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Unmanned

Army tasks Phoenix LLC to demo neutron-based nondestructive testing equipment - News

April 26, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Phoenix LLC

MADISON, Wis. U.S. Army officials selected Phoenix, LLC. to demonstrate neutron-based methods of nondestructive testing utilizing its high flux neutron generators under a $4 million contract.

Unmanned

Army program aims to field small UAV weighing less than 5 pounds - News

April 26, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Altavian

GAINESVILLE, Fla. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) officials selected Altavian for the Short Range Reconnaissance Prototype (SRR) contract as a part of the Army's effort to field a next generation unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) weighing less than 5 pounds flown by a single operator.

Comms

NASA study aims to facilitate Free Space Optic satellite networks - News

April 25, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems NASA

SANFORD, Fla. NASA officials selected PathFinder Digital to study the feasibility of developing a transportable research and test platform to facilitate the design of Free Space Optic (FSO) satellite networks.

Comms

Securing smartphones is goal of USAF contract with Privoro - News

April 25, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Privoro

CHANDLER, Ariz. Mobile hardware security solutions provider, Privoro, received a U.S. Air Force mobile security prototyping contract via the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) and AFWERX effort to streamline the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) process.

Avionics

FACE-conformant Arm architecture announced for RTOS by Green Hills Software - News

April 25, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Green Hills Software, Inc.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Green Hills Software has completed the certification of conformance for its INTEGRITY-178 Time-Variant Unified Multi Processing (tuMP) real-time operating system (RTOS) for Arm architectures to the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Technical Standard edition 3.0.

Unmanned

UAS camera system for photo measurements, inspections to exhibit at AUVSI Xponential - News

April 24, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Solvistec Imaging SOLPI

OAKVILLE, Ontario/BARCELONA, Spain. Solvistec Imaging and SOLPI will jointly exhibit the Drone HSI camera system at the the AUVSI Xponential 2019 trade show at the end of April.

Cyber

Secure UAS data, video, encryption solutions from Mobilicom to debut at AUVSI Xponential - News

April 24, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Mobilicom

SHOHAM, Israel. Mobilicom, a provider of critical communications solutions, will present its SkyHopper end-to-end solutions for smart unmanned aerial systems (UASs) and robotics at the AUVSI Xponential 2019 trade show at the end of April.

Unmanned

Drone delivery company, Wing Aviation, receives first FAA air carrier certification - News

April 24, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Wing Aviation

WASHINGTON. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials granted the first air carrier certification to a drone delivery company, Wing Aviation, U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced in a press release.

A.I.

Machine-learning capabilities for USAF space situational-awareness contract won by Slingshot Aerospace - News

April 24, 2019

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

LOS ANGELES. Slingshot Aerospace has won a $6 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to rapidly prototype and deploy machine-learning (ML) capabilities that are aimed at boosting a variety of enterprise space battle-management mission needs.

Unmanned

U.S. Army MLRS recapitalization $362 million contract won by Lockheed Martin - News

April 24, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

DALLAS. U.S. Army officials selected Lockheed Martin to recapitalize 50 of the U.S. Army's Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launchers under a contract valued at $362 million.

Unmanned

U.S. Army's CoVeR program releases funds to expand MANTA system - News

April 24, 2019

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

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Through the U.S. Army's Combat Vehicle Robotics (CoVeR) program, Charles River Analytics Inc. received funding to enhance its Modular Appliqu? Enabling Natural Teaming with Autonomy (MANTA) system.

Cyber

Cybersecurity, electronic warfare solutions contract won by CACI - News

April 23, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems CACI

ARLINGTON, Va. U.S. Navy officials selected CACI International Inc. for a multiple-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) Cyber Mission Engineering contract, with a shared ceiling value of $898 million ($962 million total if all options are exercised), to provide cyber engineering and electronic warfare solutions to the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic.

Radar/EW

AEGIS Virtual Twin system completes first live-fire engagement onboard USS Thomas Hudner - News

April 23, 2019

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

ATLANTIC OCEAN. USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) sailers, alongside the Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS), completed the first live-fire engagement with the new AEGIS Virtual Twin system, a prototype of the AEGIS Virtual Combat Management System.

Unmanned

Data-systems support for MQ-25 unmanned tanker to be supplied by Curtiss-Wright - News

April 23, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Curtiss-Wright

ASHBURN, Va. Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions has won a contract from The Boeing Company to supply data-technology systems for the U.S. Navy's MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling program.

Unmanned

Hydrogen fuel cell for UAVs from Intelligent Energy to debut at AUVSI Xponential - News

April 22, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Intelligent Energy

LOUGHBOROUGH, U.K./CUPERTINO, Calif. Fuel-cell engineering company Intelligent Energy is set to launch a new 2.4 kilowatt (kW) fuel-cell drone module for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at the AUVSI Xponential 2019 show held at the end of April 2019.