE Systems update - News
December 13, 2023FALLS CHURCH, Va. BAE Systems is giving an update on its progress as it works to produce AN/ASQ-239 electronic warfare (EW) suites for the Block 4 version of the F-35 fighter.
Omnetics showcases connectors at AOC for first time - News
December 12, 202360th AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. The Association of Old Crows (AOC) 2023 symposium is drawing in some new exhibitors from the embedded systems sector, including Omnetics, a company that specializes in connectors and cable assemblies.
Airborne EW contract announced by Annapolis Micro Systems - News
December 12, 202360th AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Annapolis Micro Systems won orders totaling $61.6 million for its RFSoC [RF system-on-chip] and Versal-based solutions -- designed for 3U OpenVPX airborne electronic warfare (EW) applications -- the company announced during the 60th Annual AOC [Association of Old Crows] International Symposium & Convention, underway in National Harbor, Maryland.
RF converter gets debut at AOC 2023 by CAES - News
December 12, 202360th AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. CAES showcased a new RF converter at its booth at the Association of Old Crows (AOC 2023) annual show this week.
Best In Show awards at AOC 2023: Excellence in embedded computing, rugged systems - News
December 12, 2023NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. Military Embedded Systems is pleased to announce the winners of its Best In Show awards at this week's 60th annual Association of Old Crows International Symposium & Convention.
MOSA sensor for cislunar space missions gets green light from AFRL - News
December 12, 2023EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Pacific Defense signed at Phase II contract worth $9.4 million with the Space Control Technology Branch of the U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to complete development of a low-size, weight, and power (SWaP) sensor built using modular open systems approach (MOSA) principles in an effort to address the rapidly expanding challenge of space situational awareness (SSA) in the cislunar region (the space between the earth and the moon).
AI decision-making contract signed by USAF Reserve Command and HumanTouch - News
December 12, 2023McLEAN, Va. IT company HumanTouch announced it signed a contract with the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) to deliver digital program objective memorandum (POM) automation solutions to AFRC's more than 82,000 manpower billets in support of AFRC’s efforts to automate, modernize, and develop artificial intelligence (AI) decision capabilities into its budgeting processes with the aim of increased workforce savings, program efficiencies, and superior accuracy.
AI/GPGU card for compute-intensive processing released by EIZO - News
December 12, 2023ORLANDO, Florida. EIZO Rugged Solutions launched the Condor NVA500xX, an XMC form factor AI/GPGPU card that is equipped with NVIDIA's RTX A500 GPU for high-performance embedded computing (HPEC) systems requiring intensive computational processing, the company announced in a statement.
"We are quite busy" with tense situations across the globe: SecNav - News
December 12, 202360th AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. The U.S. Navy is "quite busy" juggling three major areas of interest with China, Russia, and the Middle East, and domination of the electromagnetic spectrum will be key to the Navy having an advantage in these areas in the future, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said Tuesday during his keynote address at the Annual AOC [Association of Old Crows] International Symposium & Convention, underway in National Harbor, Maryland.
Semi-autonomous craft from Saab ordered by U.S. Navy for Kuwait forces - News
December 12, 2023LINKÖPING, Sweden. Saab won a contract with the U.S. Navy to provide a Double Eagle semi-autonomous remotely operated vehicle (SAROV) for the naval forces of Kuwait.
High-reliability flash passes 50-krad lot testing threshold - News
December 12, 202360th AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Mission-critical electronics maker Frontgrade Technologies is showing its 4 Tb NAND flash memory device -- which recently passed a 50-krad radiation lot acceptance test -- at the Annual AOC [Association of Old Crows] International Symposium & Convention, underway in National Harbor, Maryland.
Spectrum simulation tech from Northrop Grumman gets AOC 2023 spotlight - News
December 12, 202360th AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Northrop Grumman is highlighting its Combat Electromagnetic Environment Simulator (CEESIM) at the Annual AOC [Association of Old Crows] International Symposium & Convention, underway in National Harbor, Maryland.
Tackling SWaP-C challenges remains a key focus at AOC - News
December 11, 202360th AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Slashing the size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) of embedded systems remains a key focus for the defense industry -- a focus that was evident during talks and conversations during the first day of the annual convention of the Association of Old Crows (AOC).
Pacific Defense, Perceptronics win USAF contract to advance SOSA for airborne EW and SIGINT - News
December 11, 2023EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Pacific Defense and affiliate business Perceptronics (Farifax, Virginia) report winning $9.94 million in new contracts from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) to advance and mature modular system capabilities aligned to The Open Group’s Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) Technical Standard for airborne electronic warfare (EW) and signals intelligence (SIGINT) missions.
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