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Unmanned

Raytheon tests rocket motor for DARPA's MAD-FIRES - News

May 08, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz. Engineers at Raytheon completed testing of a hot fire rocket motor for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Multi-Azimuth Defense Fast Intercept Round Engagement System (MAD-FIRES).

Comms

Northrop Grumman team demos rapid spacecraft development - News

May 08, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. Under the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's (DARPA) Radio Frequency Risk Reduction Deployment Demonstration (R3D2) program, a Northrop Grumman-led team demonstrated rapid spacecraft development.

Avionics

F-22 Raptor fleet upgrades process is accelerated through Lockheed Martin, Red Hat partnership - News

May 08, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin Red Hat

BOSTON. Lockheed Martin teamed up with Red Hat to to modernize the application development process to bring new capabilities to the U.S. Air Force?s fleet of F-22 Raptor fighter jets.

Comms

Memory module for harsh environments shown by SMART Modular Technologies at Sea-Air-Space show - News

May 07, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems SMART Modular Technologies

SEA-AIR-SPACE 2019--NATIONAL HARBOR, MARYLAND. Smart Modular Technologies launched at the Navy League?s Sea-Air-Space 2019 (SAS) exhibition a new entrant to its SMART RUGGED product offering, a 32 GB industrial-grade SO-DIMM that is aimed at ruggedized computing applications used in the defense, industrial, transportation, public safety, and similar arenas.

Radar/EW

Bahrain FMS valued $2.478 billion to include Patriot missile systems - News

May 07, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

WASHINGTON. State Department officials approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Bahrain of various Patriot missile systems and related support and equipment for an estimated cost of $2.478 billion.

Unmanned

Excalibur N5 munitions testing complete by U.S. Navy, Raytheon - News

May 07, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz. The U.S. Navy and Raytheon completed a new round of Excalibur N5 munition test firings. The precision-guided projectiles demonstrated various short-, mid-, and long-range capabilities.

A.I.

Best in Show awards selected at Sea-Air-Space 2019 - News

May 07, 2019

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems

SEA-AIR-SPACE 2019--WASHINGTON. Military Embedded Systems is excited to announce today the winners of our Best in Show Award contest, which which we?re holding this week for our supporters exhibiting at the 2019 Sea-Air-Space conference and exposition taking place this week at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. Contest winners ? drawn from military embedded systems exhibitors at the event ? are recognized for the improved performance and innovation they bring to military electronic systems applications.

Cyber

DARPA's ARCOS goal is to create tools & process to expedite software certification - News

May 06, 2019

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

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) developed the Automated Rapid Certification Of Software (ARCOS) program, which aims to create tools and a process that would allow for the automated assessment of software evidence and provide justification for a software?s level of assurance that is understandable.

Unmanned

USAF releases RFPs for next Launch Service Procurement contract - News

May 06, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Air Force

LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The Space and Missile Systems Center, in partnership with the National Reconnaissance Office, released a request for proposals (RFPs) to award two firm fixed-price, indefinite-delivery requirements contracts to domestic launch service providers.

Unmanned

Autonomous systems, AI, cybersolutions showcased by Leidos at Sea-Air-Space show - News

May 06, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos

SEA-AIR-SPACE 2019--NATIONAL HARBOR, MARYLAND. Leidos is showcasing solutions in the areas of autonomous systems, artificial intelligence (AI), and cybersolutions at the Navy League?s Sea-Air-Space 2019 (SAS) exhibition.

Radar/EW

Mercury Systems unveils rugged rackmount servers for C4ISR on the edge at Sea-Air-Space show - News

May 06, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Mercury Systems

SEA-AIR-SPACE 2019--NATIONAL HARBOR, MARYLAND. Mercury Systems has unveiled its rugged rackmount server product lineup -- featuring Intel second-generation Xeon scalable processors (formerly codenamed ?Cascade Lake?) -- at the Navy League?s Sea-Air-Space 2019 (SAS) exhibition..

A.I.

Rugged rack-scale AI solution from One Stop Systems debuts at Sea-Air-Space - News

May 06, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems One Stop Systems (OSS)

SEA-AIR-SPACE 2019--NATIONAL HARBOR, MARYLAND. High-performance computing specialist One Stop Systems has introduced its GPUltima rugged rack-scale artificial intelligence (AI) solution and is demonstrating its "AI on the Fly" system platforms at the Navy League?s Sea-Air-Space 2019 (SAS) exhibition.

Radar/EW

U.S. Army's xTechSearch 3.0 kicks off in search of next-gen tech - News

May 03, 2019

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

WASHINGTON. U.S. Army officials launched the third expeditionary technology search competition (xTechSearch 3.0), with the goal to engage with non-defense traditional small business sector.

Radar/EW

AFRL SHiELD program demonstrates directed energy laser system - News

May 03, 2019

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

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) completed a major milestone under the Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) Program, in which the surrogate laser weapon system successfully shot down multiple air launched missiles in flight.

Unmanned

Counter-UAS technology expansion the focus of U.S. Air Force deal with Citadel Defense - News

May 03, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Citadel Defense Company

SAN DIEGO. Citadel Defense has been tapped by the U.S. Air Force to expand its work into counter-unmanned aerial system (CUAS) technology that will defeat enemy drones on the battlefield and may also be useful for broader commercial application.