Industry News

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.

Comms

Army tactical communication systems contract adds Cubic - News

March 10, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cubic

SAN DIEGO, Calif. Cubic Corporation announced its Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS) business division was named as one of the awardees to compete under the U.S. Army for Global Tactical Advanced Communication Systems (GTACS II) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle.

Comms

Reflector antenna by L3 Harris designed for smallsat missions - News

March 10, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3Harris Technologies

MELBOURNE, Fla. L3Harris Technologies has introduced a new small satellite (smallsat) reflector antenna that will help decrease the size, weight, and overall time to produce smallsats.

Radar/EW

VarioRay LLM laser light modules supplied to Swiss Army - News

March 10, 2020

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

SWITZERLAND. As part of its 2019 defence procurement program, the Swiss Army placed an order with Rheinmetall for the VarioRay LLM laser light module. Delivery of 9,640 devices is set to commence in May 2020 and be complete by the end of 2022. The order is worth a figure in the lower two-digit euro million range.

Comms

High frequency communications contract won by Babcock - News

March 09, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Babcock International

NEW ZEALAND. Babcock International, aerospace and defense company, is set to become a leading provider of high frequency (HF) radio communications services to New Zealand and its international ‘Five Eyes’ allies following the awarding of a key contract.

Radar/EW

Booster tech for hypersonics focus of DARPA's OpFires Phase 3 - News

March 06, 2020

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

WASHINGTON. Phase 3 of DARPA’s Operational Fires (OpFires) program began in earnest this month with government and contractor staff finalizing the system architecture approach, including a plan to use existing components from ground-launched missile systems, along with new booster technologies designed to support future hypersonic weapons.

Unmanned

EO/IR system integrated onto unmanned MQ-9 - News

March 06, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics

SAN DIEGO, Calif. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and L3Harris Technologies completed the integration of the WESCAM MX-20 Electro-optical/Infrared (EO/IR) system onto a GA-ASI MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) to provide an advanced targeting solution.

Unmanned

DARPA seeks to develop "virtual headlight" sensors for UASs - News

March 05, 2020

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has embarked on a new program that it calls "Invisible Headlights," with the goal of developing sensors and algorithms to enable unmanned systems to navigate at night or underground.

Comms

C4ISR global market may reach $135.8 billion by 2027, study finds - News

March 05, 2020

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

ALBANY, New York. The market for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) could total as much as $135.80 billion by 2027, according to a new study by Transparency Market Research, "C4ISR Market (Platform: Airborne, Naval, and Land; Components: Surveillance & Reconnaissance, Computer, Tactical Communication, Electronic Warfare, Command and Control, and Others) -- Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2019 – 2027."

Radar/EW

Electronic mission kits for UASs, RF missile subsystems contract awarded to Kratos Defense - News

March 05, 2020

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

SAN DIEGO. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has won sole-source option awards for electronic system mission kits that will support U.S. unmanned aerial system (UAS) operations and follow-on production orders for RF subsystems for a major missile program.

Radar/EW

Dreadnought sonar system contract won by Thales - News

March 04, 2020

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

UNITED KINGDOM. BAE Systems Submarines, which is building four nuclear submarines for the Royal Navy, has awarded a contract to Thales U.K. for the development of the Dreadnought sonar system.

Unmanned

Centaur UGVs to be delivered to USAF - News

March 04, 2020

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

WILSONVILLE, Ore. FLIR Systems, Inc. announced that the U.S. Air Force has ordered more than 180 of the company’s Centaur unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), plus spares. The $23 million contract is sourced through the Department of Defense Man Transportable Robotic System Increment II (MTRS Inc II) program.

Cyber

Mellanox to acquire network-intelligence company Titan IC - News

March 03, 2020

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Mellanox Technologies

SUNNYVALE, Calif. Mellanox Technologies, a provider of high-performance, end-to-end smart interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage systems, announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Titan IC (Belfast, Northern Ireland), which develops network intelligence (NI) and security technology to accelerate search and big data analytics across a broad range of applications in data centers worldwide.

Unmanned

AI-leveraging, C-UAS system receives millions in orders - News

March 03, 2020

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

SAN DIEGO, Calif. After testing, evaluation, and operational assessments from over two dozen customer groups, Citadel Defense has received $9.2 million in orders for their counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) capabilities in the first two months of the year. According to the company, Citadel's Titan C-UAS technology will be used to protect high-value assets in urban, rural, and maritime environments.