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First GPS III satellite successfully launched - News

January 02, 2019

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

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. The U.S. Air Force and mission partners reported a successful launch of the first Global Positioning Systems III satellite, accomplished December 23 from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral.

Comms

Wideband satcom contract signed between U.S. Army, Harris Corp. - News

January 02, 2019

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3Harris Technologies

MELBOURNE, Fla. The U.S. Army has awarded Harris Corp. a nearly $218 million follow-on contract to support wideband satellite operations centers and management sites that handle critical communications for troops around the world.

Comms

DARPA hosts preliminary competition before SC2 grand finale - News

January 02, 2019

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials held a second preliminary event of the Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2) in December. Fifteen teams represented by members from across the academic, commercial, and defense industries gathered at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) to pit their intelligent radio designs against each other in a head-to-head competition.

Radar/EW

U.S. Navy taps General Dynamics to build fifth DDG 51 destroyer - News

December 27, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics

BATH, Maine. U.S. Navy officials selected General Dynamics Bath Iron Works -- a business unit of General Dynamics -- to build a fifth DDG 51 destroyer as part of the multiyear award announced in September.

Unmanned

PAC-3 missile contract for as much as $1.8 billion signed between Lockheed Martin, U.S. Army - News

December 26, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin has signed a potential $1.8 billion contract to produce and deliver missile interceptor systems to the U.S. Army and foreign military sales customers.

From The Editor

U.S. Navy SPY-6 integration and support contract won by Raytheon - News

December 20, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

TEWKSBURY, Mass. U.S. Navy officials tapped Raytheon for air and missile defense radar AN/SPY-6(V) integration and production support efforts. The cost-plus-fixed fee, firm-fixed-price contract is worth approximately $114 million.

Radar/EW

DARPA seeks designs to cool super-hot hypersonic vehicles - News

December 19, 2018

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) recently announced its Materials Architectures and Characterization for Hypersonics (MACH) program, which seeks to develop and demonstrate new design and material solutions for sharp, shape-stable, cooled leading edges for hypersonic vehicles. DARPA will hold a Proposers Day describing the program on January 22, 2019 in Arlington, Virginia.

Avionics

F-16 pilot training contract won by L3 Technologies - News

December 19, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems L3 Technologies

NEW YORK. U.S. Air Force officials tapped L3 Technologies as the prime contractor for the F-16 Simulators Training Program (STP). The contract is valued $350 million.

Unmanned

Long-range missile delivered to U.S. Navy ahead of schedule - News

December 19, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin reports delivery of the first Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM) to U.S. Air Force operational units, achieving Early Operational Capability (EOC) status ahead of schedule.

Unmanned

Army selects BAE Systems, General Dynamics for Mobile Protected Firepower program - News

December 18, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems BAE Systems General Dynamics Land Systems

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. U.S. Army officials selected BAE Systems and General Dynamics Land Systems -- a General Dynamics business unit -- for the Section 804 Middle Tier Acquisition (MTA) Rapid Prototyping contracts under the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program.

Avionics

ADLINK's DDS-based TSS Software is Aligned to the FACE Technical Standard for the Aviation Sector - News

December 18, 2018

ADLINK Technology

SAN JOSE, Calif. ADLINK has developed its Vortex DDS implementation as a reference to align to the FACE Technical Standard Edition 2.1.1 TSS, using DDS as the underlying transport layer. This is fully compatible and interoperable with the commercially supported Vortex OpenSpliceTM V6.10 solution.

A.I.

Automated test system to help DoD lower $2 billion intermittent-fault issue - News

December 18, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin Universal Synaptics Corporation

BETHESDA, Md. and ROY, Utah. Lockheed Martin and Universal Synaptics Corp. recently signed an agreement to help the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) tackle an issue known as intermittent fault anomaly, an occurrence that currently drives an estimated $2 billion in annual DoD maintenance costs.

Radar/EW

Ground sensors market to register CAGR over 6 percent to 2022, says report - News

December 17, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

LONDON. Miniaturization of parts and components is identified as a key trend fueling the growth of the unattended ground sensors (UGS) market, forecast to grow by over $102.5 million by 2022, according to a new report from Technavio, "Global Unattended Ground Sensors Market 2018-2022."

Comms

Global space-robotics market could reach $4.6 billion by 2023 - News

December 14, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

NORTHBROOK, Ill. The space-robotics market, estimated to be $2.88 billion in 2018, is projected to reach $4.36 billion by 2023, at a CAGR of 8.64% from 2018 to 2023, according to a new study from MarketsandMarkets, "Space Robotics Market by Solution, Services (Satellite Servicing, On-orbit Assembly & Manufacturing, De-orbiting Services, Re-supply, Surface Mobility, & Launch Support), Application, End-User, and region - Global Forecast to 2023."