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Unmanned

British semi-autonomous logistic convoys tested in U.S. - News

September 20, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Army

GRAYLING, Mich. The U.K.?s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), and the United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command?s Ground Vehicle Systems Center, have hosted an experiment of prototype semi-autonomous logistic convoys with ground and aerial autonomous resupply systems at Camp Grayling Joint Manoeuvre Training Center.

Unmanned

AI-powered Agile Condor capability to be demonstrated with MQ-9 - News

September 19, 2019

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

SAN DIEGO, Calif. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to demonstrate the Air Force Research Lab?s Agile Condor capability using a MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) owned by GA-ASI.

Radar/EW

CloudberryMIL ethernet switch to become solution for mobile GBAD - News

September 19, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NORWAY. OnTime Networks, rugged, time synchronized Ethernet solutions company for the aerospace and defense industries, announced the selection by Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG to provide its military-grade, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS), CloudberryMIL CR-6900 Series Gigabit Ethernet Switch and Router solution for a mobile and all-terrain ground based air defense system (GBAD).

Comms

Intelligent RF communications solution introduced by Perspecta - News

September 19, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Perspecta Labs

CHANTILLY, Va. Perspecta Inc., announced that its innovative applied research arm, Perspecta Labs, was awarded a prime award from the Consortium Management Group, Inc. (CMG), on behalf of the Consortium for Command, Control, and Communications in Cyberspace (C5) for work on a modular radio frequency (RF) communications solution for the United States Army.

Radar/EW

Active Protection System for Dutch CV90s introduced by BAE Systems - News

September 18, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

EUROPE. The Dutch Army has selected BAE Systems to integrate the Elbit Systems? Iron Fist Active Protection System (APS) solution into its fleet of CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicles following testing to integrate it onto the platform.

Comms

Multidomain simulation facility opened by Lockheed Martin - News

September 18, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Pulsar Guardian is a new state-of-the-art facility built by Lockheed Martin that enables the U.S. Air Force and others simulate, test, and train in a multidomain environment that reflects today?s complex space environment.

Unmanned

Rugged XMC from Abaco ideal for ISR and autonomy - News

September 18, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Abaco Systems

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Abaco Systems announced a new rugged XMC graphics and video capture board. The NVP2102 takes advantage of the high performance of the NVIDIA Pascal P2000 GPU with its 768 cores and 4 GBytes of GDDR5 memory to deliver 2.3 TeraFLOPS of performance with support for both CUDA and OpenCL. According to the company, it is the first Abaco video/graphics XMC product to offer high performance input and output.

Unmanned

Rheinmetall's spectral coupling-based laser source reaches 20 kW - News

September 17, 2019

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

GERMANY. The laser team at Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH has now attained an optical power of 20 kilowatts (kW) with a laser technology based on spectral coupling. The laser source was constructed and commissioned in cooperation with NKT Photonics Technology GmbH.

A.I.

TF2, FPGA-based AI computing framework, introduced by Inspur - News

September 17, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Inspur

SAN JOSE, Calif. Inspur has announced the open-source release of TF2, an FPGA-based efficient AI computing framework. The inference engine of this framework employs the world's first deep neural network (DNN) shift computing technology, combined with a number of the latest optimization techniques, to achieve FPGA-based high-performance low-latency deployment of universal deep learning models.

Comms

Cloud processing capabilities by Microsoft and Ball Aerospace to support CASINO project - News

September 17, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Ball Aerospace

BOULDER, Colo. Ball Aerospace and Microsoft were selected to demonstrate agile cloud processing capabilities in support of the U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center's Commercially Augmented Space Inter Networked Operations (CASINO) project.

Avionics

Virtualization platform from Wind River achieves FACE conformance - News

September 17, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Wind River

ALAMEDA, Calif. Wind River announced that its Wind River Helix Virtualization Platform has achieved conformance to the latest Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Technical Standard, Edition 3.0, a designation that establishes Helix Platform as an operating system segment (OSS) that supports the Safety Base and Security Profile.

Avionics

Safety-critical COTS SBC IP enables design, build, and certification aligned with SOSA and HOST - News

September 16, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Core Avionics & Industrial, Inc. (COREAVI)

DAYTON, Ohio. Core Avionics & Industrial Inc. (CoreAVI) announced the release of its new rugged SBC0003 COTS 3U VPX NXP LX2160-based single board computer hardware design IP with Arm architecture, designed to be aligned with the SOSA and HOST open standards.

Radar/EW

Lockheed Martin's Project Riot demonstrates multi-domain operations - News

September 16, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

PALMDALE, Calif. Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, the Missile Defense Agency, and the U.S. Air Force connected an F-35, U-2, and a multi-domain ground station in a test demonstrating multi-domain operations and the secure distribution of sensitive information across multiple platforms.

Comms

Peregrine advanced air-to-air missile introduced by Raytheon - News

September 16, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon Company is developing a new medium-range, air-launched weapon called the Peregrine missile that is half the size and cost of today's air-to-air missiles, and delivers greater range and effect, according to the company.

Comms

U.S. Air Force satellite services contract awarded to Iridium - News

September 16, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Iridium

MCLEAN, Va. Iridium Communications Inc. announced that it has been awarded a $738.5 million, seven-year, fixed-price contract with the United States Department of Defense (DoD) through the U.S. Air Force Space Command (AFSpC) to provide unlimited satellite services from its unique Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation.