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Comms

Navy authorizes $1.9 million in funding to support its Advanced Time Division Multiple Access Interface Processor Terminals - News

December 11, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Comtech EF Data Corp.

MELVILLE, N.Y. Comtech EF Data Corp. - a business unit under Comtech's Commercial Solutions segment - received a contract modification to support additional capabilities to the Advanced Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) Interface Processor (ATIP) production terminals in support of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR). The modification will add an $1.9 million under an Engineering Support Services Contract Line Item (CLIN).

Comms

USAF senior leaders order direct review of Air Force programs to ensure optimal resource use - News

December 08, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Air Force

WASHINGTON. Senior leaders of the U.S. Air Force have called for a Zero-Based Review of all Air Force programs, budget accounts, and associated manpower authorizations as the military branch embarks on its Fiscal Year 2020 Program Objective Memorandum and Future Years Defense Plan.

Avionics

Israeli air force signs $74 million contract for upgraded transport-aircraft flight simulators - News

December 08, 2017

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

HAIFA, Israel. The Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) has tapped Elbit Systems to provide and operate flight simulators for the upgraded C-130H and C-130J transport aircraft operated by the Israeli Air Force (IAF).

Comms

U.S. Army Security Force Assistance Brigades to get new radio equipment - News

December 07, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Harris Corporation

ROCHESTER, N.Y. The U.S. Army Security Force Assistance Brigades (SFABs) has chosen equipment from Harris Corporation to supply the SFABs with combat-proven communication systems.

Comms

DARPA promulgates vision of sensor-based "Ocean of Things" - News

December 07, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced its "Ocean of Things" program, which the agency says seeks to enable persistent maritime situational awareness over large ocean areas by deploying thousands of small, low-cost floats that would form a distributed sensor network.

Avionics

Analysts: Aerospace sector in Malaysia to create more than 19,000 new jobs by 2037 - News

December 07, 2017

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

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia. The Malaysian aerospace sector is expected to grow at a combined annual growth rate of 8.45 percent over the next 20 years, with much of that growth due to rapid expansion in fleet size and the rising trend of the migration of commercial maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) activities in the Asia-Pacific region, according to recent research from analysts Frost & Sullivan.

A.I.

Artificial intelligence & machine learning techniques to be explored in DARPA Causal Exploration program - News

December 06, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials tapped Raytheon BBN Technologies - a wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon Co. - to explore artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to develop tools that may enable military planners to understand how cultural and other factors combine to cause conflicts. The work Agency's Causal Exploration of Complex Operational Environments program.

A.I.

Performance analysis tools developed for IARPA's insider threat program - News

December 06, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Charles River Analytics

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Engineers at Charles River Analytics developed prediction and sensitivity analysis tools and algorithms under the Continuous Insider Threat Evaluation (SCITE) program for the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA).

Avionics

United Launch Alliance chooses design for next-generation avionics - News

December 06, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3 Technologies

NEW YORK. Avionics and aerospace contractor L3 Technologies has signed an agreement with United Launch Alliance (ULA) to become the exclusive provider of avionics and related services for ULA's new Vulcan Centaur rocket system. The contract calls for L3 to deliver an estimated $1 billion-plus in mission-critical systems and services over a 10-year period.

Comms

Updated M-code GPS tested on B-2 bomber - News

December 06, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Air Force

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The U.S. Air Force recently held a series of successful flight tests of its next-generation military-code (M-code) GPS using a Raytheon receiver aboard a B-2 Spirit (also known as a stealth bomber) at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

Avionics

Air Force KC-46A aircraft completes first flight test - News

December 06, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing

EVERETT, Wash. Boeing completed the first flight and airborne tests of the future U.S. Air Force KC-46A, which took off from Paine Field and landed approximately three-and-one-half hours later.

A.I.

U.S. Navy LCS adds predictive maintenance analytics after installation - News

December 05, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Mikros Systems Corporation

FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. Engineers at Mikros Systems Corp. completed ship and shore installation, as well as testing of the company's ADEPT Distance Support Sensor Suite (ADSSS) on the Littoral Combat Ship USS Independence (LCS-2).

Unmanned

NATO purchases laser training rounds from Lockheed Martin - News

December 05, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

ARCHBALD, Pa. Officials at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) selected Lockheed Martin for a five-year agreement to purchase Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds (ELGTRs) on behalf of member countries.

Unmanned

MQ-9 UAS successfully used in antisubmarine demonstration - News

December 05, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

SAN DIEGO. During a recent U.S. naval exercise, an MQ-9 Predator B remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) successfully detected and tracked remotely submerged contacts; the MQ-9's contractor, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), participated in the demo of the RPA's new maritime patrol capabilities.

Radar/EW

Moving toward superconducting supercomputing for intel community - News

December 05, 2017

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. A team led by Raytheon BBN Technologies -- under the auspices of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) Cryogenic Computing Complexity program -- is working to develop prototype cryogenic memory arrays and a scalable control architecture that is aimed at use in a new generation of energy-efficient superconducting supercomputers.