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FPGA leader Xilinx to be acquired by AMD for $35 billion - News
October 30, 2020SILICON VALLEY, Calif. Xilinx, a provider of FPGAs for military applications such as electronic warfare (EW), radar, communications, software defined radio (SDR), etc., has entered into a definitive agreement with AMD for AMD to acquire Xilinx in an all-stock transaction valued at $35 billion.
Civil drone production predicted to triple over next decade - News
October 30, 2020FAIRFAX, Va. Civil Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are predicted to be the most dynamic growth sector of the world aerospace industry this decade as commercial applications take off and civil governments adopt systems for new roles in border security and public safety.
Software-defined ground-to-air radio introduced by General Dynamics - News
October 30, 2020SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. General Dynamics Mission Systems announced the release of the new URC-300 software-defined radio. The URC-300 is designed to be a versatile platform that supports multiple waveforms and provides radio frequency (RF) performance to support ground-to-air, line-of-sight, and other mission critical applications.
Big data to populate immersive environments through Army XR research - News
October 30, 2020ADELPHI, Md. U.S. Army researchers developed a system that populates immersive environments with complex, heterogeneous data, intended to allow warfighters to retrieve relevant information quickly in support of mission-critical decisions.
WEBCAST: CSfC: Protecting classified and top secret data Tuesday, Nov 4 at 11 am Est - News
October 30, 2020SCOTTSDALE, Arizona. Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) is part of the National Security Agency’s (NSA’s) commercial cybersecurity strategy to leverage commercial technology to protect national security systems. CSFC simultaneously implements two compliant commercial security components in a layered solution to protect the data. This webcast, "CSfC: Protecting Classified, Top Secret, and Secret Data Via Commercial Solutions," to be held on Tuesday, November 4, at 11 am Est., will discuss how CSFC enables use of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) solutions to reduce long-term costs, enable faster deployments, improve flexibility and transparency while also leveraging open architectures and open standards.
EW and spectrum goals detailed in new DoD document - News
October 30, 2020ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has issued a report called "2020 Department of Defense Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Strategy," which is basically a road map for the U.S. military to maintain freedom of action in the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) at the time, place, and parameters of its choosing.
Battlefield data sharing to be enhanced with Army cybersecurity research - News
October 29, 2020ADELPHI, Md. U.S. Army researchers have developed a tool that will aim to enhance warfighter data sharing across various platforms by addressing cyber, physical, and cyber-physical threats, and making privacy-preserving data sharing easier for the warfighter.
Additional CH-53K King Stallion helicopters to be delivered to Navy - News
October 29, 2020STRATFORD, Conn. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, announced it will build six additional production CH-53K King Stallion helicopters under a new contract for the U.S. Navy. The additional aircraft are intended to further support the U.S. Marine Corps in its mission to conduct expeditionary heavy-lift assault transport of armored vehicles, equipment, and personnel to support distributed operations deep inland from a sea-based center of operations.
Falcon IV multi-channel manpack radios to be delivered to Special Ops - News
October 29, 2020MELBOURNE, Fla. U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has awarded L3Harris Technologies an initial $82 million full-rate production order for its new Falcon IV AN/PRC-167 multi-channel manpack radio that is intended to provide Special Operations Forces (SOF) with advanced communications capabilities.
TRML-3D surveillance radar delivered to Royal Thai Army - News
October 28, 2020THAILAND. The sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT will equip the Royal Thai Army with its TRML-3D. This is the third TRML-3D ordered by the Royal Thai Army. The radar will be delivered in 2022.
Blended radio frequency resource manager for UAVs in development - News
October 28, 2020CHANTILLY, Va. Perspecta Inc. announced today that its applied research arm, Perspecta Labs, has received a contract option and modification for work on phase 3 of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA's) Converged Collaborative Elements for radio frequency (RF) Task Operations (CONCERTO) program. These awards build upon phase 2 implementation and demonstration and have a combined value of $5.1 million.
Artificial intelligence technology to build data pipelines for DoD - News
October 28, 2020ARLINGTON, Va. Summit2Sea Consulting, information technology and management consulting firm, has been selected by the Department of Defense (DoD) to prototype the Humanless Unmatched Transaction (HUnT) solution for the DoD.
B-1B Lancer system to undergo redesign including radiation hardening - News
October 27, 2020SAN ANTONIO, Texas. The U.S. Air Force awarded Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) a $12 million contract to redesign a B-1B Lancer system with the intent to extend the aircraft’s service life.
Bi-phase modulators covering broad frequency bands released by Fairview Microwave - News
October 27, 2020IRVINE, Calif. Fairview Microwave Inc., an Infinite Electronics brand and provider of on-demand radio frequency (RF), microwave, and millimeter wave components, has released a new line of bi-phase modulators covering broad octave frequency bands from 0.5 to 40 GHz.
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