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Unmanned

SeaGuardian RPA completes maritime test flights with GA-ASI - News

September 17, 2020

POWAY, Calif. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) concluded a set of maritime test flights over the sea-lanes off the coast of Southern California Sept. 11, using the MQ-9B SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS). This was the first MQ-9B configured for surveillance operations over open-water, and served to demonstrate MQ-9B capabilities in the maritime environment.

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Rugged single board computers by Abaco chosen for Navy destroyers - News

September 17, 2020

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Abaco announced that it has received orders from a major U.S. prime contractor that will see the company's XVR19 rugged 6U VME single board computers deployed on board several of the U.S. Navy's highest profile destroyers as part of a comprehensive upgrade of the ships' computing capability. The value of the program to Abaco is more than $4 million.

Radar/EW

SOSA Consortium welcomes Aitech to develop interoperable military tech - News

September 16, 2020

CHATSWORTH, Calif. Aitech Systems, provider of rugged board and system level solutions for military, aerospace, and space applications, has joined The Open Group Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) Consortium. With the goal of creating a common framework for transitioning sensor systems to an open systems architecture, the SOSA Consortium is based on key interfaces and open standards established by an industry-government consensus. 

Comms

KeyRadar in AgilePod completes testing with Air Force - News

September 16, 2020

DALLAS, Texas. Jacobs completed a flight campaign with the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center for certification of Jacobs' newest version of its proprietary KeyRadar product in an aerial system pod called AgilePod. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center certified the airworthiness of the pod for flight testing on commercially operated aircraft under FAA airworthiness criteria, a first for this pod.

Comms

Microcontroller for space use gets European Space Agency win - News

September 16, 2020

GOTHENBURG, Sweden. Cobham Gaisler -- a space design center of Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions -- has received a contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) for the development and validation of a new mixed-signal LEON3FT microcontroller, which is aimed at use in satellite and other space applications.

Comms

C5ISR systems market will reach $165.3 billion across the globe by 2030, study says - News

September 16, 2020

NORTH WALES, Penn. The world market for C5ISR [Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance] will grow by 3.3% every year between 2020 and 2030, reacing $165.3 billion by 2030, according to a recent report by GMD Research, "Global C5ISR Systems Market 2020-2030 by Solution, Platform (Land, Airborne, Naval, Space), Application, End User (Defense, Commercial), and Region: Trend Forecast and Growth Opportunity."

Unmanned

Automated target recognition options developed for Gavia vehicles - News

September 15, 2020

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Teledyne Gavia, manufacturer of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), has introduced Charles River Analytics’ AutoTRap Onboard AI-based object detection software as a new capability onboard their Gavia marine vehicles. 

A.I.

Loyal Wingman Aircraft engine tested by Boeing Australia - News

September 15, 2020

AUSTRALIA. Boeing Australia powered up the commercial turbofan engine on the first Loyal Wingman aircraft in September, as part of ground testing and preparations for first flight

Unmanned

SeaGuardian equipped with SAGE 750 Electronic Support Measure - News

September 14, 2020

POWAY, Calif. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has integrated the Leonardo SAGE 750 Electronic Support Measure (ESM) system onto the MQ-9B SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS).

A.I.

NVIDIA to acquire chipmaker Arm in $40 billion deal - News

September 14, 2020

SANTA CLARA, Calif.; CAMBRIDGE, U.K.; TOKYO. NVIDIA and SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG) announced a definitive agreement under which NVIDIA will acquire Arm Limited from SBG and the SoftBank Vision Fund (together known as “SoftBank”) in a transaction valued at $40 billion.

Radar/EW

F-35 electronic warfare system production contract won by BAE Systems - News

September 14, 2020

NASHUA, N.H. BAE Systems has won a contract from Lockheed Martin for the production and delivery of additional electronic warfare (EW) systems for Lot 15, Lot 16 long lead, sustainment spares and retro fit kits for the 5th Generation F-35 Lightning II, providing advanced situational awareness and threat response capabilities that support critical missions in contested airspace.

Radar/EW

Sensors with boosted range and resolution to be tested on Navy P-3C Orion aircraft - News

September 14, 2020

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Collins Aerospace Systems (a unit of Raytheon Technologies) has won a 30-month, $19.9 million contract with the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR) to conduct a maritime experiment of the company’s MS-177A long-range multispectral imaging sensor on a Navy flight-test P-3C Orion aircraft. 

Comms

Electronic attack system to be integrated into Army ground vehicles - News

September 11, 2020

LOS ANGELES, Calif. In August, Flyer Defense, LLC (Flyer), company specializing in mission-specialized, lightweight, high mobility, all-terrain tactical wheeled vehicles, delivered vehicles contracted by General Dynamics Mission Systems for integration with the Tactical Electronic Warfare Light (TEWL) system which fills a critical electronic warfare requirement for U.S. Army airborne units.

A.I.

AI and cloud computing focus of DoD C4ISR spending - News

September 10, 2020

SANTA CLARA, Calif. Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis, Assessment of the US DoD C4ISR Market, Forecast to 2025, highlights the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) budget spending and technology trends.

Radar/EW

X-ARBITOR enters testing phase, to advance Cross Domain Solutions - News

September 10, 2020

HERNDON, Va. Peraton and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) announced that the X-domain Agile Rules-Based Information Transfer OrchestratoR (X-ARBITOR) has entered Lab Based Security Assessment (LBSA) testing. This represents Peraton's and AFRL's role in advancing the state of the art in Cross Domain Solutions (CDS).