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Radar/EW

Automotive radar for autonomous eVTOL cars funded by USAF - News

January 07, 2021

CARLSBAD, Calif. Metawave Corporation has won a prime, Phase One contract by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to provide a high-precision, all-weather sensing solution for electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

Comms

Expanded networking capability to deploy on Stryker units for U.S. Army - News

January 06, 2021

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND/U.S. ARMY FACILITY, Md. The U.S. Army is now delivering its flexible expeditionary networking capability, the Integrated Tactical Network (ITN), to its Stryker armored vehicle brigade combat teams; the Army recently finished integrating ITN capabilities into dismounted units.

Radar/EW

Antenna processor ASIC developed to power AESA sensor - News

January 06, 2021

SAN DIEGO, Calif. IQ-Analog Corporation has announced that its Full-Spectrum Conversion wideband transceiver F1000 Antenna Processor Unit (APU) has been integrated into Lockheed Martin Corporation's next-generation digital prototype active electronically scanned phased array (AESA) sensor.

Comms

Pit Boss supercomputing processing hardware developed for DARPA - News

January 06, 2021

CENTENNIAL, Colo. SEAKR Engineering, Inc. (SEAKR) announced it developed on-orbit technology demonstration of Pit Boss supercomputing processing hardware in nine months as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Blackjack Program.

Radar/EW

RF countermeasure system to be demoed by BAE Systems - News

January 06, 2021

FALLS CHURCH, Va. BAE Systems announced it has received a $4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to conduct a quick-turnaround demonstration of a new radio frequency countermeasure (RFCM) system for the P-8A Poseidon. The pod-mounted RFCM system is a high-power system that is designed to add a new self-protection capability to this next-generation U.S. Navy aircraft.

Comms

Rad-hard power module from Vicor used in Boeing mPOWER satellite - News

January 06, 2021

ANDOVER, Mass. Vicor is supporting the Boeing-manufactured O3b mPOWER satellite with the first radiation-fault-tolerant DC-DC converter power modules, housed in the new Vicor SM-ChiP package.

Unmanned

Autonomy business acquired by Huntington Ingalls to expand unmanned capabilities - News

January 05, 2021

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced that it has acquired the autonomy business of Spatial Integrated Systems Inc. (SIS). The acquisition is intended to further expand HII’s unmanned systems capabilities with SIS's skilled team and unmanned surface vessel (USV) solutions.

Radar/EW

FLIR Systems to be acquired by Teledyne to bolster sensing portfolio - News

January 05, 2021

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. Teledyne Technologies Incorporated and FLIR Systems, Inc. jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Teledyne will acquire FLIR in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $8.0 billion.

Avionics

GlobalEye surveillance system garners another contract for Saab - News

January 05, 2021

SWEDEN. Saab has received a follow-on contract with the United Arab Emirates regarding the sale of two GlobalEye systems, Saab’s airborne surveillance system. According to the company, the order value is $1.018 billion and the contract period is 2020-2025.

Radar/EW

Commercial sensors and AI to be used by DARPA under new partnership - News

January 05, 2021

ROCKVILLE, Md. CEVA, Inc., licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies, announced an open licensing agreement with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to accelerate technology innovation for DARPA programs.

Radar/EW

Top 10 radar and electronic warfare stories of 2020 - News

January 04, 2021

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. The most popular radar and electronic warfare (EW) stories on militaryembedded.com throughout 2020 covered subjects such as 6G stealth fighter planes, radar defense against hypersonics, dominating the electromagnetic spectrum, heterogeneous architecture, and more. Check them out below.

A.I.

Top 10 military AI stories of 2020 - News

January 04, 2021

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. The most popular artificial intelligence (AI) stories on militaryembedded.com throughout 2020 covered subjects such as the military's efforts to tackle the AI paradox, big data, AI in space, how to teach machines to learn, and more. Check them out below.

Comms

Technology to fix electronics in the field adopted by U.S. Marine Corps - News

January 04, 2021

ARLINGTON, Va. The U. S. Marine Corps announced that its Marine Corps Systems Command will field an upgraded maintenance system that enables repair of circuit cards within electronics, communications, and other systems used by Marine personnel. 

Radar/EW

Radar from Saab gets $1.01 billion follow-on contract from UAE - News

January 04, 2021

LINKOPING, Sweden and SYRACUSE, N.Y. Saab has signed a follow-on contract with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) regarding the sale of two GlobalEye advanced airborne surveillance systems; the value of the latest contract is $1.01 billion.

Radar/EW

Mercury Systems completes acquisition of Physical Optics Corporation - News

December 30, 2020

ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems announced on December 30, 2020 that it had completed its acquisition of mission-critical technology company Physical Optics Corporation (POC).