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A.I.

Robotic Operations Center to introduce robotic process automation - News

August 21, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

UNITED KINGDOM. BAE Systems announced the launch of its new Robotic Operations Center (ROC) to customize and deploy suites of software robots that automate high-volume, repetitive tasks in support of U.S. national security missions.

Cyber

U.S. Army tanks to be equipped with better cybersecurity - News

August 21, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Charles River Analytics

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Charles River Analytics Inc., developer of intelligent systems solutions, has received funding from U.S. Army to develop a Controller Area Network Defense in Depth (CANDID) custom hardware/software solution. CANDID can help analysts detect cybersecurity breaches in tanks that rely on vulnerable commercial protocols and electronic systems.

Unmanned

US-1 quadcopter crosses Nevada desert without recharging - News

August 21, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Impossible Aerospace

SANTA CLARA, Calif. Impossible Aerospace announced that its US-1 "flying battery" quadcopter became the first aircraft of its kind to cross the northern Nevada desert without recharging in repeated 72-minute flights across the playa.

Radar/EW

F-35 fighter aircraft to get EW upgrades - News

August 21, 2019

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

NASHUA, N.H. BAE Systems has received a Block 4 Modernization contract award from Lockheed Martin to enhance the offensive and defensive electronic warfare (EW) capabilities of the F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation fighter aircraft.

Unmanned

Raven B UAS contract awarded to AeroVironment - News

August 20, 2019

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

MONROVIA, Calif. AeroVironment, Inc. announced it received a firm fixed-price contract award valued at $45.1 million for RQ-11B Raven small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and initial spares packages.

Radar/EW

Raytheon's Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar tracks first targets - News

August 20, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

WALLOPS ISLAND TEST FACILITY, Va. Raytheon and the U.S. Navy completed the first system-level tests of SPY-6(V)2, the Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR), at the Surface Combat System Center at Wallops Island, Va.

Radar/EW

Radar-guided missile defense system for ships will get update from Raytheon - News

August 20, 2019

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

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon Missile Systems has won a potential four-year, $367.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to update a radar-guided missile defense system and related hardware for several domestic and foreign military customers.

Cyber

Cyberthreat assessment tool contract signed between USAF, Radiance Technologies - News

August 20, 2019

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

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Cyberengineering firm Radiance Technologies has won a potential five-year, $99.9 million contract to design, build, develop, and integrate a set of tools and models for the U.S. Air Force to use in the assessment of cyber vulnerabilities on Internet of things-based devices and other distributed systems.

Unmanned

Solar-powered UGV can add safety, standoff distance to battlefield or other critical situations - News

August 19, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Aetina Corp.

TAIPEI. Aetina Corp. is set to introduce a solar-powered unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) -- based on the Aetina Jetson edge artificial intelligence (AI) computing platform, powered by Nvidia Jetson AGX Xavier -- that is aimed at use in battlefront, emergency, and difficult-to-access situations.

Radar/EW

Naval radar to be delivered to Norwegian Coast Guard - News

August 19, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems HENSOLDT

NORWAY. The sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT will equip the Norwegian Coast Guard vessel ?Svalbard? with the latest version of its TRS-3D naval radar and MSSR 2000 I Identification friend-or-foe (IFF) System.

Radar/EW

Littoral combat ship sensors contract awarded to FLIR - News

August 19, 2019

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

WILSONVILLE, Ore. FLIR Surveillance Inc. received a $12.6 million contract for supplies, repairs, and upgrades to sensor systems aboard U.S. Navy littoral combat ships.

Comms

Global military vetronics market will see big gains in next 10 years, report says - News

August 16, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Visiongain

LONDON. Global investment and consolidation will continue to be strong over the long term in the military land vehicle electronics (vetronics) market, which totals $3.56 billion in 2019, according to a recent study by Visiongain, "Military Land Vehicle Electronics Market Report 2019-2029."

Unmanned

ROBOpilot unmanned air platform first flights conducted by AFRL - News

August 16, 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 and DZYNE Technologies Incorporated completed a two-hour initial flight of a Robotic Pilot Unmanned Conversion Program called ROBOpilot at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah.

Avionics

E-2D Hawkeye training systems contract won by Rockwell Collins - News

August 16, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Collins Aerospace

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Rockwell Collins has received a $31 million contract for training systems on the E-2D Hawkeye airborne surveillance aircraft. The contract covers one E-2D Hawkeye Integrated Training System III Weapons Systems Trainer and one Aircrew Procedures Trainer, including necessary technical data.

Cyber

Cyberspace operations contract won by SAIC - News

August 15, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems SAIC

RESTON, Va. Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) won a $14 million contract with Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific supporting the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command to provide full spectrum cyberspace support.