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GPS III satellite launched from Cape Canaveral - News

August 23, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

CAPE CANAVERAL. A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the second Global Positioning System III (GPS III) satellite, designated Magellan, for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37.

Unmanned

Tomahawk missile support contract awarded to Raytheon - News

August 23, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

WALTHAM, Mass. The U.S. Navy's Tomahawk missiles will receive upgrades under a $7.2 million contract with Raytheon. The deal is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement, and will provide an updated technical data package of the guidance test set and upgrade of existing units, including hardware and software.

Unmanned

Wireless TOW missiles delivered to U.S. Army - News

August 22, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

WALTHAM, Mass. Raytheon will deliver additional tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided missiles for the TOW weapon system under a $101 million U.S. Army contract announced by the U.S. Department of Defense.

Comms

AR technology to increase warfighter RF safety - News

August 22, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Navy

WASHINGTON. A Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic team is developing and refining a hands-free system to protect U.S. military members from inadvertently revealing their location via radio frequency (RF) waves.

Radar/EW

AR training system to support Dutch Army observers - News

August 22, 2019

Emma Helfrich - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Ravenswood Solutions

FREMONT, Calif. The Royal Netherlands Army Command has awarded Ravenswood Solutions a contract for a modular augmented reality tracking equipment for observers (MARTE-O) kit.

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.