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A.I.

Automated vehicle capability in development with Rheinmetall - News

February 28, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rheinmetall Waffe Munition

AUSTRALIA. Rheinmetall announced the launch of its first Australian research and technology program, the Autonomous Combat Warrior (ACW) program. Under this program, Rheinmetall’s Australian, German, and Canadian development teams will work alongside research teams to develop advanced sovereign robotics and automated vehicle technologies. This will create a local automated military vehicle capability.

Comms

Space radio monitoring system to be developed by Kratos - News

February 28, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

SAN DIEGO, Calif. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a national security solutions provider, announced that it was awarded an $11.5 million contract to build an advanced space radio monitoring system for a government customer. The system will incorporate Kratos technologies and integrated products to help the country regulate and protect the satellite spectrum.

Avionics

FMVDL power amplifiers to equip F-35 Lightning II - News

February 28, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Elbit Systems of America

FORT WORTH, Texas. Elbit Systems of America was selected by Cubic Mission Solutions to design and develop the Full Motion Video Data Link (FMVDL) amplifier module for the communications suite of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft.

Avionics

INTEGRITY-178 software selected for GPS modernization - News

February 27, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Green Hills Software, Inc.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Green Hills Software, embedded safety and security company, announced that its INTEGRITY-178 Time-Variant Unified Multi-Processing (tuMP) RTOS running on a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU has been selected by Northrop Grumman Corporation for the Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS)/Inertial Navigation System (INS)-Modernization (EGI-M) program.

Unmanned

Vertical Take-Off and Landing UASs to be delivered to Israel - News

February 27, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BlueBird Aero Systems

ISRAEL. BlueBird Aero Systems, global developer and provider of micro, mini, and small tactical unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has received an order worth tens of millions of euros from a European customer for the delivery of more than 150 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) UASs of various categories.

Cyber

Cyberdefense solutions developed for critical infrastructure - News

February 27, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company IronNet Cybersecurity

DULLES, Va. Raytheon Company and IronNet Cybersecurity Inc. have announced plans to develop cyber solutions for the defense of operational and information technology (OT/IT) systems.

A.I.

Machine learning, sensor suites to improve situational awareness - News

February 26, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Charles River Analytics

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Charles River Analytics Inc., developer of intelligent systems solutions, has received funding from the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences to build the Physiological Index of Situation Awareness (PISA) system with SA Technologies. The unobtrusive, multimodal, and real-time PISA system monitors soldiers’ evolving situational awareness (SA) and determines when lapses in SA occur.

Comms

Protected Tactical SATCOM prototype provided to Space Force - News

February 26, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center to develop a Protected Tactical SATCOM (PTS) rapid prototype payload for an on-orbit demonstration of assured tactical communications. The company was selected for the award through the Space Enterprise Consortium.

Radar/EW

VME120 SBCs providing tech refresh to naval systems - News

February 26, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Micro Systems, Inc.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. General Micro Systems (GMS) announced that it's new VME120 single-board computer (SBC) family is compatible with multiple generations of currently deployed VME boards. This enables U.S. Navy platforms to be upgraded to include the latest Intel processing and graphics performance while maintaining backward compatibility with long-running legacy programs.

Unmanned

AI-powered, counter-UAS system delivered by Citadel Defense - News

February 25, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Citadel Defense Company

SAN DIEGO, Calif. Citadel Defense, the manufacturer of innovative, high-performance counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) solutions for military, government, and commercial markets, announced that its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered system, Titan, has been selected by a military service customer for mission-critical ground and airspace perimeter security deployments overseas. The number of Titan systems delivered and details about the contract were not disclosed by the company.

Comms

Training pod for TCTS Inc. II completes pre-production - News

February 25, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Collins Aerospace

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., has completed the first pre-production Tactical Combat Training System Increment II (TCTS Inc. II) training pod for the U.S. Navy. This comes just months after the completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) with the Navy that moved the program into the fabrication, integration, and testing phase.

Unmanned

Autonomous, rugged UGV introduced by Milrem Robotics - News

February 24, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Milrem Robotics

ABU DHABI. Milrem Robotics, manufacturer of unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) introduced its mission-proven, fifth-generation THeMIS UGV designed to assist soldiers on the battlefield while enhancing their combat effectiveness at UMEX 2020. The THeMIS UGV has been designed with the intent to withstand harsh environments and hot climates.

Comms

Mobile satcom ISR advanced with AMOS-17 and Get SAT systems - News

February 24, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Get SAT

ISRAEL. Spacecom, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, and Get SAT, company specializing in small, lightweight satellite communication terminals for airborne, ground, and maritime applications, revealed that using AMOS-17's steerable KA-band HTS beams and Get SAT's miniaturized Micro-SAT satcom terminals, they have tested and demonstrated full mobile broadband satcom capabilities for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) applications.

Comms

Air-to-space laser comms system tested by GA-ASI - News

February 21, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

POWAY, Calif. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has ground tested its Airborne Laser Communication System (ALCoS) by establishing a link with a satellite in Geo-synchronous Earth Orbit (GEO). GA-ASI conducted the test with Tesat-Spacecom (TESAT), space-based laser communication (lasercom) company, using their GEO Laser Communication Terminal (LCT), the LCT 135.

Comms

ESSOR project chooses Rohde & Schwarz as German rep - News

February 21, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Rohde & Schwarz

GERMANY. Rohde & Schwarz has been named as the German industrial representative for the European Secure Software Defined Radio (ESSOR) project and is participating in the development of a European wideband waveform for tactical interoperability in multinational operations.