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AFRL SHiELD program demonstrates directed energy laser system - News

May 03, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) completed a major milestone under the Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) Program, in which the surrogate laser weapon system successfully shot down multiple air launched missiles in flight.

Unmanned

Counter-UAS technology expansion the focus of U.S. Air Force deal with Citadel Defense - News

May 03, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Citadel Defense Company

SAN DIEGO. Citadel Defense has been tapped by the U.S. Air Force to expand its work into counter-unmanned aerial system (CUAS) technology that will defeat enemy drones on the battlefield and may also be useful for broader commercial application.

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Northrop Grumman delivers EOC for U.S. Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense - News

May 02, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. U.S. Army officials received the first Northrop Grumman-built production-representative engagement operations center (EOC) for the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS).

Unmanned

Best in Show awards selected at Xponential 2019 - News

May 01, 2019

AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2019--CHICAGO. Military Embedded Systems is excited to announce today the winners of our Best in Show Award contest, which which we?re holding this week for our supporters exhibiting at the 2019 Xponential conference and exposition taking place this week at McCormick Place in Chicago. Contest winners ? drawn from military embedded systems exhibitors at the event ? are recognized for the improved performance and innovation they bring to military unmanned systems applications.

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Inertial-navigation systems for unmanned systems debuts from SBG Systems at AUVSI Xponential - News

May 01, 2019

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

AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2019--CHICAGO. Inertial-sensors maker SBG Systems debuted its Quanta UAV series, a new line of inertial navigation systems (INS), at Xponential 2019.

Unmanned

Peraton to expand T&E support to U.S. Navy hypersonic vehicle program - News

May 01, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Peraton

HERNDON, Va. Officials at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) selected Peraton to expand its test and evaluation (T&E) support on the Mission, Maintenance, Future Requirements (MMFR) program for a range instrumentation systems. The contract is valued at $33 million over a five-year period.

Comms

Secure wireless communication capabilities coming to U.S. Army troops starting end of 2019 - News

May 01, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

DULLES, Va. U.S. Army officials tasked Raytheon to deliver its new troposcatter communication systems as part of a 10-year, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract worth up to $663 million to ensure troops have access to secure voice and data communications in contested environments.

Comms

ARL is developing biorecognition receptors to improve soldier lethality - News

April 30, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Army Research Laboratory

ADELPHI, Md. U.S. Army researchers are developing biorecognition receptors capable of consistent performance in multidomain environments with the ability to collect real-time assessments of soldier health and performance.

Unmanned

Scanning LIDAR sensors for UAVs unveiled by Cepton Technologies at AUVSI Xponential - News

April 30, 2019

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

AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2019--CHICAGO. Cepton Technologies (San Jose, California) unveiled the newest entrant in its SORA family of scanning LIDAR sensors at the AUVSI Xponential trade show: the SORA-P60L, which is aimed at delivering long-range, high-resolution imaging for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

A.I.

Machine learning, AI research consortium launched by Northrop Grumman - News

April 30, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Northrop Grumman

BALTIMORE. Officials at Northrop Grumman announced the company is launching a new research consortium with universities to advance machine learning and artificial intelligence programs.

Unmanned

USAF demo shows Raytheon's directed energy system engage multiple UASs - News

April 30, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. During a U.S. Air Force (USAF) demonstration, the Raytheon-built advanced high power microwave (HPM) and mobile high energy laser (HEL) systems engaged and defeated multiple unmanned aerial system (UAS) targets.

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Milsource showing Techaya military-grade network switch for mobile mil platforms at AUVSI Xponential - News

April 30, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems MilSource

AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2019--CHICAGO. MilSource is launching Techaya?s MILTECH 24FO at AUVSI XPONENTIAL; the fiber-optic-enabled Ethernet switch offers as many as 24 ports in an approximate 8? x 4? x 2? footprint. The part is aimed at use in radar installations, electro-optic sensor suites, persistent wide-area surveillance, and signal-intelligence applications.

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U.S. Navy to christen third Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer - News

April 29, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Navy

BATH, Maine. U.S. Navy officials announced that they will christen its newest Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer, the future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002), during a ceremony in late April at the General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine.

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F/A-18 Hornet fleet to be equipped with Harris' electronic jammers - News

April 29, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3Harris Technologies

MELBOURNE, Fla. U.S. Navy officials selected Harris Corp. for a $212 million contract modification to supply the next production lot of electronic jammers to protect U.S. Navy and Foreign Military Sales F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet aircraft against electronic threats.

Unmanned

Hands-free human-machine interface for unmanned vehicles shown by Charles River Analytics at AUVSI Xponential - News

April 29, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Charles River Analytics

AUVSI XPONENTIAL--CHICAGO. Intelligent-systems developer Charles River Analytics (CRA -- Cambridge, Massachusetts) is showing a hands-free robot-control human-machine interface (HMI) that it intends to turn into a true support agent for use by military in the field.