Industry News

Radar/EW

Mikros to install advanced maintenance systems on Navy LCS - News

October 09, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Mikros Systems Corporation

PRINCETON, N.J. Mikros Systems Corporation, a technology company specializing in electronic systems for advanced maintenance, announced that it was awarded a follow-on Delivery Order under its ADEPT Distance Support Sensor Suite (ADSSS) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the U.S. Navy. The order has a $15 million ceiling and covers the installation of condition-based maintenance systems for the Littoral Combat Ship.

Comms

TACLANE-Nano network encryptor certified by NSA - News

October 09, 2019

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

FAIRFAX, Va. General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) announced that the National Security Agency (NSA) has certified its new TACLANE-Nano (KG-175N) network encryptor to secure voice, video, and data information classified Top Secret/SCI and below traversing public and private IP networks.

Unmanned

Military combat-vehicle spending to total $56.25 billion by 2024, study says - News

October 08, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Frost & Sullivan

SANTA CLARA, Calif. Cumulative spending by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on military combat vehicles will reach $56.25 billion by 2024, according to a new study by Frost & Sullivan, "US Military Combat Vehicle Market, Forecast to 2024."

A.I.

Automated cloud-based GEOINT architecture developed for AFRL - News

October 08, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Maxar Technologies

WESTMINSTER, Colo. Maxar Technologies, Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructure company, announced that it has been awarded a $14.2 million contract to develop Red Wing, an automated, cloud-based geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) analysis architecture for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Maxar?s Red Wing architecture is intended to enable analysts to focus on addressing some of the most challenging intelligence problems by automating time-consuming workflows.

Radar/EW

Raven-Strike to be showcased by Systel at AUSA - News

October 08, 2019

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

SUGAR LAND, Texas. Systel, Inc., rugged computing company, will showcase next-generation rugged computing technology solutions, including high-density rugged servers and high-performance embedded systems at the 2019 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C.

Comms

Hand-held devices to improve air-to-ground operations - News

October 07, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Raytheon Company received a $48 million engineering services contract to support the integration and qualification of hand-held devices into platform-mounted WiFi systems secured up to secret.

Unmanned

Hypersonic weapon system OpFires completes preliminary review - News

October 07, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

WASHINGTON. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency?s (DARPA) Operational Fires (OpFires) program has reached a program milestone, completing booster preliminary design review of a two-stage tactical missile system. OpFires aims to develop and demonstrate a ground-launched hypersonic weapon system to engage time-sensitive targets.

Cyber

Automated cybersecurity solutions introduced by Anomali - News

October 04, 2019

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

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Anomali, intelligence-driven cybersecurity solutions company, unveiled the Anomali Altitude platform during the Detect 2019 conference. The Anomali Altitude platform delivers Anomali Lens, Anomali ThreatStream, and Anomali Match and is intended to allow customers to automate detection, analysis, and response for high-priority external and internal threats.

Comms

AFRL researches autonomous, stretchable conductor - News

October 04, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has developed liquid metal systems which autonomously change structure so that they become better conductors in response to strain. The material recently developed by AFRL scientists, called Polymerized Liquid Metal Networks, retains its properties as it's stretched.

Comms

Space-based infrared system to see support from Lockheed Martin - News

October 03, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin has been awarded nearly $163.9 million for support of the space-based infrared system (SBIRS). The contract, awarded specifically to the company's Lockheed Martin Space division by the Department of Defense, covers SBIRS contractor logistics support.

Avionics

Bell 360 Invictus rotorcraft announced by Textron - News

October 03, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Bell Textron

PROVIDENCE, RI. Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced a new rotorcraft, Bell 360 Invictus, as the company?s entrant for the U.S. Army?s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) Competitive Prototype program. Bell?s approach to designing combines low-risk technologies with advanced processes.

Unmanned

Counter-UAS system announced by Anduril Industries - News

October 03, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Anduril Industries

IRVINE, Calif. Anduril Industries launched the Interceptor unmanned system as part of the Lattice AI counter Unmanned Aerial System (cUAS) solution intended to detect and interdict unmanned aircraft or autonomous unmanned systems. This system brings Anduril technology to the cUAS mission, providing force protection for military personnel and installations or critical infrastructure.

Radar/EW

Raytheon's Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool enters final phase - News

October 03, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cambridge Pixel

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Raytheon is developing Capability Drop 4 (CD4) of the Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool (EWPMT) under a multi-million dollar contract from the U.S. Army over the next 24 months.

Unmanned

Ghost Fleet Overlord USV program begins phase two - News

October 02, 2019

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

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy announced the start of the second phase of its Ghost Fleet Overlord program, which is focused on the development of Navy's unmanned surface vessel (USV) fleet. Naval Sea Systems Command officials announced that for Phase 2 of the program contractds were awarded to the two industry teams participating in the phase one.

Radar/EW

Quantum internet researched by U.S. Army - News

October 02, 2019

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

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. The U.S. Army's Combat Capability Development's Army Research Laboratory's Center for Distributed Quantum Information saw researchers at the University of Innsbruck achieve a record for the transfer of quantum entanglement between matter and light ? a distance of 50 kilometers using fiber optic cables. Such an internet could offer the military security, sensing, and timekeeping capabilities not possible with traditional networking approaches.