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Radar/EW

JLTV order valued at $1.69 billion placed by U.S. Army - News

November 30, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Oshkosh Defense

OSHKOSH, Wis. U.S. Army officials placed a $1.69 billion order with Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corp. company, for 6,107 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) and associated installed and packaged kits.

Unmanned

UASs demonstrate autonomy and collaboration with minimal human interface - News

November 30, 2018

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

U.S ARMY, YUMA PROVING GROUND, Arizona. In a recent test series at Yuma Proving Ground, the in Arizona, the Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program sponsored by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA?) demonstrated the ability of CODE-equipped unmanned aerial systems (UASs) to adapt and respond to unexpected threats in an antiaccess area denial (A2AD) environment.

Avionics

United Technologies completes acquisition of Rockwell Collins, separates into three independent companies - News

November 29, 2018

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

FARMINGTON, Conn. United Technologies Corp. (UTC) has completed its previously announced acquisition of Rockwell Collins and announced its intention to separate its commercial businesses, Otis and Carrier (formerly CCS), into independent entities.

Radar/EW

Program aims to speed maturation of GaN IC technology - News

November 29, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems HRL Laboratories

MALIBU, Calif. HRL Laboratories has reported progress on its project with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) that aims to to significantly advance the technology and manufacturing readiness levels of its leading-edge millimeter-wave (mm-wave) T3 gallium nitride (GaN) electronics.

Radar/EW

NASA awards $2.2 million contract for secondary surveillance radar at Wallops flight center - News

November 29, 2018

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

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. Telephonics Corp. has won a $2.2 million contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to replace and upgrade the agency?s existing Airport Surveillance Radar-8 (ASR-8) Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) systems at its Wallops Island Flight Center in Virginia.

Unmanned

DARPA CODE-enabled UAS completes demo in A2AD environment - News

November 29, 2018

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Researchers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) completed a series of tests at the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona for the Agency's Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program. The test series demonstrated the ability of CODE-equipped unmanned aerial systems (UASs) to adapt and respond to unexpected threats in an anti-access area denial (A2AD) environment.

A.I.

AI to augment soldier's strength, endurance via new exoskeleton contract with Lockheed Martin - News

November 29, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

ORLANDO, Fla. Officials at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC) selected Lockheed Martin to enhance the ONYX exoskeleton for future soldier demonstrations under a new contract valued at $6.9 million.

Radar/EW

IRST21 Block II sensor system contract won by Lockheed Martin - News

November 29, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Boeing Lockheed Martin

ORLANDO, Fla. Prime contractor Boeing has tapped Lockheed Martin for phase II of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block II Infrared Search and Track (IRST) program for the U.S. Navy. The contract is valued at $108 million.

A.I.

Artificial Intelligence Colloquium aims to foster collaborative efforts in defense community - News

November 28, 2018

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

ARLINGTON, Va. Defense Agency Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials are expanding their efforts in the artificial intelligence (AI) field by hosting an Artificial Intelligence Colloquium (AIC) from March 6-7, 2019 in Alexandria, Virginia.

Radar/EW

OpenVPX computing module featuring 40 Gigabit Ethernet released by Kontron - News

November 28, 2018

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems Kontron

WASHINGTON. Officials at Kontron released the new VX305C-40G 3U OpenVPX single board computer (SBC) module for military sensor platforms and high performance embedded computing (HPEC) applications.

Cyber

Military AR market to reach $1.4 billion by end of 2018, will continue growth - News

November 28, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

LONDON. The military augmented-reality (AR) market will reach $1.4 billion by the end of 2018, according to a new report from Visiongain titled "Military Augmented Reality (MAR) Technologies Market Report 2018-2028."

Radar/EW

ELINT data-collection systems will ID signals of interest, even on the move - News

November 28, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems D-TA Systems, Inc.

AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM AND CONVENTION, WASHINGTON, DC. D-TA Systems, Inc. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and Centennial, Colorado) is highlighting the MFEL-1000, a compact and portable ELINT [electronic intelligence] solution that includes built-in 6 TB (expandable to 18 TB) SSD data storage for I/Q data collection.

A.I.

Data-driving machine learning algorithms to be developed by BAE Systems for DARPA program - News

November 27, 2018

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

BURLINGTON, Mass. U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officials selected BAE Systems for a contract valued at $9.2 million to develop new, data-driving machine learning algorithms for its Radio Frequency Machine Learning System (RFMLS) program.

Unmanned

Ethernet switch for space-constrained mobile military platforms introduced by MilSource - News

November 27, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems

AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM AND CONVENTION, WASHINGTON, DC. MilSource announced the availability of Techaya?s MILTECH 907, an ultracompact five-port military-grade managed gigabit Ethernet switch, at the 55th Annual AOC International Symposium and Convention.

Radar/EW

Small-form-factor recorders from Pentek aimed at extreme environments - News

November 27, 2018

Lisa Daigle - Assistant Managing Editor, Military Embedded Systems Pentek, now part of Mercury

AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM AND CONVENTION, WASHINGTON, DC. Pentek, Inc., announced the most recent addition to the Talon RTX 25xx series, a new high-performance small-form-factor (SFF) recorder product line aimed at use in extreme operating environments including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), aircraft pods, space-constrained equipment bays, military vehicles, and harsh outdoor environments