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Radar/EW

U.S. Navy modifies existing contracts to add three additional LCS vessels to the fleet - News

September 20, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

WASHINGTON. U.S. Navy officials modified Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) contracts with Lockheed Martin and Austal USA this month. Lockheed Martin will build an additional LCS, while Austel will build two more ships.

Avionics

Cubic to deliver F-35 air combat training systems to Lockheed Martin - News

September 20, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

SAN DIEGO. Lockheed Martin officials selected Cubic Global Defense -- a Cubic Corp. business unit -- to deliver its Air Combat Training System (ACTS) for the F-35 Lightning II. Cubic is scheduled to deliver more than 500 F-35 Training Subsystems over the next four years as part of Lockheed Martin?s F-35 production Lots 12-14.

Comms

Navy divers now able to digitally track dives via new software application - News

September 19, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

ARLINGTON, Va. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global TechSolutions program and industry partners have created a new tool called the Scuba Binary Dive Application (SBDA) 100 to digitally plan, record, and report dive-profile information to Dive/Jump Reporting System (DJRS).

Unmanned

EMCORE selected to deliver fiber optic gyroscope modules - News

September 19, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

ALHAMBRA, Calif. Raytheon officials selected EMCORE Corp. to deliver high-performance Fiber Optic Gyroscope (FOG) modules for use in airborne optical targeting systems. The four-year contract is worth approximately over $18 million.

Avionics

Army, CoreAVI collaboration resulted in FACE-complient CMS for UH-60 Blackhawk program - News

September 18, 2018

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

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. U.S. Army officials selected Core Avionics & Industrial Inc.'s (CoreAVI) Crew Mission Station (CMS) for a Limited User Evaluation (LUE). The selection comes after a technology demonstration program for UH-60 Blackhawk aircraft.

Radar/EW

GaN MMIC process is focus in AFRL, BAE Systems agreement - News

September 18, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

NASHUA, N.H. U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and BAE Systems officials signed a cooperative agreement for Phase 1 of a technical effort to transition gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor technology developed by the U.S. Air Force to our Advanced Microwave Products (AMP) Center.

Radar/EW

Sensors wins: KeyW obtains $5 million in contracts - News

September 18, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems KeyW Holding Corporation

HANOVER, Md. The KeyW Holding Corporation has won a number of short-term sensors research, development, and design-related contracts totaling approximately $5 million, most of which will be completed in 2018; these agreements are expected to serve as precursors to follow-on programs that will deliver in 2019 and beyond.

Avionics

F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft to get upgraded flight incident recorder - News

September 18, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leonardo DRS

ARLINGTON, Va. Leonardo DRS will develop upgraded Deployable Flight Incident Recorder Set (DFIRS) technology for new and in-service F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft under a contract awarded by The Boeing Company.

Cyber

IT contract worth $787 million signed for world's largest intranet, operated by U.S. Navy - News

September 18, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Perspecta Labs

CHANTILLY, Va. Information-technology (IT) services company Perspecta Inc. received a $787 million contract extension from the U.S. Department of the Navy to continue to provide IT services. The award calls for Perspecta to continue providing services for an additional year, through September 2019.

Avionics

USAF KC-135R legacy tankers gains real-time information capabilities in cockpit - News

September 17, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Collins Aerospace

WASHINGTON. U.S. Air Force (USAF) officials selected Rockwell Collins to advance advance communications capabilities for its KC-135R fleet with the implementation of a Real Time Information in the Cockpit (RTIC) system.

Radar/EW

GaN for radar and electronic warfare webcast Sept 20 at 11 am EDT - News

September 17, 2018

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

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona. The hottest RF and microwave technology in the military radar and electronic warfare community continues to be Gallium Nitride (GaN). The industry is still getting educated on all the possibilities that GaN brings to the design table from a performance standpoint especially in active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar systems. Experts from Mercury Systems and Qorvo will discuss these challenges in a webcast, titled "Benefits of GaN technology for Electronic Warfare and Radar Applications" on Thursday, Sept. 20, at 11 am EDT. They will cover how GaN components are changing the game for radar and electronic warfare designs and how best to leverage the technology.

Unmanned

USAF MQ-9 unmanned aircraft adds capability to automatically take-off and land - News

September 17, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

SAN DIEGO. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) MQ-9 Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) automatically took-off and landed in a demonstration held last month. The Automatic Takeoff and Landing Capability (ATLC) was developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to enhance mission capability.

Cyber

U.S. Navy to take delivery of integrated training tools from Mercury Systems - News

September 17, 2018

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

ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems has received a $20.5 million follow-on order from the U.S. Navy to deliver integrated subsystems in support of both Navy and Air Force training environments.

Avionics

P-8A Poseidon training system to get updated software, courseware - News

September 17, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

PLANO, Texas. U.S. Navy officials selected Boeing to update the courseware and software of the Navy's P-8A Poseidon training system. Under the four-year, $194 million contract, Boeing will upgrade devices at three locations for the U.S. Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force to reflect the latest configuration of the Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.

Comms

USAF SBIRS satellite achieves operational acceptance - News

September 14, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. U.S. Air Force officials announced the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (GEO-3) successfully achieved Air Force Space Command operational acceptance.