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Avionics

Aircraft-support contract for global Army operations won by Leidos - News

March 20, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Leidos

RESTON, Va. Leidos has secured a spot in a large contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command-Redstone to provide global aircraft logistics and maintenance in theaters of operations.

Comms

Cubic Corp. will acquire Nuvotronics in bid to strengthen protected-communications offerings - News

March 20, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Cubic

SAN DIEGO. Defense and military contractor Cubic Corp. has announced that it will acquire Nuvotronics, a provider of microfabricated radio-frequency (RF) products, for approximately $64 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments, with additional earn-out payments of up to $8 million based on future performance.

Comms

DARPA, AFRL green-light Ball Aerospace for phase 2 of space-domain program - News

March 20, 2019

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

BOULDER, Colo. Ball Aerospace will move forward on the Space Evaluation and Analysis Capability (SEAC) testbed for the second phase of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Hallmark program, which aims to develop technologies that deliver real-time space-domain awareness informing command/control and protection of space assets.

A.I.

AI, AR, quantum computing will drive DoD spending to 2023, says report - News

March 19, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Frost & Sullivan

SANTA CLARA, Calif. A new market study from Frost & Sullivan, "US DoD C4ISR, 2018?2023," predicts that U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) spending on C4ISR [command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance] technologies will have a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.3 percent through 2023.

Unmanned

BAE Systems receives $225 million order for additional APKWS kits - News

March 19, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems

HUDSON, N.H. BAE Systems received a $225 million order from the U.S. Navy for additional Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) kits.

Unmanned

Smart sensors for military, defense markets on track to grow to $310.7 million by 2029 - News

March 18, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Visiongain

LONDON. The market for smart sensors used in the military and defense arenas is projected to reach $310.7 million in 2029, according to a new market forecast from Visiongain, "Smart Sensors in Military and Defense Market Report 2019-2029."

Comms

IEM wins spot on $37 billion DoD national-security services contract - News

March 18, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems IEM

RESEARCH TRIANGLE, North Carolina. Homeland-security and disaster-management consulting firm IEM has won a spot on a $37 billion U.S. Army contract to support a wide array of Department of Defense (DoD) national security services through the Army's Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services (RS3) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract.

Comms

Military communications market to grow to $38 billion by 2026: Report - News

March 15, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Reports and Data

NEW YORK. The global market for military communications is expected to grow from $30 billion in 2018 to $38 billion by 2026, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.4 percent during the forecast period, according to a recent market study by Reports and Data, "Military Communications Market By Communication Type (Airborne Communication, Air-Ground Communication, Underwater Communication, Ground-Based Communication And Shipborne Communication), Components (Military Satcom Systems, Military Radio Systems, Military Security Systems And Communication Systems) - Global Forecast 2026."

Unmanned

Supersonic, hypersonic missiles market worth $11.1 billion in 2019, report says - News

March 15, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Visiongain

LONDON. The global market for supersonic and hypersonic missile systems market will total $11.1 billion in 2019, according to a report from Visiongain, "Supersonic and Hypersonic Missiles Market Report 2019-2029."

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy awards Raytheon additional $402 million contract for SPY-6 radars - News

March 15, 2019

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

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems has won a modification worth $402.6 million to a previously awarded U.S. Navy contract to exercise options for Air and Missile Defense Radar Program (AMDR) low-rate initial production (LRIP); the modification will provide for three AMDR LRIP units.

Unmanned

U.S. Army chooses QinetiQ North America for small ground robot project - News

March 15, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems QinetiQ North America

WALTHAM, Mass. QinetiQ North America (QNA) has garnered an initial contract to build a new small unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) for the U.S. Army, an initiative that marks one of the first UGV programs of record for the Army..

Avionics

BAE Systems mission computer will run processing technology from Teledyne e2v, Wind River, and CoreAVI - News

March 14, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Teledyne e2v

AEROSPACE TECH WEEK 2019 -- MUNICH. Teledyne e2v, Wind River, and CoreAVI announced that they will provide key technologies for BAE Systems? new mission computer, which serves as the central hub that processes all mission-critical data on an aircraft.

Avionics

Best in Show awards selected at Aerospace Tech Week - News

March 13, 2019

MUNICH, Germany. Avionics Design is excited to announce today the winners of Aerospace Tech Week Best in Show Award contest, which we?re holding this week for exhibitors at Aerospace Tech Week in Munich, Germany. Contest winners ? drawn from exhibitors at the event ? are recognized for the improved performance and innovation they bring to aerospace applications.

Avionics

AdaCore announces extended support for Wind River VxWorks - News

March 12, 2019

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

AEROSPACE TECH WEEK 2019 -- MUNICH. Software-development and -verification tool company AdaCore has announced the roadmap of its flagship GNAT Pro Ada Development Environment for the latest version of the Wind River VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS), with immediate support for the ARM 64-bit processor.

Avionics

CoreAVI, Airbus Defence and Space partner to bring GPU compute for autonomous systems to market - News

March 12, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Core Avionics & Industrial, Inc. (COREAVI) Airbus Defence & Space

AEROSPACE TECH WEEK 2019 -- MUNICH. CoreAVI and Airbus Defence and Space have joined forces to enable the use of GPU compute in airborne systems and applications that require the highest RTCA DO178C/EUROCAE ED-12C DAL A safety certifications.