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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.

A.I.

TF2, FPGA-based AI computing framework, introduced by Inspur - News

September 17, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Inspur

SAN JOSE, Calif. Inspur has announced the open-source release of TF2, an FPGA-based efficient AI computing framework. The inference engine of this framework employs the world's first deep neural network (DNN) shift computing technology, combined with a number of the latest optimization techniques, to achieve FPGA-based high-performance low-latency deployment of universal deep learning models.

Comms

Cloud processing capabilities by Microsoft and Ball Aerospace to support CASINO project - News

September 17, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Ball Aerospace

BOULDER, Colo. Ball Aerospace and Microsoft were selected to demonstrate agile cloud processing capabilities in support of the U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center's Commercially Augmented Space Inter Networked Operations (CASINO) project.

Avionics

Virtualization platform from Wind River achieves FACE conformance - News

September 17, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Wind River

ALAMEDA, Calif. Wind River announced that its Wind River Helix Virtualization Platform has achieved conformance to the latest Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Technical Standard, Edition 3.0, a designation that establishes Helix Platform as an operating system segment (OSS) that supports the Safety Base and Security Profile.

Avionics

Safety-critical COTS SBC IP enables design, build, and certification aligned with SOSA and HOST - News

September 16, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Core Avionics & Industrial, Inc. (COREAVI)

DAYTON, Ohio. Core Avionics & Industrial Inc. (CoreAVI) announced the release of its new rugged SBC0003 COTS 3U VPX NXP LX2160-based single board computer hardware design IP with Arm architecture, designed to be aligned with the SOSA and HOST open standards.

Radar/EW

Lockheed Martin's Project Riot demonstrates multi-domain operations - News

September 16, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

PALMDALE, Calif. Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, the Missile Defense Agency, and the U.S. Air Force connected an F-35, U-2, and a multi-domain ground station in a test demonstrating multi-domain operations and the secure distribution of sensitive information across multiple platforms.

Comms

Peregrine advanced air-to-air missile introduced by Raytheon - News

September 16, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon Company is developing a new medium-range, air-launched weapon called the Peregrine missile that is half the size and cost of today's air-to-air missiles, and delivers greater range and effect, according to the company.

Comms

U.S. Air Force satellite services contract awarded to Iridium - News

September 16, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Iridium

MCLEAN, Va. Iridium Communications Inc. announced that it has been awarded a $738.5 million, seven-year, fixed-price contract with the United States Department of Defense (DoD) through the U.S. Air Force Space Command (AFSpC) to provide unlimited satellite services from its unique Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation.

Unmanned

Nuclear ballistic-missile subs to be fastest-growing segment in next 10 years, study says - News

September 16, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems GlobalData

LONDON. The global submarine market is currently valued at $22.4 billon and will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.4% to reach $31.3 billion by 2029, according to GlobalData?s latest report, "The Global Submarine Market 2019 ?2029."

Comms

USAF recon plane to get radio, comms upgrades - News

September 16, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Collins Aerospace

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Collins Aerospace Systems (a unit of United Technologies Corp.) has won a contract with the U.S. Air Force to upgrade the service's fleet of U-2 "Dragon Lady" reconnaissance aircraft with the Collins Aerospace HF-9087D high-frequency (HF) radios.

Radar/EW

Brazilian Gripen E fighter to undergo flight tests - News

September 13, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Saab

SWEDEN. Saab has delivered the first Brazilian Gripen E aircraft to start the initial flight test program in Sweden. The test flights will be performed in Sweden until the end of 2020, when the aircraft will move to Brazil to continue testing, a Saab statement said. Deliveries to the Brazilian Air Force will also begin in 2021.

Unmanned

PAC24 autonomous naval surface vessel demonstrated at DSEI - News

September 13, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

UNITED KINGDOM. Britain's next-generation autonomous surface vessel, an inflatable combination of drone and boat, had its first public display at Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI).

Radar/EW

SPEAR-EW electronic warfare weapon to be introduced by MBDA - News

September 13, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems MBDA

FRANCE. MBDA has been awarded a contract to demonstrate SPEAR-EW, a new electronic warfare version of the SPEAR weapon system family on order for the Royal Air Force (RAF). SPEAR-EW is being developed by MBDA in partnership with Leonardo to complete a wide range of Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (SEAD) missions, under a Technical Demonstration Programme (TDP) contract awarded by Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S).

Radar/EW

Missionized Airlander 10 to be delivered to DoD - News

September 12, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Hybrid Air Vehicle (HAV)

MADISON, Miss. Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd. (HAV) signed a memorandum of understanding in London with Vertex Aerospace LLC to deliver missionized Airlander 10 aircraft to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The two organizations will partner together to provide joint proposals to the DoD for fully configured Airlander 10 aircraft.