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Unmanned

Counter-swarm electromagnetic weapon developed by AFRL - News

September 24, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., has developed a counter-swarm, high-power weapon called the Tactical High-power Operational Responder (THOR) to eliminate an enemy's unmanned systems.

Avionics

Mission computers for helicopters to be developed by HENSOLDT - News

September 23, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems HENSOLDT

GERMANY. Independent sensor house HENSOLDT has been commissioned by Airbus Helicopters to provide the EuroGrid Tactical Mission Computer (ETMC) for helicopters with new functions. The two-year further development contract includes a guarantee for the acquisition of 200 production units in the subsequent years.

Unmanned

Autonomous UUV introduced by General Dynamics - News

September 23, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics Mission Systems

LONDON. General Dynamics Mission Systems released the Bluefin-12 autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) at Defense and Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2019.

Unmanned

Hangar Technology for unmanned systems acquired by AirMap - News

September 23, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems AirMap

LOS ANGELES, Calif. AirMap, company specializing in airspace intelligence platforms for the drone economy, announced that it has acquired Hangar Technology, a drone workflow automation platform for enterprises.

Unmanned

MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueler completes first test flight with Boeing - News

September 20, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

MASCOUTAH, Ill. Boeing and the U.S. Navy completed the first test flight of the MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueler. The MQ-25 test asset completed the autonomous two-hour flight under the direction of Boeing test pilots operating from a ground control station at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport.

Unmanned

LITENING targeting pods to be updated for U.S. Air Force - News

September 20, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

FALLS CHURCH, Va. The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $141 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) task order for new LITENING advanced targeting pods and upgrades that will bring existing pods up to the current configuration.

Avionics

Collins Aerospace enters Enterprise Partnering Agreement with USAF - News

September 20, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Collins Aerospace

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Collins Aerospace Systems announced it has signed an Enterprise Partnering Agreement with the United States Air Force (USAF), which will serve as an umbrella agreement for all sustainment services with the company?s six Strategic Business Units (SBU).

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.