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Unmanned

Microturbine engine for UAVs demos fuel flexibility - News

March 19, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems UAV Turbines

MIAMI, Fla. UAV Turbines, Inc. (UAVT), microturbine technology company, announced that its Monarch 5 turboshaft engine can now run on natural gas, signifying possible fuel flexibility. Previously shown to run on all types of heavy fuels including jet fuel, the addition of natural gas could extend this technology beyond flight and into ground emergency and standby power generation for both onsite and remote application areas.

Unmanned

Coyote Block 2 C-UAS systems cleared for sale - News

March 18, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TUCSON, Ariz. The U.S. government has cleared Raytheon Company to sell the Coyote Block 2 counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) weapon to approved allied nations as part of the Howler counter-drone system.

Radar/EW

FLIR sensors to equip U.S. Army vehicles - News

March 18, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon Company has developed, manufactured, and delivered the 3rd GEN Forward-Looking Infrared (FLIR) sensor system under a U.S. Army contract awarded in 2016. FLIR system is designed to give soldiers four fields of view and the ability to see across long- and mid-wave IR bands simultaneously with a stabilized line of sight.

Radar/EW

Lower Tier Air & Missile Defense radar completes testing - News

March 17, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

ANDOVER, Mass. Raytheon Company completed the first round of testing of the first partially populated radar antenna array for the U.S. Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS). The milestone comes less than five months after the U.S. Army selected Raytheon to build LTAMDS, a next-generation radar designed to defeat advanced threats like hypersonic weapons.

Cyber

Augmented reality to enhance USAF situational awareness - News

March 17, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Edgybees

WASHINGTON. Edgybees, provider of collaborative visual intelligence technology, announced that it won its largest contract yet by AFWERX, an innovation program within the U.S. Air Force. The contract will see Edgybees' computer vision technology, in the form of its augmented reality (AR) software solution Argus, integrated with the US Air Force's systems to enhance situational awareness in complex operational scenarios.

Avionics

Avionics development to be streamlined with Ansys SCADE - News

March 16, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems ANSYS, Inc.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. Physical Optics Corporation (POC) is using Ansys simulation software solutions to develop avionics for U.S. military aircraft. Ansys SCADE Solutions for ARINC 661 Applications (Ansys SCADE for ARINC 661), will enable POC to reduce development time and accelerate certification with the intent to integrate new functionality at a lower cost and enable a faster path to market.

Radar/EW

ISR, target-acquisition IC for government use comes online - News

March 16, 2020

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Senseeker Engineering

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Image-sensing technology provider Senseeker Engineering has anounced the availability of the Magnesium MIL RP0092, an advanced 12 µm pitch high dynamic range dual-band digital pixel readout IC (DPROIC), offered to users who have approval from the U.S. government.

Comms

Raytheon, UTC merger closer to final with spinoff of subsidiaries - News

March 13, 2020

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company United Technologies

FARMINGTON, Conn. The board of United Technologies Corp. (UTC) has approved the spinoff of the company’s Carrier heating and cooling and Otis elevator subsidiaries, keeping its planned merger with Raytheon on track.

Radar/EW

HELIOS laser weapon system nears ship integration - News

March 13, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy moved one step closer to integrating a laser weapon system onto an Arleigh Burke destroyer after conducting a Critical Design Review (CDR) for the High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system.

Radar/EW

MATRICs semiconductors to sense UAS comms signals - News

March 13, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

ARLINGTON, Va. BAE Systems demonstrated new, small-form-factor semiconductor technology designed to sense radio frequency (RF) and communication signals in congested and contested battle environments in conjunction with an unmanned aerial system (UAS). The Hedgehog technology is a collection of general-purpose, reconfigurable MATRICs chips in a software-defined radio (SDR) system.

Comms

Protected tactical SATCOM payload prototype in development - News

March 12, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

BETHESDA, Md. The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) at Los Angeles Air Force Base awarded Lockheed Martin a $240 million contract to develop a prototype payload for its new Protected Tactical SATCOM (PTS) system. PTS is a next-generation capability connecting warfighters with more agile and jam-resistant satellite communications (SATCOM).

Comms

U.S. Army's MQ-1C UAS to get advanced satcom connections - News

March 11, 2020

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Hughes Network Systems

GERMANTOWN, Md. Hughes Network Systems has won a data link modernization contract from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to supply new advanced satellite communications (satcom) systems for the U.S. Army’s MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS).

Radar/EW

UAS versus AESA radar test performed using on-the-move military system - News

March 11, 2020

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. Northrop Grumman recently completed a successful government customer demonstration of its Highly Adaptable Multi-Mission Radar (HAMMR) system, a short- to medium-range X-Band 3D AESA radar intended to be used as AN/APG-83 F-16 fighter radar in a ground-based, sense on-the-move role.

Radar/EW

Use existing FPGA digital I/O with transceiver for proper decoding - News

March 11, 2020

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Holt Integrated Circuits

MISSION VIEJO, Calif. Holt Integrated Circuits has launched the HI-15850, a 3.3V MIL-STD-1553 dual transceiver with 1.8 V, 2.5 V, and 3.3 V-compatible digital I/O; these compatibilities are aimed at giving users more flexibility to interface with a broad range of FPGAs, avoiding the use of level shifters and other additional circuitry.

Unmanned

AI-enabled surveillance aimed at use in counter-UAS, force protection applications - News

March 10, 2020

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems FLIR Systems, Inc.

ARLINGTON, Va. FLIR Systems has launched the Ranger HDC MR, a new high-definition midrange high-definition thermal-imaging surveillance system that uses embedded analytics and image-processing algorithms to reduce the cognitive workload, enabling operators to distinguish quickly between true threats and false alarms, even in degraded weather conditions.